Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, who was born in Mhow (Madhya Pradesh) in 1964, was the son of Hammad Ahmad Siddiqui and one of three brothers. His family was once highly respected; his father was the Shehr Qazi of Mhow.
After completing a B.Tech in Industrial & Product Design from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, where he completed B.Tech in information and product design, Jawad moved to Delhi, intending to pursue a career in academia. He joined Jamia Millia Islamia as a new lecturer in mechanical engineering in August 1993.
Allegations of investment fraud and jail time at Tihar
While employed by Jamia, Jawad concurrently engaged in a second business. He and his brother Saood co-founded a limited liability company named Al-Falah Investments. In 2000, an FIR (No. 43/2000) was filed at New Friends Colony, Delhi, as Jawad faced allegations of cheating, forgery, and diversion of over rupee 7.5 crore of investor money.
The Delhi High Court noted, after forensic testing, that signatures were forged and funds were diverted for personal use. Jawad was put in Tihar Jail for over three years and was then granted bail in February 2004. The case was quashed in 2005 after terms for restitution were negotiated by placing the funds into an account overseen by the court.
Rise to Chancellor of Al-Falah University
Siddiqui was the founder and chancellor of Al-Falah University, Faridabad (Haryana), which was established in 2014 under the Haryana Private Universities Act. It would be described as a “minority” institution that offered degree programs in engineering and medicine. It reportedly sought to rival the likes of Aligarh and Jamia.
He is separately identified as a director in nine companies in the areas of education, software and energy—all of which are also associated with the same Jamia Nagar, Okhla address under the Al-Falah Charitable Trust.
University Under Terror Module Inquiry
Following the November 2025 Delhi Red Fort Metro Station car-blast, which killed at least 10 people, the university came under serious scrutiny as a Faridabad module was seized with nearly 2,900 kg of IED-making material, assault rifles, and bomb components.
Three doctors associated with the university—Dr Muzammil Ganaie, Dr Shaheen Shahid, and Dr Umar Un Nabi—are under arrest or are missing. They are allegedly connected to banned terror organisations Jaish‑e‑Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat‑ul‑Hind (AGuH).
The university has denied it was complicit in any more than the suspects’ professional roles, and it has claimed full cooperation with authorities.
Disrepute Surrounds Image and Oversight
There have been longstanding questions about issues around recruitment, staff verification, and campus oversight. Sources say that the medical school hired a number of physicians from Kashmir at low salaries, and the university’s administrative relationship with its Jamia Nagar office is already under scrutiny.
