Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has reconstituted its Alumni Affairs Committee, National Advisory Committee and International Advisory Committee with immediate effect. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Naima Khatoon approved the three committees on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Alumni Affairs Committee, according to an office memo issued by the Registrar’s office (Councils Section) on 22 October 2026.
The committees will serve for two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Prof. Sartaj Tabassum of the Department of Chemistry is the Chairman of the Alumni Affairs Committee, and Prof. Mohammad Sarosh Umar of the Department of Computer Engineering is the Vice-Chairman.
Key facts
- Committees: Alumni Affairs Committee, National Advisory Committee and International Advisory Committee
- Approved by: Vice-Chancellor Prof. Naima Khatoon, on the recommendation of the Chairman, Alumni Affairs Committee
- Effective: Immediately, from 22 October 2026
- Term: Two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier
- Size: 33 members and six office-bearers in the Alumni Affairs Committee, 33 members in the National Advisory Committee and 42 in the International Advisory Committee
- Memo signed by: Mohd. Arifuddin Ahmad, Joint Registrar (Councils)
Alumni Affairs Committee: office-bearers
The Vice-Chancellor is the Patron of the committee and the Pro Vice-Chancellor is the Co-Patron. The Registrar and the Finance Officer are Advisors.
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| Name | Post or department | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Naima Khatoon | Vice-Chancellor | Patron |
| Prof. Mohd Mohsin Khan | Pro Vice-Chancellor | Co-Patron |
| Prof. Aasim Zafar | Registrar | Advisor |
| Mr. Noorus Salam | Finance Officer | Advisor |
| Prof. Sartaj Tabassum | Department of Chemistry | Chairman |
| Prof. Mohammad Sarosh Umar | Department of Computer Engineering | Vice-Chairman |
Alumni Affairs Committee: members
The committee has 33 members. They include the principals of five AMU colleges and teachers from engineering, medicine, management, sciences and the humanities.
| No. | Name | Department or college |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal | Dr. Z. A. Dental College |
| 2 | Principal | J.N. Medical College |
| 3 | Principal | A. K. Tibbiya College |
| 4 | Principal | Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology |
| 5 | Principal | Women's College |
| 6 | Prof. Abid Ali Khan | Mechanical Engineering |
| 7 | Prof. Aftab Alam | Strategic and Security Studies |
| 8 | Prof. Anwar Shahzad | Botany |
| 9 | Prof. Asfar Ali Khan | Electrical Engineering |
| 10 | Prof. Asiya Chaudhary | Commerce |
| 11 | Prof. Ayesha Farooq | Business Administration |
| 12 | Prof. Brij Bhushan Singh | Physical Education |
| 13 | Prof. Ekram Khan | Electronics Engineering |
| 14 | Prof. Farukh Arjmand | Chemistry |
| 15 | Prof. Mohammad Naved Khan | Business Administration |
| 16 | Prof. Omar Farooq | Electronics Engineering |
| 17 | Prof. Parvaiz Talib | Business Administration |
| 18 | Prof. Qudsia Tahseen | Zoology |
| 19 | Prof. Syed Ziaur Rahman | Pharmacology |
| 20 | Prof. Arman Rasool Faridi | Computer Science |
| 21 | Prof. Vibha Sharma | English |
| 22 | Prof. Urus Ilyas | Wildlife Sciences |
| 23 | Prof. Tamkin Khan | Gynaecology |
| 24 | Dr. Javid Ali | Mathematics |
| 25 | Dr. Shariq Aqeel | CMO, Health Service |
| 26 | Dr. Abdul Aziz Khan | Tahaffuzi-wa-Samaji Tib |
| 27 | Dr. Ali Jafar Abedi | Community Medicine |
| 28 | Dr. Imtiyaz Yousuf | Chemistry |
| 29 | Dr. Faiza Abbasi | Academic Staff College |
| 30 | Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad | Geology |
| 31 | Dr. Mohammad Zain Khan | Industrial Chemistry |
| 32 | Dr. S. Asad Ali | Applied Physics |
| 33 | Dr. Mohd. Qamar Alam | Persian |
National Advisory Committee
The 33-member National Advisory Committee has members from across India, including civil servants, doctors, lawyers, academics and office-bearers of AMU alumni associations in Mumbai and Indore. Former hockey player Zafar Iqbal is also on the list.
| No. | Member | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Tahir Mahmood | Delhi |
| 2 | Mr. Naved Masood, IAS | Delhi |
| 3 | Mr. Zafar Mehmood, IRS (Retd.) | Delhi |
| 4 | Dr. D. P. Agarwal, Former Chairman, UPSC | Aligarh |
| 5 | Dr. Ashok Seth, Chairman, Escorts Heart Institute | Delhi |
| 6 | Mr. Manoj Yadava, IPS | Mumbai |
| 7 | Mr. Noorul Hasan, IPS, Bhandara District Police Headquarters | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Prof. K. M. Baharul Islam, Professor and Dean, Indian Institute of Management Kashipur | Director, IMT Hyderabad |
| 9 | Prof. Shakeel Qidwai | Lucknow |
| 10 | Dr. Shadab Mahmood | Delhi |
| 11 | Dr. Khalid Masood | Lucknow |
| 12 | Mr. Mohd. Irshad (Advocate) | Delhi |
| 13 | Mr. Rais Ahmad | Mumbai |
| 14 | Mr. Waquar Ahmad | Kolkata |
| 15 | Mr. Syed Sifat Ali | Chennai |
| 16 | Mr. Salman Waris | Delhi |
| 17 | Mr. Arshad Haque | Patna |
| 18 | Mr. Rizwanur Rahman, CEO, Maulana Azad Foundation | New Delhi |
| 19 | Mr. Faisal Sherwani, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India, and Partner, Luthra and Luthra Law Offices | New Delhi |
| 20 | Prof. Anwarul Haque Khan, WB University of Health Sciences, Kolkata | Kolkata |
| 21 | Dr. Mohd Ismaeel Khan, Managing Director, Herboveda Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Okhla | New Delhi |
| 22 | Prof. Neelima Gupta, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (Sagar University) | Madhya Pradesh |
| 23 | Ms. Zoya Fatehally, R&D and Productization Tribe, Mobile Networks, Nokia | Bengaluru |
| 24 | Dr. Masroor Ali Qureshi, Secretary, AMU Old Boys Association, Mumbai | Mumbai |
| 25 | Mrs. Rana Ali, President, AMU Alumni Association, Indore | Indore |
| 26 | Ms. Huma Mirza, Author | New Delhi |
| 27 | Prof. Abbas Ali Mahdi, Vice-Chancellor, Era University | Lucknow |
| 28 | Nawab Haider Ali Khan of Pandrawal, Lala Rukh, Dodhpur | Aligarh |
| 29 | Mr. Irfanullah Khan | New Delhi |
| 30 | Mr. Mohd Aslam Khan, Secretary, Old Boys Association | New Delhi |
| 31 | Mr. Zafar Iqbal, former hockey player | New Delhi |
| 32 | Mr. Zia Sherwani, Global Blossom School | Aligarh |
| 33 | Dr. Mohsin Wali, Senior Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital | New Delhi |
International Advisory Committee
The International Advisory Committee has 42 members based abroad, mostly in the USA, the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UK. Members include Dr. Kohkan Shamsi, President of AMAANA, New York, and Dr. Inamullah Baig, President of the AMU Alumni Association, Riyadh.
| No. | Member | Country or city |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Frank F. Islam | USA |
| 2 | Dr. Nadeem Tarin | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 3 | Mr. Ameer Ahmed | Dubai, UAE |
| 4 | Dr. Shaheer Khan | Northern California, USA |
| 5 | Mr. Syed Ali Rizvi | Boston, USA |
| 6 | Dr. Zargham Zia | Birmingham, UK |
| 7 | Mr. Bayar Mustafa | UAE |
| 8 | Dr. Abdul Wase | Ohio, USA |
| 9 | Dr. Ashraf Khan | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 10 | Dr. Sadia Chagtai | USA |
| 11 | Dr. Abdullah Abdullah | USA |
| 12 | Dr. Shabbir Ashraf | Birmingham, UK |
| 13 | Dr. Ghazala Kohkan Shamsi | New York, USA |
| 14 | Mr. Basheer Talib | Mauritius |
| 15 | Dr. Sharique Ahmad | Bahrain |
| 16 | Dr. Kohkan Shamsi, President, AMAANA | New York, USA |
| 17 | Dr. Mone Zaidi, Endocrinologist | New York, USA |
| 18 | Mr. Razi Raziuddin | Washington, USA |
| 19 | Dr. Tazeen Beg | New York, USA |
| 20 | Dr. Yasmin Saikia | Arizona, USA |
| 21 | Dr. Farhan Ahmad Nizami, Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 22 | Er. Jawed Ahmad, Project Manager, Qatar Petroleum Group | Qatar |
| 23 | Mr. Tariq Chauhan | UAE |
| 24 | Mr. Pushkin Agha | Dubai |
| 25 | Mrs. Zehra Quadri, Executive Director, ZAM's Hope Community Resource Centre | Chicago, USA |
| 26 | Dr. Shams Tabrez, Managing Director, Dental Clinics | Dubai |
| 27 | Dr. Afzal Usmani | USA |
| 28 | Prof. M. Mohsin Jamali | USA |
| 29 | Dr. Mohsin Alvi, Infectious Disease Specialist | USA |
| 30 | Dr. Truchi Dana, Forbes ME NexGen Leader | Dubai |
| 31 | Dr. Farah Usmani, UN International Civil Service | New York, USA |
| 32 | Mrs. Shaheen Usmani, Professor, Brooklyn College | New York, USA |
| 33 | Dr. Inamullah Baig, President, AMU Alumni Association Riyadh | Riyadh |
| 34 | Dr. Atiq (General Secretary) | Qatar |
| 35 | Mr. Tauseef Khan, Chairman, Dugasta Properties | Dubai |
| 36 | Er. Ateeq A. Khan | Dubai, UAE |
| 37 | Mr. S. M. Qutbur Rahman | Dubai, UAE |
| 38 | Mr. Mansoor Ali | Dubai, UAE |
| 39 | Dr. Nadeem Zafar Jilani, Paediatrician, Sidra Medicine | Qatar |
| 40 | Dr. S. M. Hasan Rizvi | Qatar |
| 41 | Dr. Mubarak Raza Naqvi | USA |
| 42 | Dr. Afzal | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Who received the memo
Copies went by email to all committee members through the Chairman, the Finance Officer, deans, principals, chairpersons of departments, provosts of halls and N.R.S.C., the Librarian of Maulana Azad Library and other offices of the university.
If you are an Alig and want to stay in touch with fellow alumni, you can join The Aligarian Network, our free directory of AMU alumni and students. You can also read about the new Deputy and Assistant Proctors appointed this month.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the Chairman of the AMU Alumni Affairs Committee?
Prof. Sartaj Tabassum of the Department of Chemistry. Prof. Mohammad Sarosh Umar of the Department of Computer Engineering is the Vice-Chairman.
Which committees has AMU reconstituted?
The Alumni Affairs Committee, the National Advisory Committee and the International Advisory Committee.
How long will the new committees serve?
For two years or until further orders, whichever is earlier. The memo says they take effect immediately.
How many members are on the International Advisory Committee?
42 members, based in countries including the USA, the UK, the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Mauritius.
Where can I see the official order?
The office memo, D.No.(C)/2544 dated 22 October 2026, is attached to this article as a PDF with the full member lists.
