- Masud Choudhary
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Masud A Choudhary (born 10 April 1944, Mehndhar, Poonch, India) is a prominent educator, social reformer, thinker and administrator[1] of Jammu and Kashmir State. He is the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri. He is also the Chief Patron of the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust.
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Early life
Masud Choudhary was born in a middle class family in Kala Ban, a village near Loc in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. His father, Babu Faiz Ahmed Bajar Gujjar was also a prominent educator.[2]
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University
Masud Chowdhary is the founder Vice-Chancellor[3] of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University located in the Border District, Rajouri near the India - Pakistan Line of Actual Control, 150 k.m away from Jammu, the winter capital of the State.[4] The university came into existence by an Act of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Act No. XVI) of 2002. The university is administered by the Jammu and Kashmir Wakf Council. The university has launched postgraduate teaching programmes in Business Management, Financial Management, Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Arabic, Applied Mathematics and B. Tech in Electronics and Communication, and Computer Sciences and Engineering and Information Technology.[4]
Police career
As a Law Graduate from Alighar Muslim University, he began his career in Jammu and Kashmir Police as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1967. He served in a number of assignments, as the District Police Chief of Jammu, Poonch, Kathua, Udhampur including Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar in Kashmir and also as SSP Vigilance Jammu and CID SB Jammu . As Deputy Inspector General of Police he was posted DIG Vigilance J&K,DIG Jammu-Kathua range; DIG Administration PHQ; Director Police Academy, Udhampur; Inspector General of Police, Crime and Railway; and, Additional Director General Police in Jammu and Kashmir. He became the first Gujjar of Jammu and Kashmir to rise to the rank of Additional Director General of Police in Indian Police Service in 2002. His last position was as Additional Director General, Head Quarters. He retired from the IPS in 2004.
Contributions
Chowdhary set up the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust, Jammu in 1989, a voluntary organization established with the objective of improving the condition of the tribal and marginlised community of Jammu and Kashmir. His efforts have won national and international recognition.[5]
Awards
- Police Medal for Meritorious Service (1985)
- Presidents Police Medal for Distinguished Service(1995)
- Sher-e-Kashmir Police Medal for Distinguished Service .
- Fakhar-e-Qoum by Adabi Sangat Kashmir.
References
- ^ "Cop Turned Academic" 14 March 2011, Greater Kashmir
- ^ "Tributes paid to Faiz" February 16, 2011, Daily Excelsior
- ^ "BGSBU safe in Hamal’s hands" January 8, 2011, Rising Kashmir News
- ^ a b University web site
- ^ "Masud lifetime Chief Patron of GDCT" January 3, 2011, Daily Excelsior
External links
Categories:- 1944 births
- BGSB University
- Living people
- Gurjar
- Indian police officers
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