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CONTENTS
Conferences, Seminars & Workshops Short Term Courses
Awards & Honours
Literary & Cultural Panorama Appointments
Disciplinary Action Visits
Alumni Affairs Outreach Activities Book Release Innovations Inaugurations Games & Sports
Administrative Actions Obituaries
Campus Activities
In his presidential remarks, AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah stressed the importance of sustained hard work and urged the students to appear in GATE as well as other national level exams and tests in greater number in the coming years.Prof. Ekram Husain, Principal, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology also addressed the gathering and highlighted the good performance by the students of Electronics Engineering.
Prof. M. Salim Beg, Chairman, Department of Electronics Engineering encouraged the students to come out with better performance in next year's GATE examination.
Mr. Amit Chawla and Ms. Hameedah Sultan also spoke on the occasion and gave tips to crack the GATE exam.
AMU Doctors attend 12th Triennial Congress Prof. AH Khan, Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, along with Dr. Imran Ahmad and Dr.
Fahad Khurram attended the 12 Triennial Congress th
of International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy held at Delhi.
Dr. Imran Ahmad presided over a session at the conference while Dr. Fahad Khurram presented a research paper on “Agricultural Hand Injuries”. In his paper, Dr. Fahad analyzed the burden of hand injuries sustained by the patients in and around agricultural fields. His paper also sought to contemplate the various preventive measures to safeguard against the same. Dr. Fahad said that most injuries consisted of hand amputations. He said that poor light arrangements at the site, unskilled workers, alcohol abuse, fatigue, poor machinery and illiteracy were the main contributory factors for such injuries. The co- author of the paper were Prof. Arshad, Dr. Imran and Dr. Zulkarnain.
Annual Hall Festival of Bugum Sultan Jahan Hall The Begum Sultan Jahan Hall, Aligarh Muslim University organized the Annual Hall Festival
“Prestancia”. AMU Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S. Ahmad Ali was the chief guest while former Principal of Women's College and OSD Aligarh Public School, Prof. Zakia A Siddiqui and former provosts of the hall, Prof. Seemin Hasan and Prof.
Naima Gulrez graced the occasion as guests of honour.
Addressing the students, Brigadier S. Ahmad Ali said Minimum attendance to remain 75%
The Aligarh Muslim University has clarified that the minimum attendance was 75% but the students invariably were permitted to appear in examinations with 65% attendance on production of medical certificates.
These certificates were invariably false and students had to pay money to obtain them. To obviate this practice, the Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah directed that there was no requirement to produce (fake) medical certificates and that 65% attendance was mandatory and acceptable. No reduction of attendance has therefore been made.
The University has reiterated that from next academic session, only 75% attendance would be acceptable and no medical certificate would be required to be produced.
A section of media has reported that the Vice Chancellor has reduced the mandatory percentage of attendance from 75 to 65. This is factually incorrect.
GATE qualifiers felicitated
The Department of Electronics Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University felicitated the final year students on their excellent performance in the recently
announced results of GATE-2013 exams. Among the top 50 positions countrywide in all disciplines of Engineering and Technology, Amit Chawla ranked second and Hameedah Sultan ranked 48. Both of them are from the department of Electronics Engineering.
April 2013
The proramme was conducted by Fida Rehmani, Secretary Literary Society and Senior Head Girl Sadaf Khan proposed a vote of thanks. Imrana and Yaman Kasturi presented Ghazals on the occasion.
Satya Chaudhary, Bushra Tarannum and Haya Rasheed were also present in the function.
Appointments
Prof. Rahimullah Khan has been a p p o i n t e d a s C h a i r m a n , Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University vice Prof. Wasi Haider for a period from April 1, 2013 to August 16, 2015 when he attains the age of superannuation.
Prof. Mohd. Aslam has been a p p o i n t e d a s C h a i r m a n , Department of ENT, J. N. Medical College for a period of three years vice Professor Pramod Kumar.
Meanwhile, the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences will act as Chairman, Department of Social Work till a Professor or Associate Professor is appointed in the newly created department.
In another administrative change, Professor Mehmood S. Khan, Department of Psychology has been appointed as Provost, Mohd. Habib Hall for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, with immediate effect.
Foreign Visit by AMU Faculty
Dr. S. S. Ahmed, Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College, Aligarh Muslim University visited the Department of Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery and Stomatology, Sammelweis University, Budapest, Hungary under Indo-Hungarian Educational Exchange Programme, where he performed his study that the University administration was trying to
resolve the issues of girls' Halls. He said that the girl students of Aligarh Muslim University were going well in all the walks of life and were more serious towards their study. Brigadier Ali assured the students that like other halls of the University, this hall would also get a chapatti maker soon.
Prof. Zakia A Siddiqui said that Sultan Jahan Begum motivated the girls' education at a time when people did not like female education. She said that the girls of this Hall have showed by their performance that they really belonged to the Sultan Jahan Hall. She said that the girls should read more about Begum Sultan Jahan and her contribution to the cause of female education.
Dr. Madhu Rani in her welcome address said that Begum Sultan Jahan Hall is named after an illustrious personality who worked tirelessly for the upliftment of women. An International seminar on Begum Sultan Jahan was recently held in AMU, which highlighted her contribution towards education and empowerment of the women and upliftment of the society. She said that Begum Sultan Jahan's contributions will be a source of inspiration to all.
Senior Hall Sunobar Ameer, while presenting the Annual Hall report, highlighted the achievements of the Hall students. She said that Saba Alam, Sima Iram and Jabeen Jamal have qualified Bihar Judicial Examination while Saima Siddiqui and Fatima Kazmi have secured a gold medal. Ishra Qoon Ali has qualified Judges' Advocate General (JAG) and all India Bar Examination.
Professor Asmer Beg, Department of Political Science and Mr. Ajai Bisaria, Associate Professor, Department of Hindi are the Course Coordinators for the Subject Refresher Courses in Social Science and Hindi respectively. Professor ME Zuberi, Chairman Department of Hindi and ASC faculty members, Dr.
Reshma Jamal and Dr. Faiza Abbasi were present on this occasion.
The participants belong to Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, J & K, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and UP.
Short-term Certificate Courses Launched
The Career Planning Centre, Aligarh Muslim University is starting a fresh short-term batch for its certificate courses during the summer vacation. These courses are meant for female candidates of marginalized section to help them get professional training in desired fields.
Prof. B. N. Waris Director of the Centre said that the centre is running various courses such as Beauty Culture, Interior Decorator, Garment Making, Textile Designing, English Fluency Development Course, MS Office, Tally etc. The Registration form will be available from 8th April and admissions will take place from 15th April. The batch will start for a period of three months from May 8 to August 8, 2013.
Prof. M. Saud Alam Qasmi honoured with Maulana Abul Hassan Nadwi Award
Prof. M. Saud Alam Qasmi, Dean, Faculty of Theology, Aligarh Muslim University has been honoured with the Maulana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi Award. The award was given to him by Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India at a programme held by the Islamic Social and Cultural Foundation, Bhiwandi. Prof. Qasmi was honoured in recognition of his educational and on management of maxillofacial trauma and oral
cancers. He also learnt new techniques of bone grafting for dental implantology procedures.
Dr. S.S. Ahmed also visited Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary where he participated in various surgeries of maxillofacial region and exchanged his experiences and views with Professor Piffco Jozsef, the head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department.
Dr. Ahmed is a recipient of Visiting Scholarship of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK and Commonwealth Fellowship of Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, London.
He has published 35 papers in national and international journals and attended several national and international conferences. He is member of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery (AOCMF), Switzerland.
UGC Academic Staff College Launches three courses
The UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University launched three new courses for university and college teachers. Sixty participants have enrolled in the four-week orientation programme while 40 participants each have been inducted for the three- week Subject Refresher Courses in Hindi and Research Methodology in Social Sciences.
Professor AR Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College welcomed the participants and explained the objective of organizing these courses. He said that the programmes have been planned meaningful by involving qualified resource persons. He said that the motto is to ensure all round professional development of teacher-participants through organizing visits to sites of composite culture, orphanage, biodiversity landscape and homes of AMU Faculty members.
Prof. M. H. Beg, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Chairman Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery expressed happiness on the achievement and said this type of surgeries will benefit patients.He said that the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is carrying out all kinds of cardiothoracic surgeries on routine basis for which patients earlier had to go to Delhi. He hoped that the facility of open cardiac surgery will also be made available at JNMC soon.
Malyalam Book Released
Orvankarakavitha, a Malayalam Book written by Dr.
TN Satheesan, Professor of Malayalam, Department of Modern Indian Languages, Aligarh Muslim University has been released by Prof. Valsalan Vasthuseri, Professor of Malayalam, Kalady Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kerala.
The book written on a neo-classic Malayalam Poet Oravankara Nilakantan Nambudiri was received by Prof. A. Nujum. Prof. D. Murthy presided over the function held at Department of Modern Indian Languages.
AMU Research Scholar selected as Fulbright Assistant at University of Texas
Mr. Nazir Hussain, Research Scholar, Department of English, Aligarh Muslim University has been selected as the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas, Austin, US for a period of nine months beginning August 2013.
Fulbright Commission, New Delhi each year selects bright research scholars for this prestigious programme that helps s t u d e n t s i n a c a d e m i c achievements and cross-cultural understanding between India and the US. Over the years, many research scholars from the Department of English have
visited US under this programme. Dr. T. R. Gautam, and Dr. Taj Mohammad, former beneficiaries of the programme provide guidance to the fresh students for selection in the programme.
Mr. Nazir Hussain has been pursuing his doctoral work on the teaching and syllabus of English in Madarsas under the supervision of Professor Abdur Raheem Kidwai at the Department of English.
Innovative Videoconferencing programme
“Hackathon”
Eighteen top institutions of the country including the scholarly services to the community.
The Islamic Social and Cultural Foundation organized a conference on “Unity in Diversity” which was attended by a large panel of scholars and journalists such as Justice Markandey Katju, Kumar Ketkar, Gurdayal Singh, Maulana Salman Nadvi, Shamim Tarique, Mushtaque Ahmad Advocate etc.
In his acceptance speech, Prof. Qasmi said that Unity in Diversity is the need of the country and promotion of diverse cultures is necessary for maintaining the democratic character and secular image of the country. He stressed that the development of the country lied in the development of all sections of the society including minorities.
Justice Markanday Katju said that the country primarily belonged to the migrants. The objectives of national integrity could be achieved only by protection of interests and dignity of all communities.
Any move to divide people on the line of caste, creed and language will spoil the country.
Peripheral bypass surgery performed
The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, J. N.
Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University performed a peripheral bypass limb saving surgery for arterial disease.
The surgery was conducted by Dr. Mohd. Azam Haseen, Assistant Professor under the supervision of Prof. MH Beg. Dr. Shahla Haleem, Chairperson,
Department of Anaesthesia and her team gave anaesthesia. The patient, a middle aged male from district Sambhal, visited the OPD with complaints of blackening of right lower limb and pain in calf on walking. On investigation, a block was found in femoral artery, which supplies blood to leg. The doctors carried out a bypass surgery routing blood from abdomen to leg. This surgery costs around 2 lakh in Delhi, while the complex surgery was done in JNMC in only a few thousand rupees.
Mobile/Web Applications as per their understanding of XII Five Year Plan. The winners will be honoured with cash prizes and citations. Anyone can participate in the Hackathon with one or more entries in individual capacity or as a team of four. The registration is open till the midnight of April 4, 2013.
Annual sports felicitation programme held
The Viqarul Mulk Hall, a residential hostel of the Aligarh Muslim University organized its annual sports felicitation ceremony “ATHLOS 2013”.
Er. Ahmad Rais Siddiqi, Editor, Nadia Times, Radio and TV Commentator, Writer, First Gymnasium Club Captain of AMU and First Power Sector Champion, NTPC was the chief guest. An eminent educationist Mr. Saurabh Tiwari was the Guest of Honor.
Addressing the programme, Mr. Ahmad Rais Siddiqi urged the students to work hard and participate in the sports activities along with their academic pursuit to achieve excellence in life. He said that participation in sports activities would not only give them a healthy personality but may also provide them with the highly paying career option.
Mr. Saurabh Tiwari also spoke on the occasion.
The guests gave away winner and runner up trophies and medals to the winner teams and individuals.
Earlier, Prof. Fazal Mahmood, Provost, VM Hall welcomed the guests and thanked them for their graceful presence in the glittering function.
Wardens, Dr. Abidi and Mr. Mohd. Naeem were also present on the occasion.
UGC Academic Staff College launches special Subject Refresher Course for Medicine Faculty The UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University has launched a special Subject Refresher Course for the teachers of the Faculty of Medicine.
Forty one participants from different departments of the JN Medical College and ZA Dental College, have registered for the three-week course.
The Dean, Faculty of Medicine Professor MH Beg welcomed the participants and urged them to attend the course sincerely and with dedication and try to learn the various teaching nuances of teaching medicine.
Addressing the inaugural programme at the Committee Room, Dean’s Office, JN Medical College, Course Director and Principal JNMC, Prof.
M Ashraf Malik thanked Prof. AR Kidwai, Director UGC Academic Staff College for organizing the Aligarh Muslim University have been chosen to
participate in a Videoconferencing/ Competition
“Hackathon” being organized by the National Innovation Council under the Chairmanship of Mr.
Sam Pitroda, Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister and the Planning Commission under Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
The videoconferencing/competition would be held on April 6 and 7 (round the clock) at the Conference Hall of Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences.
A Hackathon is a two-day event where students and professionals from around the country are given an opportunity to use their understanding of the 12th Five Year Plan and are encouraged to transform the same into innovative projects such as visualizations like information graphs, posters, short films, edutainment games and mobile/web applications.
The AMU Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brigadier (Retd.) S.
Ahmad Ali today held a meeting of the Core Group to organize the event in a befitting manner. Three committees were formed to manage different aspects of the event. A five-member Committee for setting up arrangement for videoconferencing has been constituted under the team leadership of Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prof. Shabahat Husain.
Other members are Prof. Jamal Ahmed, OSD (Development), Prof. Mohibullah, MIC (Electricity), Dr. Anwar Khursheed, Director, Computer Centre, Dr. Suhail Mustajab, Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Dr. Syed Rafi Ahmad, Mr. M.
Afzal, System Analyst, Computer Centre and Dr.
Rahat Abrar, Public Relations Officer.
Prof. N. A. K. Durrani of the Department of Mass Communication will lead the team of video films, clips and entries. Other members of his team will be Prof. Shafey Kidwai, Dr. F. S. Shirani, Prof. Zulfia Khan and Dr. Rafiqul Zaman.
Another team to look after the work of Web Applications, Multimedia, Pie Charts and Graphics was formed under the leadership of Prof. Arif Suhail, Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Other members of this team are Prof. Nisar Ahmad, Prof. Pervez Talib, Prof. Mohd. Saeed Khan, Prof.
Sagheer Ansari, Prof. Abdul Matin, Prof. Asmer Beg and Dr. Omar Farooq.
The University has urged all the staff members and students to register at the http://data.gov.in/user/
register and participate in the competition through entries under Visualization (Information Graphs and Posters), Short Films, Edutainment Games and
degrees.
Nawab Ibne Saeed Khan of Chhatari said that Islam is a regulated way of life and Quran provides as the embodiment of rules and regulations for the whole universe. He said that Dr. Tauqueer Alam has very minutely studied the problems and issues facing the Muslim community around the world and contented them in his book with a great personal insight.
Highlighting the relevance of Sir Syed’s ideas, Prof.
A. R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College said that Dr. Falahi’s book has brought to fore the various aspects of Sir Syed’s views on Muslim renaissance in the country and their relevance in the new era. He said that the book reflects the deep understanding of the author of Sir Syed and his Aligarh Movement.
Prof. Abul Kalam Qasmi praised Dr. Falahi’s efforts to shed light on Sir Syed and Mualana Azad’s analysis of the holy Quran. He said that the book will serve as an addition to Sir Syed understanding.
Prof. Saud Alam Qasmi, Dean, faculty of Theology and Prof. Ali Mohammad Naqvi, former Dean, Faculty of Theology and Cahirman, Department of Shia Theology also addressed the programme. Dr.
Mufti Zahid Ali Khan congratulated Dr. Falahi on writing the books that would help researchers and students take cue to study the subject further. Dr.
Obaidullah Fahad conducted the programme.
Workshop on RTI
“Right to information Act is meant for the weaker sections of the society especially dalits, minorities and the backward classes of the country. It is very beneficial for them and due to this Act the poor and backward sections of the society are in a position to get more and more information and become aware of their status in the society”, said Dr. Shakeel Samdani of Department of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, while speaking at the inaugural session of a Workshop on Right to Information Act. The Workshop was organized by Aligarh College of Education and Aligarh College of Engineering and Management, Chherat, Aligarh.
He said that India is a democratic country and in democracy every citizen has a right to know that how and where the public money is being spent by public representatives and government officers. Whether this money is being used properly or misused by them? By just spending Rs 10, a citizen can obtain information worth millions of rupees. This is a revolutionary Act of 21st Century and it should be special Subject Refresher Course. He said that the
young faculty members of JNMC are committed to improving patient care at and making it a better hospital in future.
Course Coordinator Professor Seema Hakim, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, gave a brief introduction of the course. She said that eminent resource persons were expected to deliver lectures on diverse topics of the field. The resource persons included experts from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. ASC Faculty Dr. Faiza Abbasi proposed a vote of thanks.
Book on Sir Syed’s relevance released
Two books, “Afkar-i-Sir Syed Ki Asri Maanwiyat”
and “Ihya-e-Islam Ki Aalami Jidd-o-Jehd Aur Maujooda Challenges”, authored by Dr. Tauqueer Alam Falahi of Department of Theology were released by the Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. General (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah and former Pro-Chancellor, Nawab Ibne Saeed Khan of Chhatari.
Appreciating the work of Dr. Falahi, the Vice Chancellor said that his books have covered a large spectrum of issues and challenges faced by the Muslim community in the world. He said that the biggest problems before the community are lack of proper education and ignorance of women of their rights. He said that Dr. Falahi has categorically analysed these issues and provided solutions in the light of historical and cultural development of the community.
Gen. Shah said that the Aligarh Muslim University has opened the gate for higher academic pursuance for students of Madrasa stream and thousands of students are receiving higher education in the University after receiving Aalmiyat and Fazeelat
Centre. The members of the Club set up stalls and presented handicraft items made at the school on exhibition-cum-sale.
Inaugurating the fete, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, AMU congratulated the Club members for serving the cause of women empowerment. He said that providing opportunity for quality education and employment is true service to the nation. He said that the school that the Ladies’
Club has started for the girls of underprivileged section is a great service to the society.
General Shah assured of his unflinching support in philanthropic exercise of the Club.
Welcoming the guests, President and founder of the Ismat Literacy Center, Ms. Jamila majid Siddiqui said that the Centre had been organizing this fete regularly.
She said that the Centre was established 15 years ago and it runs purely on donations and volunteer work.
Guest of Honour, Mr. Vivek Bansal, MLC, encouraged the members, teachers and students of the Center and urged them to work for the promotion of education among women in order to reform the society at grassroots level.
The Patron of the Club, Mrs. Sabiha Simi Shah, handed over the eco friendly products fashioned for the fete to the Coordinator of the Center, Ms. Sabiha Naz Lari. He said that all the girls coming from weak and marginal sections get free literacy and vocational classes at the Center.
Joint Secretary, Ms. Faiza Abbasi said that the members had made interesting items from waste paper to give society a message to reduce use of polythene. It also fetched revenue from the sale in the fete. Secretary, Ms. Azra Farooqi conducted the Programme and Cultural Secretary Ms. Samina Khan moved the vote of thanks.
Vice President Ms. Sajida Nabi, Associate Vice President Ms. Farida Zafar Alam, Treasurer Ms. Asif Izhar Ali, Joint Secretary Ms. Nishat Iqbaluddin and several distinguished ladies visited the daylong Fete. Noted scientist, Dr. Shahid Jameel also graced the function.
Two-day innovative programme
A two-day innovative programme, Hackathon, conceived by the Planning Commission of India and the National Innovative Council to assess the common understanding of the Twelfth Five Year Plan was organized successfully at the Aligarh Muslim University node also.
AMU, being one of the node among eighteen such used and respected by everyone living in this country,
Dr Samdani said.
Dr Samdani further said that due to this Act many scams are being unearthed and corrupt persons are being exposed. The days are not far away when the corrupt people will be exposed fully.
While discussing the weaknesses of the Act, Dr Samdani said that in addition to public authority the Act should cover private bodies also, because in the era of globalization and privatization, the private sector is also playing a significant role in the country.
He said that some dishonest and corrupt people were trying to misuse the provision of RTI Act posing themselves as RTI activists and harassing and blackmailing dedicated and honest officers. A curb on this tendency should be brought by the concerned authorities. Dr Samdani explained in detail various provisions of the Act and their impact on public authorities. He urged the people to use the provisions of this Act for needy persons and undertake social work.
Prof. M. Muqimuddin, Director, Aligarh College of Engineering and Technology said that such type of activities will be organised in future also. He thanked Dr Samdani for his brilliant and excellent lecture. The workshop was conducted by Syed Umair and Dr.
Serajuddin welcomed the guests. Dr Abida Ghaffar, Principal of the College of Education proposed a vote of thanks. Dr. MS Khan, Dr. Dharmendra Sharma, Dr.
Chhabi, Mr. Naqvi, Sufiya Anjum, Pooja Gupta, Surendar Kumar, Wasim Ahmad, Mohd Subhan etc participated in the programme.
Appointment
Prof. Anis Ismail, D e p a r t m e n t o f J a r a h a t , A l i g a r h Muslim University, Aligarh has been appointed as Dean Student’s Welfare (DSW) for a period of 3 years with immediate effect vice Prof. Kaleem Mohammad Khan who has resign due to the health reasons.
Ladies’ initiative
The Ladies’ Club, Aligarh Muslim University organized a Fete at the Ismat Literacy and Handicraft
plastic surgery and it was a scar free surgery.
He emphasized that reconstructive surgery constitutes the major part of plastic surgery while Rhinoplasty is the commonest cosmetic surgery.
Reconstructive surgery is done for congenital problems, maxillofacial and hand trauma, acute burns and their sequelae, cancers of the oral cavity and skin cancers. Microsurgical reconstruction constitutes an integral part of Plastic surgery.
He said that the training of Plastic Surgery Residents included acquiring the "eye-microscope-hand coordination skill" which is different from the regular
"eye-hand" coordination skill. The "Eye-microscope- hand" coordination skill could be acquired by extensive training under the microscope in Microsurgey Lab and not in the OT. Therefore, Microsurgey Lab constituted an integral part of any Plastic Surgery teaching setup. He urged the university to help in establishing a Microsurgery Lab in JNMC.
AMU Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S. Ahmad Ali appreciated the academy and called single man collection an amazing achievement which should be known to all AMUites and taken advantage from the vast collection.
Prof. Anis Ismail, Patron of the MEDICS and Dean Students’ Welfare presented a memento to Prof.
Arshad Hafeez. Prof. Zillur Rehman welcomed the guests. Dr. Mohsin Raza presented an introduction of Ibne Sina Academy.
Prof. Mubarak Husain, Mr. SMS Naqvi and President MEDICS Dr. Ashish Kumar were also present on the occasion.
Special OPDs Inaugurated
Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University will inaugurate special OPDs in OPD 4 and post operative recovery room in OT Complex JN Medical College on 10th April 2013.
Prof. Mohd. Habib Raza, Chairman, Department of Surgery said that the inauguration of special OPD’s in OPD 4 will be held at 8.30 am while inauguration of post-operative recovery room in OT Complex will be held at 8.40 am. He said the main function will be held at Surgery Seminar Room, Operation Theatre Block at 8.50 am. Brigadier S. Ahmad Ali, Pro Vice Chancellor will be the guest of honour on the occasion.
Officers seek revision in pay scale
A delegation of Aligarh Muslim University Officers’
institutions of higher studies including IITs and IIMs participated in the Hackathon with active attendances of its students and teachers in the highly innovative exercise. It gave the students an opportunity to showcase their talent, scientific creativity and an objective understanding of the structural framework of the Twelfth Five Year Plan and its merits and demerits.
Mr. Montek Singh Aluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India and Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Innovation Council addressed the students and participated in the live interactive sessions with the students and teachers sitting in their nodal centres through videoconferencing. There were three types of entries in the event namely short films, mobile apps and Visualization (Poster Presentation and Power Point Presentation). More than 3000 people participated from all over India including 46 teams from AMU in all the three categories. The topics were broadly distributed in seven categories i.e. Agriculture and Rural Development, Urban Development, Education and Skill Development, Water and Environment, Energy, Health and Macroeconomic Framework.
Team KAYA of Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, AMU bagged first prize in visualization by presenting a creative poster in a cartoon form depicting MGNREGA. The team included Kanika Agarwal, Final Year Mechanical, Anas Hussain Qadri, Final Year Mechanical, Yasir Askari, Final Year Computer and Abhishek Sharma, Third Year Civil.
Team Faraz Ahmad won second prize for developing a mobile app. Two consolation prizes were also given to students of ZHCET for developing website and mobile app.
Lectures organized at JNMC
Prof. Arshad Hafeez, Chairman Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University delivered the 7th Naseem Ansari Memorial Lecture organized by MEDICS, an NGO of AMU Doctors with the collaboration of Ibn- e-Sina Academy, Aligarh. The lecture was followed by another lecture on WHO theme "hypertension" by Prof. M. Hanif Beg, Faculty of Medicine and Chairman Cardiothoracic Surgery and Dean, AMU.
Prof. Arshad Hafeez Khan, while speaking on "Plastic Surgery: An Overview", clarified two popular misconceptions about plastic surgery. He said that plastic material were used for reconstruction in
Indian tourism in the world tourism market was a matter of concern. He said that there was an urgent need of evolving strategies and realign them with the latest global trends.
The Minister said that the Ministry had instituted National Tourism Awards to promote excellence and recognize the efforts put in by various stakeholder in the development and promotion of Indian Tourism.
Prof. S. Iqbal Ali said that the Food Craft Institute of Aligarh is the only and oldest institute in Uttar Pradesh. He said that several courses prescribed by the Ministry of Tourism have been started and a large number of students are working in renowned Hotels of the country. Prof. Ali also said that the information regarding the courses run by the Institute may be c o l l e c t e d f r o m i t s w e b s i t e www.foodcraftaligarh.com.
US Embassy official in AMU
The American Centre, US Embassy, New Delhi sponsored “English Access Microscholarship Programme” for non-elite school students of the Aligarh Muslim University. Ms. Diane Miller, US Embassy was the guest of honour of the certificate Association led by Mr. S.M. Suroor Athar, General
Secretary, Mr. Arifuddin Ahmed, Vice President and Mr. Masoodur Rehman, Treasurer met Shri Jitin Prasada, Minister of State, Human Resource Development who was on his maiden visit to Aligarh Muslim University in connection with the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Distance Education Centre, AMU.
The delegation handed over a memorandum to the Minister on behalf of Aligarh Muslim University Officers’ Association for early finalization of revision of pay scales and service conditions for the posts of Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar, Controller of Examination, Deputy Controller of Examination, Assistant Controller of Examination, Finance Officer, Deputy Finance Officer, and Assistant Finance Officer, following the revision of Pay Scale of Central Government Employees on the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission by the University Grants’ Commission. Mr. Athar briefly explained to the situation regarding the delay in the f i n a l i z a t i o n o f r e g u l a t i o n s o f A c a d e m i c Administrative officers of various Central and State Universities by the University Grants Commission.
Shri Jitin Prasada, in spite of his busy schedule, gave a patient hearing and assured the AMUOA delegation to take up the matter with Chairman, University Grants Commission and urged the delegation to visit the Ministry for follow up action. The AMUOA delegation thanked Mr Asif Jah, an alumnus of AMU and an aide of the Minister of HRD for his cooperation.
National Award to Food Craft Institute
The Food Craft Institute, Aligarh has got the National Award for 2011-12 for excellence in Hospitality Education. The award is given by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. The State Minister of Tourism, Independent Charge, Dr. K Chiranjeev gave away the prestigious award to the Principal of the Institute Prof. Syed Iqbal Ali in a programme held in New Delhi.
The meritorious students and teachers of different Hotel Management Institutes and Food Craft Institutes were also felicitated with gold medals for achieving excellence in their fields of study.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. K. Chiranjeev said that the government was making all possible efforts to develop tourism as a main economic agenda in view of its proven role in stimulating inclusive economic growth, employment generation and social integration. He said that slow growth in share of
Mrs. Sabiha Simi Shah felicitated the Access teachers and principals of University maintained Schools.
AMU Vice Chancellor, General Shah distributed certificates to the Access students.
Dr. Munira T. conducted the programme.
The UGC Academic Staff College organized an interactive session with Ms. Diane Miller. AMU Pro- Vice Chancellor, Brigadier Syed Ahmad Ali was the chief guest and Prof. Asif Shuja, Chairman, Department of English was the guest of honour on this occasion.
Ms. Diane Miller replied to the queries of the teachers, research scholars and students and motivated them to pursue higher studies and research in America. The Pro Vice Chancellor Brigadier S.
Ahmad Ali spoke about the need and importance of learning English.
Aftab Hall gets new Provost
Dr. Zaheeruddin, Department of Law, Aligarh Muslim University has been appointed as Provost, Aftab Hall, for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, with immediate effect vice Mr. M. R. Abidi (Resigned).
Silver Jubilee reunion of alumni
The Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University is organizing silver jubilee reunion of MBA batch of 1986-1988 on 13th April, 2013.
Prof. Israrul Haque, Chairman, Department of Business Administration said that more than 30 alumni from India and abroad have confirmed their participation. The day-long event comprises both formal and informal interactive sessions with students and the faculty. The reunion is expected to cultivate everlasting relationship with the alma mater and will explore ways of productive engagements with it. As the alumni are well placed in the corporate and administrative world, it will be exciting and rewarding experiences for the budding managers to interact with them. The success stories of the alumni will inspire and guide the students in shaping their careers.
The reunion will also help the department in developing a vibrant collaboration with Alumni to leverage the vast alumni resources for strategic advantage in the marketplace of business schools.
The event will culminate in a reunion dinner preceded by cultural programme showcasing signature Aligarian culture. The Department of Business award ceremony. The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh
Muslim University Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah was the chief guest.
The US sponsored two year integrated programme for 200 non-elite students of 14-18 years of age attempted to ‘include the excluded’ and supported indigenous minority and underprivileged students of the University maintained schools. For achieving its objective of bailing out educationally, socially and economically deprived sections of the society to develop English proficiency through skills of English language.
AMU Vice Chancellor (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah urged the US Embassy officials to extend the Microscholarship programme to four hundred students so that maximum number of students got benefitted from this programme.
He said that English is a wonderful language and he learned English from an Irish teacher. He urged the students to improve their English by reading newspapers. He also thanked the American Embassy for sponsoring this project.
Ms. Diane Miller congratulated the students for completing the English Access Programme. She also thanked the Project Coordinator, Dr. Faiz Zaidi. She urged the Vice Chancellor to inspire more students to join this course thus increasing the number of participants.
Presenting the report of the project, Dr. Faiz Zaidi said that emphasis was laid on imparting oral communication through extempore speech, choral speaking, Jazz chants, interest talk, Mind Mapping session, debate and role plays. He said that apart from the academic and classroom learning, the students got an opportunity to visit the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon, Nehru PLanetorium, New Delhi, Bird Sanctuary and Biodiversity Sites as part of excursion trips.
Dr. Zaidi mentioned that two AMU students Ms. Hira Sultan and Mr. Mohd. Ghazi were privileged to participate in Access Students’ Workshops in United States. RELO, American Centre distributed 110 Amazon Kindle E-Book readers to access students.
He said that the programme was a result of continued efforts of Prof. A. R. Kidwai, Director, Academic Staff College.
Two access students, Tamshi and Ali Farhan Gulrez, expressed their views and shared their experiences with the audience.
vocal harmonization in soprano-tenor and Indian sargam-acilap formed the main synchronized musical renderings. It ran through about one hour and twenty minutes.
The audience included Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S. Ahmad Ali, AMU alumni Mr. Tanvir Hazik, Dr. Nazar Abbas, Dr. Masroor Seth, Dr. F.S.
Sherani, Coordinator GEC, teachers and students of the University. The presentation was made under the direction of Mr. Johny Foster.
Hackathon achievements
The Planning Commission and National Innovation Council jointly organized a novel programme
“Hackathon” to gauge the understanding about Twelfth Five Year Plan at university and college level.
The students of various departments of Aligarh Muslim University participated in the innovative programme and won several prizes in the creative events focused on the various aspects of XII Five Year Plan.
The students of Department of Computer Science, in particular, brought laurels to the University by winning several prizes in short film and visualization categories. A total 46 teams participated in the event at AMU Centre, out of which 8 teams were from the Department of Computer Science. Dr. Rafiqul Zaman Khan, Associate Professor prepared the teams and supervised them throughout the Hackathon event.
The Team I comprising Vikash Verma, Ankesh Kumar Sinha, Anuj Shrivastava and Waseem Akram won the First Prize in Short Films Category (Education Critics) while Team II comprising Khushnaseeb Roshan, Nikita Navlani, Priyanka Varshney and Trapti Agrawal bagged the second prize in Short Films Category (MCA Technovoid).
Sandeep Kumar, Ankit Dixit, Arshi Fatima and Faraz Masood of Team III, Sidra, Ishrat Jahan and Shahenoor Sams of Team IV, Jitendra Singhal, Administration has been in the
vanguard of management education since 1972 and so far it has produced more than 2500 MBAs.
New Assistant DSWs appointed On the recommendation of the Dean, Students’ Welfare of the Aligarh Muslim University, the Vice Chancellor has approved the appointment of Prof. Pervez Qamar R i z v i , D e p a r t m e n t o f P l a n t Protection, Dr. Rafuddin, Associate
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Mr. Arman R. Faridi, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science as Assistant Dean Students’
Welfare for a period of one year or till further orders, whichever is earlier with effect from April 10, 2013.
Community College established in AMU
Dr. Anis Afzal, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering section, University Polytechnic of the Aligarh Muslim University has been appointed as Nodal Officer to take necessary action for implementing the scheme of Community College in the University Polytechnic.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has desired that all the central universities take crucial lead in setting up community Colleges in at least one of their constituent or affiliated colleges.
AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt. General (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah on behalf of the Academic Council and Executive Council has approved the setting up/implementation of the scheme of Community College in the University Polytechnic. He has also approved on the recommendation of the Principal, University Polytechnic, appointment of Dr. Anis Afzal as Nodal Officer.
Non-stop rendition of Tarana
The General Education Centre, Aligarh Muslim University organized a non-stop one hour presentation of University Tarana in different language to commemorate 102nd birth anniversary of the creator of the University tarana and eminent poet Asrarul Haque Majaz.
A large choral group of AMU students numbering around fifty was formed to make the presentation.
After two months rigorous training they were able to perform Tarana successfully in multi-choral band playing in sequence one after the other.
The multilingual renderings with instrumental and
the Medical College will achieve new heights with the starting of the six special OPD’s. Prof. M. Ashraf Malik, Principal and CMS said that the Medical College will get all necessary equipment by the end of this year. He said he was continuously trying for the upgradation of the Hospital so that poor patients get all the facilities.
Prof. Mohd. Habib Raza, Chairman, Department of Surgery said that the Department of Surgery was established in 1964 and in 1971 MCI gave permission to start course in General Surgery. He said that in 1981, the allied specialty separated. Prof. Raza said that 34369 patients were examined at the Surgery OPD and 2920 patients were operated during the last financial year.
Prof. Raza said that the six new special OPD’s will function once in a week and patients may visit the OPDs according to the schedule as per their ailment area. He said that Dr. Manzoor Ahmad will be the consultant incharge of Diabetic Foot Clinic on Monday, Dr. Mohd. Aslam Infertility Clinic on Tuesday, Dr. Atia Zakaur Rab Thyroid Clinic on Wednesday, Dr. Afzal Anees Minimal Access Surgery Clinic on Thursday, Prof. M. H. Raza and Dr. Mohd.
Sadik Akhtar Upper GI Clinic on Friday and Prof.
Tariq Mansoor and Dr. Syed Hassan Haris Breast Clinic on Saturday.
On this occasion, Prof. Raza presented the Vision 2020 for the Department of Surgery spelling out
v a r i o u s
developmental plans and programmes.
D r. M M A n s a r i proposed a vote of thanks. Dr. Mohd.
Tabish Khan and Nazia Umme Habiba c o n d u c t e d t h e programme.
H e a r t R a t e Variability Machine The Department of P h y s i o l o g y , J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University organized a Lecture-cum- demonstration on Autonomic Function Assessment by Heart Rate Variability in the Seminar Room. Dr. K K Deepak, Professor of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, delivered the lecture.
Farheen Sabir, Samar Ihsan and Varun Kumar Yadav of Team V and Mohammad Rashid Khan, Mohammad Waseem Akram, Mahammad Waseem and Ghufran Ahmad Khan of Team VIII won consolation prizes in Visualization Category.
On the other hand, Abdul Shamim Khan, Naiyer Asif, Mohd. Waseem Ansari and Zeeshan Alam Khan of Team VI and Md. Firoz Ali, 2. Mohd. Asif Khan, 3.
Mohammad Naved Aslam and 4. Javed Ali of Team VII won consolation prize for Short Film category.
In total three First prizes and three Second prizes were given out of which 1 first prize of Rs. 25000 and 1 second prize of Rs. 15000/- has been won by the Department of Computer Science teams.
The Chairman of the department, Mr. Suhel Mustajab has congratulated the students on the big achievement.
Six New Special OPDs Started at JNMC
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University inaugurated 6 Special OPD’s and Post Operative Recovery Room at the JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University.
Addressing the inaugural Function, Gen. Shah said that J. N. Medical College was on his top priority as the college was a show window of this Institution, providing health services to the deprived sections of the society. He assured that the University administration will
provide all possible facilities for the upgradation of this college. Gen. Shah congratulated Prof.
H a b i b R a z a f o r starting six special OPD’s to expand the s e r v i c e a r e a f o r common people.
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S. Ahmad Ali, congratulated the Department on this a c h i e v e m e n t a n d hoped the college will
become equipped with all medical facilities soon. He said that University administration will provide all kind of support to improve infrastructure facility in the hospital.
Prof. MH Beg, Dean, Faculty of Medicine said that
Mr. Wani said that the objective of this meeting was to take stock of various energy consultations that have taken place around the world and online. The meeting provided recommendations on the role of energy on t h e p o s t - 2 0 1 5 d e v e l o p m e n t a g e n d a . T h e recommendations will be handed over to the UN Secretary-General and his high-level panel on the post-2015 development agenda.
Mr. Wani also supported improving education on nuclear energy and called on governments to transform their words into action. He stressed on creating an institution on parallel grounds as of CERN for the research of alternative energy resources especially solar energy.
The Indian delegation comprised of Nobel laureate Dr. RK Pacahuri, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr. Leena Srivasta, Vice Chancellor TERI University, Mr. BK Chaturvedi, Member Planning Commission of India and Mr. Omar Bashir Wani, who was one of the 10 youths selected from across the world to be a part of this meeting. He interacted with the representatives from United Nations, Ministers of Various Countries, Ambassadors and the Norwegian government officials.
Mr. Wani has also attended the 13th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit this year.
AMU Students’ Union to launch a movement for AMU’s Minority Character
The Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union today organized a Symposium on Restoration of AMU’s Minority Character.
It was resolved that AMU Students’ Union will launch a massive movement for the restoration of Minority Character of this University. The Convener of the Symposium and Acting President of the AMUSU, Mr.
Tausif Alam said that the AMUSU will hold public meetings in different parts of the country to mobilize a Prof. M Mobarak Hossain, Chairman of the
Department felicitated Prof. K K Deepak with a memento. Dr Anwar Hasan Siddiqui conducted the programme.
The Department of Physiology, JNMC has recently installed the Heart Rate Variability Machine in its Neurophysiology Section. The Neurophysiology Section possesses state-of-the-art equipments for Nerve Conduction Studies, Electromyography and Brainstem Evoked Auditory Potentials (BERA). It has been catering to the needs of research scholars as well as providing services to the OPD patients since its inception about four years ago. Earlier, the services were provided free of cost but recently it’s been converted into a paid service by the creation of a revolving fund.
The addition of Heart Rate Variability Machine has further strengthened the potential of the department, which will be used to meet the research requirements of resident doctors.
Prof. M Mobarak Hossain assured that very soon Electroencephalography facility will also be made available at the neurophysiology section.
AMU faculty attends international conference Dr. Arshad Husain, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Section, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University participated in the international conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology organised at Teerthankar Mahavir University, Moradabad. Dr.
Husain als presented a research paper "Role of Wetlands in water conservation" in the conference.
AMU engineering student in Norway
Mr. Omar Bashir Wani, a student of third year Petro Chemical Engineering, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, while representing youth of Asia Pacific region, attended a high level meeting on energy. Mr.
Wani was invited by Mr. Heikki Eidsvoll Holmas, Minister of International Development, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting entitled ‘Energy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda’ was held in Oslo recently.
The meeting was inaugurated by the Crown Prince Haakon and was chaired by ministers from co- chairing countries – Norway, Mexico and Tanzania.
Prior to the meeting Mr. Wani had the honor to meet the Crown Prince Haakon who had expressed desire to meet selected four youth delegates.
Allahabad High Court has ignored AMU’s essential character enshrined in the Parliamentary Act of 1920 and the Amu Amendment Act of 1981, which duly recognized its special character and clarified certain ambiguities forever.
Former Secretary of AMUSU and President, Parcham Party of India, Mr. Saleem Peerzada highlighted the history of movements for restoration of minority character. He said that this institution was established for the educational development of Muslims of India and it was not a ‘basement university’.
Former Vice President, Mr. Maazin Husain Zaidi said that AMU was an identity of Muslims of Indian subcontinent. He urged the Muslim community to come forward and extend their cooperation in making this drive a national movement.
Mr. Manzar Husain, Honorary Secretary of AMUSU welcomed the dignitaries and Mr. Tausif Alam proposed a vote of thanks.
Security personnel awarded
The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah has felicitated more than half a dozen security personnel with bravery award here today.
In a function organized by the Proctor’s Office, Mr.
Chahat Ali, Security Inspector, Anwar Khan Security Supervisor and Shadab Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Mohd. Tariq, Imran Khan and Pyare Miyan, Security Guards were given bravery award for their exemplary performance. The award carried Rs. 5000 cash.
Addressing the felicitation programme, General Shah urged the security personnel to acquire and develop
professional skill needed to handle emergency situations while maintaining law and order in the campus.
On the occasion, Group Captain (Retd.) Shahrukh mass support.
Noted Islamic scholar, Maulana Kalbe Jawwad of Lucknow, Maulana Aamir Rashadi Mdani, National President of Rashtriya Ulema Council, Dr. Tasleem Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India, Dr. Abdul Mannan of Peace party, Professor Bhim Singh, President, Panthers’ Party, J&K, Mr.
Saleem Peerzada, National President of Parcham Party of India, Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq, MP, Mr.
Ilyas Azmi, Ex-MP and several former office bearers of the AMU Students’ Union expressed their views and declared their full support to the cause.
Prof. Bhim Singh, in his address, urged the students to keep away from politicians and ‘devils’ and believe in their own strength. He said that the minority character was the inherent right of this institution, which was snatched away from it. He said he had fought the battle for its restoration in 1965 and remained in jail for about eight months in this connection.
Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Member of Parliament, said that he had raised the issue of minority character of AMU in Lok Sabha and said that the Students’
Union should make their voice louder before the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Mr. Farrukh Khan, former secretary of AMUSU said that this institution was born with minority character and it is an indispensable part of the University. He said that it would remain to be the soul of the age-old institution.
Mr. Khan urged the office bearers of the Students’
Union to educate the present generation of the students about this important issue so that every student is well aware of the minority character issue.
He said that a constitutional amendment was needed to resolve the issue once and for all.
Mr. Farrukh Khan discussed the legal aspects of the matter and said that the 2005 judgment of the
organization of AMU students and alumni organized a voluntary Blood Donation Camp at the lawns of Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with the Blood Bank of JN Medical College. More than 60 people including a large number of students donated blood in the camp.
Dr SH Arif, Blood Bank Incharge, JN Medical College said that the blood bank organized such camp for the third time in collaboration with the Aligarian Foundation. He said the tireless dedication of students associated with the organization was highly appreciable. He said that the blood bank was always ready to extend its support in organizing such camps.
President of the Foundation, Affan Ahmad thanked the blood bank Incharge for his valuable support in organizing the camp. He said that Aligarian foundation was committed to the cause of social welfare and it would take up issues of rehabilitation and immunization in near future. He urged the students to strengthen the hands of foundation by joining it in large numbers and participating in its events.
Joint Secretary of the Foundation, Kamil Vakil said that the camp was successful in the sense that more than 60 people donated their blood and more than 100 students registered themselves with the foundation.
He said that the foundation would provide certificate to those who had donated blood in the camp.
Speaking on the occasion, AMU alumnus, Abu Huraira assured help and cooperation to the Foundation. A large number of people including Syed Faraz Zaidi, Mukesh Maheshwari, Tejveer singh were present on the occasion while Areeb, Absar, Rameez, Adil, Bilal, Farhan, Obaid, Arham, Mateeb Imam, Wahid, Suhail, Zaheen, Saleem etc played an active role in organizing the camp.
Workshop on 'LINUX operating system'
A workshop on 'LINUX operating system' was conducted by Ducat, a leading training & IT consultancy of India at the Aligarh Muslim University. The workshop was organized by Mr. Saad Hameed (TPO general, AMU) for students of Computer Science Department.
The workshop was organized with the objective to make the students of MCA well aware about the technologies prevalent in the IT industry. The workshop also intended to equip the students with the latest technologies & corporate demands in the IT industry. a workshop on latest technology Shamshad, Proctor Dr. Khursheed A Khan, Deputy
Proctor Professor MM Siddiqui and Assistant Proctors Dr. Shabbar Habib Ali, Dr. Iqbal Siddiqui, Dr. Rao Hashmat Ali Khan, Dr. Salman Khaleel, Dr.
Abdul Majeed, Dr. Nishat Fatima, Dr. B.B. Singh and Mr. Rehan Siddiqui were also present.
AMU faculty attends international conference Dr. Hassan Imam, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, received the Best Paper Award for his paper on ‘British Education Policy in South Asia: A Critical Appraisal’ presented in 2nd International Conference on Humanity, History and Society (ICHHS 2013) held at Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Imam’s paper was based on Proscribed Literature that criticizes British Education Policy for dismantling traditional education system of the country, which contained cultural values of Indian civilization. Dr. Imam lamented that the British did nothing for the promotion of knowledge as it is evident from the evidences showing that they spent a small percentage of .0125% on education in India during their rule, while, contrary to this, other countries spent 8% to 17% on education. Dr. Imam argued that the British destroyed the network of traditional educational institutions such as tols, Madrasas, Maktabs, Pathshalas and Gurukuls and this gap could never be filled by modern educational institutions.
Dr. Imam also chaired a session at the conference.
Blood donation camp organized
The Aligarian Foundation, a non-governmental
Agra, Aligarh Nagar Nigam, Aligarh, Centre for Built Environment, Kolkata, Bio-Tech India, Kerala, AARVEE Associates, Hyderabad, UPPL, New Delhi and the Aligarh Muslim University, while the European partners include institutions of higher learning from Spain, Denmark, Germany, France and Slovenia.
Dr. Nadeem Khalil, Department of Civil Engineering, Z H College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University is the coordinator from Indian side. The total duration of this project is 3 years and the total outlay of the project is shared by Indian and Europe with their stakes of Rs. 4.62 Crores and 1.9 Million Euros respectively.
Dr. Khalil said that the project has great national and international importance, as it would It aims at developing optimized schemes for municipal wastewater management in order to make full use of water resources in irrigation, cleaning, public and/or private demands, aquaculture farm feed etc. and to maximize energy savings in developing countries like India. Under this project, pilot studies shall be conducted and monitored at five different places in India.
He said that the inaugural Workshop-cum-First Global Partners’ Meet will be held at Aligarh Muslim University on April 22, 2013 at the Assembly Hall, Engineering College, AMU. He said that Lt. Gen.
Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor will be the chief guest and Brigadier Syed Ahmad Ali, Pro-Vice Chancellor, AMU and Dr. Mrs. Nalini Bhat, Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India will be the guests of honour.
Result declared
The result of Junior Wing of Aligarh Muslim University Girls High School was declared yesterday with a 96.81 pass out percentage from Class I to VIII examinations.
In primary group, Sabiha Khalique of Class III got first position securing 100% marks. Tamkin Anees and Uroosa of Class V got II Position securing 99.3%
marks while Pragya Raghav, Kumari Khushbu and Uzra Sheikh of Class V got III position after securing 99% marks.
In junior level, Anjali Varshney of class VII got first position securing the 99.16% marks while Dolly Sharma of class VIII and Injila Sajid of class VII got II position with 99.8% marks. Shazia Ishtiaq of class VIII got third position with 98.42% marks. Samreen Saeed of Class II, daughter of a Rickshaw puller has 'ANDROID' was also organized by TPO general.
Mr. Ram Sharma, the trainer from Ducat demonstrated the Linux administration through lively demonstrations & Interactive Sessions. The students asked lots of queries related to Linux & its applications, which were duly addressed.
Mr. Saad Hameed, Training & Placement Officer General said that such kind of workshops students know about the market trends, industry's requirements and have practical knowledge also, which makes them employable in the job market. Mr.
Saad Hameed said, more of these kind of workshops will be organized to orient the students practically about the various technologies & their demand in the Job Market.
Workshop at Department of Civil Engineering The Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh is organizing a one day National Workshop on “Structural Aspects of Earthquake Engineering” on 20th April, 2013 under TEQIP-II. A large number of participants from various academic institutions, government and non- government organizations are likely to participate in this event. The workshop shall bring together Professionals/Academicians committed to reducing the impact of Earthquakes on Civil Engineering structures and their restoration.
The resource persons for the workshop will be Prof. S.
Jain, NIT from MITS, Gwalior, Prof. M.K.
Bharadwaj, School of Faculty of Engineering &
Technology, IGNOU, New Delhi and Prof. Mehtab Alam from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Dr.
Iqbal K. Khan and Dr. Rehan A.Khan are the organizing secretaries of the workshop.
Project on Safeguarding of Water Resources The Indo-European Union Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt.
of India has initiated a project to address the municipal wastewater treatment using low cost innovative technologies such as anaerobic - aerobic combinations while considering the green and sustainable approaches. The project will be conducted by a consortium of 21 partners including 11 institutions and organizations from India and 10 from European countries.
The Indian partners in the project are IIT Delhi, Kalyani University, Kolkata, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, MP, UP Jal Nigam,
