SirZiauddin Ahmad was an Indian mathematician,parliamentarian,logician,natural philosopher,politician,political theorist,educationist and a scholar. He was a member of the Aligarh Movement and was a professor,principal of MAO College,first pro vice-chancellor,vice chancellor and rector of Aligarh Muslim University,India.
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College is the constituent medical college of Aligarh Muslim University,located in Aligarh,in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah,PVSM,SM,VSM is a retired senior general of the Indian Army. He last served as the Deputy Chief of the Indian Army Staff. After retirement,he served for some time as an administrative member on the bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal. He was the vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.
Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri was an Indian zoologist. He served as a professor and Chairman of the Zoology Department and Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh before retirement in 2004. He received the first Janaki Ammal National Award bestowed by the Government of India,Ministry of Environment &Forests and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Zoological Society of India for his notable works on taxonomy of nematodes (1964–2004).
P.K. Abdul Aziz,also known as P. K. Abdul Azis,is a scientist in ecology and biodiversity and an academic from India who has published 77 research papers,. He has been the Vice-Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology and Aligarh Muslim University. He is also the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya. He is also the chairman of the Expert Committee for Revision of Curriculum for School Education,appointed by the Kerala government.
Aligarh Muslim University Malappuram Centre or AMU-Malappuram Campus is one of the prominent educational institution of Aligarh Muslim University in the southern state of Kerala in Malappuram district,near Perinthalmanna at Cherukara. It was established in 2010 by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development,Government of India. The President of India,Pratibha Patel,in her capacity as the Visitor,accorded sanction to establish two centres of Aligarh Muslim University,one at Malappuram and the other at Murshidabad in 2010.
Aligarh Muslim University is a collegiate,central,and research university located in Aligarh,Uttar Pradesh,India,which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920,following the Aligarh Muslim University Act.
Rehana Khatoon is an Indian scholar,teacher of Persian language,former Head of the Department of Persian,University of Delhi and the author of Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature. She was honoured by the Government of India,in 2014,with the Padma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award,for her contributions to the propagation of Persian language and literature. Rehana Khatoon is the first woman alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University to be awarded the Padma Shri.
Nazir Ahmed (1915-2008) was an Indian scholar,writer,and teacher of the Persian language. He was honoured by the Indian Government in 1987 with the Padma Shri. He received this award for his contributions to the propagation of Persian Language and literature.
The Aligarh Movement was the push to establish a modern system of Western-style scientific education for the Muslim population of British Pakistan,during the later decades of the 19th century. The movement's name derives from the fact that its core and origins lay in the city of Aligarh in Central India and,in particular,with the foundation of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. The founder of the oriental college,and the other educational institutions that developed from it,was Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. He became the leading light of the wider Aligarh Movement.
The Faculty of Law,Aligarh Muslim University is the law school of the Aligarh Muslim University which has a history of over 100 years of teaching and writing law. Law classes were inaugurated by Justice Douglas Straight on December 29,1891.
Mehmood-ur Rehman was an Indian civil servant,best known as the chairman of the 2008 Committee on Socio-Economic Backwardness of Muslims in Maharashtra. He was Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 1995 to 2000 and served as the chairman of Bombay Mercantile Cooperative Bank.
Najma Akhtar is an Indian academic and academic administrator. She served as the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 12 April 2019 until 12 November 2023. She is also the first woman to hold the post in JMI. In 2022,she was awarded with Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Tariq Mansoor is an Indian academic and professor,who served as the vice-chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University in India from 17 May 2017 to 2 April 2023. He is presently a nominated member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the Bharatiya Janata Party on 3 April 2023. He was also a member of Padma award committee 2023.
Khwaja Mohammed Shahid is an Indian career civil servant,academic and administrator who formerly served as Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University and Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia University. He was also an eminent visitor to the University Grants Commission.
Nasira Khatoon is a professor,dean of faculties of science and engineering,senior most professor and first acting vice chancellor of University of Karachi. She is current chief editor of Pakistan Journal of Parasitology.
The history of Aligarh Muslim University begins with the Aligarh movement,which was a movement to establish a Western style of education for the Muslims of British India. The movement was pioneered by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan,who founded the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh. Sir Syed retired at Aligarh,and undertook the charge of raising funds for the college,and supervising the construction of the campus.
Jawaid Iqbal is an Indian academic who is the Vice-Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri J&K since November 2024. He was formerly Acting Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU),Dean of the Faculty of International Studies,and Chair of departments of West Asian and North African Studies,South African and Brazilian Studies,and Foreign Languages at AMU. He has been part of the AMU Court,Executive Council,and Academic Council,as well as various Boards of Studies and Advisory Committees.
