Shadab Shams is the Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttarakhand, India. This is his official website. It documents his biography, career journey since 2009, work in Waqf governance and educational reform, national engagements, media appearances and press record.
Shadab Shams
Leadership rooted in governance, reform and social harmony.
In brief
Shadab Shams has served as Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board since 7 September 2022.
Shadab Shams, also written Mohammad Shadab Shams, is an Indian public administrator and politician from Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state, where he has held state spokesperson and state media responsibilities since 2009. In 2020–21 he served as Vice-Chairman of the Prime Minister's 15-Point Programme implementation committee with the rank and status of Minister of State (MoS), Government of Uttarakhand. He was elected unopposed as Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board — the statutory body responsible for the superintendence of Waqf properties and institutions in the state — and took office on 7 September 2022, and was reappointed a BJP Uttarakhand state spokesperson, representing Dehradun Mahanagar, in August 2026. As Chairman he has set out priorities in transparency, accountability and the protection of Waqf properties, and the Board developed the state's first modern madrasa, the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Modern Madrasa in Dehradun.
Born 7 October 1979 · Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
About Shadab Shams
01 — Leadership at a glance
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Years of organisational
and public service
Shadab Shams has worked within the party organisation in Uttarakhand since 2009, moving through spokesperson and state media responsibilities into administrative office. In 2020 he served as Vice-Chairman of the PM 15-Point Programme with the rank and status of Minister of State (MoS), Government of Uttarakhand. Since 7 September 2022 he has headed the state's statutory Waqf Board, and in August 2026 he was reappointed a BJP Uttarakhand state spokesperson.
Chairman, Uttarakhand Waqf Board
State Spokesperson, BJP Uttarakhand — Dehradun Mahanagar
Vice-Chairman, PM 15-Point Programme — Minister of State (MoS) rank / status
02 — The journey
From the organisation
to the institution.
A documented sequence of organisational, media and administrative responsibilities across fifteen years of public life in Uttarakhand.
03 — Waqf governance
Reimagining
Waqf governance.
The Uttarakhand Waqf Board is a statutory body responsible for the superintendence of Waqf properties and institutions in the state. As Chairman, Shadab Shams has set out a focus on transparency in the Board's functioning, accountability in how properties are managed, protection of Waqf properties from encroachment, and directing Waqf resources towards the charitable and community purposes for which they were endowed.
This section describes stated administrative priorities. It does not assert legal findings, property claims or the outcome of any pending matter.
Transparency
Clear records and open process in the administration of properties and institutions.
Accountability
Defined responsibility for how Waqf assets and revenues are managed and reported.
Public benefit
Resources directed towards education, welfare and charitable purpose.
04 — Modern madrasa initiative
Modern
education.
Rooted values.
Under Shadab Shams's chairmanship, the Uttarakhand Waqf Board developed the state's first modern madrasa — the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Modern Madrasa, in the Muslim Colony near Dehradun railway station. It offers general education under the NCERT syllabus, with Arabic and Sanskrit available as an optional subject, in classrooms fitted with smart boards, computers and new furniture.
Established- 01
Traditional framework
The existing madrasa model, centred on religious instruction.
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Modern infrastructure
Classrooms, furniture and learning facilities rebuilt to a contemporary standard.
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General education
General subjects introduced under the NCERT syllabus.
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Technology-enabled teaching
Smart boards and computers brought into everyday classroom use.
- 05
Academic and religious education
General subjects and religious instruction within a single institution.
The two images above are representative illustrations of the kind of facility described. They are not photographs of the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Modern Madrasa and will be replaced when photographs of the institution are supplied.
Initiative · Expansion · Vision
Model institution
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Modern Madrasa, Dehradun.
EstablishedReplication
Stated intention to extend the model to madrasas on Waqf properties.
ProposedModernisation
A long-term objective of comparable standards for these students.
VisionNational engagements of Shadab Shams
05 — National engagements
From Uttarakhand
to the national stage.
Selected moments from public, political and institutional engagements, ordered by office held.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi
In conversation at a party session.
With Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
At a media interaction in Dehradun.
With Union Ministers and senior leaders
Receiving a delegation on arrival in Dehradun.
With Kiren Rijiju
At a public function in Uttarakhand.
With the Governor of Uttarakhand
Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd).
With Baba Ramdev and Shahnawaz Hussain
At a public engagement in Uttarakhand.
Mann Ki Baat press conference
Addressing media alongside senior leaders.
Further engagements
At Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's residence
Meeting a member of the family.
Received in Tamil Nadu
With Jamal Siddiqui at Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam airport.
2022 — Haryana
Special delegate, Rashtriya Karya Samiti session, Rashtriya Alp Sankhyak Morcha.
2023 — Chhattisgarh
Special delegate at the Rashtriya Karya Samiti session.
12 August 2025 — New Delhi
Orientation for all-India Minority Morcha office bearers at the National Headquarters.
Identifications for photographs above were supplied by the office. Where an event name, date or location has not been confirmed, the caption says so rather than assuming one.
Shadab Shams in the press
06 — Press & public record
Press
&
Public
Record
Documenting a journey of public service, governance and national engagement.
Featured coverage
Elected Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board
Reported that Shadab Shams was elected unopposed as Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board, with the election conducted by the Board and the result declared by the Principal Secretary, Minorities Department. The report notes his earlier appointment as in-charge of West Bengal for the party's National Minority Front.
Archive clipping — supplied by the office. No online source URL recorded.
Documented in the press
Selected coverage from established news publications and archive clippings held by the office.
Newspaper images and articles remain the copyright of the respective publications and are reproduced here as a record of coverage. Where several publications reported one event, they are grouped as a single record with related coverage noted.
Media appearances of Shadab Shams
07 — Media
In the national
conversation.
Fourteen years of participation in televised political discussion, print commentary and public communication — explaining policy and representing the organisation on national platforms.
Print, digital and policy
Written commentary and public communication on policy and community affairs, alongside electoral and organisational communication assignments.
Broadcast stills are reproduced from television coverage and remain the copyright of the respective broadcasters. Channel branding and on-screen text have not been altered.
08 — Latest developments
On the record.
Each entry carries its source. Items with a published article link to it; items documented only by an archive clipping are marked as such.
Sabka Saath.
Sabka Vikas.
Sabka Vishwas.
National interest · Social harmony · Inclusive governance · Accountability
Personal profile of Shadab Shams
Personal profile
Dehradun, and a
working background.
- Born
- 7 October 1979
- Domicile
- Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Schooling
- Hilton's School, Dehradun
- Training
- Draftsman Civil / Architect (AutoCAD)Interior Designer · Interior Decorator
Contact the office of Shadab Shams
09 — Contact
Connect with
the office.
For official correspondence, media requests and public engagements.
- ceouk@wakf.gov.in
- Telephone
- +91 97190 52500
- Office
- Uttarakhand Waqf BoardAlpsankhyak Kalyan Bhawan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Official site
- uttarakhandwaqfboard.uk.gov.in
Office address is not published here. Correspondence may be sent to the Uttarakhand Waqf Board.