obtained his Ph.D in Population Geography in 1993 from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Since then he has been actively involved in teaching and research at Jamia Millia, followed by various universities abroad and is presently faculty in Adigrath University, Adigrath, Ethiopia. His areas of interest are population, environment and social geography, remote Sensing and GIS applications. He has published extensively in national and international journals. He is the Vice president of Maulana Azad Education Foundation, Ministry of Minority Affairs, New Delhi.