List of Jamia Millia Islamia people

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This is a list of alumni and faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia.

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Faculty

NameIntroductionRef
Mini Shaji Thomas Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology, former Director NIT Trichy.
A. Ramachandran Artist and Former Professor of the Department of Art and Education. [1]
Akhtarul Wasey Professor Emeritus Islamic Studies, former Head of the department of Islamic Studies and former Dean of the faculty of Humanities and Languages.
Farhat Basir Khan Professor of Photography
Farida Abdulla Khan Former Dean of the Education faculty of Jamia.
Furqan Qamar Professor of Management, Former Vice chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Adviser to Planning Commission (Education)
Gopi Chand Narang Author and Former Professor of Urdu.
Mohammad Mujeeb Former VC of the Jamia.
Mohammad Zahid Ashraf Dean of Faculty of Life Sciences
Mukul Kesavan Professor, Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia
Nuzhat Parveen Khan Professor, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia [2]
Shohini Ghosh Director, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre
Zafar Ahmad Nizami Former head of the department of Political Science. [3]
Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi Professor of History and former head of the department of Islamic Studies. [4]

Alumni

NameIntroductionRef
Abdul Lateef Azmi Urdu litterateur [5]
Abul Kalam Qasmi Urdu critic and former dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University [6]
Afroz Alam Sahil Editor at BeyondHeadlines
Akanksha Damini Joshi Filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Padma Vibhushan awardee, Former member of Rajya Sabha, Former governor of Bihar, Haryana, West Bengal
Akhu Chingangbam Lyricist, Singer and Founder of the folk-rock band Imphal Talkies and The Howlers [7]
Alankrita Shrivastava Screenwriter and director
Amanatullah Khan Two time member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
Amar Kanwar Filmmaker [8]
Amit Dutt Scientist, Geneticist, known for his studies on Fibroblast growth factor receptor
Ampareen Lyngdoh Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly since 2008
Anjana Om Kashyap Executive Editor at Aaj Tak [9]
Anwar Jamal Documentary Filmmaker
Anusha Shah Civil engineer, 159th President of Institution of Civil Engineers [10]
Anuraadha Tewari Screenwriter and director
Aparna Sanyal Film director and producer [11]
Arfa Khanum Sherwani Senior Editor at The Wire
Aseem Mishra Cinematographer
Barkha Dutt News Anchor, Former Consulting Editor NDTV, Owner of MoJo
Bharat Chikara Hockey player [12]
Danish Aslam Film director
Danish Siddiqui Photojounalist, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography [13]
Danish Mujtaba Hockey Player [12]
Devesh Chauhan Arjuna awardee, Hockey player [14]
Farida Khanam Islamic Scholar, Professor, Peace Activist
Gagan Ajit Singh Arjuna Awardee, Hockey Player [15]
Gayathri Prabhu Novelist [16]
Gul Khan TV Producer and director
Gurwinder Singh Hockey Player
Habib Faisal Film Writer and director
Harish Chandra Burnwal Writer, journalist, lyricist and bhajan singer. [17]
Harsh Chhaya Television and Bollywood Film Actor
Hasina Jalal Afghan activist [18]
Hemant Chaturvedi Cinematographer [19]
Hindol Sengupta Historian and Journalist [20]
Imran Hussain Two time member of Delhi Legislative Assembly, cabinet minister in Delhi government [21]
Imran Raza Ansari Former Cabinet Minister in Jammu & Kashmir [22]
Jai Prakash Indian Wrestler, 1984 Olympian
Janaki Sabesh Actress [23]
Javed Ali Khan Former member of Rajya Sabha [24]
Kabir Khan Film director [25]
Kamlesh Kumar Singh Hockey Player
Kiran Rao Film director and actress
Kamal Akhtar Former Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh government, Former Rajya Sabha member
Kuldeep Singh Hockey Player
Kunwar Danish Ali Member of Lok Sabha
Loveleen Tandan Film director (Slumdog Millionaire) [26]
Mahmud Hussain Member of Pakistan Movement, First Constituent Assembly
Mairaj Ahmad Khan Skeet Shooter, Olympian [27]
Mandeep Antil Hockey Player[ citation needed ]
Mayukh Hazarika Playback singer and music director
Meem Afzal Former Member of Rajya Sabha [28]
Meena Kotwal Journalist, and the founder of The Mooknayak [29]
Meenu Gaur British-Indian director and screenwriter [30]
Mohammad Hossein Adeli Iranian Politician, Diplomat, Economist, Secretary General at Gas Exporting Countries Forum
Marya Shakil Television journalist & news anchor [31]
Masud Husain Khan Linguist, first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at AMU and the fifth Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia
Mohammad Alvi Urdu Poet
Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi Islamic Scholar
Mohammad Zahid Ashraf Recipient of National Bioscience Award for Career Development [32]
Mohibbullah Member of Parliament [33] [34]
Muazzam Beg Bollywood film writer and director [35]
Muzaffar Alam Professor at University of Chicago [36]
Mouni Roy Actress
Naved Aslam Film & Television Actor, Writer
Nidhi Bisht Actress [37]
Nishtha Jain Film Director and producer [38]
Nitin Kumar Hockey Player
Natasha Badhwar Journalist, Author and Documentary filmmaker
Neelum Sharma Nari Shakti Puraskar 2019, Doordarshan Anchor/Journalist
Neha Dixit Independent Journalist and Author
Nitin Kumar Professional Darts Player [39]
Nuzhat Parveen Khan Professor of Law, Dean at School of Law, Bennett University and former Dean at Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia [2] [40]
Parvez Sharma Filmmaker, Author, and Journalist
Prashant Pandey Writer Director [41]
Pir Ilahi Bux Prominent Member of Pakistan Movement and Second Chief Minister of Sindh
Pranab Kumar Aich Documentary Filmmaker, Photographer [42]
Prabhjot Singh Arjuna awardee, Hockey player [14] [15]
Prerna Bhambri National Level Tennis Player [43]
Raqib Hameed Naik Journalist, founder of Hindutva Watch [44]
Rintu Thomas Academy Award nominated filmmaker [45]
Ritu Kapur Media Entrepreneur [46]
Rahimuddin Khan Retired four star general of Pakistan Army, Former Governor of Balochistan and Sindh
Rakesh Sharma Documentary Filmmaker [47]
Rameez Nemat First-class cricketer [48]
Ritesh Shah Screenwriter
Roshan Abbas Radio Jockey / Film Director
Saif Ali Naqvi Member of Indian National Congress
Saba Mumtaz Television Writer and producer.
Sanjeev K Jha Screenwriter [49]
Shah Alam Activist, Documentary Filmmaker and Founder of Awam ka Cinema [50]
Shah Rukh Khan Actor [51]
Shakeel Ahmed Scientist
Shalu Nigam Lawyer, Legal Scholar and Author
Shashwati Talukdar New York-based Academic-Filmmaker
Suhaib Ilyasi Television Producer and director
Surender Kumar Hockey Player
Syed Hassan Educationist
Syed Sahil Agha Writer and Dastangoi Performer
Satpal Tanwar Founder of Akhil Bhartiya Bhim Sena
Shah Alam Two time member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly [52]
Shazia Ilmi Television journalist and spokesperson of Bharatiya Janta Party [53]
S. Y. Quraishi 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India
S.A. Lalli Economics Author and Professor at University of Delhi
Syed Hassan Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Padma Shri awardee
Tsering Rhitar Sherpa Nepalese Film Director and producer
Tushar Khandekar Hockey Player [12]
Vikas Jain Co-founder and Business Director, Micromax [54]
Vinod Jose Investigative Journalist, Executive Editor at The Caravan
Virender Sehwag Cricketer [55]
Wasiq Khan Bollywood Production Designer and art director [56]
Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University
Zeishan Quadri Writer, actor, Gangs of Wasseypur
Munna Khalid Indian para-badminton athlete
Zubair Khan Three time Member of the Legislative Assembly
Zulfiquarulla Former Member of Lok Sabha
Meeran Haider Activist
Javed Ali Khan Member of Rajya Sabha [57]

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