Nawab Mujahid Alam Khan was born in the year 1984 in an Aristocratic (Nawab) family of erstwhile state of Hyderabad. His father, Nawab Mahboob Alam Khan and his grandfather Nawab Shah Alam Khan belonged to the nobility of the Hyderabad. They are the owners and Chief Executive Officer of the Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory which manufactured the then famous ‘Golconda’ brand of cigarettes and continues to manufacture various brands for the ITC. This family was not only one of the few leading industrialist in the Princely state of Hyderabad but also owned prime properties in the city of Hyderabad.

Mr. Mujahid Alam Khan completed his Senior Secondary course from the Little Flower High School, Abids, and Hyderabad and obtained his post graduate degrees in Business Administration from the Osmania University Hyderabad.

He is one of the Director of the Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory which is owned by his family. As the Director of the company, he supervised the total modernization of the factory with imported state of the art machinery and the company started the popular brands of cigarettes of the ITC.

Mr. Mujahid Alam Khan apart from his family business of manufacturing, took keen interest in dairy farming and established a modern dairy farm bringing buffaloes and cows from Ongole, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana. He is the Chairman of Golconda Educational Academy. He is also owner and CEO of Red Sands Agri Ventures private Limited.

Mr. Mujahid Alam Khan as a philanthropist and social activist is concerned about the upliftment of the poor and believed that there is need for modern educational institutions in this state. He studied the laws governing formation of educational institutions and their administration and was known as an educationist par excellence, who continuously strives for the empowerment of the community through need based education. He is well versed with the various legal aspects of the educational rights of minorities guaranteed under the constitution of India and is always in the forefront to fight for the preservation of educational rights of the minorities. He was actively involved in fighting the case of minority educational rights in Supreme Court of India which culminated in the historical landmark TMA Pai judgement of the Supreme Court of India.

He was chosen as the Joint Secretary of the educational institutions functioning under the aegis of Anwarul Uloom Educational Association and there was tremendous growth in the educational institutions as he not only established new modern courses but also established professional institutions offering courses in Education, Law, Commerce, Business Management and Engineering.

Acknowledging the growth and expansion of quality education under his guidance, the Madrasa-i Aizza Educational Society also chosen him as Joint Secretary and he expanded the educational activities of the society by establishing Neo School Aizza High School, Aizza College of Engineering and Technology and Nawab Shah Alam Khan College of Engineering and Technology.

Similarly as the Member of the Governing Body of the Mumtaz Yaruddowla Wakf he supervises the schools, Degree College, and an Engineering College functioning under its aegis.

These institutions have witnessed tremendous growth which bears testimony to his untiring efforts to expand the horizons of education for the society in general and the minorities in particular.

Mr. Mujahid Alam Khan believes in expansion of education to meet the changing needs of the growing masses. He also believes that the students shall be imparted knowledge about the latest cutting edge technologies and we should discard outdated courses and subjects. Anwarul Uloom College was awarded A+ grade by the NAAC for 5 years in 2023 and the University Grants Commission has extended the Autonomy of the college for another 10 years in 2023 which speaks a lot about his commitment about quality education.

The institutions have seen progress in the form of addition of new departments like Electronics, Computer Science, Bio-Technology, Micro-Biology, Biomedical Sciences and Computer Science Engineering. Anwarul Uloom College has blossomed into a Post-Graduate and Research Centre.

Apart from his passion for upliftment of the downtrodden of the society and empowerment through education, he is also involved in social work and is a well known philanthropist. He provides food and clothing to hundreds of poor during the holy month of Ramadan not only in the city of Hyderabad but in the districts also.

He is of the firm belief that the rural India in general and the Indian economy in particular will prosper through Green and White revolutions. He takes keen interest in agriculture and personally supervises the cultivation of various crops on rural lands owned by him in various rural areas in various districts. Since his early childhood he developed keen interest in dairy farming and has thorough knowledge about various milk yielding breeds. He established a large dairy farm and was the first to use international milk mulching machines.

He has a passion for Green initiatives and personally supervises planting of trees and specialises in horticulture and floriculture. He has grown trees on the lands owned by him. He has also inherited passion for Roses as his grandfather Janab Shah Alam Khan Sahab was the President of the International Rose Society and organised annual Rose shows. Continuing with the family passion for the Roses, Mr. Mujahid Alam Khan has established a state of the art Rose Garden in Ooty where he grows hundreds of varieties of Roses and has won applauds and awards from the Governor and Chief Minister of the state.

He is a staunch nationalist and believes in ‘ sarva dharma samabhava’ i.e. equal respect to all religions and treats all individuals equally irrespective of the religion, caste and creed considerations. He appreciates merit and hard work and leads by his own example. He is very popular and respected by all the sections of society.

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