Prof.Rais Akhtar is presently Adjunct Faculty,International Institute of Health Management and Research,New Delhi.FormerlyProfessor of Geography,and Dean,University of Kashmir,Srinagar, National Fellow and Emeritus Scientist(CSIR),CSRD,Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi, and Visiting Professor Dept. of Geology,AMU,Aligarh He has taught at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,University of Zambia, Lusaka and The University of Kashmir, Srinagar. He is recipient of a number of international fellowships including Leverhulme Fellowship ( University of Liverpool) ,Henry Chapman Fellowship (University of London),and Vvisiting Fellowship,(University of Sussex),Royal Society Fellowship, University of Oxford and ,Visiting Professorship, University of Paris-10. Prof.Akhtar was elected Fellow of Royal Geographical Society,London and Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Brussels. Prof.

Akhtar delivered invited lectures in about 55 universities geography departments and medical colleges including London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,Dept. of Geography,University of Edinburgh, and School of Public Health , Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He was Lead Author (1999-2007) , on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , which is the joint winner of Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 .Prof.Akhtar is the recipient of Nobel Memento. Prof.Akhtar has to his credit 91 research papers and 21 Books published from India,United Kingdom, United States ,Germany and The Netherlands. His t books entitled:Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia,was published in 2016 by Springer, and his other books include Climate Change and Air Pollution (with C.

Palagiano) published by Springer,and Geographical Aspects of Health and Disease in India (with Andrew Learmonth) published in 2018 by Concept (New Delhi).His latest books include: Extreme Weather Events and Human Health, was published by Springer in early 2020, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Environment and Human Behaviour, and Coronavirus(COVID-19) Outbreaks,Vaccination,Politics and Society,2022,were also published by Springer in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Prof.Rais Akhtar was Member of Expert Group on Climate Change and Human Health of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Govt. of India. Prof.Akhtar has been appointed as Corresponding Member of Italian Geographical Society in October 2018.