AMUs New acting Vice Chancellor

Updated on: Friday, March 16, 2012

Aligarh Muslim University gets a new acting Vice Chancellor Dr Noor Mohammad, a 1977 batch IAS officer. The last Vice Chancellor PK Abdul Azis' tenure having ended on January 17 last, there was two months of uncertainty over the next appointment. Mohammad took charge last evening.

Till the University finds a permanent replacement Dr Noor Mohammad will hold the position. His name had figured prominently in the original list of suggestions for the post placed before the universitys executive council.

Restoring the essential ethos of the historic institution ranks among his top priority, he said. “I will take steps to maintain law and order at the campus. A handful of trouble makers will certainly not be allowed to jeopardise the career of thousands of students who would like the academic calendar to proceed peacefully”, he said.

there have been a spate of violent incidents at the campus in the absence of any stable university administration for the past two months.

Born on July 30, 1951, Dr Mohammad is an alumni of AMU from where he obtained his Masters degree in physics in 1973. He earned his doctorate later from Lucknow University in Economics. In 1977, he topped the list in the IAS examination and was allotted UP cadre. Among the top positions he has held was that of Uttar Pradesh's Election Commissioner, a post that he held for several years.

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