Syed Iqbal Hasnain

Syed Iqbal Hasnain is an Indian glaciologist, writer, educationist and the Chairman of the ''Glacier and Climate Change Commission'' of the Government of Sikkim. He is a former vice chancellor of the University of Calicut and a member of the ''United Nations Environment Program Committee on Global Assessment of Black Carbon and Troposphere Ozone''. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2009 for his contributions in advancing the science of glaciology in India. He had contributed to The Hindu Businessline, Down To Earth and The Economic Times.

Between 2002 and 2006, Hasnain served as a vice-chancellor (President) of the University of Calicut, India. Previously, he held the post of Professor of Glaciology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he introduced glaciology as a subject at the post-graduate research level. Provided by Wikipedia