Ahmed Shakeel

Prof. Ahmed (M.Sc.Tech. 1980 BHU, India & PhD, 1987, Mines ParisTech, France) served as Chief Scientist in CSIR-National Geophysical Res. Inst., Hyderabad, MK Gandhi Chair Prof. in Jamia Millia Islamia, Prof. School of Sciences, MANUU. Visiting Fellow, AMU, Visiting Prof. Univ. of Kashmir. An eminent Earth Scientist worked extensively for Groundwater Hydrology. Presently at Islamic Univ. of Sci. and Technology, Kashmir as Adj. Professor. Led national & international projs in Earth Sciences including National Aquifer Mapping in India. His findings are on unearthing structure and functioning of hard crystalline aquifers with a breakthrough on fracture connectivity. Current Res. is on Mountain Hydrology & Critical Zone Observatory under Climate Change. Led Indo-French Centre for Groundwater Res. for about 2 decades as its founder Head, Managed the Secretariat of the Asian GWADI-UNESCO. Awarded National Geoscience Award, International Prize for water Science, National Mineral Award, INC-IAH Excellence Award, NGRI-AHI National Lecture Award, IGU-Annie Talwani Mem. Prize, Young Scientist Award. With almost 200 SCI Publication 7 books he supervised 43 doctoral students.