Prof Dr Ihsan Ali

Professor Dr. Ihsan Ali Vice Chancellor Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan and Hazara University , is not only a dedicated educationist but a great proponent of preserving the cultural and historical relics of this great nation. Establishment and nurturing of University of Hazara and now Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan bespeak of his love and dedication / devotion to scholarship and its extension to those poor people who drop out from higher education due to their financial constraints. The amazing personality of Professor Dr. Ihsan has an insatiable urge not only to extend the higher education, in its true perspective to all, may it be rich or poor, but exhibits earnest desire to remain cognizant of the past and preserve its relics. A man with envious record may it be professional, field work e.g excavation, exploration and seminars, attended and organized, or the extension of knowledge and education to all those who seek its acquisition, Professor Dr. Ihsan has always excelled. The PhD in Archeology has enabled him to study the great civilizations of the world and the Indus Valley in general and Gandhara in particular. He was able to excavate large sites of Gandhara Civilization where this civilization had once flourished and the relics found enabled him to critically study their cultures, religions and standard and way of living.Dr. Ihsan is a prolific blend of characteristics inclusive of education expertise, knowledge of the past and the present and above all the in-depth knowledge of the civilizations of the world.

Biography

He has authored and edited over sixteen Journals of repute and published over research papers. Luckily Dr. Ihsan found a very rich ground of the older Civilization in Pakistan , being the gateway of Central Asian Civilization facilitating its extension to the South and South East Asian countries, was always trampled by the horses’ hoofs of the nomadic central Asian people and the ever extending Greek and Arian Armada. While leaving they left their prints on the life of the people of south Asia and south west Asia . Dr Ihsan not only unraveled many relics of these civilizations but was able to interpret their antiquity to enable the students of history and science to benefit from their experience. The nearest past saw the Gandhara Civilization, the pinaacle of extreme knowledge and great culture of the Budhist civilization whose relics were in abounding in Peshawar , Swat, Texala & Afghanistan etc. But unless you had the man of the caliber of Dr. Ihsan, how could the secrets of these civilizations be unraveled. He worked day and night to decipher the intricacies of these civilizations in order to expose these to the new world. The Gandhara Civilization, one of the richest and most advanced Civilization has left scores of rich sites and ruins full of price less mementos and relics needing a knowledgeable brain and expertise to unravel the mysteries of the past by reading these relics and the sites where such mementos have been found. Dr. Ihsan is the person having the comprehensive knowledge of the past civilization which flourished in this fertile valley. His knowledge enabled him not only to excavate many sites, but connected these to the concerning civilizations these sites belonged. In the process, mainly due to his ceaseless efforts using his immense back-ground knowledge, he collected a very large number of archeological antiques which enabled him to establish well stocked museums, Seven in number while helped completion of the eighth museum partly grounded by another Archeologist, with relics from the past culture & civilization of the Indus Valley. Creation of eight museums by itself is a feat which no one man in the past has accomplished.Dr. Ihsan Ali has established one University while presently is running already established another University, hence he is honored with managing two Universities currently at the same time, which again singles him out as a unique personality who has established and now manages these two universities, guiding and nourishing both from its infancy and striving hard to guide these forward to its maturity, a colossal task needing immense knowledge and hard work. Besides establishing and nurturing of two new universities, Dr. Ihsan has established and stocked seven museums while managed bringing into maturity the eighth museum left by Prof. Dr. Durrani in KPK with spectacular quality of the ancient relics. The establishment and nursing of two universities at the same time alone qualifies Dr. Ihsan for a berth at the Guinness book while bringing into existence of eight well stocked museums with the relics of old civilizations and its collection puts the mark of his being the only contender in this field to be honored by reserving a place for Dr. Ihsan. The eight museums created by this great Archeologist of repute have been cited and attached herewith as a confirmation of the facts and record checking.

In the light of the above facts it is requested that this case may please be favorably considered in the light of unique feat that Dr. Ihsan Ali has accomplished single handedly.