Jamia Ahsanul Banat, a private single-gender boarding Islamic University only for girls was established in 1989 and is situated in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.The Jamia Ahsanul Banat is named after Late Haji Mohammad Ahsan Shamsi. The institution was founded by his son Mohammad Akhtar Shamsi and daughter in law Ghazala Akhtar Shamsi. Mohammad Akhtar Shamsi is the present President with his wife Ghazala Akhtar Shamsi being the Senior Vice-President of the institution. Mohammad Akhtar Shamsi is a leading industrialist and businessman in his area and holds his Degree in Commerce. He is the key financer of this institution and takes time out of his business and makes and effort to help his wife run the institution. May Allah give him Jaza-E-Kher for his noble contributions. His wife, Ghazala Akhtar Shamsi runs the everyday operations of the institution with the help an efficient staff. She is a house-wife, mother of three, and a strict disciplined Muslim woman. She holds her Degree in English. She had a strict and good upbringing with regular Islamic touch and teaching in her life. Her parents had implanted Islam and its teachings in her since the very beginning. It was these teachings that always made her feel a void in her life and she always searched for the truth and the true mission of every Muslim. Thus, after being married and settled in her life with her husband and three healthy children she started reading the translation of the Quran.