Aligarh Muslim University gets its first woman Vice Chancellor in history
The announcement was made by a notification by the AMU on Monday evening after the Union Education Ministry’s letter to the AMU.
According to the notification, the Election Commission of India gave its permission for the appointment of the VC “ect to the condition that no political mileage may be derived from it”.
Khatoon, the current principal of AMU’s women’s college since 2016, faced row over her candidacy for the Vice Chancellor’s position.
An alumna of AMU, Khatoon pursued her education in Odisha before moving to AMU.
There, she completed her pre-university studies and pursued psychology, obtaining her undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in 1981 and 1983, respectively. In 1989, she achieved a PhD in psychology, as documented on the AMU website.
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