1. NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT  : UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF URDU

2. NAME OF THE HEAD OF THE DEPARMENT : PROF.(Dr.) SYED ALAY ZAFAR

WITH ACADMIC QUALIFICATION                    : M.A., Ph. D., LL. B., B. Ed., B. L. I.S.

3. DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT                             : 06.01.1963

4. BRIEF HISTORY OF DEPARMENTThe P. G. Department of Urdu was established in the year 1963 with Six teachers in  L. S. College though Urdu, Persian & Arabic Department of L. S. College was established in 1899 with the founder teacher Awadh Bihari Singh “Bedil” (1899-1937) later Dr. Abdul Majid Akhtar (1914-1956) Dr. Shah Ataur Rahman Ata Kakwi (1937-1954). After the bifurcation of the Department of Urdu, Persian & Arabic as independent Units. Dr. Syed Shah Akhtar Husain Quadri become the Ist Head, Department of Urdu, who joined the Department of Urdu, L. S.  College Muzaffarpur in 1948 with six teachers.

       Later in 1978 the Post Graduate Department of Urdu was shifted in the Language Block, with a group of eight teachers. It is pertinent to say that teachers of the Department have the contributions of Pace Value in the field of Urdu Literature.

List of Heads are as follows :

1.  Dr. S. S. Akhtar Quadri              (01. 07. 1963 - 31. 07.1975)

2.  Dr. Md. Sulaiman                       (01. 08. 1975 - 30. 09. 1984)

3.  Dr. Abdul Wasey                        (01. 10. 1984 - 02. 12. 1988)

4.  Dr. Shamim Ahmad                    (03. 12. 1988 - 07. 12. 1988)

5.  Dr. Abdul Wasey                        (08. 12. 1988 - 14. 12. 1989)  

6.  Dr. Najmul Hoda                         (15. 02. 1989 - 15. 03. 1994)

7.  Dr. Shamim Ahmad                    (16. 03. 1994 - 31. 05. 1994)

8.  Dr. Najmul Hoda                        (01. 06. 1994 - 31. 08. 1998)  

9.  Dr. Abdul Wasey                        (01. 09. 1998 - 28. 02. 2001)     

10. Dr. M. A. Naz                             (01. 03. 2001 - 31. 07. 2004)

11.  Dr. Dr. Farooque A. Siddiqui    (01. 08. 2004 - 17. 02. 2009)

12. Dr. Abu Monawwar Gilani         (18. 02. 2009- 17. 02. 2012)

13. Dr. Md. Tauquir Alam                (18. 02. 2012 - 31. 01. 2014)

14. Dr. (Mrs.) Nafees Fatma          (08. 02. 2014 - 08. 02. 2017)

15. Dr. Md. Tauquir Alam               (09. 02. 2017 - 03. 04. 2018)

16. Dr. Md. Hamid Ali Khan           (04. 04. 2018 - 17. 08. 2021)

17. Dr. Md. Ashraf Imam               (18. 08. 2021 - 29. 02. 2024)

18.  Dr. Syed Alay Zafar               (01. 03. 2024 - Continued) 

       Some more teachers :

1.  Md. Hatim Rampuri                (01. 01.  1973- 22. 09. 1983)

2.  Dr. Qamar Azam Hashmi       (01. 06. 1987 - 26. 06. 1990)

3.  Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad Khan       (24. 06.1994 - 30. 09. 2018)

4   LIST OF WORKING TEACHERS : 

8. FUTURE PLANNING

• To introduce P. G. Diploma in Journalism, proposal already pending in the university.
• To introduce URDU Certificate Course for all
• To organize a society of terminology from URDU, HINDI TO ENGLISH and vice versa.
• To introduce a periodical of the department to highlights the achievements of university.