Executive Council

The highest decision-making body of AMP — professionals guiding projects with experience and care.

Our Highest Decision-Making Body

After its inception, AMP has grown both in terms of its activities and in terms of fellow members. AMP's Executive Council is a team of dedicated professionals and highest decision making body of AMP, who work tirelessly to implement the projects of AMP.

Their task is to control the activities so that it is carried out in an efficient manner. The Executive Council members are enriched with good experience and capability to work inexhaustibly to execute AMP's projects in favor and on behalf of the masses. As the name AMP suggests, most of its members are professionals and experts in their concerned fields.

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Elected Executive Council Members

Mr. Aamir Edresy, Mumbai
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Mr. Aamir Edresy, Mumbai

President, Association of Muslim Professionals

Aamir Edresy is a Software Engineer by qualification, Businessman by profession and a Social Activist by passion. He is a ‘Man with a Mission', the mission to evolve the Indian Muslim community into an Intellectually Progressive, Socially Dynamic and Economically Potent community of conscientious individuals who will significantly contribute to the development of the Nation. As the President and Founder of AMP, he has quite ably led AMP from its inception to its present status of being a vibrant pan-India organization of dynamic individuals.

Mr. Mohd Shahanshah Ansari, Bangalore
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Mr. Mohd Shahanshah Ansari, Bangalore

Head, General Administration, Association of Muslim Professionals

Mohammed Shahanshah Ansari hails from a much respected family of freedom fighters and Nationalist bureaucrats from District Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, he is currently posted in Bangalore, India. His grandfather Late Jb. Haji Ahmed Ali Ghazipuri was an admirer of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, was a Freedom Fighter and served in the Azad Hind Fauj. Shahanshah is a man with profound thoughts, being one of the co-founders of AMP he was highly instrumental in setting up and implementing various policies and framework within AMP as a General Administration Head as well as President of AMP USA. Apart from AMP, on the social front he is also involved with a couple of other organizations working for the welfare of the downtrodden.

Mr. Soheb Selia, Mumbai
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Mr. Soheb Selia, Mumbai

General Secretary, Association of Muslim Professionals

Soheb Selia iss actively associated with AMP since its early days and is one of the co-founders of AMP. He heads the Organizing, Planning & Implementation vertical at AMP and has been instrumental in planning and implementing all critical activities and projects of AMP since its inception. Apart from being a thorough professional he is passionate about working for the upliftment of the community.

Mr. Javed Mohammed Sayed, Mumbai
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Mr. Javed Mohammed Sayed, Mumbai

Finance Secretary, Association of Muslim Professionals

Javed is an Entrepreneur and a talented Freelance Graphic Designer having 15+ years of experience in Design & Printing. He is the Proprietor of a design firm "Zeba Arts" based in Mumbai. He has been doing various designing assignments for numerous print as well as electronic Advertisements for many corporate and business houses. His talent has been well recognized and suitably utilized at AMP where he Heads the design Team in addition to the role of Finance Secretary.

Mr. Abdul Razak Shaikh, Thane (Mumbai)
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Mr. Abdul Razak Shaikh, Thane (Mumbai)

Head, Projects, Association of Muslim Professionals

Abdul Razak Shaikh heads the Organizing, Planning & Implementation of all Projects at AMP. Apart from being a thorough professional he is passionate about working for the upliftment of the community. He is actively associated with AMP since last 7 years.

Mr. Syed Najeeb-Ur-Rahman, Mumbai
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Mr. Syed Najeeb-Ur-Rahman, Mumbai

Assistant Professor with University of Mumbai

Syed Najeeb-Ur-Rahman belongs to a high profile family of professionals with an illustrious lineage and is himself a management professional. His father had retired as a Marine Engineer who had participated in the War of Goa's liberation and the Indo-Pak War of 1971 during his service with the Indian Navy. Najeeb likes to take a lot of initiatives and is always on his feet for any community initiative. He is also a gifted speaker and has exceptional oratory and communications skills.This personal trait has encouraged him to be a part of AMP in its budding stage, he is one of its co-founders. He heads PR & Communications, supervises the content creation and looks after media relations at AMP.

Padma Shri Prof Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen, Mysore (Karnataka)
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Padma Shri Prof Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen, Mysore (Karnataka)

An Acclaimed Scientist, Institution Builder, Author, Social Worker and an Artist

Padma Shri Prof Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen is from Mysore, born in 1947. He holds a Master's degree in Geology, PhD in Experimental Mineralogy, D.Sc., in Material Science from France. Served as prof at University of Mysore for 13 years in a total service of 30 years at Mysore university. Also worked as visiting scientist at Tokyo Institute of Techn ology, University of Edinburgh and Lab de chimie de solid, France besides as visiting prof at Mekele University, Ethiopia. Published over 70 research papers cited over 450 times, guided 8 PhD students, and developed the first high temp - pressure lab of the country in 1977.

Dr. Raheijuddin Sheikh (Shamu)
08elected

Dr. Raheijuddin Sheikh (Shamu)

Academician & Author

Hailing from a humble village in Sangaiyumpham, Thoubal District, Manipur, Dr. Md. Raheijuddin Sheikh, also known to the youth by his pseudo name Shamu, is a well-known writer and teacher by profession. He has been honoured with many prestigious awards in the National & State levels for his literary and academic works, some of which include Akashvani Award for the best script writer in the All India Competition for Radio Playwrights 2000, State Level Teachers Day 2014 Awards for his outstanding contributions towards Government's initiatives for successful establishment of the first Community College in Manipur, the best Director Award in the India Expo TV Company Rankings 2017, Best Script in the Rupamahal Artistes Memorial Drama Festival 2016 etc.

Prof. Sabiha Hussain, New Delhi
09elected

Prof. Sabiha Hussain, New Delhi

Director at Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia

Prof. Sabiha Hussain is a Professor and Director at Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. Before joining to Jamia Millia Islamia worked for a decade at the Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi and completed two major research projects and participated in various discussions and debates on gender rights issues. Have published research articles in reputed international and national journals and have authored four books on the contemporary issues of women especially Muslim women.

Mrs. Falaknaz Danish Shaikh, Mumbai
10elected

Mrs. Falaknaz Danish Shaikh, Mumbai

Principal In-Charge of a Law College in Mumbai

Mrs. Falaknaz Danish is an academician and by profession Principal In-Charge of a Law College. She is a double graduate, double Post-Graduate. She is currently pursuing Ph. D at Law from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

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Mrs. Fathima Asif, Bengaluru (Karnataka)

Entrepreneur

Fathima Asif has done her Diploma in Communication from ILFC, PARIS. Currently she is the Director- Womens Committee of the Indian Economic Trade Organization, a business intelligence unit that is working towards filling gaps between Academia and Industry. IETO also serves as a "call to action" for universities regarding the need to close a widening gap between the Business Intelligence skills of university graduates. IETO has various Industry Leaders, Business Analysts, Leading Economists, Retired Bureaucrats on board to advise the industry and Academia.

Dr. Faiza Abbasi, Aligarh (UP)
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Dr. Faiza Abbasi, Aligarh (UP)

Assistant Professor, Aligarh Muslim University

Dr Faiza Abbasi is an Assistant Professor at Aligarh Muslim University. She has been holding the post of Assistant Director at the UGC HRD, AMU since Session 2011-12. Her major job profile is organizing and conducting Teacher Training Courses of Higher Educational Institutions across the country. She has gained diverse experience of educational management and coordination by reaching out to the Minority Managed Institutions through academic leadership training under an MHRD project named CALEM of which she is Assistant Project Coordinator. She has also been contributing to the personality development of AMU school children through an American Centre sponsored program at the AMU.

Special Invitees

Mrs. Shaheen Hussain Nongbri, Assam, India
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Mrs. Shaheen Hussain Nongbri, Assam, India

Social Activist & Founder President of Char and Rural Development Society (CARDS)

Shaheen Hussain Nongbri is the Founder & President of Char and Rural Development Society (CARDS) which runs CARDS modern School, CARDS vocational training Centre, especially for women. CARDS has been associated with Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI) as a partner for the state of Assam.

Mr. Mohammad Fahad Alam, Gorakhpur, India
02invitee

Mr. Mohammad Fahad Alam, Gorakhpur, India

Technocrat & Entrepreneur

Mohammad Fahad Alam belongs to a very well-known family of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Fahad is keenly interested to work for the social causes that are for the betterment of the society and that is the reason he has been connected with AMP (since long) to uplift the standard of Muslim Community in Education and Employment.