Dr Mohammad Rafiuddin, born in Jammu in 1904, is considered to be one of the greatest muslim philosophers in the 20th century.
He passed Intermediate in Science, Honours in Persian, Masters in Arabic (1929), Ph.D in Philosophy (1949) and D.Litt in Educational Philosophy (1965).
In his early career he taught Arabic and Persian in Sri Pratap College, Srinagar (1929-32) and Prince of Wales College, Jammu (1933-46) where he wrote his widely acclaimed book "Ideology of the Future".
He was selected as Principal of Sri Karan Singh College, Mirpur in 1946 where he worked for one year.
He served as Research officer in Department of Islamic Reconstruction from 1948 to 1949 and Institute of Islamic Culture from 1950 to 1953.