Aligarh, October 19: Dr. Qazi Mazhar Ali, retired Professor of the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), has been appointed Honorary Director of the Professor K.A. Nizami Centre for Quranic Studies, AMU, for a period of one year.
Prof. Ali earned degrees in Statistics and Computer Science from AMU before obtaining his doctorate from the University of Oxford, England. His teaching career spans more than four decades at six universities in India and abroad. He has published research papers in national and international journals, along with a book.
He has held several senior academic and administrative positions in India and abroad, including Dean of the Faculty of Science, Chairman of the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Department of Remote Sensing and GIS Applications, Director of the Computer Centre and Ombudsperson of AMU.
He also served as Qazi-e-Shahar of Bijnor for many years.