Maulana Azad National Urdu University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to evolving leaders in diverse disciplines who model a difference globally. Maulana Azad National Urdu University, widely known as MANUU, is a central university in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This institution of higher learning was established by an Act of the Parliament in January 1998. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a freedom fighter in India's struggle for independence, and a scholar of Islam and Urdu literature. Our staff and students come from a wide range of backgrounds and from various countries and territories, making MANUU a diverse and dynamic place to work and study.