Prof. Shakeel Ahmed who served Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) as MK Gandhi Chair Professor has been elected as a Fellow of “The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)”, Trieste, Italy. He has been elected for this prestigious international recognition for advancement of Science in a Developing Country. TWAS supports sustainable prosperity through research, education, policy and diplomacy.An expert in Water Sciences, Prof. Ahmed during his 2 years tenure at JMI (2018-2020) taught at the Centre for Disaster Management as well as the Department of Geography. He has a rich experience in teaching advanced development in water related natural disasters as well as climate change.
Prof. Ahmed’s contribution to JMI has been extraordinary as he has published more than 13 research papers in high impact international Journals and contributed 3 chapters in books published by INSA as well as Springer and Elsevier. During his tenure at JMI, Prof. Ahmed was also elected as the Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of India (NASI).Prof. Ahmed will be leading a high level delegation from India with Prof. Atiqur Rahman of the Department of Geography, JMI and many other scientists/experts from India to Montpellier, France to discuss with a matching delegation from France, the impact of Climate Change on Water Management in May 2022.
Prior to joining JMI, he has served as Scientist at the CSIR’s National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad for 37 years and reached the level of the senior-most Chief Scientist of the Institute. He has led a large number of national and international projects on Earth Science including his crucial role in the mega program of National Aquifer Mapping in India. Prof. Ahmed is managing the Secretariat of the Asian GWADI, a flagship program of UNESCO as its Secretary.
He already has many more awards to his credit including the National Geoscience Award and International Prize for Water Science.Prof. Ahmed has led an Indo-French Centre for Groundwater Research in Hyderabad for almost 2 decades as its founder head. He has been visiting Fellow to the Aligarh Muslim University and visiting professor to Kashmir University and presently he is working as consultant to the School of Sciences, Maulana Azad National Urdu University at Hyderabad.
