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October 25, 2024

53-yr-old JNU professor to take charge for a period of five years

- IFRAH MUFTI

Mazhar Asif appointed Jamia Millia varsity V-C

PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu on Thursday appointed Prof Mazhar Asif as the new Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, the Union Ministry of Education revealed. The appointment, made under the powers conferred by the Statutes of the Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988, was communicated through a letter from Shreya Bhardwaj, deputy secretary to the Government of India, to the Registrar of the university.

Currently a distinguished faculty member of the School of Languages at Jawaharlal Nehru University, 53-year-old Prof Asif will assume his new role for a term of five years, according to the university protocol.

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