Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Giridih, Jharkhand, India
About Talat Ahmad
- Talat Ahmad is an Indian Earth Scientist and Professor at Department of Geology, University of Delhi.
- He commenced his second stint as Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir on 06 August 2018 after serving as Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia after he resigned from the post a few months short of his full term.
- He was shortlisted by a Committee constituted by the Governor to shotlist a panel for the post.
- He had earlier taken over as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir from Professor Riyaz Punjabi on 1 June 2011.
- Prior to this, he was teaching Geology at the University of Delhi.Talat Ahmad was selected to serve a second term as Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir after he was selected by Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra in his capacity as Chancellor of the State University.
- He was handed over charge by Professor Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi who had been serving as officiating Vice-Chancellor since October 2017 after his tenure was over. During his first tenure, Talat Ahmad was recommended for the position of Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir by a search committee headed by former member of Planning Commission, Prof.
- Abid Hussain, former Indian Ambassador to USA, and comprising Professor G.
- K.
- Chadha, CEO, South Asian University and former Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Prof.
- Seyed E.
- Hasnain, an eminent Scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad.Talat Ahmad is the first Vice Chancellor to serve a second term and the second Vice Chancellor to be appointed from outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the past two decades.
- Jalees Ahmad Khan Tareen was the first Vice-Chancellor from outside the state who ran office from 2001 to 2004.
Read more at Wikipedia