Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed is a faculty member at the Department of West Asian and North African Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, where he teaches and conducts research in the areas of diaspora studies, West Asian geopolitics, and migration.

He holds a doctorate in Geography from Aligarh Muslim University (2024), with a thesis entitled Yemeni Diaspora in India: A Geographical Appraisal. His research is grounded in qualitative and ethnographic methodologies, with fieldwork conducted across multiple states in India as well as Malawi, Africa. He is a recipient of the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (JRF), awarded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India (2020–2024), and has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NTA-NET/UGC).

Dr. Ahmed has published Nine peer-reviewed journal articles and five book chapters in nationally and internationally recognised academic outlets. He has presented papers at prominent scholarly forums including the University of Cambridge, Georgetown University (Washington DC), the University of Lisbon, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Canada). He has co-supervised postgraduate dissertations at AMU and has been actively involved in the organisation of national and international academic conferences and seminars.