Naima Khatoon | |
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Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University | |
Assumed office 22 April 2024 | |
Chancellor | Mufaddal Saifuddin |
Preceded by | Tariq Mansoor |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 Jajpur district, Odisha[1] |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Mohammad Gulrez |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University |
Occupation | Professor, Vice-Chancellor |
Profession | Teaching, Administration |
Naima Khatoon is the vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. She is the first female vice-chancellor in the history of the university. Khatoon earned her PhD in Psychology from the Aligarh Muslim University and joined as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology in 1988. She also served as an associate professor at the National University of Rwanda for a period of one year from 1999 to 2000. She then rejoined Aligarh Muslim University as an associate professor and became Professor in 2006.[2][3][4][5][6][7]