Jamia Hamdard appoints Dr. M. Afshar Alam as new Vice-Chancellor
The new VC is also serving as a member of many government bodies including the UGC, AICTE, NAAC and DST.
Distinguished Computer Science Professor Dr. M. Afshar Alam, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard. The Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard on the recommendations of the Search-cum-Selection Committee appointed Dr. M. Afshar Alam as the 9th Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard.
His research areas include Software Re-engineering, Data Mining, Bio-Informatics, Fuzzy databases, and Sustainable Development. In his 25 years of experience in teaching and research, he was invited to many countries across the globe including UAE, Nepal, Syria, Yemen and many more for delivering Special Lectures and as Keynote speakers in Conferences. He has authored 10 books, supervised more than 30 Doctoral students and more than 200 Post Graduate research projects and has more than 160 research papers in reputed journals to his credit.
He is conferred with many prestigious awards like Bharat Samaj Ratna Award, AMP Award for Excellence in Education, Cooperative Citizen Award, World Environment Day Award, and Spardha Shree Award. He is also the member of various government bodies at both National and International level including University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Department of Science & Technology (DST).
Working on the new education policy 2020, he said, “Jamia Hamdard is working on multi-entry and multi exit for various subjects in various courses. We are working hard on a multi-disciplinary approach in the courses here.”
