Jamia Millia Islamia appoints Mohammad Shakeel as Officiating VC hours after HC's order

Jamia Millia Islamia appoints Mohammad Shakeel as Officiating Vice Chancellor after Delhi High Court quashes Eqbal Hussain's appointment.

Jamia Millia Islamia on May 22 appointed Mohammad Shakeel as its Officiating Vice Chancellor, hours after the Delhi High Court quashed the appointment of Eqbal Hussain and directed the varsity to make a fresh appointment within one week.

The high court quashed the appointment of Mr. Hussain as the Pro-Vice Chancellor and subsequently as Officiating Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, holding that the appointments were not made in conformity with the relevant statute.

It directed to make a fresh appointment to the post of Officiating Vice Chancellor to ensure that the academic and administrative machinery of the university does not suffer or come to a complete halt.

The court also asked the President of India to order initiation of the process of appointing a regular VC in the meantime.

Mr. Shakeel is a senior most professor at the Department of Civil Engineering in Jamia. He has assumed the charge of the Officiating VC till a regular Vice Chancellor of the university assumes office.

Mr. Shakeel obtained his BTech and MTech degrees from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and subsequently obtained his PhD degree from the University of Roorkee.

He had joined JMI as a Lecturer in November 1986 and he was subsequently promoted to the post of Reader and professor in the year 1992 and 2000 respectively.