| Fouzia Tahseen Khan | |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra Legislative Council | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 February 1957 Aurangabad |
| Political party | Nationalist Congress Party |
| Spouse(s) | Thaseen Ahmed |
| Children | 1 Son, 1 Daughter |
| Residence | Parbhani |
| Occupation | Agriculture |
Prof. (Mrs.) Fouzia Tahseen Khan also known as Fauzia Khan is a Minister of State in Government of Maharashtra in India. She is a member of Legislative Council the upper house of Maharashtra Legislature.[1][2]
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She holds the portfolio of junior minister for School Education, Women & Child Development, Cultural Affairs, General Administration, Information & Public Relations, Minorities Development (including Aukaf), and Protocol.[3]
Fouzia Khan belongs to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Sharad Pawar. She is a member of upper house in Maharashtra Legislature, an MLC and leader from Parbhani. Her Paternal home is Aurangabad, Maharashtra. She moved to Parbhani after marriage.
Fauzia Khan heads the Federation of All Maharashtra Minority Education Organisation (FAME) and runs several educational institutions in Parbhani.[4]
In the year 2008 she donated 5 acres of land to develop off-campus educational complex by Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) at Aurangabad.[5]
As a minister in Govt. of Maharashtra she was instrumental in identifying a 332 acre site for Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Maharashtra Center at Khuldabad near Aurangabad.[6][7]