Akhtarul Wasey

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Professor Emeritus
Akhtarul Wasey
Born (1951-09-01) 1 September 1951 (age 72)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
CitizenshipIndia
Education B. A. (Aligarh), 1971
B. Th. (Aligarh), 1975
M. Th. (Aligarh), 1976
M. A. (Aligarh), 1977
Diploma in Turkish Language, (Istanbul), 1983
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Istanbul University
OccupationProfessor
Years active1977-present
Known forContribution to Islamic studies
TitleProfessor emeritus
Awards
Academic career
DisciplineIslamic studies
Institutions Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India [1] [2] [3]
Thesis Education of Indian Muslims: A study of the All-India Muslim Educational Conference, 1886-1947  (1977 [4] )

Akhtarul Wasey (born 1 September 1951) is an Indian scholar and academician, who serves as the president of Maulana Azad University, in Jodhpur, India. He formerly served as professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi, where he remains professor emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies.[ citation needed ]

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Early life and education

Wasey was born on 1 September 1951, in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh to Hairat bin Wahid and Shahida Hairat. He is the oldest of six children. Wasey attended Primary School No. 16, the City High School of Aligarh Muslim University, and Aligarh Muslim University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Islamic studies in 1971, a Bachelor of Theology in 1975, a Master of Theology in 1976, and a Master of Arts in Islamic studies in 1977. He also completed a short-term course in the Turkish language from Istanbul University in 1983. [5] [6] [1]

Career

On 1 August 1980 he joined Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi as lecturer and worked there till 31 August 2016. Wasey was a lecturer, reader and professor at Jamia Milia Islamia University in New Delhi from 1980 to 2016, [7] serving as the director of Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies and later becoming head of the Department of Islamic Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Languages. He is currently the president of Maulana Azad University in Jodhpur and remains a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia. [8]

In March 2014, Wasey was appointed by Indian President Shri Pranab Mukherjee to a three-year term as Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India, and became the first Urdu-speaking commissioner since 1957. [8]

Wasey is the editor of four Islamic journals: Islam Aur Asr-e-Jadeed; Islam and the Modern Age; Risala Jamia; and Islam Aur Adhunik Yug. [8]

Awards and honors

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