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Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian politician. She was the Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 2017 to 2023, until Mufaddal Saifuddin was elected as new Chancellor on 14 March 2023.
May 7, 2024 · Najma Heptulla, Indian politician, government official, social advocate, and writer, who occupied prominent positions in both the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party and long served in the Rajya Sabha.
Aug 17, 2016 · Now headed for Manipur as governor, Heptulla, 76, conducted the Rajya Sabha for a record-breaking 17 years before walking out of the Congress, a party she had been a part of for over 40 years.
Jul 12, 2016 · Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla resigned on Tuesday from the Union Cabinet along with Minister of State for Heavy Industries G M Siddeshwara while her deputy Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been assigned the Independent charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Apr 12, 2023 · Born of April 13, 1940, Najma Heptulla is an Indian politician, government official, social advocate, and writer, who occupied prominent positions in both the Indian National Congress...
May 26, 2014 · A prominent Indian politician, Najma Heptulla is the only Muslim minister in the Modi cabinet. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she took oath as the Minister of Minority Affairs in the newly-formed government.
Feb 23, 2016 · Dr Najma Akbarali Heptulla, a former long-serving deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha, heads the minority affairs ministry. She is one of the only two Muslim faces in the Modi government, but she denies feeling alienated in the BJP, which seems to have a pro-majority image.
Aug 21, 2016 · Najma Heptullah’s appointment as Manipur governor comes after her resignation from the NDA Union cabinet last month on “age” grounds. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla will be sworn-in as Manipur Governor at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhavan.
Jul 12, 2016 · Union ministers Najma Heptulla and GM Siddeshwara resigned on Tuesday, a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made big cabinet changes. Dr Heptulla was above 75 years in age - the ceiling...
May 29, 2017 · Manipur Governor and former minority affairs minister Najma Heptulla has been appointed as the chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, first woman to hold the top post in the varsity's...
