Jamia Millia Islamia VC Prof Najma Akhatar to receive Padma Shri tomorrow

Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar will receive Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the country, from the President of India Ramnath Kovind at a ceremony to be held at the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 21, 2022. The Government of India (GoI) selected her for the award for her invaluable contribution in the field of literature and education.

Prof. Akhtar has the distinction of being the first woman Vice-Chancellor of JMI. Also, the varsity received A++ accreditation from the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) under her



supervision in December 2021. She is widely recognized as a leading educationist for having brought transformation in the delivery of quality education in premier educational institutions of the country.

Prof. Akhtar led JMI to bag 6th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI.

Under her leadership, the university also achieved outstanding performance by securing a 95.23 per cent score among all central universities in a performance evaluation done by the Ministry of Education for the year 2019-20.