Ihsan Ali

Ihasan Ali (Urdu: پروفيسر ڈاکٹر احسان على;(SI)) is a Pakistani archaeologist. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Hazara University from 2006 to 2009 and Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan from 2009 to 2017.

Education and career He was born in the district Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and studied Archeology at University of Peshawar, and then obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Ihsan worked for the University of Peshawar in various positions from 1981 to 2002 In January 2018, he was indicted by an accountability court along with five other AWKUM officials, for the alleged illegal appointment of 652 staff members.

Awards and honours 1980, Gold Medallist & Record Holder, M.A. Archaeology, University of Peshawar.

1994: Ali, I. (Author and Editor) 1994. Settlement History of Charsadda District (Ancient Pakistan), Vol. IX, Peshawar, pp. 175. 1994: Ali, I. (Editor) 1994. Peshawar University Teachers' Association Journal (PUTAJ), Vol. I, Peshawar. 1994: Ali, I. (Co-Editor) 1994. Excavations in the Gomal Valley (Ancient Pakistan), Vol. X, Peshawar. 1997-8: Ali, I. (Editor) 1997–8. Ancient Pakistan, Vol. XII, Peshawar. 1998: Ali, I. (Co-Editor) 1998. The Glory that was Pakistan: 50 years of Archaeological Research in Pakistan, Spinzar Press, Peshawar. 1998: Ali, I. 1998. Ancient Pakistan, Vol. I (Reprinted), Peshawar (First edited Professor Dr. A.H. Dani in 1962). 1998: Ali, I. (Editor) 1998. Ancient Pakistan, Vol. XIII, Peshawar. 2003: Ali, I. (Editor) 2003. Early Settlements, Irrigation and Trade Routes in Peshawar Plain, Frontier Archaeology, Volume I, Peshawar. 2004: Ali, I. (Editor) 2004. Catalogue of Coins in the Peshawar Museum, No. I (Kushan Period), Frontier Archaeology, Vol. II, Peshawar. 2004: Ali, I. and Lari, Y. 2004. Peshawar Document One: Walled City of Peshawar, Islamabad. 2004: Ali, I. (Editor) 2005. Explorations & Excavations in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Frontier Archaeology, Vol. III, Peshawar. 2005: Ali, I.& Zahir, M. 2005. Guide to Peshawar Museum, Peshawar, Pakistan. 2006: Ali, I. (Editor) 2006. Catalogue of Coins in the Peshawar Museum, No. 2, Frontier Archaeology, Vol. IV, Peshawar. 2007: Coningham, R and Ali, I. 2007. Charsadda The British-Pakistani Excavations at the Bala Hisar (BAR International Series 1709), Oxford: Archaeopress, England. 2008: Ali, I. and M. N. Qazi 2008. Gandharan Sculptures in the Peshawar Museum (Life Story of Buddha), Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan. 2009: Ali, I, Shah, I, and Young, R. (Editors) 2009. Pakistan Heritage (Research Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan Vol. 1. 2009: Ali, I. and Ahmad, H. (Editors) 2009. Cultural and Biological Resources of Pakistan (Proceedings of the National Conference held at Bara Gali, 22–26 August 2006).