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Department of Islamic Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Languages

 

Prof. Akhtarul Wasey
Official Address Deptt. of Islamic Studies,
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi-110025
Ph. 26981717 Extn. 2852
Residential Address 0091-11-26986077
Academic Performance
S.No.

Year

Degree

 Institution
(i) 1971

B.A. (Hons.)

Aligarh Muslim University
(ii) 1975 Bachelor of Theology Aligarh Muslim University
(iii) 1976 Master   of Theology Aligarh Muslim University
(iv) 1977 M.A. (Islamic Studies) Aligarh Muslim University
(v) 1983 Diploma In Turkish Language Istanbul University
Employment Profile
S.No. From To Position Held

Organisation

(i) 1978 1979 Lecturer Jamia Millia Islamia
(ii) 1979 1980 Lecturer Aligarh Muslim University
(iii) 1980 1987 Lecturer Jamia Millia Islamia
(iv) 1987 1991 Reader Jamia Millia Islamia
(v) 1991 till date Professor Jamia Millia Islamia
Awards
  • Selected for the Short-tersm Turkish Govt. fellowship to Study Turkish Language and Culture by the  Ministry of Education (Govt. of India ) 1983.
  • Junior Research Fellowship (UGC) 1977-78
  • Faculty of Social Science merit scholarship for M.A. (Islamic Studies) of the A.M.U.  1976-77
  • Faculty of Theology merit scholarship for M.Th.(Sunni) of the A.M.U. 1975-76.
  • Islamic Studies merit scholarship for M.A. (Islamic Studies) of the A.M.U. 1972
  • Islamic Studies merit scholarship for B.A. (Hons.) of the A.M.U. 1968-7
Membership of Professional/ Learned Bodies/Societies
1. Member, Maulana Azad Education Foundation (Govt. of India) New Delhi.
2. Member, Central Waqf Council (Govt. of India) New Delhi
3. Member, Advisory Board, Politics India (The Awareness Magazine) New Delhi
4. Member, Academic Council, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
5. President (Elected) Islamic Studies Section, All India Oriental Conference,Pune.
6. Member, Board of Research Studies, Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar.
7. Member, Board of Under Graduate Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar.
8. Member, Board of Research Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar.
9. Member, Faculty Committee, Faculty  of Theology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
10. Member, Board of   Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, A.M.U., Aligarh.
11. General Secretary, All India  Qaumi Tanzeem, New Delhi
12.   Member, Dargah Committee, Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer.
13. Member, National Advisory Group of the Educational Management Resource Procejt (EMRP), Aga Khan Foundation (Inddia)
14. Member, National Executive of “Educators for Secularism, Socialism and Democracy”, and Convenor of its Delhi Unit.
15. Member, Northern Panel of Islamic Development Bank Assistance Programme.
16. Member, Advisory Board, Foundation for Amity and National Solidarity, New Delhi
17. Member, Editorial Board, “Secular Democrary” (a reputed journal), New Delhi
18. Member, Executive of All India Sampradayakta Virodhi Committee, New Delhi
19. Member, Executive of All India Muslim Educational Conference, Aligarh
20. Trustee, Sir Syed Foundation, New Delhi
21.

Trustee, Foundation for inter-Community Relations (FICR), New Delhi

22. Trustee, Yasmeen Foundation, New Delhi
Publication Details

List of Publications

Orignal
1. Education of Indian Muslims (New Delhi, 1977).
2. Sir Syed Ki Taleemi Tehreek (New Delhi, 1985)
(The first comprehensive study in English and Urdu of the Educational dimension of the Aligarh Movement i.e. the All India Muslim Educational Conference founded by Sir Syed Ahmad in 1886).
Translations
1. Aaiyne-Sarguzusht (Hindi Translation of the biography of Avicina) CCRUM (Govt. of India), 1999.
2. Hind Islami Tarz-e-Tameeer: Urdu translation of Indo-Muslim Architecture, Published by Publications Division, Ministry of I&B (Govt. of India) 1995
3. Hamara Mulk Bharat - an NCERT text book in Urdu (1991)
4. Sabaq Amoz Kahaniyan (Urdu 1986)
5. Bharat mein Islami Shiksha ke Kandra (Hindi), Publications Division, Ministry of I&B, Government of India, New Delhi, 1984.
Edited
1. Jerusalem: Holy City Enslaved: Articles and Proceedings of an Indo-Arab Symposium on Arab status of Jerusalem (held in New Delhi in June 1984) jointly edited with Mrs. Manorma Dewan (PAI Publications, New Delhi, 1984)
2. Yaroshalem: Shahr -e- Muqaddas -se- Shahr -e- Masloob Tak: A compilation of articles on Jerusalem in Urdu, jointly edited with Mrs. Manorma Dewan (PAI Publications, New Delhi, 1987).

 

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