Maulana Azad Education Foundation
Maulana Azad Education Foundation is a governmental organization established to promote education amongst educationally backward sections of the Muslim community of India. It is funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India. The Minister of Minority Affairs is ex-officio president of the foundation. The foundation was established on the occasion of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's birth centenary celebrations in 1989.
Services
- Grant-in-aid for non-governmental organizations
- Maulana Azad National Scholarship for meritorious girls' students
- Maulana Azad Memorial Lecture & Awareness Program
Organisation and structure
The governing body of the foundation includes two categories of members:- Ex-officio members:
- Dr. Najma A. Heptulla - President
- Smt. Preeti Madan
- Prof. Talat Ahmad
- Lt. Gen. Zameeruddin Shah
- Prof. Qamar Rahman
- Shri Ali Ahmed Khan Secretary
- Nominated nembers:
- Prof Tahir Hussain, - Vice President
- Shri Imran-ur-Rehman Kidwai - Treasurer
- Shri P. A. Inamdar
- Shri Mujahid S. Khan
- Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani
- Shri Akhlaq Ahmed
- Shri Syed Babar Ashraf
- Prof. Nahid Zafar Shaikh
- Shri Syed Shahid Hussain Rizvi