He served as a professor of political sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi for three decades.
Born in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, Ahmad completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Lucknow University, earning a master's degree in social anthropology in 1960.
During his time at Chicago, he developed the foundational ideas for his seminal work on caste among Indian Muslims.
[1] Ahmad began his academic career as a senior research analyst at the Institute of Economic Growth at Delhi University in 1964.
[1] Ahmad received the Pandit Jagpal Krishna Gold Medal from Lucknow University in 1960.