Irfan A. Malik, alias Irfan Aalam, is presently the Professor & Head of the Department of Urdu, University of Kashmir. He also serves as the chief editor of the UGC CARE-listed journal BAZYAFT. From August 2020 to November 2025, worked at Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal, where he held significant academic and administrative positions Associate Professor, Professor and Head, Dean DSW, and Director of the Arts Campus. Also, editor of monthly publications TAJASSUS and GAASH, under the project SCoPE, by MoS&T, GoI. Served as Assistant Professor from 2010 to 2020 at DDE, University of Kashmir, and was the editor of the UGC CARE-listed journal TARSEEL. His primary research areas are Urdu poetry and fiction. He has authored three books and published over fifty research papers, book chapters, and scripts. He is keenly interested in the intersection of literature and science. His notable book, "Iqbal: Objective Analysis and Scientific Discourse" (Urdu), is highly regarded in scholarly circles.