Aligarh Muslim University

Naima Khatoon becomes first female VC of AMU in over 100 yrs

Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday. Khatoon was appointed after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who is Visitor to the University, they said. Permission from the Election Commission of India (ECI) was also sought in view of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) being in place, they said. "Naima Khatoon, Principal, Women's College, has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of AMU for a period of five years. The ECI has stated that the commission has no objection from the MCC angle to the proposal related to the appointment of the AMU VC subject to the condition that no political mileage be derived from it," a source said. Khatoon, who completed her PhD in psychology from AMU, was appointed as a lecturer in the same department in 1988 before being elevated to professor in 2006. She continued there before being appointed the

Updated On : 22 Apr 2024 | 10:08 PM IST

SC reserves verdict on minority status of Aligarh Muslim University

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), after days of heated debate. A seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud heard the arguments put forth by the rival sides over eight days. The bench also comprises justices Sanjiv Khanna, Surya Kant, J B Pardiwala, Dipankar Datta, Manoj Misra and Satish Chandra Sharma. The issue of AMU's minority status has been caught in a legal maze for the last several decades. The top court had on February 12, 2019 referred to a seven-judge bench the contentious issue. A similar reference was also made in 1981. A five-judge constitution bench had in the S Azeez Basha versus Union of India case in 1967 held that since AMU was a central university, it cannot be considered a minority institution. However, the fabled institution got back its minority status when Parliament passed the AMU (Amendment) Act in 1981. In January 2006, the Allahabad High Court struck down the ..

Updated On : 01 Feb 2024 | 5:49 PM IST

SC upholds HC cap order on visits by prisoners' families, legal advisers

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Updated On : 09 Jan 2024 | 9:01 PM IST

All central varsities must adopt CUET for UG admissions: UGC to AMU, Jamia

The University Grants Commission has written to Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia, reiterating that all central universities have to mandatorily adopt the Common University Entrance Test for admission to undergraduate programmes. "UGC (University Grants Commission) has asked all the central universities to use CUET (Common University Entrance Test) scores for admissions to all the courses. However, this has been observed that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has opted to participate in CUET-2023 for a limited number of programmes/courses, as was done last year. "Please note that all the central universities, including AMU, are required to participate for all UG programmes in CUET 2023 to provide equal opportunities to aspiring candidates, which is in the student's best interests," the UGC said in the letter. The letter also stated that CUET provides a common platform and equal opportunities to candidates across the country, especially those from the northeast, rural

Updated On : 20 Feb 2023 | 9:39 PM IST

1,600 workers at Aligarh University on strike over non-payment of salary

Administrative work at the Aligarh Muslim University remained hamstrung on Saturday as nearly 1,600 non-teaching employees carried on their protest on Saturday over the non-payment of their wages. The protest, which was reported to be peaceful, entered its second day on Saturday. The protesters, most of them temporary workers employed on a daily wage basis, gathered near the Vice Chancellor's office on Saturday to convey their pain. According to authorities, security arrangements at all the entry points of the campus have been beefed up as a precautionary measure. Rihan Ahmad, the secretary of the Technical Staff Association of the University, told reporters that about 1,600 non-teaching temporary staff have not received their last month's salary. Ahmed said that a large section of the protesting staff has been working on a temporary basis for as long as a decade and AMU relies heavily on them for a lot of its work. AMU Proctor Mohammad Waseem told the media that the representati

Updated On : 31 Dec 2022 | 8:06 PM IST

AMU faculty raises issue of delay in appointing teachers' representatives

A group of senior faculty members of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has written to the Vice-Chancellor expressing concern over the delay in the appointment of teachers' representatives in administrative bodies, including the University Court and the Executive Council. In their letter, the 25 faculty members pointed out that apart from the representation of teachers in such statutory bodies, the elections to the AMU Teachers' Association (AMUTA) have now been pending for more than three years now. The issue stemmed from the lockdown period during the pandemic and has still not been addressed though normal functioning of the institution restarted several months back, they said. While elections for selecting teachers to the University Court have been pending since May 2018, the election for teachers' representatives to the Executive Council was to be held on April 2021, the letter said. The election to vacant seats of the Academic Council has been pending since May 2020, it said. Th