Prof. Sibghatullah Farooqui is new Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University

Just 10 days after Prof P K Abdul Azis retired from the post of Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh the university has got second new VC. On Sunday (January 29, 2012), Professor S. Mahdi Abbas Rizvi handed over the charge as the VC of AMU to Prof. Sibghatullah Fa rooqui, Dean, Faculty of Commerce, the senior most Dean amongst the members of the Executive Council under statute 2(7) of the Statutes of the University.

University Registrar, Dr. Nazim Husain Jafri, Controller of Examinations, Prof. Pervez Mustajab, Finance Officer, Mrs. Yasmeen Jalal Beg, OSD (Development), Prof. Akhtar Haseeb, Proctor, Prof. Mujahid Beg, DSW, Prof. Ainul Haq Khan and PRO, Dr. Rahat Abrar were present on the occasion of handing over and taking over of the charge of the Vice Chancellor. 

After assuming the charge of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sibghatullah Farooqui said that his top priority would be to convene the meeting of the Executive Council and the University Court for setting up a panel of names for selecting the next Vice Chancellor of the University. Prof. Farooqui has been associated with the University as a student and later as a teacher for the last 40 years and he has a long experience of administrative affairs of the University. He has served as provost of V. M. Hall and M. M. Hall of residence and administrator of Ahmadi School for Visually Challenged.

Prof. S. Mahdi Abbas Rizvi today handed over the charge of the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology to Prof. Hamid Ali, Department of Petroleum Studies, the next senior most professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology for a period of two years with effect from January 30, 2012 in terms of Statute 7(1) of the Statutes of the University.