Dr. Abdul Azeez. N.P. serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Aligarh Muslim University. Previously, he taught at the Central University of Kashmir and in the Department of Law at Aligarh Muslim University Centre, Malappuram. He is graduated in B.A Economics from Calicut University in 2008 and the gold medalist of Aligarh Muslim University in the M.A. Economics (2010) examination. He obtained Ph.D. degree also from the same University. He qualified Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) conducted by UGC in 2011. He has authored three books and five edited books and has the credit of publishing several research papers in various reputed national and international journals. His research areas are rural development, digital finance and financial literacy. He has participated in various National and International conferences and has presented several research papers at different venues. He completed a major research project on 'Digital and Financial Literacy for Rural Household: A Study with Special Reference to Aligarh District' funded by IMPRESS- ICSSR. Currently, he is involved in the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) Project entitled "Organizing Pro-social Interventions in Education", A Government of India Initiative coordinated by IIT Kharagpur. He teaches Research Methodology and Indian Economy to postgraduate students and Mathematical methods, Micro and Macroeconomics, Banking and finance to undergraduate students.