The Chishti order is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after the town of Chisht where it was initiated by Abu Ishaq Shami. The order was brought to South Asia by Mu'in al-Din Chishti in the city of Ajmer.
The Bahujan Samaj Party is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans, referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities. According to Kanshi Ram, when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes. The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, and Gautama Buddha.
Mu'in al-Din Hasan Chishti Sijzi, known reverentially as Khawaja Gharib Nawaz, was a Persian Islamic scholar and mystic from Sistan, who eventually ended up settling in the Indian subcontinent in the early 13th-century, where he promulgated the Chishtiyya order of Sunni mysticism. This particular Tariqa (order) became the dominant Islamic spiritual order in medieval India. Most of the Indian Sunni saints are Chishti in their affiliation, including Nizamuddin Awliya and Amir Khusrow.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), before 2015 known as the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU), is a public collegiate university in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established as the Uttar Pradesh Technical University through the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 8 May 2000. To reduce workload and to ensure proper management, the university was bifurcated into separate universities, Gautam Buddh Technical University (GBTU) and Mahamaya Technical University (MTU), with effect from 1 May 2010. In 2013, as a new government came into power, the university was formed again by combining the two on 5 January 2013.
Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-Dehlavi was a 14th-century mystic-poet and a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order. He was a disciple of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, and later his successor. He was the last important Sufi of the Chishti Order from Delhi.
Pir Meher Ali Shah, was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar and mystic poet from Punjab, British India. Belonging to the Chishti order, he is known as a Hanafi scholar who led the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He wrote several books, most notably Saif e Chishtiyai, a polemical work criticizing the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
The University of Lucknow is a public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Founded in 1867, the University of Lucknow is one of the oldest government owned institutions of higher education in India. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second campus at Jankipuram. It is the largest state university of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the only public university of the state to offer both on-campus and online programmes of study.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, also known as Telangana Open University, formerly Andhra Pradesh Open University, is a public university in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Vinay Kumar Pathak is an Indian professor who has served as lecturer, Assistant Professor at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur, Project Scientist at IIT Kanpur, and again as professor and Dean at Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur on lien. He has served as vice chancellor of Uttarakhand Open University (UOU) from 25 November 2009 till November 2012. He was then appointed vice-chancellor of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) in Rajasthan’s Kota on 1 February 2013 and served there till 31 July 2015 with additional charge as officiating vice-chancellor of the Rajasthan Technical University in Kota on 16 May 2015 till 31 July 2015. On 4 August 2015, he was appointed as vice-chancellor of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) and served there till 9 August 2021 with additional charge as vice-chancellor of Harcourt Butler Technical University Kanpur & officiating vice-chancellor of Lucknow’s Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University (KMCLU) till 9 August 2021. In, April 2021 he was appointed as vice-chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University where he is currently serving with additional charge as vice-chancellor of the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Agra from January 2022 till September 2022. He has also served as President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) from 1 July 2024 till 30 June 2025. He has successfully organized many national and international conferences.
Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Sufi Tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, located at Ajmer Shareef, Rajasthan, India.
Syed Zainul Abedin is the Dewan and Sajjada Nasheen of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the Shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti. He is a Sufi of the Chishti order. He is the son of Dewan Syed Ilmuddin Ali Khan, former Sajjada Nasheen.
Prof. Rajendra Singh University (PRSU), formerly Allahabad State University, is a state university located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established in 2016, it has jurisdiction over the four districts of the Prayagraj division.
Raj Kumar is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Director & CEO of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences. He was a founding Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh and Former Vice-Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences.
Dr. Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadwi is an Indian Islamic scholar who serves as the Principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. He is the Editor of Al-Baas Al-Islami.
Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University, Gorakhpur, formerly the State Ayush University, Uttar Pradesh, is an affiliating state university located in Gorakhpur. It was established through the Uttar Pradesh Act No. 6 of 2020, specializing in ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and homoeopathy (AYUSH). It was renamed as Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University, Gorakhpur by the Uttar Pradesh Act No. 6 of 2021.
The Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissionerate (GBNPC) (Hindi: गौतम बुद्ध नगर पुलिस आयुक्तालय) is the police department of the Gautam Buddha Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in Gautam Buddha Nagar.
Alok Kumar Rai is a professor of marketing at the Banaras Hindu University, India. Currently, he is the 41st vice-chancellor of University of Lucknow. He is one of the youngest vice-chancellors of Lucknow University.
