Overview

• Currently serves as Programme Director, UGC Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Academic and Professional Journey

• Began her career in the Department of Wildlife Sciences, AMU. Spent 15 years as a dedicated field ornithologist, conducting extensive research on avian ecology.

• overseen the organisation of hundreds of Refresher Courses, Orientation Programmes, Faculty Induction and Skill Development Programmes, managing and mentoring thousands of higher education faculty across diverse disciplines. She is currently leading Orientation and Sensitisation Programmes on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, promoting policy awareness and academic transformation in Indian higher education.

• Transitioned into interdisciplinary scholarship with additional qualifications in Qur’anic Sciences. Currently a leading researcher at the K.A.N. Centre for Quranic Studies, focusing on faith-based ecological conservation and Islamic eco-theology.

Academic and Leadership Roles

• Programme Director of the English Access Micro-Scholarship Programme for underprivileged children in AMU schools, funded by the U.S. Department of State.
  
  

• Regularly delivers lectures across India on environmental ethics, academic leadership, and interdisciplinary education.

Higher education leadership Certifications

• The Ohio State University (USA)
  
  

• Monash University (Australia)
  
  

• IIM Udaipur (India)
  
  

• ODL courses from Harvard EdX and The Writers Bureau, Manchester.

Publications and Media Presence

• Authored sixteen books and numerous research papers, newspaper columns.
  
  

• Reviewer for several reputed academic journals.
  
  

• SWAYAM platform and youtube video lectures have garnered thousands of views. Speaker at All India Radio and Jashn-e Rekhta

Awards and Honours

• Nishan-e-Urdu UP Governor’s Medal.
  
  

• RBTC’s 100 Inspiring Muslim Women of Uttar Pradesh honour.
  
  

• Indian Forester Best Paper Award.

Philanthropy and Community Work as Founder of NGOs:

• Ebadat Charities, Gorakhpur.
  
  

• ASRA (Aligarh Self-Reliance Alliance) for women, Aligarh.
  
  

• Runs the Prof. Jamshed Siddiqui IT Centre for Community Development, in memory of her late husband.

Personal Life and Legacy

• Resides in Aligarh with her daughter and son.
  
  

• Continues the intellectual legacy of her great-grandfather, Allama Ehsanullah Abbasi, a scholar, social reformer, and one of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s earliest pupils.