Ghulam Nabi Azad
Hon'ble Chief Minister & Chancellor

Our Chancellor, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad , the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir State was born in March 1949 at Village Soti (Bhallesa), Tehsil Gandoh and District Doda. He had his M.Sc Zoology from Kashmir University in 1972. He joined politics in 1973 when he was elected as Block Secretary of Congress Committee Bhallesa. In 1975, Mr Azad was nominated as president of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. In 1977, he was appointed as President of Congress Committee Doda district. During this year, he was nominated as General Secretary of All India Youth Congress. Besides this, from 1978 to 81 he remained the President of All India Muslim Youth Conference. He was nominated as Member of Congress Working Committee in 1986 and nominated as General Secretary of AICC in 1987 and elected as General Secretary for nine times.

Mr. Azad was inducted as Union Deputy Minister for Company Affairs and Law in 1982 and later took over as Minister of State in this Ministry. In 1985, he was again elected as Member Parliament from Washim Constituency and was inducted as Minister of State for Home Affairs and later given Food and Civil Supplies portfolio. In 1990, Mr Azad was elected as Rajya Sabha Member and in 1991, he was inducted as Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and later given Tourism and Civil Aviation portfolio. He was made President of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee under whose guidance Assembly elections in 2002, Congress bagged 21 seats and thus became the second largest party in Assembly.

Mr. Azad was Union Minister for Urban Development and Law & Parliamentary Affairs in present Dr. Manmohan Singh UPA Government. He took over as 10th Chief Minister of J&K State and 2nd Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah university on November 2, 2005.