Dr. Shabistan Gaffar
Chairperson - Committee on Girls Education, The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI)

Dr. Shabistan Gaffar is the Chairperson of Girls Education, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, Government of India. She is a Member of Academic Council, National Institute of Open Schooling and President of the All India Confederation for Women’s Empowerment Through Education, New Delhi. She has Compiled and edited the report and recommendations of the Committee on Girls Education, officially released at the 8th Foundation Day of National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions held in December, 2012 at Mavalankar Auditorium, New Delhi and submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India. She has received the “Sir Syed Excellence Award for Female Education” for the outstanding service in the field of minority women’s empowerment from the Aligarh Movement monthly Magazine, Aligarh University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.