59th Annual Convocation of AMU will be held on June 7, 2009

Aligarh May 8: 59^th Annual Convocation of the Aligarh Muslim University will be held on June 7, 2009. The University will confer D.Lit. (Honoris Causa) degree upon Indian Music Maestro, Mr. A.R. Rahman, the first Indian Oscar Award Winner in Music.

The University has decided to confer Honorary Degree on noted Urdu writer, Professor Gopichand Narang, former President of Sahitya Academy, Mr. Ratan Tata, prominent industrialist and Professor M.S. Swaminathan, father of green revolution at the Annual Convocation.

Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Justice A.M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India will preside over the Annual Convocation and AMU Vice Chancellor, professor P.K. Abdul Azis will present the Annual Report.

(Dr. Rahat Abrar)

Public Relations Officer

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AMU RoboClub's Annual Newsletter

AMU RoboClub club feels great pleasure in bringing to you the first edition of its annual newsletter Robotimes as it celebrates it the completion of its 1st successful year of activities.

The occasion was celebrated as the annual felicitation function, where among the other things the Dean and Principal proposed to start a open-elective course on Robotics to further the mission of the club.

The inaugural issue of newsletter was launched by club's patron Prof M.T.Ahmad, Principal ZHCET in the function. Later an exhibition of robots was organized showcasing the achievements and efforts of the students.

It is worth remembering that AMU Roboclub was established in 2008 with the help of ZHCET alumni in IITs and industry to tap the talents of the current students and direct their energies to more creative and useful purposes. In the last one year the club has been successful in organizing various workshops and lectures and has been successful in motivating various students to take up projects and research on robotics.

Please do give your valuable feedback to acknowledge the great work done by the editors & the club members. Your acknowledgments highly encourage and motivate the club members to perform better.

Kindly send all you feedback at amuroboclub@yahoogroups.com

A copy of the newsletter is attached alongwith. Alternatively you can download it from www.amuroboclub.com. You will also find a promotional video on the website that portrays some of the achievements of the club.

Regards,

Abed Mohammad Kamaluddin

Technical Advisor

AMU Roboclub

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