Ali Ashraf (academic)

Ali Ashraf (1930–1996) was an Indian academician who served as the vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 1983 to 1989.

Life and career
Ali Ashraf was born in 1930. He taught at the IIT Kanpur. He was seen as a political scientist. He was also a director of Gandhian Institute of Studies, in Varanasi.

Ashraf died in 1996.

Publications
Ashraf's works include:
 * Ethnic identify and national integration
 * The Muslim elite
 * Political sociology: a new grammar of politics