Zameer Uddin Shah

Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah(Retd) is a senior retired officer of the Indian Army. He last served as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Personnel & Systems), Indian Army. He was later, after retirement, an administrative member on the bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal. He is currently the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.

Military career
General Shah attended the National Defence Academy (India), Khadakwasla, Pune. He was commissioned with the Indian 185 Light Infantry Regiment on June 9, 1968. General Shah was the Colonel Commandant of the Indian Army's The Grenadiers regiment. He was also the Indian Military attaché to Saudi Arabia.

He has led the Army during the Gujrat riots in the year 2002.

Early life and education
He was born on 15 August 1948 in Sardhana town of Meerut District of Uttar Pradesh, India. An alumnus of St Joseph's College, Nainital, he is the brother of noted Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah. General Shah holds a Master of Science degree in Defence Science from the University of Madras and a Master of Philosophy degree from the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya University, Indore.

Vice Chancellor of AMU
Lt. Gen. Zameeruddin Shah is the current Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.

Controversies
Shah was quoted by the media as saying that there would be "four times more boys" in Maulana Azad Library if undergraduate girl students were allowed in. He later claimed that his comments were stretched out of the proportion.

Shah also attributed the backwardness of Muslims to keeping their women "enslaved", not working during Ramzan and Namaaz.

The HRD Ministry has responded to the Shah's comment with Minister Smriti Irani saying, "AMU VC's reported remark not only hurts as a woman but also agitates." Irani termed the remark an "insult to daughters". The Ministry also sought a response from the university.

The Allahabad High Court had issued a notice over reports of the university denying a section of students access to its central library calling it a case of gender-based bias, the court also issued a notice to Shah. The Court directed that adequate measures must be taken so that girls can come to the library.

He stoked another controversy aftermath the Maulana Azad Library issues by banning The Times of India at the university campus which reported about the library issue at the first hand.