Shah Manzoor Alam

Shah Manzoor Alam (c. 1928 – 22 June 2021) was an Indian academic, and educationist. He served as the 11th vice-chancellor of the University of Kashmir from 1984 to 1987 and was a former head of the Department of Geography at Osmania University. He specialized in Geography.

Alam was born in 1928 in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1][2] He received his early schooling in Gorakhpur. He later obtained his higher education at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) with B.A. and M.A. in Geography.^[1]

In 1950, he moved to Hyderabad and joined Osmania University as a lecturer in geography. He subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.^[1]

Alam's academic career began at Osmania University, where he rose to become head of the Department of Geography in the mid-1960s. He later served as vice-chancellor of the University of Kashmir from 1984 to 1987.^[1][3]

He also served as a visiting professor in several international institutions, including Australia (1972) and New Zealand (1974). In 1992, he was invited by Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to work on the scientific significance of selected Quranic verses.^[1]

Alam was closely associated with the establishment of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), where he served as a member of its first Executive Council.^[1]

Alam's wife died in 1998 due to heart disease. His only son, Shah Shahab Alam, died of lung cancer in 2013. Alam died of cardiac arrest in Hyderabad on 22 June 2021.^[1][2]