Dr. Ahsanullah Khan is working as an assistant professor in the department of Arabic, faculty of arts, since October 2014. He is specialized in modern Arabic literature and Indo-Arab literature. He has also served as guest faculty (Arabic) from December 2005 to August 2013 in the department of commerce and from September 2013 to October 2014 in the department of Arabic. He was a Sir Syed Fellow (on an honorary basis) in the Sir Syed Academy, AMU, Aligarh, from March 2013 to October 2013. He has supervised 01 postdoctoral fellowship and 05 doctoral theses, while 04 more are under supervision. A PhD in Arabic who has more than 45 publications to his credit; out of which 17 are in Arabic language and 30 in the Urdu language, published in reputed journals and magazines. He has edited two books viz. Klasiki Shayri – Nizamat faasilaati ta'leem, published by Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. ISBN: 978-93-80322-58-2, and “Empowerment of women under the Prophet of Islam” ISBN: 978-93-84354-28-2, published by Seerat Committee, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

Dr. Ahsan has qualified for the NET exam twice, in December 1996 and December 1999, conducted by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He also got the prestigious fellowship from the Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi, for three consecutive years from 1998 to 2001. He attended a refresher course on literary schools and movements in modern Arabic literature in 2006 and an induction program in 2015, a refresher course on research methodology in Oriental studies (Arabic) in 2015, and a winter school program in 2018 conducted by UGC, Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh.

He has delivered 06 invited lectures on different aspects of Arabic Language and literature. He has attended the “Workshop on Yoga” on the occasion of the “International Day of Yoga Celebrations” organized by the Department of Physical Education, AMU, Aligarh, in 2017 & 2018. He has presented nine papers in international seminars and 20 papers in national seminars. He is fluent in Arabic, English, Hindi, Persian & Urdu.

He is very active in university corporate life and has a vast administrative experience of more than 18 years in different capacities. He is also associated with NGOs for social welfare.