Rafiq Ahmad Pampori

He is the rector of Darul Uloom Ilahiya, Srinagar and the director of Illahiya Dialysis Center in Soura.

He has authored books including Aijazul Qur'ān and Ra'fatul Baari, a five-volume commentary on the Sahih Bukhari.

[4][5] He went on a protest leave in December 2015 seeking voluntarily retirement, while his tenure as the principal was to end on 1 February 2018.

[7] Meanwhile, Lal Singh had appointed Kaiser Ahmad as the interim principal on 19 December 2015, who denied to quit the post.

[8] According to Kashmir Observer, the government cleared the controversy declaring Kaiser as the principal on 22 December 2015.

[3] Unlike other seminaries in Jammu and Kashmir, Ilhahiya teaches the dars-e-nizami curriculum according to the Federation of Islamic Institutions, Darul Uloom Deoband and secular education in accordance with the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education.