Mohammad Ali Shaikh is the vice-chancellor of Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan.

[1][2] Muhammad Ali Shaikh was born in Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.

Muhammad Ali Shaikh graduated with a degree in engineering from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro in 1985 and holds a PhD degree in Mass Communication from the University of Karachi.

[3] On 21 July 1994, he was appointed Principal, Sindh Madressatul Islam College, when the college needed a lot of attention and even lacked some basic facilities.

[4] Muhammad Ali Shaikh has written books on the subjects of education and communication as well as biographies of leading personalities of South Asian origin.