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Friday, October 22, 2010

AMU alumnus honoured with prestigious award Fellow of National Science Academy

ALIGARH October 22: A distinguished alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. Talat Ahmad, Head, Department of Geology, Delhi University has been honoured with prestigious award ‘Fellow of National Science Academy’ (FNA).


Earlier Prof. Talat Ahmad was honoured with Fellow of National Academy of Science in 2009 and Fellow of Indian Academy of Science in 2004. Prof. Talat Ahmad is also a recipient of prestigious National Mineral Award, Government of India in 1994.

Dr. Talat Ahmad did his B. Sc. (Hons.) in Geology and M. Sc. Geology in 1975 and 1977 respectively from the Department of Geology, AMU.

It is a great honour for the Department of Geology as he is a rare scientist who has been honoured as Fellow of all the three science academies of India. In the past other recipients of FNA related to this department were late Prof. F. Ahmed and late Dr. S. M. Naqvi.

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