Ashfaq Ahmad | Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ashfaq Ahmad

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre of Arabic and African studies,

School of Language Literature and Culture Studies

Room No

210, SLL&CS-II

Residence

09435171908

ashfaqahmad@mail.jnu.ac.in, ashfaqahmad03@gmail.com

Personal Webpage

https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ashfaqahmad/cv.pdf

Qualifications

1997-2002   PhD
1995-1997   Master of Philosophy (M. Phil)
1993-1995   Master of Arts (M.A. in Arabic)
1990 – 1993   Bachelor of Arts (B.A. in Arabic)
1986-1990   Almiat
1999-200   Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism(English)
1999       Computer course: MS- Office, CSEC, New Delhi.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Experience

Professor, CAAS, SLL&CS, JNU since February 28, 2024
Professor, BHU, 2015-2024
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at the Department of Arabic, Assam (Central) University, Silchar, Assam, India, from 2004 - 2015.

Awards & Honours

Recipient of President of India award Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman in 2013 “in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Arabic”.

Founder editor of the literary annual Arabic journal Al Shurooq Al Hindi, published by the Department of Arabic, Assam University, Silchar

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

More than 50 research papers and articles published in reputed Arabic, English and Urdu journals.

Published a research paper in Arabic on: “Banaras and its Contributions to the Development of Arabic Studies since the 20th Century” in Dirasat Arabia, No.7, 2020, ISSN: 2348-2613, Page: 90-112.

Published a research paper in Arabic on: “Banaras City and its Contribution to the Arabic Studies until the 19th Century” in the literary journal Hilal al-Hind, Vol. No.1, Issue No. 2, April-June 2021, ISSN: 2582-9254

Published a paper in Arabic on: “Importance of Punctuation Marks in the Modern Arabic Writing” in the literary journal Aqlam al-Hind, New Delhi (online journal), 7th year, Issue No.2, April-June 2022, ISSN: 2456-1738

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Books:
Al Nathr al Arabi al Mua’asir fi al Hind (Contemporary Arabic Prose in India), Pages: 400, published in 2013 by Daro Omar Li al Tiba’t Wa al Nashr, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-5104-358-4.

Tatawwur al Aadaab al Arabia wa Marakizuha fi al Hind (Development of Arabic Studies and its Centres in India), Pages: 218, published in 2013 by Daro Omar Li al Tiba’t Wa al Nashr, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-5104-792-6.

Musahamat –al –Hind fi-al-Nathr-al-Arabi Khilal- al-Qarn-al-Ishreen (Indian’s Contribution to Arabic Prose during the 20th Century), Pages: 400, published in 2003, printed at: Makoff Printers, Delhi-110006

Nafhat- al- Hind: Tarajim- al- Shakhsiat- al-Hindia fi-al- Thaqafa- al- Arabia al- Islamia (Fragrance of India: Biographies of Indian Personalities in the field of Arabic and Islamic Culture), Pages: 100, published in 2006, printed at: Printology Inc, New Delhi-110002

Patents (if any)