Tariq Mansoor

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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| name = Tariq Mansoor

| office = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative council

| term_start = 2023

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|09|20}}

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| citizenship = Indian

| nationality = Indian

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| alma_mater = Aligarh Muslim University

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| profession = Professor, Politician

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| office1 = National Vice President,BJP

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| termstart1 = 2023

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| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| office2 = Vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University

| termstart2 = 17 May 2017

| termend2 = 2 April 2023

| chancellor2 = Mufaddal Saifuddin

| predecessor2 = Zameer Uddin Shah

| successor2 = Naima Khatoon

| constituency = Nominated By Governor

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Tariq Mansoor (born 20 September 1956) is an Indian academic and professor, who served as the vice-chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University in India from 17 May 2017 to 2 April 2023.{{Cite web|title=Tariq Mansoor takes charge as Aligarh Muslim University new VC: All you need to know|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/tariq-mansoor-takes-charge-as-aligarh-muslim-university-new-vc-all-you-need-to-know-2139032/|last=Das|first=Uddipta|date=2017-05-16|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-11}}{{Cite web|title=New AMU Vice-Chancellor is Tariq Mansoor: Know who is he|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/new-amu-vice-chancellor-is-tariq-mansoor-know-who-is-he/653490/|date=2017-05-04|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-11}} He is presently a nominated member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by the Bharatiya Janata Party on 3 April 2023. He was also a member of Padma award committee 2023.[https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-04/PadmaAwardsCommittee_13042023.pdf]

Biography

He was previously a professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh in the Department of Surgery.{{Cite news|date=2017-05-17|title=Tariq Mansoor takes charge as vice chancellor of AMU|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tariq-mansoor-takes-charge-as-vice-chancellor-of-amu/articleshow/58715859.cms|access-date=2020-05-11}}{{Cite web|title=Professor Tariq Mansoor appointed AMU vice-chancellor|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/professor-tariq-mansoor-appointed-amu-vice-chancellor/story-yrngIPLJzxGtl9bkod9VYJ.html|date=2017-05-04|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-11}}

After the release of BBC documentary named India: The Modi Question, Mansoor criticized the BBC for its "agenda-driven journalism".{{cite news |title=AMU VC Tariq Mansoor writes: BBC series 'The Modi Question gets it wrong. Indian Muslims want to move on from the past — we do not live there anymore |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/amu-vc-tariq-mansoor-bbc-series-the-modi-question-indian-muslims-past-8394174/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=20 January 2023 |language=en}}

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