President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday appointed Mazhar Asif because the vice chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia, in accordance with Union Ministry of Training officers.
Asif is at present a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru College’s (JNU) Faculty of Languages.
“The president, in her capability because the customer of Jamia Millia Islamia, has appointed Professor Mazhar Asif, Faculty of Languages, JNU, because the vice chancellor of Jamia for 5 years from the date on which he enters upon his workplace or till he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier,” a ministry official mentioned.
Asif, a JNU alumnus, was a member of the drafting committee for the brand new Nationwide Training Coverage, 2020.
The Jamia vice chancellor put up fell vacant in November 2023 when earlier VC Najma Akhtar’s tenure got here to an finish.
Asif has served as a member of the Govt Councils of each the JNU and the Maulana Abulkalam Azad Nationwide Urdu College.
He has additionally held management roles in nationwide training initiatives, such because the Nationwide Institute of Open Education and the Nationwide Council for Promotion of Urdu Language.
Asif has 9 books revealed in Persian, English, and Assamese, together with a complete Persian-Assamese-English dictionary.
He has offered greater than 20 analysis papers at nationwide and worldwide conferences, reflecting his energetic engagement in tutorial discourse.
