Chairman  & Professor, Department of Geography and Geomatics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan and

Secretary, National Curriculum Review Committee on “Disaster Management”, Pakistan

Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman is serving as a Chairman, Department of Geography and Geomatics (GIS and Remote Sensing), University of Peshawar, Pakistan and President, Pakistan Geographical Association (PGA). He is holding degrees of Bachelor of Sciences in Bio-Geo-Chemistry, Master of Science in “Geography” with distinction, Master of Science in “Urban & Regional Planning” with Gold Medal, MPhil in “Applied Geomorphology”, Post-Graduate Dip in GIS & Remote Sensing, PhD in “Environmental Geography” and Post Doc in “Flood Risk Modelling” from Kyoto University, Japan. He is regularly publishing in prestigious journals with a good share of publications in impact factor. He has over 170 publications, with a majority of publications in the field of climate change, hydro-meteorological, Environmental Geography, Agricultural Geography and Disaster Risk Management. He has supervised and produced 40 MS/MPhil and 12 PhDs.

Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman has extensive experience in research projects and completed several projects, which were mainly focused on environmental assessment, social vulnerability, disaster risk, disaster resilience, multi-hazards vulnerability and risk assessment, climate change, mapping Atlas, development plans and rehabilitation. He is a member of the National curriculum committee and incorporated the latest techniques and analytical methodologies in curricula at various levels. He is also Secretary, National Curriculum Review Committee on “Disaster Management. Furthermore, he has a longstanding experience of collaborative and research linkages, Faculty Exchange and Professional Networking with international organizations/institutions. He is interested in conducting collaborative and cross cutting multi-disciplinary research. He is also editor and member of editorial boards of prestigious national and international Journals and reviewer of numerous research journals. He has an extensive experience of organizing conferences, workshops, exhibitions, seminars and also participated in numerous national and international conferences, workshops, seminars, exhibition and symposia as a resource person.