Dr. Nazim Ali received M.A. and Ph.D in Economics from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). He began his professional career as lecturer in Economics, AMU in 1977 and joined Centre of West Asian in 1986 as Associate Professor (Economics). Currently he is Professor (Economics) at the Centre. He is teaching West Asian Economics and research methodology to post-graduate students. His main areas of interest are development economies, economic policy and energy economics. He has been associated as a fellow at the Harvard University , USA and has published articles in reputed academic journals including Japanese Studies of Middle Eastern Studies and OPEC Bulletin. Published several research studies in the form of research monograph and has been guiding and supervising M.Phil/Ph.D students. He has also been involved in Academic Administration as OSD (Development) and Registrar of the University