Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri (8 April 1942 – 10 January 2024) was an Indian zoologist.
[1] He received the first Janaki Ammal National Award bestowed by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Zoological Society of India for his notable works on taxonomy of nematodes (1964–2004).
[2][3] Mohammad Shamim Jairajpuri was born in Azamgarh district on 8 April 1942.
[4][5] In 1998, he became the first Vice Chancellor of the newly formed Maulana Azad National Urdu University.
He was credited by The Milli Gazette as "a leading personality" toward the establishment of the aforementioned university.