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In Conversation with Masud Choudhary
Masud Choudhary (born 10 April 1944, Mehndhar, Poonch, India) is a prominent educator, social reformer, thinker and administrator of Jammu and Kashmir State. He is the founding Vice Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri. He is also the Chief Patron of the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust.
Contents
- In Conversation with Masud Choudhary
- Early life
- Police career
- Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University
- Contributions
- Awards
- References
Early life
Masud Choudhary was born in a middle-class family in Kala Ban, a village near Loc in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. His father, Babu Faiz Ahmed Bajar Gujjar was also a prominent educator.
Police career
As a Law Graduate from Alighar Muslim University, he began his career in Jammu and Kashmir Police as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1967. He served in a number of assignments, as the District Police Chief of Jammu, Poonch, Kathua, Udhampur including Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar in Kashmir and also as SSP Vigilance Jammu and CID SB Jammu. As Deputy Inspector General of Police he was posted DIG Vigilance J&K,DIG Jammu-Kathua range; DIG Administration PHQ; Director Police Academy, Udhampur; Inspector General of Police, Crime and Railway; and, Additional Director General Police in Jammu and Kashmir. He became the first Gujjar of Jammu and Kashmir to rise to the rank of Additional Director General of Police in Indian Police Service in 2002. His last position was as Additional Director General, Headquarters. He retired from the IPS in 2004.
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University
Choudhary is the founder Vice-Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University located in the border district of Rajouri, 150 km from Jammu. The university came into existence by an Act of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2002.
In 2014, the university awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his extraordinary contributions to Indian society, especially in the fields of education and social development.The Community has celebrated this honour across the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Contributions
Chowdhary set up the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust in Jammu in 1989, a voluntary organization established with the objective of improving the condition of the tribal and marginlised community of Jammu and Kashmir. His efforts have won national and international recognition.