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The Aligarh Muslim University Court has forwarded the names of Prof Naima Khatoon Gulrez, Prof Faizan Mustafa and Prof M U Rabbani to the Visitor, President Droupadi Murmu, as potential picks for the varsity’s next Vice-Chancellor.
A note by the varsity’s public relations office read: “The AMU Court, the supreme governing body of the university, at its special meeting held today, recommended a panel of three names to the President of India in her capacity as Visitor of the University for the appointment of the next V-C. The University Court recommended the names of Prof Muzaffar Uruj Rabbani, former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, AMU; Prof Faizan Mustafa, V-C, Chanakya National Law University, Patna and Professor at the Department of Law, AMU; and Prof Naima Khatoon, a Professor of Psychology at AMU and Principal, Women’s College, AMU, for the panel of the new V-C.”
“The meeting, attended by 84 members, was presided over by the officiating V-C, Prof Mohammad Gulrez. Naseem Ahmad, former AMU V-C, was the Chief Election Officer to conduct the election. Prof Rabbani secured 61 votes, Prof Mustafa 53 and Prof Khatoon 50, while Prof Furqan Qamar and Prof Qayyum Husain secured 45 and 43 votes, respectively. Prof Qamar and Prof Husain figured in the panel of five names that were drawn by the Executive Council of the University at its meeting held on October 30. AMU Registrar Mohammad Imran (IPS) conducted the proceedings and later extended a vote of thanks,” the note states.
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Prof Gulrez, who presided over the meeting, is Prof Khatoon’s husband. He had also chaired the October 30 meeting of the Executive Council that selected five names that were sent to the AMU Court, inviting complaints and questions of propriety and conflict of interest.
Prof Gulrez had, in response, suggested that because he wasn’t a candidate, there was no problem. Prof Khatoon had told The Indian Express, “There is nothing wrong with it. Circulars of the Department of Education clearly state that if the V-C himself is a nominee, he has to recuse himself, but there is nothing about the spouse or any other relative of the V-C in those circulars.”
Prof Khatoon, if picked by the Visitor, could become the university’s first woman V-C.
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