Jamia Millia Islamia is a public and research university located in Delhi,India. Originally established at Aligarh,United Provinces during the British Raj in 1920,it moved to its current location in Okhla in 1935. It was given the deemed status by the University Grants Commission in 1962. Jamia Millia Islamia became a central university by an act of the Indian parliament which was passed on 26 December 1988.
The University of Delhi,informally known as Delhi University,is a collegiate research central university located in Delhi,India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognised as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Vice President of India serves as the university chancellor. The university is ranked 6th by National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024.
Jawaharlal Nehru University is a public research university located in Delhi,India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru,India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and research emphasis on social sciences and applied sciences.
Mahavir Tyagi was a prominent Indian independence fighter and parliamentarian from Dehradun,Uttar Pradesh India.
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith is a public university located in Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh,India. Established in 10 February 1921 as Kashi Vidyapith and later renamed,it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It got University status in 1974 as Deemed to be University and State University status in 2009 by The Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act,2008. The university has more than 400+ affiliated colleges spread over six districts. It is one of the largest state universities in Uttar Pradesh,with hundreds of thousands of students,both rural and urban. It offers a range of professional and academic courses in arts,science,commerce,agriculture science,law,computing and management.
Amitabh Mattoo is one of India's leading thinkers and writers on Modern and Contemporary History,Political science,International relations. He was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009. He is Dean of the School of International Studies,Chair &professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University and honorary professor of international relations at the University of Melbourne. Until 19 June 2018,he served as Advisor to the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir,with the status of a Cabinet Minister. Mattoo is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies and was recently elected unanimously as its Deputy Chair. He was the founding CEO of the Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne and served as chairman of the governing board of Miranda House,University of Delhi,the highest-ranked women's college in India,and served as Chair of Kirori Mal College earlier He has also been a member of the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing. In 2002,he was the youngest person to be appointed as vice chancellor of a public university in independent India. Mattoo's advice on policy matters has been sought across political parties and across governments,including by Prime Ministers Atal Behari Vajpayee and Dr Manmohan Singh. Following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India,he has offered a political roadmap for securing the future of Jammu and Kashmir. He has been a persistent advocate of multiculturalism and of reconciliation between Kashmiri Pandits and Kashmiri Muslims.
Mushirul Hasan was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the partition of India,communalism,and on the history of Islam in South Asia.
Moonis Raza was an Indian academic administrator,regional planner and geographer of international repute. He was born in Ghazipur,Uttar Pradesh,India and educated at Aligarh University,India. He was the older brother of Prof Mehdi Raza,head and professor of geography and Rahi Masoom Raza,a poet,novelist,Indian Film Industry lyricist and screenplay and dialogue writer. He was married to Dr. Prof Shehla M Raza and had 5 children.
Deepak Nayyar is an Indian economist and academician. He is a professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi and Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) New Delhi. He has taught at the University of Oxford,the University of Sussex,the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C),and the New School for Social Research,New York City. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi from 2000 to 2005.
Subhash C. Kashyap is a former secretary-general of 7th Lok Sabha,8th Lok Sabha and 9th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat from 1984 to 1990. He is also a well known political scientist,an expert in the Indian Constitution,Constitutional Law,Parliamentary Experts and a distinguished scholar. He also headed an International Centre for Parliamentary Documentation,IPU at Geneva till 1983. Kashyap was honorary constitutional advisor to the Government of India on Panchayati Raj Laws and Institutions. He is also recipient of several prestigious awards for the Best Books in Constitution,Law and Political Science. At present Dr. Kashyap is an honorary research professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR),New Delhi. He was also a member of the National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution and chairman of its drafting and editorial committee.
Talat Ahmad is an Indian Earth Scientist,former Professor at the Department of Geology,University of Delhi and served as Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Senior Scientist. He served as Chairman of Governing body which oversees Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology,Dehradun from 1 November 2021 onwards and served the office till 31 October 2027. Previously,he commenced his second stint as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir on 6 August 2018 and served the office till 20 May 2022. Before that,he served as Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia,he resigned from the post a few months short of his full term. He was shortlisted by a committee constituted by the governor to shortlist a panel for the post. He had earlier taken over as Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir from Professor Riyaz Punjabi on 1 June 2011 and served there until 2014. Prior to this,he was teaching Geology at the University of Delhi.
Alangar Jayagovind is a jurist,former vice-chancellor,director,professor of international trade law at National Law School of India University (NLSIU),Bangalore,India.,and visiting professor at National Law University,Delhi.
Anil Kumar Tyagi is former Vice Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi. Prior to this he was co-ordinator of UGC- SAP Programme and head of Department of Biochemistry at South Campus of Delhi University and was Vice President of the Society of Biological Chemists,India from the year 2004 to 2006.
Sudhir Kumar Sopory is an Indian educationist,plant physiologist,scientist and former vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi. He is known to be the first to purify a protein kinase C activity from plants and is credited with the identification of topoisomerase as a substrate of protein kinase C. He is an elected Fellow of several major Indian science academies and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and is a recipient of many honours,including the 1987 Shanti Swarup Bhatangar Prize,the highest Indian award in the science and technology categories. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2007,for his contributions to science and technology.
Syed Ainul Hasan is former professor of Persian &Central Asian Studies School of Language,Literature &Culture Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi. He has had experience with teaching and research for a period of over thirty-two years,and he has designed courses for University of Kashmir,Jawaharlal Nehru University,and Cotton College State University. He played a key role in enhancing Indo Afghan relation by introducing Afghan Resource Centre in Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi. He was awarded President of India certificate of honor award in 2017
P. C. Joshi, served as 23rd Pro Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi(born 1 June 1956 at Village Khairakot,Manan,Almora) is a former Professor of Social Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology,University of Delhi,India. His area of specialization is Medical Anthropology and he focuses on Anthropology of Disasters,Anthropology of Development and on issues related to Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion.
Kuderu Rajagopal is an Indian educator. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University,Anantapuramu.
Sir Mohammad Abdur Rahman (1888–1962) was a lawyer and judge from Pakistan born in Delhi,India. He served as a representative of the country of India for the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) in the summer of 1947.
V. K. Ahuja is a Senior Professor at the Faculty of Law,University of Delhi,India He is presently serving as Director of Indian Law Institute,New Delhi,India,he has also served as Vice-Chancellor of National Law University and Judicial Academy,Assam (NLUJAA),India. He has been a legal academic in the field of Intellectual Property Rights and International Law.
Yogesh Singh is an Indian academic who is the current and 23rd Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi.
