Dr Nazim Hussain Jafri, Controller of Examinations, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) today took additional charge as the Registrar of the university after the outgoing Registrar Mr. A.P.Siddiqui (IPS) (HP-1991Batch) repatriated to his parent cadre Himachal Pradesh on his request. Mr. Siddiqui served for four years as Registrar at the university.Dr. Jafri, who has vast administrative and academic experience, had joined Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) as Controller of Examination(CoE) on 1st January,2020.
Dr. Jafri was Joint Registrar in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) before joining JMI. Earlier, he has also served as Joint Controller Exams at AMU. He has also officiated as Registrar of AMU.A PhD in History from AMU, Dr Jafri has also served as the first Registrar of Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, and Madhya Pradesh. Later he served as Controller of Examination at Babasaheb Bheemrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow,UP.
He has also served at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu Arbi-Farsi University, Lucknow, UP as its Registrar.Dr Jafri has also worked as a lecturer in AMU and later on he switched to administrative side and started working as Deputy Registrar in AMU. He has been associated with various committees of UGC as a member.Dr. Jafri has written 5 books in history and authored more than 20 research papers.