S.M.A. Ehtisham is a veteran progressive activists who was one the members of the University of Karachi Students who participated in the meeting of NSF in Karachi in 1955 when the process of takeover of NSF by progressive students started. Later he moved to Dow Medical College and participated actively in left-wing students’ politics. He is also author of a book titled “A medical Doctor Looks at Life on Three Continents”