"yeh jafae-gham
ka chara, woh najate-dil ka aalam, tera husan daste eesa, teri yaad
ru-ae-mariyam, lo suni gai
hamari, yun phire hein din ke phir
se, vahi
gosh-ae-qafas hei, vahi fasle gul ka
matam." Faiz Ahmed Faiz Focal Interest:Evolutionary Biology(Click here)
Research Group: Ants (Diversity, Ecology,
Conservation) Education: MSc. MPhil. PhD
Awards / Projects:>Young
Scientist project awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of
Science and Technology, New Delhi in 1999 to study diversity of ants from
North-Western India
>Second Young Scientist Project awarded by Department
of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2001 to study diversity of ants from
India Current
Assignment: Ant Diversity of
Himalayas : A
Fragile Ecosystem Hobbies: Trekking;
Reading quality literary works and any work related with natural history;Urdu
poetry; Interest in Ecology, Evolution, Physiology and Genetics Favourite
Language: Urdu (can read and write)-talakh(h) kar di hei jisne
zindagi,
kitni meethi zuban hei pyare! Favourite writers/authors/singers: Edward Wilson, Stephan
Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmed Faraz, Mirza Ghalib, Mehdi
Hassan, Farida Khanum, Nayyara Noor, Iqbal Bano, Abida Parveen and Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan Favourite places: Himalaya, Natural History Museum, London
and Harvard University, Boston Present Address: Department of Zoology,
Punjabi
University Patiala ,
Punjab ,
India , 147002 Telephone: +91 9356785454 (M);+91 1753046335 (O);+91
9316150810 (M) FAX: +91 1752283073; +91 1752286682 "Nothing in
biology makes sense except in the light of
evolution"
Dobzhansky
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