| Adam Nayyar | |
| Birth Date: | December 10, 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Bahawalpur |
| Death Place: | Islamabad |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Occupation: | Anthropologist, Author and Ethnomusicologist |
| Employer: | Lok Virsa (Director Research) PNCA (Executive Director) |
Adam Nayyar (December 10, 1948, in Bahawalpur – July 29, 2008, in Islamabad) was a Pakistani anthropologist, author and ethnomusicologist. He served the Lok Virsa for twenty years as a Director Research. He was the acting executive director of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) when he died.[1]
Nayyar was born in 1948 in Bahawalpur. He studied Cultural anthropology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
He was also the faculty of the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.
Nayyar died on July 29, 2008, in Islamabad due to cancer of lymph nodes.[2]