Nuriyev Elkhan
The deputy dean on humanitarian and social problems, Elkhan Nuriyev Balahasan, graduated from the Geology and Geography faculty of the Azerbaijan State University in 1969. In 1976-1990 he worked as a research fellow in the Geography Institute of the ANAS. He is an assistant professor of foreign countries’ economy and tourism chair of the Baku State University from 1990. He is currently working at a doctoral thesis entitled the Exploration of geographical reality in Azerbaijan’s toponymy.