Anwar Ahmad Khan (born 1947), better known as Dr. A. A. Khan, is an Indian physicist. He was the Vice Chancellor of

Ranchi University Ranchi University is a public state university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature. Ranchi University offers degrees in undergraduate, post-graduate, M.Phil. and doctorate programs. History ...

from 2006 to 2011.

Early life and education

Khan was born in 1947 in Nauhatta, Dist- Saharsa. He earned an

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from Patna University in 1968 and a

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in electronics in 1977.

Academic career

Khan started his academic career in 1969 as an electronics lecturer in Magadh University. In 1978 he joined

where he spent most of his academic career, reaching the positions of Head of the Department of Physics, and then Pro Vice Chancellor in 2004, and Vice Chancellor from 2006 to 2011.List of former Vice Chancellors of Ranchi University
/ref> He also spent ten-year (from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1995) at the electrical engineering department at King Saud University.

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* Academic staff of Ranchi University Vice-chancellors of Ranchi University 20th-century Indian physicists Living people 1947 births Indian Muslims People from Saharsa district Scientists from Bihar {{India-academic-bio-stub