AMU Alumni

The AMU Alumni are those people who have walked out of the university flying colors and are now trying new and different things in their lives. As representatives of one of India’s most famous and fastest-growing universities, they make their country proud. The AMU Alumni are known for their valuable contribution to society. The AMU Alumni have not only gone into the fields in which their degrees were. They have also tried out the best career opportunities of their life.

Table of Contents: 

• List of Top AMU Alumni
  • Mohammad Hamid Ansari
  • Ashok Seth
  • Irfan Habib
  • Divya Jain
  • Javed Akhtar
• AMU Almuni Association
• Other Prominent Alumni of AMU

List of Top AMU Alumni 

The AMU Notable Alumni Association has been established after a lot of hard work. Through its outstanding accomplishments and a solid commitment to changing society for the better, AMU alumni have permanently moved forward with that goal.

The following are some of the notable alumni of AMU:

1. Mohammad Hamid Ansari

An Indian politician and retired Foreign Service officer who was the 12th Chairman of Rajya Sabha and 12th Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, is the former Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017. Mohammad Hamid Ansari joined the Indian Foreign Services in 1961, and he is regarded as one of the best Civil Servants during his job.  After studying at St. Xavier's and St. Edward School, Ansari when to Aligarh Muslim University to pursue his higher studies.

Profession: 12th Vice President of India

2. Ashok Seth

Ashok Seth is an Indian interventional cardiologist who allegedly performed over 50,000 angiography and 20,000 angioplasties, included in the Limca Book of Records. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Medical Sciences in London, Edinburgh, and Ireland.  He is a Senior Cardiologist who chairs the Cardiovascular Sciences Department and the Cardiology Council at Fortis Healthcare.  Seth, who was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic, was awarded the Padmashri Medal, the fourth highest Indian civil decoration by the Government of India in 2003, and the third-highest Indian civil decoration, Padmaboo, in 2015.

Profession: Cardiologist

3. Irfan Habib

Known for his strong stance against Hindutva and Muslim communalists, Irfan Habib is an expert on ancient and medieval India who follows Marxist historiography. He is the writer of several books, including The Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556–1707. He was honored with the Watumull Prize in the year 1982 & with Padma Bhushan in 2005.

Profession: Historian

4. Divya Jain

Divya Jain is a software developer and businesswoman. Fortune has referred to Jain as a "data doyenne." She is currently Director of ML at Adobe Inc. Jain graduated in Electrical Engineering from Aligarh University. A year later, she graduated from San Jose State University with a Master's in Computer Engineering. Divya started her career at Sun Microsystems in 2003 and moved to a startup called Kazeon Systems in 2005. Later in 2009, EMC acquired Kazeon Systems. In 2009, Big Data and Hadoop began to increase market share and popularity significantly.

Profession: Software Engineer

5. Javed Akhtar

The man whose dialogs and poems make a special place in the public’s hearts, whose lyrics relax the soul and give us a divine feeling; Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, and screenwriter. Javed Akhtar is regarded as the best screenwriter and lyrics in the Bollywood industry. He is also a political activist. He pursued his higher education at AMU. 

Profession: Urdu Poet, Hindu/Urdu Film Lyricist

AMU Alumni Association 

An AMU Alumni Association is a record of the students who have graduated from their university and have come to the Alumni Meet. It is an official record made by the university.

Below mentioned are the links to the AMU Directory Alumni List. 

Other Prominent Alumni of AMU

The students can also get to know about the listed other prominent alumni of Aligarh Muslim University.