Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of islamic studies at jamia millia islamia”. Today it says “indian scholar and academician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “President of Maulana Azad University (born 1951)”. It now reads “Indian scholar and academician (born 1951)”.
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Currently he is working as National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India.1As a versatile personality he assumed many formal and informal designations.2Formerly he worked as the director of Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, vice-chairman of the Urdu Academy Delhi and a member of the Executive Board of National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language; and president, vice president, Foundation of SAARC Writers And Literature, India Interfaith Coalition on HIV/AIDS etc. Previously he was also the President of Dargah Committee of the world famous Chishti Sufi Shrine at Ajmer; treasurer, Maulana Azad Education Foundation; general secretary, South Asia Interreligious Council on HIV/AIDS, a body created by the UNICEF ; and dean, head of the Department of Islamic Studies and Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia. Wasey has been invited to 65 academic and semi-academic tours abroad including programmes organized/sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFP, UNHRC and Organisation of Islamic Conference. He is also the editor of four journals of Islamic Studies, Islam Aur Asr-e-Jadeed (an Urdu quarterly), Islam and the Modern Age (an English quarterly), Risala Jamia (an Urdu monthly), and Islam Aur Adhunik Yug (Hindi).3Apart from his academic achievements he regularly appears on TV, debating on issues related to Islam and Muslims, and has delivered over 400 radio and 300 TV talks along with extensive and frequent writings in different news papers and magazines. He is considered to be a Muslim spokesperson among academicians.4In 2013 Wasey received a Padma Shri award (a national honour by the President of India for outstanding achievers among Indian citizens) from President Pranab Mukherjee , honouring him as a distinguished academician, specializing in the multidisciplinary study of Islam and Indian Muslims. Akhtarul Wasey is among the Recipient of Padamshree Awards 2013" .5
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Akhtarul Wasey (born 1951, Aligarh ) was a professor of Islamic studies who taught at Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) in New Delhi .Currently he is president of Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, India, and professor emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia. As a versatile personality he assumed many formal and informal designations. Apart from his academic achievements he regularly appears on TV, debating on issues related to Islam and Muslims, and has delivered over 400 radio and 300 TV talks along with extensive and frequent writings in different news papers and magazines. He is considered to be a Muslim spokesperson among academicians.
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President of Maulana Azad University (born 1951) Akhtarul Wasey (born 1 September 1951) is the president of Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, India , and a former professor of Islamic Studies .He taught at Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) in New Delhi , where he remains professor emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies.
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Indian scholar and academician (born 1951) Akhtarul Wasey (born 1 September 1951) is an Indian scholar and academician, who serves as the president of Maulana Azad University, in Jodhpur, India .He formerly served as professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi , where he remains professor emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of islamic studies at jamia millia islamia”. Today it says “indian scholar and academician”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “President of Maulana Azad University (born 1951)”. It now reads “Indian scholar and academician (born 1951)”. Read the current article and compare.
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professor of islamic studies at jamia millia islamia
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indian scholar and academician
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