Khwaja Mohammed Shahid is an Indian career civil servant, academic and administrator who formerly served as

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Maulana Azad National Urdu University Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a freedom fighter in India's stru ...

and Registrar of

Jamia Millia Islamia University Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

. He was also an eminent visitor to the University Grants Commission. He also previously served as

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. He is a

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Early life and education

He graduated with Bachelor, Masters and a

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from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

Career

Civil service

Shahid joined the

after qualifying through the

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. He served as Joint Secretary in

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Secretariat. He was later empanelled and served in the post as

. He was appointed as Director of

Institute of Secretariat Training and Management The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, (acronym ISTM), is a ''Central Training Institute'' for civil employees, directly managed by the Department of Personnel and Training, under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and ...

by the

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is a ministry of the Government of India in personnel matters specially issues concerning recruitment, training, career development, staff welfare as well as the post-retirement dispensatio ...

Academic

He served as Registrar of

and was responsible for transforming the institution from a "deemed university" status to a full-fledged central university. He was later appointed as Pro-

by the

Ministry of Human Resource Development The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further di ...

. He was later appointed as

(Incharge) of

Books, research papers and journals

Shahid is the author of 3 Urdu and 1 English book.

Books

* ''Indian Higher Education at a Crossroads'' (Publisher: Kalpaz Publications; )

References

External links

Khwaja Shahid moots the idea of caravan of goodwill and harmony
The Siasat Daily
MANUU's new VC assures justice as campus protests continue
''Sakshi Post'' (2015)
Muslim educational institutes celebrate Independence Day with gaiety
Muslim Mirror
Maulana Azad National Urdu University row: Professors lodge complaint
Deccan Chronicle
President Message, AMU
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