New Delhi: Professor Najma Akhtar was Thursday appointed as the vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, making her the first woman to hold the charge. A widely acclaimed educationist, Prof Akhtar is also the first lady vice chancellor of any central university in Delhi, the varsity said.
She has four decades of academic scholarship in educational leadership. “In exercise of powers conferred under Statutes of Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988, the President of India, in his capacity as the Visitor of the JMI, has been pleased to appoint Prof Najma Akhtar, NIEPA, New Delhi as the vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi for five years,” an official order said.
