Jamia Millia Islamia gets its first women Vice Chancellor
- 17 April, 2019
Najma Akhtar has been appointed as the first woman Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. An academician from the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, she has been appointed for a period of five years. Najma Akhtar is a gold medallist from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. She had studied in prestigious international institutes such as the University of Warwick and Nottingham, UK and IIEP Paris (UNESCO).
Akhtar has been involved in collaborative research work with developing and developed countries. She has been actively consulted by UNESCO, UNICEF, DANIDA and other international organisations.
She is known for leading teams of diverse cultural background for international consultancy assignments. She is a pioneer in bringing fully funded long and short-term international programmes.
The Vice Chancellor’s post at Jamia had been lying vacant after Talat Ahmed resigned last year to join as head of Kashmir University.
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