Al-Ameen Educational Society

Al-Ameen Educational Society

Established	1966
Founder	Mumtaz Ahmed Khan
Type	Educational
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka India
Area served	India
Website	Al-Ameen Educational Society

Al-Ameen Educational Society was started in the year 1966 to meet the needs of education in the city of Bangalore and of the minority Muslim community.^[1] Mumtaz Ahmed Khan is the founder of al-Ameen Educational Society.^[2] Number of social workers supported him to start and establish around 20 branches of Al-Ameen Educational Society and 200 institutions throughout India.^[3]

History

Mumtaz Ahmed Khan is the founder of Al-Ameen Educational Society.^[4][5] At the age of 31, in 1966 Khan founded the Al-Ameen Movement. He had decided to name it The Bangalore Educational Society. He was advised against this by his friend Khader Hussein who suggested Al-Ameen Educational Society as a reference to the title given to Prophet Muhammad which meant The Trustworthy. Hussein later became the principle of Saboo Siddiq Polytechnic, Bombay. Abbasiya Begum, a female member of the Karnataka Legislative Council was elected the first chairperson of this society.

A number of social workers supported him for starting and establishing around 20 branches of Al-Ameen Educational Society and 200 institutions throughout India.

Structure

Founder Mumtaz Ahmed Khan

Activities

Planning Commission of India member Syeda Saiyidain Hameed was awarded Al-Ameen All India Community Leadership Award - 2006 by the Secretary, Chairman and Vice Chairman on 23 January 2007.^[8]

Institutions^[9]

• Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy^[10]
• Al-Ameen College of Law^[11]
• Al-Ameen Arts, Science and Commerce Degree College^[12][13]
• Al-Ameen College of Education^[14][15]
• Al-Ameen Institute of Management Studies^[16]
• Al-Ameen Institute of Information Sciences^[17]
• Al-Ameen Pre University College^[18]
• Al-Ameen Primary & High School^[19]

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