Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development: Essays in Honour of Professor Majid Husain

M. Ishtiaq (b. 1956) received his M.A., M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Social Geography is his specialisation. He has contributed more than two dozens of research papers on tribal languages of India published in the journals of national and international repute. Dr. Ishtiaq is on the faculty of geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi since 1981. As a geographer, he has the distinction of receiving the Advanced Diploma in Cartography from the Survey of India, Hyderabad. His book on 'Practical Geography' is widely referred to as a text book in the Indian Universities. He is a life member of many Academic Associations/Societies and a corresponding member of the Commission on Marine Geography, International Geographic Union, Italy.