Naima Khatoon appointed AMU VC, first woman to be appointed to post in over 100 years

AMU : Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday. Khatoon was appointed after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who is visitor to the university, they said.

Permission from the Election Commission of India (ECI) was also sought in view of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) being in place, they said. “Naima Khatoon, Principal, Women’s College, has been appointed as the VC of AMU for a period of five years. The ECI has stated that the commission has no objection from the MCC angle to the proposal related to the appointment of the AMU VC subject to the condition that no political mileage be derived from it,” a source said.

Khatoon, who received her PhD in psychology from AMU, was promoted to professor in 2006 after being appointed as a lecturer in the same department in 1988. She went on there prior to being designated the head of the Ladies’ School in 2014.

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was established in 1875 and changed its name to AMU in 1920 as a result of the Aligarh Muslim University Act. AMU will turn one hundred years old in September 2020, making it one of India’s oldest universities. The college has had no lady bad habit chancellor up to this point. Begum Sultan Jahan was named chancellor of AMU in 1920. She is still the only woman who has held the position.

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