Dr. Zahid H. Khan
Advisory Member
Full Professor of Physics in Jamia Millia Islamia
Dr. Zahid Husain Khan has been a Professor of Physics in Jamia Millia Islamia - Central University, New Delhi, India, where he served for 39 years in teaching, research as well as in administration. His research work has been spectroscopy and laser physics. He has published more than 65 research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals and guided 15 research scholars leading to their Ph.D. degrees.
He also served as the Director of FTK-Centre for Technology of the University from 1998 to 2014, and subsequently as its Honorary Advisor up to November 2014. Under his guidance, a state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure was created in the University, together with implementation of ERP system and e-governance. Recognizing his rich experience in education and ICT, the Ministry of Education, Government of India coopted him as a member of the Standing Committee for the National Mission of Education Through ICT (NMEICT).
Dr. Khan has vast experience in university administration and has served twice as the Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia. He has also served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee for Act, Statutes and Ordinances of the University from 2007 to 2014, and framed some very important ordinances, streamlining its functioning.
Dr. Khan has been a DAAD Fellow at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (1980-1981) and Free University Berlin (1981-1982). He was also a Visiting Scientist at the Kaiserslautern University, Germany in 1987. Recognizing his outstanding commitment and leadership in promoting Indo-German Relations in the field of education, he was awarded the title of Honorary DAAD Advisor (2006-2009) by the President of DAAD, Bonn, Germany.
Following declaration of 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015), the UNESCO nominated Prof. Khan as a National Focal Point for India. Since 2018, he has been associated with UNESCO’s International Day of Light (IDL) as the National Node for India.
His current interest is the popularization od science and is associated with the Vigyan Prasar – an autonomous institution of Department of Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. In recent years, he has published several popular articles in science in various magazines. In the past, he has also contributed to making a few audio-visual films for the country-wide classroom project of UGC.
Dr. Khan has travelled extensively in Europe and some countries in Asia Pacific, Central Asia, Middle East,and North America to deliver invited talks and participate in various thought leadership forums.He has been the member of committees in various Indian universities and has been providing them advisory services on diverse issues ranging from academic excellence to effective governance models.