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| name = Imtiaz Ahmad<br />
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| birth_place = [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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| occupation = Sociologist, Author, Professor<br />
| alma_mater = Lucknow University, University of Delhi, University of Chicago<br />
| notable_works = ''Caste and Social Stratification among Muslims in India''<br />
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'''Imtiaz Ahmad''' (1940-2023) was an Indian sociologist, author, and professor known for his pioneering work on caste dynamics within Indian Muslim society. He served as a professor of political sociology at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) in New Delhi for three decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering Imtiaz Ahmad, Who Heralded a New Era of the Social Sciences in India |url=https://thewire.in/education/remembering-imtiaz-ahmad-who-heralded-a-new-era-of-the-social-sciences-in-india |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Born in [[Gonda district|Gonda]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] Ahmad completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Lucknow University, earning a master's degree in social anthropology in 1960. He furthered his research at the [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]] and the [[University of Chicago]], where he was a Fulbright Fellow from 1967 to 1968. During his time at Chicago, he developed the foundational ideas for his seminal work on caste among Indian Muslims.<ref name="toi1">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Avijit |title=Social scientist, ex-JNU prof Imtiaz Ahmad no more |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/social-scientist-ex-jnu-prof-imtiaz-ahmad-no-more/articleshow/101121715.cms |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=The Times of India |date=20 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rehman |first=Shaikh Mujibur |date=2023 |title=Imtiaz Ahmad (1940–2023): Life and Contributions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27249525 |journal=Social Scientist |volume=51 |issue=5/6 (600-601) |pages=97–102 |jstor=27249525 |issn=0970-0293}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ahmad began his academic career as a senior research analyst at the Institute of Economic Growth at Delhi University in 1964. He later became a lecturer in sociology at the same institution. After a stint as a visiting professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri, USA, he joined JNU in 1972 as an associate professor in political sociology and was promoted to full professor in 1983. He retired from JNU in 2002.<ref name="toi1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=deSouza |first=Peter Ronald |date=2023-06-26 |title=Imtiaz Ahmad, a man of the times and ahead of it |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/imtiaz-ahmad-a-man-of-the-times-and-ahead-of-it/article67011202.ece |access-date=2025-02-14 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-22 |title=Imtiaz Ahmad: A scholar who challenged conventional research on Indian Muslims |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/imtiaz-ahmad-challenged-the-view-of-minority-as-monolith-8678401/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Throughout his career, Ahmad also held visiting professorships at institutions such as the University of Missouri, the Institute of Higher Studies in Paris, and York University in Canada.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news |title=Sociologist, former JNU professor Imtiaz Ahmad passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sociologist-former-jnu-professor-imtiaz-ahmad-passes-away/article66986947.ece |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=The Hindu |date=19 June 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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== Contributions and Works ==<br />
Ahmad's research interests encompassed social stratification, communalism, ethnic conflicts, social movements, Islamic transformations, refugees and migrants, child rights, poverty alleviation, and development. His groundbreaking book, ''Caste and Social Stratification among Muslims in India'' (1973), challenged the prevailing notion of a monolithic Muslim community by highlighting the existence of caste-like divisions among Indian Muslims. This work opened new avenues for sociological research on Indian Muslim society.<ref name="indianexpress1">{{cite news |title=Ex-JNU professor and eminent sociologist Imtiaz Ahmed, known for work on caste, dies at 83 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/ex-jnu-professor-and-eminent-sociologist-imtiaz-ahmed-known-for-work-on-caste-dies-at-83-8675981/ |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=The Indian Express |date=21 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sarangi |first=Asha |date=2023 |title=Imtiaz Ahmad: A Scholar and Teacher of All Seasons (1940–2023) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27254339 |journal=Social Scientist |volume=51 |issue=7/8 (602-603) |pages=97–102 |jstor=27254339 |issn=0970-0293}}</ref><br />
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Other publications include ''Family, Kinship and Marriage among Muslims in India'' (1976) and ''Modernisation and Social Change among Muslims in India'' (1983), which further explored the complexities of Muslim social structures and their evolution in the Indian context.<ref name="toi1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vardhan |first=Anand |date=2023-06-21 |title=How Imtiaz Ahmad once drew Delhi high court ire over caste |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/06/21/how-imtiaz-ahmad-once-drew-delhi-high-court-ire-over-caste |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Newslaundry |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Ahmad received the Pandit Jagpal Krishna Gold Medal from Lucknow University in 1960. He was also a Senior Fellow of the [[Indian Council of Social Science Research|Indian Council of Social Sciences]], New Delhi.<ref name="thehindu" /><br />
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