Najma Akhtar

Professor Najma Akhtar is a distinguished Indian educationist and administrator whose four-decade career culminated in her historic appointment as the first woman Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a central university in New Delhi. Her tenure...

Najma Heptulla

Dr. Najma Akbarali Heptulla is a distinguished Indian politician whose career has spanned over four decades, marking her as a significant figure in the nation’s political landscape. A renowned parliamentarian, she has held several key positions, including...

Najma Nikhat

Najma Nikhat (1936-1997) was a prominent Urdu short story writer and a dedicated member of the Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA) in Hyderabad. Throughout her career, she remained deeply committed to the movement’s ideals of social justice, even after...

Najma Tassaduque Hussain

Najma Tassaduque Hussain, who wrote under the pen name “Najma,” was a renowned 20th-century Urdu poet celebrated for her introspective, melancholic, and Sufi-inspired verse. Born Shamshad on July 31, 1917, in Sialkot, Pakistan, she was immersed in the rich...