Rafiq Ahmad Pampori

Rafiq Ahmad Pampori (born 13 February 1956) is an Indian Islamic scholar, academic and a writer, and a former principal of Government Medical College in Srinagar. He is the founder and rector of the Darul Uloom Ilahiya, an Islamic seminary in Srinagar, and is seen as a top practitioner of neuroscience in Jammu and Kashmir. His books include Aijazul Qur'ān and Ra'fatul Baari, a five-volume commentary on the Sahih Bukhari.

Biography Rafiq Ahmad Pampori was born on 13 February 1956 in Safa Kadal in Srinagar, Kashmir. He received his primary education at the National School in Karan Nagar and completed his higher secondary education from the Sri Pratap College in 1974. In 1990, he was appointed a lecturer in the ENT department of the college and later became its head professor. 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. He cited that "he cannot see the institutions (GMC and Associated Hospital) deteriorating". It was said that he was forced to apply for the premature retirement by Lal Singh Chaudhary, a politician of the BJP.

Ahmad withdrew his retirement plea at the request of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. It was seen as "a clash of egos and a PDP v/s BJP battle" by Omar Abdullah.

Ahmad is seen as a top practitioner of neuroscience in Jammu and Kashmir. It was set up by the Voluntary Medical Trust, of which Ahmad is chairman. He also serves as the rector of Darul Uloom Ilahiya since its inception in 1992.

Publications Ahmad has authored books such as Aijazul Qur'ān, Instrument For Understanding Qur'ān, Ra'fatul Baari (a five-volume commentary on Sahih Bukhari) and The Need for Divine Guidance. His other academic publications include: Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, 10th chapter in Textbook of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases by Mohammad Maqbool and Suhail Maqbool. Primary tumor of the facial nerve: Diagnosis and management. Transcervical foreign body.