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{{Short description|Indian academic (1928–2021)}}
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| name = Shah Manzoor Alam
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| birth_date = {{circa|1928}}
| birth_place = [[Gorakhpur]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|6|22|1928|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Hyderabad]], India
| alma_mater =
[[University of Edinburgh]]
| discipline = [[Geography]]
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| workplaces =
*[[University of Kashmir]]
*[[Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University]]
*[[Osmania University]]
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'''Shah Manzoor Alam''' ({{circa|1928}} – 22 June 2021) was an Indian academic, and educationist. He served as the [[List of vice chancellors of the University of Kashmir|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]].

== Early life and education ==
Alam was born in 1928 in [[Ghazipur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref name="q508">{{cite web | last=Fatima | first=Sakina | title=Hyderabad: Noted professor Shah Manzoor Alam passes away at 93 | website=The Siasat Daily – Archive | date=2021-06-25 | url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/hyderabad-noted-professor-shah-manzoor-alam-passes-away-at-93-2155648/ | access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref><ref name="b465">{{cite web | title=KU’s Geography department condoles demise of Prof Shah Manzoor Alam | website=Kashmir Reader | date=2021-06-26 | url=https://kashmirreader.com/2021/06/26/kus-geography-department-condoles-demise-of-prof-shah-manzoor-alam/ | access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref> 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.<ref name="q508"/>

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.<ref name="q508"/>

== Career ==
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.<ref name="q508"/><ref name="b646">{{cite web | title=University of Kashmir | website=University of Kashmir | url=https://kashmiruniversity.net/formerVCs.aspx | access-date=2025-08-17}}</ref>

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.<ref name="q508"/>

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.<ref name="q508"/>

== Personal life ==
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.<ref name="q508"/><ref name="b465"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Vice-chancellors of the University of Kashmir]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Osmania University]]

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