Councils Heads

Dr. Ayesha Alvi is a geneticist and molecular biologist whose current research focuses on Islamic bioethics, particularly assisted reproductive technologies. She is the Group Head of Islamic Perspectives in Bioethics at the Centre for Study and Research (CSR), New Delhi, a position she has held since June 2022.

Prior to this, she was Head of the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2018, and has also held research appointments at the Institute of Life Science and the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in Hyderabad, India. Dr. Alvi received her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Hyderabad (1998–2005), and was awarded the DST Fast Track Young Scientist award for her work in molecular biology.

Prof. Mohammad Yusuf Amin is a distinguished Islamic scholar and medical pharmacologist, formerly a Professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Unani Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He holds both an MBBS and an M.D. in Pharmacology and has taught Modern Pharmacology and Research Methods for nearly 30 years.

MD, former professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh. With additional specialisation in psychology, he has extensively published works in biomedical sciences and Islamic psychology, and has delivered over 200 lectures at prestigious global institutes.

He has supervised over 50 advanced research projects investigating pharmacological activities such as adaptogenic, anti-arthritic, and cardiovascular effects. Apart from his scientific contributions, Prof. Amin is deeply engaged in research on Islam and Modern Science, promoting the integration of ethical and spiritual values within scientific inquiry. His work reflects a unique blend of medical science and Islamic scholarship.

Prof. Mirza Asmer Beg is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He specialises in Strategic Studies, electoral politics, and Muslim politics in India. His doctoral dissertation won the Best Dissertation Prize (1996) from the American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad. A Fulbright visiting scholar at Southern Illinois University in 1999 and a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminars in Austria, he has published extensively in journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, The Round Table, and Studies in Indian Politics.

He authored the book In The Tug-Of-War (1999) and has co-edited volumes including Muslims in India: Perspectives, Planning and the Road Ahead (2012) and Perspectives on National Integration (2012). Prof. Beg also serves as the Uttar Pradesh (West) State Coordinator for surveys conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi, and is a member of the editorial boards of several international journals.