Education
General Shah attended the National Defence Academy (India), Khadakwasla, Pune.
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Zameerud-din Shah
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He last served as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Personnel & Systems), Indian Army. After retirement, he served for some time as an administrative member on the bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal. He is currently the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.
He was commissioned with the Indian 185 Light Infantry Regiment on 9 June 1968.
General Shah was the Colonel Commandant of the Indian Army"s The Grenadiers regiment. He was also the Indian Military attaché to Saudi Arabia.
Before assuming the appointment of Deputy Chief of Army Staff in October 2006, he was General officer commanding of 3 Corps, which consists of 50,000 troops based in Northeast India. He had led the Army during the Gujrat riots of 2002.
He was born on 15 August 1948 in Sardhana town of Meerut District of Uttar Pradesh, India.
An alumnus of Street Joseph"s College, Nainital, he is the brother of noted Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah. General Shah holds a Master of Science degree in Defence Science from the University of Madras and a Master of Philosophy degree from the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya University, Indore. Lieutenant General Zameeruddin Shah is the current Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.
Controversies
Shah was quoted by the media as saying that there would be "four times more boys" in Maulana Azad Library if undergraduate girl students were allowed in.
He later claimed that his comments were stretched out of the proportion. The Human Resource Development Ministry has responded to the Shah"s comment with Minister Smriti Irani saying, "AMU Venture capital"s reported remark not only hurts as a woman but also agitates." Irani termed the remark an "insult to daughters".
The Ministry also sought a response from the university. The Allahabad High Court had issued a notice over reports of the university denying a section of students access to its central library calling it a case of gender-based bias, the court also issued a notice to Shah.
The Court directed that adequate measures must be taken so that girls can come to the library.
He stoked another controversy aftermath the Maulana Azad Library issues by banning The Times of India at the university campus which reported about the library issue at the first hand. He is also embroiled in a controversy on his appointment as Vice-Chancellor. The Supreme Court has issued notice on petition challenging his appointment.
