Jamia Millia Islamia VC conferred Padma Shri
India Today
JMI Vice-Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar has conferred with Padma Shri from the President of India Ramnath Kovind.
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the country, from the President of India Ramnath Kovind at a ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan today. The government of India (GoI) selected her for the award for her invaluable contribution in the field of literature and education. Her daughter Farha Khan and son Saad Akhtar were also present during the award function.
Prof. Akhtar has the distinction of being the first woman Vice-Chancellor of JMI. Also, the varsity received A++ accreditation from the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) under her supervision in December 2021. She is widely recognized as a leading educationist for having brought transformation in the delivery of quality education in premier educational institutions of the country.
Prof. Akhtar led JMI to bag 6th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI.
Under her leadership, the university also achieved outstanding performance by securing a 95.23 per cent score among all central universities in a performance evaluation done by the Ministry of Education for the year 2019-20.
Born on November 13, 1953, Prof. Najma Akhtar received her PhD in Education on the topic 'A Comparative Study on Conventional & Distance Education System of Higher Education'.
