19 Notable alumni of
University of Kashmir
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The University of Kashmir is 2008th in the world, 478th in Asia, and 51st in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from the University of Kashmir sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mehbooba Mufti
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Mehbooba Mufti Sayed is an Indian politician and leader of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP), who served as the 9th and last chief minister of the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir from 4 April 2016 to 19 June 2018. She was the first female chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. After the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August 2019, Mufti was detained without any charges at first and later under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
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Sunanda Pushkar
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Sunanda Pushkar was an Indian-born Canadian businesswoman and the wife of former International diplomat serving under the UN and politician Shashi Tharoor. She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), a cricket franchise in the Indian Premier League.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad
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- social workerpolitician
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Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 September 2022, Azad announced his own political party as Democratic Progressive Azad Party. He is the chief patron cum founder of Democratic Progressive Azad Party.
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Karan Singh, Crown Prince of Kashmir
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- politician
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Karan Singh is an Indian politician and philosopher. He is the titular Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. From 1952 to 1965 he was the Sadr-i-Riyasat (President) of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the chairperson trustee of the Dharmarth Trust of Jammu and Kashmir which maintains 175 temples in north India and works in other areas such as historical preservation.
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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
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- lawyerpolitician
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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir twice from November 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2015 until his death on January 7, 2016. He held various positions, including minister of Tourism in Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet and minister of Home Affairs in V. P. Singh's cabinet. Sayeed began his political career in the wing of the National Conference led by G. M. Sadiq, which later merged with the Indian National Congress. In 1987, he transitioned to the Janata Dal and subsequently founded the People's Democratic Party (PDP), a regional political party that remains influential in Jammu and Kashmir, currently led by his daughter, Mehbooba Mufti.
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
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- politician
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Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq is the 14th Mirwaiz of Kashmir. He is a Kashmiri separatist political leader. He is also an Islamic religious cleric of Kashmir Valley.
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Adarsh Sein Anand
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- judge
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Adarsh Sein Anand was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001.
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Saifuddin Soz
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- politician
- Biography
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Professor Saifuddin Soz is an Indian professor and seven term member of the Parliament of India. Soz hails from the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Mohammad Jawed
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- writerpolitician
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Mohammad Jawed is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Loksabha. He has been elected to the Lok Sabha two times from Kishanganj constituency in the 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election as member of the Indian National Congress. He is a Whip of Congress Party in Lok Sabha.
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Davoud Danesh-Jafari
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Davoud Danesh-Jafari is an Iranian politician, economist and former combat engineer who previously served as minister of economy and finance affairs of Iran from 2005 to 2008. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
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Ayub Thakur
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- politician
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Muhammad Ayyub Thakur was a political activist and founder of London-based World Kashmir Freedom Movement (WKFM). He also founded a charity organization called 'Mercy Universal'. In 2011, according to a report by The Telegraph, It was a front group for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). After investigatation by the British Charity Commission, Scotland Yard and the FBI, it was stated that his organization had direct contacts with Hizbul Mujahideen, an EU-Sanctioned insurgent organization.
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Farooq Nazki
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- poetwriter
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Farooq Nazki was an Kashmiri poet, broadcaster and media personality from the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He also served as Director Doordarshan and erstwhile Radio Kashmir Srinagar (AIR Srinagar) from 1986 to 1997 under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India). Besides being a media head and having a writing career, Nazki also served as Editor "Daily Mazdoor" from 1960. This newspaper for the first time made conscious efforts to highlight the importance of labour in the valley. In 2000 he retired as its Deputy Director General. He was media advisor to two Chief Ministers: Farooq Abdullah (in 1983 and 1990–2002) and Omar Abdullah (2010).
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Tarannum Riyaz
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- Died in 2021
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- poetwriter
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Tarannum Riyaz was an Indian writer and a senior fellow with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
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G. N. Ratanpuri
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- politicianjournalistauthor
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Ghulam Nabi Ratanpuri is a politician in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Naseem Shafaie
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- 1952-.. (age 73)
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- writer
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Naseem Shafaie is a Kashmiri language poet who writes about a variety of topics including the turbulent atmosphere of Kashmir from a woman's perspective.
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Z. G. Muhammad
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- journalistauthor
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Z. G. Muhammad is an Indian writer.
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Abdul Haq Khan
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- politician
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Abdul Haq Khan is a Kashmiri politician, lawyer, and former Minister for Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj and Law & Justice, Jammu and Kashmir under PDP-BJP coalition government. He was Member of Legislative Assembly representing Lolab constituency at the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from January 2009 to November 2018. He is associated with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.
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Bharat B. Chattoo
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- 1951-2016 (aged 65)
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- biologist
- Biography
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Bharat B. Chattoo, a JC Bose National Fellow, was a scientist specialising in the field of Biotechnology, Genomics and Proteomics.
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S.L. Sadhu
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- 1917-2012 (aged 95)
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- author
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Shyam Lal Sadhu was an Indian writer.
