Masud Choudhary | |
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| Born | (1944-04-10)10 April 1944 |
| Died | 16 December 2022(2022-12-16) (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Children | Arafat Masud, Naziya Choudhary,Yasmin Choudhary |
Masud Choudhary (10 April 1944 – 16 December 2022) was an Indian educator, social reformer, thinker and an administrator ofJammu and Kashmirunion territory. He was the founding Vice Chancellor ofBaba Ghulam Shah Badshah University inRajouri, J&K. He was also the Chief Patron of the Muslim Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust. Choudhary served in the police and retired as the Additional Director of the General Police (IPS) in 2004.[1][2][3][4]
Born in a middle-class BajarGujjar family in Kalaban, a village nearLine of Control inPoonch District inJammu and Kashmir Masud Choudhary's father, Babu Faiz Ahmed was also an educator.[5]
The first biography of Dr. Masud Ahmed Choudhary compiled by Ghani Ghayoor and Dr. Shams Kamal Anjum was released at Gurjardesh Charitable Trust auditorium by former Chief MinisterDr. Farooq Abdullah on 18 January 2021. The book contains research articles about Masud Choudhary – a living hero ofJammu and Kashmir who created many institutions of literacy to reduce the darkness of illiteracy and to end backwardness and ignorance faced by marginalized groups. He spent his whole life for the betterment of his tribal community and other downtrodden groups.[6] For his lifetime contributions, he was awarded as 'Fakhr e Qoum wa Milat' A Lifetime Achievement Award in presence of tribal elders.[7]
As a Law Graduate fromAligarh Muslim University, he began his career in Jammu and Kashmir Police as aDeputy Superintendent of Police in 1967. He served in a number of assignments, as theDistrict Police Chief ofJammu,Poonch,Kathua,Udhampur includingSenior Superintendent of Police,Srinagar in Kashmir and also as SSP Vigilance Jammu and CID SB Jammu. AsDeputy Inspector General of Police he was postedDIG Vigilance J&K, DIG Jammu-Kathua range; DIG Administration PHQ; Director Police Academy, Udhampur;Inspector General of Police,[8] 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 ofAdditional Director General of Police inIndian Police Service in 2002. His last position was asAdditional Director General, Headquarters.[9] He retired from the IPS in 2004.
Choudhary was the founder andVice-Chancellor[10] of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University located in the border district of Rajouri, 150km fromJammu. The university came into existence by an Act of theJammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2002.[11]
In 2012, the university awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his extraordinary contributions to Indian society, especially in the fields ofeducation andsocial development.[12] The Community has celebrated this honour across the State of Jammu and Kashmir.[13]
Choudhary set up the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust in Jammu in 1989, a voluntary organization established with the objective of improving the condition of thetribal and marginalised community of Jammu and Kashmir. His efforts have won national and international recognition. Other aims of this trust are Preservation, documentation and publication of tribal rare unwritten medicinal and other herbal knowledge, documentation of the tribal cultural heritage and suggesting ways and means of preserving and promoting it, making a study of the tribalhandicrafts and undertaking measures to revive and boost their handicrafts. Making such exercise income-oriented, giving boost to social and cultural activities by organizing cultural meets besides development of tribal arts and artifacts.[3]
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