Dr. M. ISHTIYAQUE Former Vice-Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodhgaya Gaya, Bihar – 824234 ©09911225443, ®08757652429 Email ID: [email protected] Father’s Name (Late) Mohd. Aiyub Date of Birth 25.03.1956 Qualification M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D. (JNU), Advanced Diploma in Cartography, SOI, (Hyderabad) Scholarships/Fellowships awarded Merit Scholarship (B.A) Merit Scholarship (M.A) Junior Research Fellowship (M. Phil) Senior Research Fellowship (Ph. D) Teaching Experience 36 years (Professor from July 1998) Publications: Books 10 (Total) 6 authored 1 co-authored 3 edited Articles 50 Ph.D. Supervision 15 Scholars awarded Ph.D. degree 1 | P a g e Award/Medal/Honour i. Certificate of Excellence, by Institute of Objective Studies, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi on the occasion of felicitation programme held on 8th Feb., 2014. ii. Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contribution to the inter-disciplinary academics of Magadh University, Bodhgaya (Bihar) as the Vice-Chancellor by Bodhi Tree Campus, Bodhgaya (Bihar). iii. National Bihar Education Summit and Award – 2016, CMAI Association of India, New Delhi on 8th March 2016 at Hotel Maurya, Patna for excellent contribution for education sector by H.E. the Governor of Bihar. iv. Prof. Bhuvaneshwar Pd. Medal by Mendlian Society of India on 02nd April 2016 for outstanding contribution in the field of Geography (Geo-Sciences). v. Global Leadership Excellence Award – 2016 by Education Development Council held on 3rd April, 2016 at A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna for outstanding achievement in the field of Education. Conferences/Seminars Organized/Coordinated i. Member, organizing committee, National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI), 1981, JNU, New Delhi. ii. Member, organizing committee, NAGI Commission on Linguistic Geography, 1982, JNU, New Delhi. iii. Member, Organizing Committee, NAGI Commission on Linguistic Geography, 1985, Alwar, Rajasthan. iv. Member, Organizing Committee, NAGI Commission on Linguistic Geography, 1986, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. v. Member, Organizing Committee, National Seminar on Resource Management and Rural Development, 1987, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. vi. Convener, Registration Committee, International Conference, INCA – 1992, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. vii. Coordinator, 3rd National Convention of Indian Association of Muslim Social Scientists, Patna, Bihar, Nov. 21-23, 1998. viii. Coordinator, 4th Refreshers’ Course in Geography, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 26 Nov. – 18 Dec. 2000. ix. Coordinator, 5th Refreshers’ Course in Geography, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 24 Sept. – 15 Oct. 2001. x. Coordinator, 6th Refreshers’ Course in Geography, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 15 Jan. - 6 Feb. 2003. xi. Organized one-day National Seminar on “Agenda of First Quarter of 21st Century” at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 3rd March 2004. 2 | P a g e xii. Organized 7th Qazi Mohd Ahmad Memorial Lecture on “Indian Diaspora” delivered by Prof. Gopal Krishnan, Chandigarh on 4th March 2004. xiii. Organized 8th Qazi Mohd Ahmad Memorial Lecture on “Issues on Population in India” delivered by Prof. Aslam Mehmood, JNU on 25th November 2005. xiii. Organized a special lecture delivered by Prof. M. Mazharul Haque, Senior Consultant, UNESCO, Oceanographic Commission, held at New Delhi, February 27th 2006. xv. Coordinated 8th Refreshers Course in Geography, Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, from 15th December 2005 to 4th January 2006. xvi. Co-chairman, XXXII Indian Social Science Congress held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 18-22 December 2008. xvii. Chairman, XXXIII Indian Social Science Congress to be held at Dr. B. R. Ambedaker Open University, Hyderabad, 20-24 January 2009. Chaired Seminars/ Conferences 1) Chaired a Technical Session in a National Seminar on “Mega Cities Fringe Dynamism” held at Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Delhi University (DU) on January 30-31, 2004. 2) Chaired a session on “Land and Water Resources: Their use and misuse in India” a 2 day National Seminar, AMU, Aligarh 5-6 March 2005. 3) Chaired a Technical Session of a 2-day All India Seminar on “Population, Poverty and Environment” held at Hindu College Amroha on February 12-13, 2006. 4) Chaired a Technical Session of a 2-day National Seminar on “Urban and Rural Environmental Management” held at AMU, Aligarh on March 2-3, 2006. 5) Guest of Honour in a two-day national seminar on “Globalization in Indian Context” organized by G. S. H Degree College Chandpur (Bijnaur) 17-18 Feb. 2007 6) Co-chairman in a national Conference on “Environmental Development and Health” held at AMU, Aligarh, Feb 24-25, 2007. 7) Guest of Honour in National Seminar on “Environment, Agriculture and Poverty”, held at J.S Hindu (Degree College) Amroha, Moradabad, 10-11 Feb 2008. 8) Chaired a technical Session on “Inter Regional and Intra-Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia” on 12th March 2008 in a two day National Seminar on “Inter Regional and Intra-Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia: Challenges and Prospects held a ATWS, New Delhi Jan 11-12 March 2008. th 9) Chaired an Inaugural Session of Geography on 18 December 2008 and Technical Session on 20-21 December 2008 in an Indian Social Science Congress held in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 18-22 December 2008. th 10) Chaired an Inaugural Session of Geography on 11 March 2010 and Technical Session on 12-13 March 2010 in Indian Social Science Congress held in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, 10-14 March 2010. st 11) Chaired 1 technical session of a national seminar on “Application of GIS for resource mapping & planning” held in Bareilly College, Bareilly, 27-28 November 2010. 3 | P a g e 12) Chairman, valedictory function of National seminar on “Application of GIS for resource mapping & planning” held in Bareilly College, Bareilly, 27-28 November 2010. st 13) Chaired 1 technical session of “National Research Seminar on Possibilities of Economic Development in Geographical milieu of Chhattisgarh”held at R.G. Govt. P.G. College, Ambikapur (C.G.) 10-11 December 2010. 14) President, valedictory function of a “National Research Seminar on Possibilities of Economic Development in Geographical milieu of Chhattisgarh” held at R.G. Govt. P.G. College, Ambikapur (C.G.) 10-11 December 2010. rd 15) Chaired III technical session in a National Seminar on “Population Resource and Environment” held at Aligarh University on 1-2 March, 2011. 16) Chaired IVth technical session in National Seminar on “Rural-Urban Continuum and Regional Development in India” under UGC (SAP) held at Patna University on 30-31 March, 2011. 17) Chaired technical session IVth “Population and Resource Development” in a three-day International Conference on “Population Dynamism and Sustainable Development” held at AMU, Aligarh, March 25-27, 2012. 18) Chaired fourth technical session on a National Seminar “Population, Resource and Development” held at University of Jammu on 27-28 November, 2012. 19) Chaired VIIIth Technical Session in an International Conference “India-Japan Relation: Transforming in to Potential Partnership” held at Venkateshwar University, Tirupati on 7-9 December, 2012. 20) Chaired Ist Technical Session in an International Seminar “GEOMED 2013- The 3rd International Geography Symposium” held on 10-12 June, 2013 at Kemer, Antalya (Turkey). 21) Chaired Technical Session of an International Conference on “Post- Independence Development Strategies in Central Asia: Perspectives, Policies and Performance”, held on 29- 30 Nov. 2013 at New Delhi. 22) Chaired 4th Technical Session of a National Seminar on “ Geo-Economic Social and Political Conditions in the Context of National Development”, held on 17-18 Dec. 2013 at Bareilly College , Bareilly. 23) Chaired Inauguration function of a Philosophy Teacher’s Meet-Eastern Zone under the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi on “Professional Ethics: Philosophical Perspective”, held on 11-13 Nov. 2014 at A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna. 24) Chaired Inaugural function of Refresher Course in Geography, Academic Staff College, Pune University, Pune held on 21st Nov. 2014. 25) Chaired Inaugural function of a two-day national seminar on “Cash Transfer Scheme: Impact on Socio Economic Condition” held on 29-30 Nov. 2014 at Soghra College, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda, Bihar. 26) Chief Guest, Geographical Conference held at Chaibasa, Jharkhand, 11 July 2014 27) Chief Guest, Refresher Course in Geography held at Academic Staff College, University of Pune, 21-22 Nov. 2014. 28) Chief Guest, XVI Annual Conference held at Chaibasa, Jharkhand, 31 Jan. – 1 Feb. 2015. 29) Presided National Seminar on “Reaping Demographic Divided in India: Challenges for employability and Employment”, May 05-06, 2015, organized by: Post Graduate Dept. of Economics, Magadh University, Bodhgaya 4 | P a g e 30) Presided National Seminar on “Sustainable Solution to water, waste-water and solid waste”, May 08-09, 2015, organized by: CSIR-NEERI and A.N. College, Patna. 31) Chief Guest in Principals’ Conference 2015 held on 09.10.2015 at The Royal Residency, Bodhgaya (Bihar), organized by: Novodya Vidyalaya Samiti, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India. th 32) Chief Guest on ‘Sir Syed Day Celebration 2015’ Saturday, 17 Oct. 2015, organized by AMU Alumni Association, Araria Chapter, Araria (Bihar). 33) Chief Guest, National Seminar on “Female Literacy in Bihar: Progress, Future Prospects and Its Psycho-Social