Tahir Mahmood is Founder-Chairman of Amity University Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in New Delhi. He has been Dean of the Delhi University Law Faculty, Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities and Member of the National Human Rights Commission. Fyzee is an outstanding scholar of Islamic law and author of Outlines of Muhammadan Law. He received from the Government of India, the Padma Bhushan in recognition of his contribution to Islamic Jurisprudence.