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| Er Gulam Ali Khatana visits AMU, reviews key institutional issues with Vice Chancellor | | |  ALIGARH, May 7: Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha Nominated MP Er. Gulam Ali Khatana visited the Aligarh Muslim University campus on Wednesday and held an extensive interaction with the university administration on a wide range of academic, administrative, infrastructural and developmental issues concerning the institution.
Khatana, who visited the university in his capacity as a member of the AMU Court, met Vice Chancellor Prof. Naima Gulrez at the Administrative Block. The meeting was attended by Pro Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Registrar Prof. Asim Zafar, Controller of Examinations and Admissions, Proctor Prof. Naved Khan, Finance Officer Nurul Salam and other senior university officials.
During the interaction, the university administration briefed the MP on AMU's academic achievements, institutional expansion, research activities and outreach initiatives. At the same time, several pressing challenges relating to infrastructure, staffing and financial resources were also discussed in detail.
A major concern raised during the meeting was the acute shortage of hostel accommodation. Officials informed Khatana that while the university currently has hostel capacity for nearly 16,000 students, the total student strength has crossed 36,000, forcing a significant number of students to arrange accommodation outside the campus.
Taking serious note of the matter, Khatana asked whether formal proposals had been submitted to the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) seeking additional financial support for hostel expansion and infrastructure augmentation. He observed that the residential character of AMU forms an integral part of its academic culture and therefore requires urgent strengthening.
The Rajya Sabha MP also expressed concern over the introduction of new academic programmes without timely recruitment of faculty members. Referring to complaints received from students, he observed that in certain cases courses begin while appointments remain pending, adversely affecting classroom teaching and academic standards. He sought details regarding the university's policy framework governing faculty appointments before launching new courses.
He further sought information regarding vacant permanent teaching positions across departments and asked when regular appointments would be completed. Khatana observed that excessive dependence on guest and ad-hoc faculty could adversely affect long-term academic continuity and institutional excellence.
Another major issue highlighted during the meeting related to the functioning of AMU's off-campus centres in Murshidabad (West Bengal), Kishanganj (Bihar) and Malappuram (Kerala). It was pointed out that these centres continue to function without adequate sanctioned teaching and non-teaching posts. Officials informed the MP that the centres are largely being managed through the university's own limited financial resources, as there is no separate and adequate budgetary allocation specifically earmarked for their functioning and development.
Khatana stressed that these centres were established to expand access to higher education in educationally backward regions and therefore require sustained institutional and financial support from the Government of India.
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