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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|First tribal person from the Andaman and Nicobar islands to receive a PhD}}<br />
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|employer = Central Agriculture Research Institute, Port Blair<br />
|alma_mater = Department of Disaster Management, [[Port Blair]] (affiliated with [[Pondicherry University]])<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
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'''Vaseem Iqbal''' is the first [[tribal]] person from the [[Andaman and Nicobar islands]] to receive a [[PhD]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|author=Abhishek Dey |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/833423/meet-the-first-tribal-person-from-the-andaman-and-nicobar-islands-to-complete-a-phd |title=Vaseem Iqbal is the first tribal from the Andaman and Nicobar islands to have completed a PhD |publisher=Scroll.in |date=2017-04-11 |access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://kalamfanclub.com/vaseem-iqbal-the-first-tribal-person-from-the-andaman-and-nicobar-islands-to-complete-a-ph-d/ |title=Vaseem Iqbal – The First Tribal Person From the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Complete a Ph.D. – Abdul Kalam Fan Club |publisher=Kalamfanclub.com |access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Priya |first=Lekshmi |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/107566/dr-vaseem-iqbal-first-tribal-phd-holder-andaman-nicobar/ |title=Dr Vaseem Iqbal: Andaman & Nicobar's First Tribal Person With a PhD |publisher=Thebetterindia.com |date=2017-07-06 |access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref> He is currently employed by the Central Agriculture Research Institute in [[Port Blair]] as a researcher.<ref name=":1"/><br />
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== Doctorate ==<br />
In 2015, he submitted his PhD thesis "Sea Water Intrusion Along East and West Coasts of South Andaman Islands", which detailed several ways that [[seawater intrusion]] in the islands could be alleviated using [[geophysical]] and [[geochemical]] techniques. In October 2016, he was awarded his doctorate, but it took authorities a couple of months to verify if he was the first tribal person from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to be a PhD holder.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":3"/><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He lost both his parents in 2007, which put his plans of a PhD in jeopardy. However, compensation from the [[Indian Government]] from the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 tsunami]] helped him to pay and complete his education.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":3"/> He belongs to the [[Nicobarese people|Nicobarese]] tribe.<ref>{{Cite web|author=The Siasat Daily |url=https://article.wn.com/view/2017/04/11/29yearold_the_first_tribal_from_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Island_c/ |title=29-year-old the first tribal from Andaman and Nicobar Island completes PhD - Worldnews.com |publisher=Article.wn.com |access-date=2018-10-18}}</ref><br />
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