# List of Jamia Millia Islamia people

This is a list of alumni and faculty of Jamia Millia Islamia.

## Faculty

| Name | Introduction |
| Mini Shaji Thomas | Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology, former Director NIT Trichy. |
| A. Ramachandran | Artist and Former Professor of the Department of Art and Education. |
| Akhtarul Wasey | Professor Emeritus Islamic Studies, former Head of the department of Islamic Studies and former Dean of the faculty of Humanities and Languages. |
| Farhat Basir Khan | Professor of Photography |
| Farida Abdulla Khan | Former Dean of the Education faculty of Jamia. |
| Furqan Qamar | Professor of Management, Former Vice chancellor of Central University of Himachal Pradesh and Adviser to Planning Commission (Education) |
| Gopi Chand Narang | Author and Former Professor of Urdu. |
| Mohammad Mujeeb | Former VC of the Jamia. |
| Mohammad Zahid Ashraf | Dean of Faculty of Life Sciences |
| Mukul Kesavan | Professor, Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Nuzhat Parveen Khan | Professor, Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Shohini Ghosh | Director, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre |
| Zafar Ahmad Nizami | Former head of the department of Political Science. |
| Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi | Professor of History and former head of the department of Islamic Studies. |

## Alumni

| Name | Introduction |
| Abdul Lateef Azmi | Urdu litterateur |
| Abul Kalam Qasmi | Urdu critic and former dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University |
| Afroz Alam Sahil | Editor at BeyondHeadlines |
| Akanksha Damini Joshi | Filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer |
| Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | Padma Vibhushan awardee, Former member of Rajya Sabha, Former governor of Bihar, Haryana, West Bengal |
| Akhu Chingangbam | Lyricist, Singer and Founder of the folk-rock band Imphal Talkies and The Howlers |
| Alankrita Shrivastava | Screenwriter and director |
| Amanatullah Khan | Two time member of Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| Amar Kanwar | Filmmaker |
| Amit Dutt | Scientist, Geneticist, known for his studies on Fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| Ampareen Lyngdoh | Member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly since 2008 |
| Anjana Om Kashyap | Executive Editor at Aaj Tak |
| Anwar Jamal | Documentary Filmmaker |
| Anusha Shah | Civil engineer, 159th President of Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Anuraadha Tewari | Screenwriter and director |
| Aparna Sanyal | Film director and producer |
| Arfa Khanum Sherwani | Senior Editor at The Wire |
| Aseem Mishra | Cinematographer |
| Barkha Dutt | News Anchor, Former Consulting Editor NDTV, Owner of MoJo |
| Bharat Chikara | Hockey player |
| Danish Aslam | Film director |
| Danish Siddiqui | Photojounalist, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography |
| Danish Mujtaba | Hockey Player |
| Devesh Chauhan | Arjuna awardee, Hockey player |
| Farida Khanam | Islamic Scholar, Professor, Peace Activist |
| Gagan Ajit Singh | Arjuna Awardee, Hockey Player |
| Gayathri Prabhu | Novelist |
| Gul Khan | TV Producer and director |
| Gurwinder Singh | Hockey Player |
| Habib Faisal | Film Writer and director |
| Harish Chandra Burnwal | Writer, journalist, lyricist and bhajan singer. |
| Harsh Chhaya | Television and Bollywood Film Actor |
| Hasina Jalal | Afghan activist |
| Hemant Chaturvedi | Cinematographer |
| Hindol Sengupta | Historian and Journalist |
| Imran Hussain | Two time member of Delhi Legislative Assembly, cabinet minister in Delhi government |
| Imran Raza Ansari | Former Cabinet Minister in Jammu & Kashmir |
| Jai Prakash | Indian Wrestler, 1984 Olympian |
| Janaki Sabesh | Actress |
| Javed Ali Khan | Former member of Rajya Sabha |
| Kabir Khan | Film director |
| Kamlesh Kumar Singh | Hockey Player |
| Kiran Rao | Film director and actress |
| Kamal Akhtar | Former Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh government, Former Rajya Sabha member |
| Kuldeep Singh | Hockey Player |
| Kunal Majumder | Journalist and academic |
| Kunwar Danish Ali | Member of Lok Sabha |
| Loveleen Tandan | Film director (Slumdog Millionaire) |
| Mahmud Hussain | Member of Pakistan Movement, First Constituent Assembly |
| Mairaj Ahmad Khan | Skeet Shooter, Olympian |
| Mandeep Antil | Hockey Player |
| Mayukh Hazarika | Playback singer and music director |
| Meem Afzal | Former Member of Rajya Sabha |
| Meena Kotwal | Journalist, and the founder of The Mooknayak |
| Meenu Gaur | British-Indian director and screenwriter |
| Mohammad Hossein Adeli | Iranian Politician, Diplomat, Economist, Secretary General at Gas Exporting Countries Forum |
| Marya Shakil | Television journalist & news anchor |
| Masud Husain Khan | Linguist, first Professor Emeritus in Social Sciences at AMU and the fifth Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia |
| Mohammad Alvi | Urdu Poet |
| Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi | Islamic Scholar |
| Mohammad Zahid Ashraf | Recipient of National Bioscience Award for Career Development |
| Mohibbullah | Member of Parliament |
| Muazzam Beg | Bollywood film writer and director |
| Muzaffar Alam | Professor at University of Chicago |
| Mouni Roy | Actress |
| Naved Aslam | Film & Television Actor, Writer |
| Nidhi Bisht | Actress |
| Nishtha Jain | Film Director and producer |
| Nitin Kumar | Hockey Player |
| Natasha Badhwar | Journalist, Author and Documentary filmmaker |
| Neelum Sharma | Nari Shakti Puraskar 2019, Doordarshan Anchor/Journalist |
| Neha Dixit | Independent Journalist and Author |
| Nitin Kumar | Professional Darts Player |
| Nuzhat Parveen Khan | Professor of Law, Dean at School of Law, Bennett University and former Dean at Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Parvez Sharma | Filmmaker, Author, and Journalist |
| Prashant Pandey | Writer Director |
| Pir Ilahi Bux | Prominent Member of Pakistan Movement and Second Chief Minister of Sindh |
| Pranab Kumar Aich | Documentary Filmmaker, Photographer |
| Prabhjot Singh | Arjuna awardee, Hockey player |
| Prerna Bhambri | National Level Tennis Player |
| Raqib Hameed Naik | Journalist, founder of Hindutva Watch |
| Raziuddin Aquil | Historian and academic |
| Rintu Thomas | Academy Award nominated filmmaker |
| Ritu Kapur | Media Entrepreneur |
| Rahimuddin Khan | Retired four star general of Pakistan Army, Former Governor of Balochistan and Sindh |
| Rakesh Sharma | Documentary Filmmaker |
| Rameez Nemat | First-class cricketer |
| Ritesh Shah | Screenwriter |
| Roshan Abbas | Radio Jockey / Film Director |
| Saif Ali Naqvi | Member of Indian National Congress |
| Saba Mumtaz | Television Writer and producer. |
| Sanjeev K Jha | Screenwriter / Filmmaker |
| Shah Alam | Activist, Documentary Filmmaker and Founder of Awam ka Cinema |
| Shah Rukh Khan | Actor |
| Shakeel Ahmed | Scientist |
| Shalu Nigam | Lawyer, Legal Scholar and Author |
| Shashwati Talukdar | New York-based Academic-Filmmaker |
| Shaunak Sen | Academy award nominated filmmaker |
| Suhaib Ilyasi | Television Producer and director |
| Surender Kumar | Hockey Player |
| Syed Hassan | Educationist |
| Syed Sahil Agha | Writer and Dastangoi Performer |
| Satpal Tanwar | Founder of Akhil Bhartiya Bhim Sena |
| Shah Alam | Two time member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Shazia Ilmi | Television journalist and spokesperson of Bharatiya Janta Party |
| S. Y. Quraishi | 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India |
| S.A. Lalli | Economics Author and Professor at University of Delhi |
| Syed Hassan | Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Padma Shri awardee |
| Tabish Mehdi | Indian poet, literary critic and writer |
| Tsering Rhitar Sherpa | Nepalese Film Director and producer |
| Tushar Khandekar | Hockey Player |
| Vikas Jain | Co-founder and Business Director, Micromax |
| Vinod Jose | Investigative Journalist, Executive Editor at The Caravan |
| Virender Sehwag | Cricketer |
| Wasiq Khan | Bollywood Production Designer and art director |
| Yasin Mazhar Siddiqi | Director of the Institute of Islamic Studies of Aligarh Muslim University |
| Zeishan Quadri | Writer, actor, Gangs of Wasseypur |
| Munna Khalid | Indian para-badminton athlete |
| Zubair Khan | Three time Member of the Legislative Assembly |
| Zulfiquarulla | Former Member of Lok Sabha |
| Meeran Haider | Activist |
| Javed Ali Khan | Member of Rajya Sabha |