Dr. Naseem Ajmal is a mathematician by profession and Urdu poetry is his passion. Born in the year 1948 in a well-known family of Urdu poets of Lucknow, he did his graduation in science and post-graduation in mathematics from Lucknow University. His interest in Urdu poetry was brought to light revealed in 1971-72 when his writings were published by esteemed Urdu journals Kitab and Naya Daur.

In pursuit of higher studies, he left for Delhi and got his doctorate from Delhi University for his work in abstract modern algebra. Throughout his research period, he kept his literary interest alive and published his writings in reputed Urdu journals, such as Shayer (Bombay), Tahreek (Delhi) and Kitab (Lucknow). He was regularly invited by Urdu external services of A.I.R. for poetry recitations.

He got a permanent position in Zakir Hussain College, Delhi University in the year 1980. After several years of devoted teaching, be came back to research and started working on a newly emerging area of fuzzy mathematics. He made some significant contributions towards the development of fuzzy algebraic structures and published numerous research papers in international journals. The A.B.I., North Carolina, U.S.A. awarded him.

“Gold Record of Achievement Award 1996” for his research work in Fuzzy Algebra. The Council of National Research of Italy invited him as a visiting professor in the year 1996. He worked at the University of Lecce in collaboration with Prof. Eduardo Pascali, an eminent mathematician of Italy. He was retired in 2013 as an associate professor and was awarded an Emeritus fellowship by University Grants Commission, India in 2016.

Fuzzy mathematics and fuzzy logic are intimately related disciplines. Fuzzy logic is based on the observation that the world is compromises of opposites; everything is a matter of degree; being and not being have blurred boundaries. Equipped with this method of reasoning, Naseem Ajmal could easily discern the inherent fuzziness of human perception. He laid more emphasis on the complexities and intricacies of human feelings and emotions which are imprecise and vague (fuzzy). For example.

Ek samandar sa gira tha mujh mein,
Phir bahut shor hua tha mujh mein.

Yeh kaun shakhs hai mujh se nikal ke rat gai
Tamasha   dekh   raha   ha   meri   udasi   ka

In the later stages of his writing, he preferred to publish his work in the literary Hindi journals, such as Anabhaya Sancha, Naya Path and Hans, and also in Zehne-Jadeed. A famous Hindi scholar Dr. Vishwanath Tripathi, while enumerating the qualities of his Ghazals also wrote that, there is a defamiliarisation of the familiar in his writing. Many Hindi critics, Gyan Prakash Vivek, Bikram Singh and Prabhat Ranjan have written exhaustive articles on his style of writing. Motivated from his style, Dr. Bikram Singh, a well-known Hindi scholar, tried to develop Fuzzy Aesthetics in his articles published in Anabhaya Sancha (2009, vol. 16, 34-50, 2010, vol. 19, 30-65 & 2014 vol. 36, 15-36). His first collection of Ghazals, entitled. “Charon Taraf Bikharte Hue”
is published by Anamika Publishers, in the year 1917.