Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan was born to Mr. Alison Mohammed Khan and Pathuma Beevi on 21-12-1934 at Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram. After resigning a Government Job, Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan started the first technical institute of Kerala in 1954. He was instrumental in offering technical education courses such as civil survey, lower survey, electrical and electronics etc for the first time in Kerala under the auspices of Madras Government Technical Education. During the implementation of the Kerala Land Reforms Act in 1958, there was severe scarcity of trained surveyors to carry out the land survey. The Government of Kerala entrusted the responsibility of generating trained surveyors with NI ITI, which was successfully accomplished by Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan. His contribution in the survey of land throughout Kerala with the aid of theodolite was widely recognized. In 1956, following the formation of the Kerala State, he played a prominent role in the electrification process of South Kerala and Malabar by KSEB. During the India-China war of 1962, played a very important role in providing training for the aircraft engineers and electricians at the Industrial training institute in Neyyattinkara. It was a matter of pride for Dr. A.P. Majeed Khan that that his students of NI ITI Neyyattinkara played an important role in establishing Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KELTRON) and Kerala Financial Corporation. From a humble beginning as the Founder and Teacher of an Industrial Training Institute in 1954,now he stands tall as the Chairman of Noorul Islam Educational Trust. The Trust currently owns and administers 17 institutions which also include Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education (Deemed University accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade). As the Chancellor of Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education (Deemed University), it was his dream that realized to India’s 98th satellite and first indigenous private satellite by a University which was launched on 23rd June 2017 by ISRO from Shri Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Still he is very active involving directly in even the minutest details of quality enhancement activities of all the institutions under Noorul Islam Educational Trust.
