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| office = 16th Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Delhi]]
| term = 1985 - 1990
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| office1 = 6th Chairman of [[Indian Council of Social Science Research|ICSSR]]
| term1 = Jan 1991 - July 1994
| birth_date = 2 February 1925
| birth_place = [[Ghazipur district]], Uttar Pradesh
| death_date = 19 July 1994
| death_place = Boston, United States
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| alma_mater = [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
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'''Moonis Raza''' (2 February 1925 – 19 July 1994) was an Indian academic administrator, regional planner and geographer.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/?id=IsDwyTK4nnQC&pg=PA477&lpg=PA477&dq=national+professor+india+geography+moonis+raza#v=onepage&q=national+professor+india+geography+moonis+raza&f=false|title=Atlas of the Child in India|first1=Moonis|last1=Raza|first2=Sudesh|last2=Nangia|date=1 January 1986|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Former Chairpersons of ICSSR {{!}} Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)|url=https://icssr.org/former-chairperson|access-date=2020-12-17|website=icssr.org}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in 1925 into a family of landlords in the [[Ghazipur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. He was the older brother of Mehdi Raza, a professor of geography, and [[Rahi Masoom Raza]], a poet, novelist, Bollywood film lyricist and screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Noted Scholar Prof Mehdi Raza Dead|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/noted-scholar-prof-mehdi-raza-dead/878418|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)]]}}</ref>

==Career==
Raza completed his higher studies from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] before joining the same university as a lecturer and reader. In 1966 he was appointed as the head of the Department of Humanities and later as the principal of the [[Regional Engineering College, Srinagar|Regional Engineering College]], [[Srinagar]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Moonis Raza Memorial Lecture|url=https://jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/current_events/M%20R%20Final%20Inviation%20%281%29.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Jawaharlal Nehru University}}</ref>

Raza's tenure as Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Delhi]] is regarded as one of the least controversial and academically productive in the institution's history.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} As one of the co-founders of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], he oversaw the landscaping of its campus and the naming of its hostels.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} Raza is also believed to have strengthened the liberal ethos of Jawaharlal Nehru University.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} He is fondly remembered by his students for "Raza's Law of Ignorance", according to which "the ratio of the known to the known-to-be-unknown always remains constant".{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Raza held a large number of positions at departments and commissions operated by the [[Government of India]]. He received an honorary [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] from [[Tufts University]], United States, in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trustees.tufts.edu/hondegree/degrees/|title=Honorary Degrees - Office of the Trustees|website=trustees.tufts.edu}}</ref> He was a creator of and an original signatory to the [[Talloires Declaration]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sustainability.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Sustainability-Council-Report-2013-Final.pdf |title=Campus Sustainability Council Report |website=Sustainability.tufts.edu |date= |accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref> a ten-point action plan devised by the Association of University Leaders for a sustainable future.

Raza died of cardiac arrest in [[Boston]], [[United States]], on 19 July 1994.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZfXxYOax2IC&pg=PA131 | title=Indian Geography: Voice of Concern | first=Anu | last=Kapur | year=2002 | publisher=Concept Publishing Company | page=131 | isbn=9788170229803 | accessdate=16 May 2017 }}</ref>

==Positions held==

*Chairman, [[Indian Council of Social Science Research]]<ref name="232.162">{{cite web|url=http://111.93.232.162/csDepart.html|title=Our Departed Chairman|website=111.93.232.162}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Lxe0WeZ5R50C&pg=PA647&lpg=PA647&dq=indian+council+of+educational+planners+and+administrators+moonis+raza#v=onepage&q=indian+council+of+educational+planners+and+administrators+moonis+raza&f=false|title=Education, Society, and Development: National and International Perspectives|first=Jandhyala B. G.|last=Tilak|date=20 May 2017|publisher=APH Publishing|via=Google Books|isbn=9788176485265}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Former Chairpersons of ICSSR {{!}} Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)|url=https://icssr.org/former-chairperson|access-date=2020-12-17|website=icssr.org}}</ref>
* Founder Chairman, [[Institute for Studies in Industrial Development]]<ref name="232.162"/>
* President, National Association of Geographers of India<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=YcaFp3g36l8C&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=national+association+of+geographers+of+india+moonis+raza#v=onepage&q=national+association+of+geographers+of+india+moonis+raza&f=false|title=Explorations in Applied Geography|first1=ASHOK K.|last1=DUTT|first2=H. N.|last2=MISRA|first3=MEERA|last3=CHATTERJEE|date=21 February 2008|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|via=Google Books|isbn=9788120333840}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
* Honorary Director, Center of South Asian Studies
* [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Delhi University]]<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158713|title=We need a sustainable framework that synthesizes human and environmental elements of security: Vice President|website=pib.nic.in}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
* Founder Chairman and [[Rector (academia)|Rector]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]]<ref name="pib.nic.in"/><ref name="auto"/>
* Director, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teindia.nic.in/mhrd/50yrsedu/g/W/HD/0WHD0I01.htm |title=Appendix - I |website=Teindia.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eprint.iitd.ac.in/bitstream/2074/4737/1/TH-1676.pdf |title=OPTIMALITY CRITERIA AND DUALITY IN NONDIFFERENTIABLE CONTINUOUS PROGRAMMING AND CONTROL
|website=Eprint.iitd.ac.in |date= |accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref>
* President, Indian Council of Educational Planners and Administrators
* President, International Association for Ladakh Studies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ladakhstudies.org/ialsresources/ladakhstudiesbackissues_files/LS7.pdf |title=International Association for Ladakh Studies |website=Ladakhstudies.org |date= |accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref>
* Member, Executive Board of the Commonwealth Council of Educational Administration
* Member, Advisory Committee of the UNCRD [[Nagoya]]<ref name="auto"/>
* Member, Executive Board of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration<ref name="auto"/>
* Member, National Commission on Teachers<ref name="auto"/>
* National Lecturer in Geography<ref name="auto"/>
* Professor and Founding Chairman, Center for the Study of Regional Development (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University
* Visiting Professor, [[Cornell University]], United States<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conceptpub.com/servlet/Getbiblio?bno=00000262|title=Book Higher Education in India: A Comprehensive Bibliography - Books by Moonis Raza - ISBN no. 9788170223467|website=Conceptpub.com|accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref>

==Publications==
Raza authored, co-authored, and edited numerous books and articles, including ''Atlas of Tribal India'', ''Atlas of the Child in India'',''Valley of Kashmir'', and ''Education and the Future: A Vision''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83055470/ |title=The valley of Kashmir : a geographical interpretation / |website=Worldcat.org |date= |accessdate=2017-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/Ulis/cgi-bin/ulis.pl?database=&lin=1&ll=1&gp=0&look=default&sc1=1&sc2=1&nl=1&req=2&au=Raza,+Moonis|title=UNESDOC - UNESCO Documents and Publications|website=unesdoc.unesco.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/publishers/National_Institute_of_Educational_Planning_and_Administration|title=Publisher: National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration - Open Library|website=openlibrary.org}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Ghazipur]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:Vice-Chancellors of the University of Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian geographers]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century geographers]]

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