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List of alumni and faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia

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This is a list of alumni and faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia.

## Faculty

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Mini Shaji Thomas | Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology, former Director NIT Trichy. |
A. Ramachandran | Artist and Former Professor of the Department of Art and Education. | [1]
Akhtarul Wasey | Professor Emeritus Islamic Studies, former Head of the department of Islamic Studies and former Dean of the faculty of Humanities and Languages. |
Farhat Basir Khan | Professor of Photography |
Farida Abdulla Khan | Former Dean of the Education faculty of Jamia. |
Furqan Qamar | Professor of Management, Former Vice chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Adviser to Planning Commission (Education) |
Gopi Chand Narang | Author and Former Professor of Urdu. |
Mohammad Mujeeb | Former VC of the Jamia. |
Mohammad Zahid Ashraf | Dean of Faculty of Life Sciences |
Mukul Kesavan | Professor, Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia |
Nuzhat Parveen Khan | Professor, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia | [2]
Shohini Ghosh | Director, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre |
Zafar Ahmad Nizami | Former head of the department of Political Science. | [3]
Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi | Professor of History and former head of the department of Islamic Studies. | [4]

## Alumni

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Abdul Lateef Azmi | Urdu litterateur  | [5]
Abul Kalam Qasmi | Urdu critic and former dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University | [6]
Afroz Alam Sahil | Editor at BeyondHeadlines  |
Akanksha Damini Joshi | Filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer |
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | Padma Vibhushan awardee, Former member of Rajya Sabha, Former governor of Bihar, Haryana, West Bengal |
Akhu Chingangbam | Lyricist, Singer and Founder of the folk-rock band Imphal Talkies and The Howlers | [7]
Alankrita Shrivastava | Screenwriter and director  |
Amanatullah Khan | Two time member of Delhi Legislative Assembly |
Amar Kanwar | Filmmaker  | [8]
Amit Dutt | Scientist, Geneticist, known for his studies on Fibroblast growth factor receptor |
Ampareen Lyngdoh | Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly since 2008  |
Anjana Om Kashyap | Executive Editor at Aaj Tak | [9]
Anwar Jamal | Documentary Filmmaker |
Anusha Shah | Civil engineer, 159th President of Institution of Civil Engineers | [10]
Anuraadha Tewari | Screenwriter and director
Aparna Sanyal | Film director and producer | [11]
Arfa Khanum Sherwani | Senior Editor at The Wire |
Aseem Mishra | Cinematographer |
Barkha Dutt | News Anchor, Former Consulting Editor NDTV, Owner of MoJo |
Bharat Chikara | Hockey player | [12]
Danish Aslam | Film director |
Danish Siddiqui | Photojounalist, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography | [13]
Danish Mujtaba | Hockey Player | [12]
Devesh Chauhan | Arjuna awardee, Hockey player | [14]
Farida Khanam | Islamic Scholar, Professor, Peace Activist  |
Gagan Ajit Singh | Arjuna Awardee, Hockey Player | [15]
Gayathri Prabhu | Novelist | [16]
Gul Khan | TV Producer and director |
Gurwinder Singh | Hockey Player |
Habib Faisal | Film Writer and director |
Harish Chandra Burnwal | Writer, journalist, lyricist and bhajan singer.  | [17]
Harsh Chhaya | Television and Bollywood Film Actor |
Hasina Jalal | Afghan activist  | [18]
Hemant Chaturvedi | Cinematographer | [19]
Hindol Sengupta | Historian and Journalist | [20]
Imran Hussain | Two time member of Delhi Legislative Assembly, cabinet minister in Delhi government | [21]
Imran Raza Ansari | Former Cabinet Minister in Jammu & Kashmir | [22]
Jai Prakash | Indian Wrestler, 1984 Olympian |
Janaki Sabesh | Actress  | [23]
Javed Ali Khan | Former member of Rajya Sabha | [24]
Kabir Khan | Film director | [25]
Kamlesh Kumar Singh | Hockey Player |
Kiran Rao | Film director and actress |
Kamal Akhtar | Former Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh government, Former Rajya Sabha member |
Kuldeep Singh | Hockey Player |
Kunwar Danish Ali | Member of Lok Sabha |
Loveleen Tandan | Film director (Slumdog Millionaire) | [26]
Mahmud Hussain | Member of Pakistan Movement, First Constituent Assembly |
Mairaj Ahmad Khan | Skeet Shooter, Olympian  | [27]
Mandeep Antil | Hockey Player | [citation needed]
Mayukh Hazarika | Playback singer and music director  |
Meem Afzal | Former Member of Rajya Sabha | [28]
Meena Kotwal | Journalist, and the founder of The Mooknayak | [29]
Meenu Gaur | British-Indian director and screenwriter  | [30]
Mohammad Hossein Adeli | Iranian Politician, Diplomat, Economist, Secretary General at Gas Exporting Countries Forum |
Marya Shakil | Television journalist & news anchor  | [31]
Masud Husain Khan | Linguist, first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at AMU and the fifth Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia |
Mohammad Alvi | Urdu Poet |
Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi | Islamic Scholar |
Mohammad Zahid Ashraf | Recipient of National Bioscience Award for Career Development | [32]
Mohibbullah | Member of Parliament  | [33][34]
Muazzam Beg | Bollywood film writer and director  | [35]
Muzaffar Alam | Professor at University of Chicago | [36]
Mouni Roy | Actress |
Naved Aslam | Film & Television Actor, Writer |
Nidhi Bisht | Actress | [37]
Nishtha Jain | Film Director and producer | [38]
Nitin Kumar | Hockey Player |
Natasha Badhwar | Journalist, Author and Documentary filmmaker |
Neelum Sharma | Nari Shakti Puraskar 2019, Doordarshan Anchor/Journalist |
Neha Dixit | Independent Journalist and Author |
Nitin Kumar | Professional Darts Player | [39]
Nuzhat Parveen Khan | Professor of Law, Dean at School of Law, Bennett University and former Dean at Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia | [2][40]
Parvez Sharma | Filmmaker, Author, and Journalist |
Prashant Pandey | Writer Director | [41]
Pir Ilahi Bux | Prominent Member of Pakistan Movement and Second Chief Minister of Sindh |
Pranab Kumar Aich | Documentary Filmmaker, Photographer  | [42]
Prabhjot Singh | Arjuna awardee, Hockey player | [14][15]
Prerna Bhambri | National Level Tennis Player | [43]
Raqib Hameed Naik | Journalist, founder of Hindutva Watch | [44]
Rintu Thomas | Academy Award nominated filmmaker  | [45]
Ritu Kapur | Media Entrepreneur | [46]
Rahimuddin Khan | Retired four star general of Pakistan Army, Former Governor of Balochistan and Sindh |
Rakesh Sharma | Documentary Filmmaker  | [47]
Rameez Nemat | First-class cricketer  | [48]
Ritesh Shah | Screenwriter |
Roshan Abbas | Radio Jockey / Film Director |
Saif Ali Naqvi | Member of Indian National Congress |
Saba Mumtaz | Television Writer and producer. |
Sanjeev K Jha | Screenwriter | [49]
Shah Alam | Activist, Documentary Filmmaker and Founder of Awam ka Cinema | [50]
Shah Rukh Khan | Actor | [51]
Shakeel Ahmed | Scientist  |
Shalu Nigam | Lawyer, Legal Scholar and Author  |
Shashwati Talukdar | New York-based Academic-Filmmaker |
Suhaib Ilyasi | Television Producer and director
Surender Kumar | Hockey Player |
Syed Hassan | Educationist  |
Syed Sahil Agha | Writer and Dastangoi Performer |
Satpal Tanwar | Founder of Akhil Bhartiya Bhim Sena |
Shah Alam | Two time member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | [52]
Shazia Ilmi | Television journalist and spokesperson of Bharatiya Janta Party | [53]
S. Y. Quraishi | 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India |
S.A. Lalli | Economics Author and Professor at University of Delhi |
Syed Hassan | Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Padma Shri awardee
Tsering Rhitar Sherpa | Nepalese Film Director and producer |
Tushar Khandekar | Hockey Player | [12]
Vikas Jain | Co-founder and Business Director, Micromax | [54]
Vinod Jose | Investigative Journalist, Executive Editor at The Caravan |
Virender Sehwag | Cricketer | [55]
Wasiq Khan | Bollywood Production Designer and art director | [56]
Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi | Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University |
Zeishan Quadri | Writer, actor, Gangs of Wasseypur |
Munna Khalid | Indian para-badminton athlete |
Zubair Khan | Three time Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Zulfiquarulla | Former Member of Lok Sabha |
Meeran Haider | Activist  |
Javed Ali Khan | Member of Rajya Sabha | [57]

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