Awhad started standing up for social causes early on launching a campaign against rising tuition fees in Mumbai University in 1982.
After completing his Marine Engineering Studies in 1984–85, he undertook a post graduate degree in personnel management from Mumbai University.
Awhad also holds a Doctorate from Mumbai University, the thesis being "The History of Socio-Religious Movement in Maharashtra, a Sub-Alternate View".
[3] In 1999, after the 12th Lok Sabha was dissolved and elections to the 13th Lok Sabha were called, Sharad Pawar, P. A. Sangma, and Tariq Anwar demanded that the party needed to propose someone native-born as the prime ministerial candidate and not the Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, who had entered party politics and replaced Sitaram Kesri as Congress president.
In the first month alone, cities like Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Nagpur, Dhule, Solapur have been covered and effective measures have been taken to improve the situations for students and staff.
In March 2022 after the departure of Nawab Malik from the cabinet, Awhad was appointed the Minister of Minority Development & Aukaf.