14 year old AMU school boy selected for academic trip to the US
Aligarh, June 1: Danish Akhtar, a student of AMU City High School has been selected for academic trip to the US in July-August 2009 as part of the US Embassy Access Programme.
Danish is enrolled in the Access Scholarship Programme aim at enhancing proficiency in English, in which 100 AMU School students, both boys and girls, of socially underprivileged sections are registered. This programme has been in progress since November 2007 under the auspices of the UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh. Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College has complimented Danish on this accomplishment and expressed his hope that such academic exchange programmes will contribute to academic excellence on the AMU campus.
(Zeeshan Ahmad)
Assistant Public Relations Officer