been functioning since March 6, 2011 and AMU Kishanganj Centre was inaugurated in January 2014 by UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi. During his tenure as VC of AMU, Prof Azis courted controversy, and was under the CBI scanner for alleged financial impropriety related to 'travel concession for family, income tax payment from University funds and purchase of luxury cars". He was later cleared of all charges by the CBI with submission of its closure report at the Patiala House Court. Abdul Aziz's departure was cited by India Today as evidence of the "waning influence" of the "Malayali lobby" in Delhi. Even when the investigation had started, Abdul Aziz had refuted all the charges and had said that "the truth would eventually come out". At the end of his term, Aziz said he had "no regrets" about the decisions he had made during his tenure at the university. References 1947 births Living people Scholars from Kerala Academic staff of Aligarh Muslim University Mappilas Vice-Chancellors of the Aligarh Muslim University People from Idukki district University of Kerala alumni 20th-century Indian biologists