JMI VC Prof Najma Akhatar to be conferred with Padma Shri today- Education News
The Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), 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 today.
The Government of India (GoI) selected her for the Padma Shri because of her exemplary 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 also led JMI to bag the 6th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI. Under her leadership, the university 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.
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