Himesh Reshammiya

Playback singer and music director Himesh Reshamiya has created a controversy by visiting the Holy tomb of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer by wearing a burqa for which he apologized later. According to him when he along with 4 others came to Ajmer for Ziarat (pilgrimage) in order to avoid attention he wore a burqa but the people who when got to know that it was him behind the burqa they objected to it, but according to the “Anjuman Committee” the official committee of the dargah khadims (servers) said Reshamiya did not commit a crime by offering Ziarat in a burqa. While Reshamiya wrapped it all up by saying that a dargah khadim Qutubuddin Saki had advised him to wear a burqa.

Educational Institutions

Ajmer is home to one of the prestigious engineering institutes of India - Engineering College Ajmer. ECA has also started its MTech and MBA programs besides its core strength BTech. Besides Government Engineering College Ajmer, few new engineering institutes have also been established like Mahila Engineering College Ajmer and the private institute named Ajmer Institute of Technology.
Ajmer is also home to Mayo college, founded by the British Raj in 1870 to educate the children of Rajputana's nobles on the lines of an English public school. Ajmer is also home to the prestigious St. Anslem's High SchoolSophia Girls' School and Sophia College, and the historic Ajmer Music College, founded in 1942, which was the first accredited institution in Rajputana for teaching classical Hindustani music. One of the four NCERT Demonstration Schools of India is also located in Ajmer.
Other educational institutions which prominently shaped the academic environment of Ajmer before India became independent are the Government College, Savitri Girls' School & College, D.A.V. College, Government High School, St. Mary's Convent Girls' School, King George Royal Indian Military School, St. Paul's School,, Moinia Islamia High School, Oswal Jain High School, Husband Memorial High School, Govt. Central Girls' High School, Arya Putri Pathshala, and Saraswati Balika Vidyalaya.