Dr. A. R. Jha delivers lecture on Nanotechnology

Dr. A. R. Jha, Senior Consultant from Los Angeles, California, USA today delivered a lecture on
Nanotechnology, MEMI and Solar Energy in the Assembly Hall of Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology at the Aligarh Muslim University.
Dr. A. R. Jha is a very distinguished Senior Old Boy who has earned respect and
recognition from California to China.
In his presidential remarks, AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis said that
Dr. Jha has agreed to join his alma mater as a Visiting Professor in 2010 and share his
knowledge with staff and students of the Engineering Faculty.
Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis also informed that the Council of Science and Technology
has sanctioned the establishment of Centre of Excellence in Material Science
(Nanotechnology) with an initial grant of Rupees One Crore and Ten Lakhs from this year. He also appreciated the efforts of Prof. Alim Husain Naqvi and his team.
Earlier while welcoming the guest speaker, Professor Ahtisham Ahmad Nizami, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology said that Dr. A. R. Jha received his B. Sc. Engineering (Electrical) degree from Aligarh Muslim University in 1954, MS (Electrical), MS (Mechanical) and PhD from prestigious universities in USA. He also said that Dr. Jha has authored eight books and has published more than 75 technical papers.
He said that Dr. Jha has worked for US companies such as General Electronics
Company and other institutions for more than 30 years. He has extensive and
comprehensive research, development and design experience in the fields of radars, high
power lasers, electronic warfare system, microwave and MM-Wave antennas for various
applications, Nanotechnology based sensors and devices, photonic devices and other
electronic components for commercial, military and space applications.

Emergency and Trauma Airway Course By JNMC AMU

ALIGARH, August 6: Airway is one of the most vital steps in initial resuscitation of sick or injured patients but emergency wards are often manned by the doctors with least training in managing sick patients. They often lack skills in airway and ventilator management. The doctors often rely on Anaesthesiologists for airway management which results in loss of critical time, and often poor outcome. To overcome this, the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care organizing Emergency and Trauma Airway Course (ETAC) in collaboration with the INDO-US Academic Council which will be inaugurated by the AMU Vice Chancellor on August 8 at 10:00 am at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.

According to Dr. S. Moied Ahmed, Course Director that Prof. O.P. Kalra, Principal, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Prof. Praveen Aggarwal, National Chair, INDO-US Academic Council for Emergency & Trauma will be the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively.

This course has been structured in a format which deviates from the regular pattern of airway workshop mostly followed. The concept of Chain of Airway Management has been developed while structuring the course curriculum which incorporates airway management, followed by oxygenation and mechanical ventilation. The course has two components the Basic and the Advanced Airway management.

The basic objective of this course is to help the participants sharpen their skills in this crucial aspect of emergency care so that they can incorporate this into a practical algorithm of emergency airway management.

Review Meeting At Thiruvananthapuram for establishing AMU Special Campus

ALIGARH, August 8: A review meeting was held yesterday at Thiruvananthapuram for establishing AMU Special Campus at Malappuram, Kerala.

The meeting was presided by Mr. M.A. Baby, Minister for Education and Culture and attended by Mr. K.P. Rajendran, Minister for Revenue, Government of Kerala to review the progress made in the acquisition of land to be provided to AMU for establishing a special centre at Malappuram.

Education Minister, Mr. Baby expressed happiness to have a part of AMU in Kerala. He informed that the Kerala State Government has made substantial progress in identifying the required land in Malappuram. He said that the Revenue Department is taking all necessary actions in this regard and has set up an additional Collectorate with 40 staff to expedite the process of land acquisition. He assured that funds will not be a problem in acquiring the land. Every step will be taken on a 'fast track' basis, he added.

The Education Minister urged the AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis to go ahead with the technical assessment of the land and appointment of staff and calling for admission to various courses to be started simultaneously in order to make the Centre functional in the next academic session without waiting for formal transfer of land. He was confident of completing the major part of land acquisition in three to four months' time frame.

AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis has thanked the ministers present and the Government of Kerala for the keen interest displayed by all the related government departments and the necessary steps taken in making the Centre a reality.

Prof. Azis emphasized that AMU should get encumbrance free land with a clearly demarcated boundary and it should be handed over to AMU within two or three months so that the process of necessary approvals in the University bodies as well as from the Ministry of Human Resource Development could be completed expeditiously.

The Vice Chancellor also urged to provide an unhindered two lane wide road so that the access to the campus could be ensured. He also requested the state government for extending electricity and water pipeline and promised that DPR (Detailed Project Report) will be prepared immediately by engaging a professional agency so that everything could happen in fast track manner.

Mr. Paloli Mohamed Kutty, Minister for Local Self Government has assured that the AMU will get the necessary land in time and that he has directed the officials of his department to speed up the process of land acquisition.

Other important government officials who participated in the review committee meeting included Mr. V. Sasi Kumar, Member of Legislative Assembly, Smt. Nivedita P. Haran, Principal Secretary, Revenue, Dr. S. Ravindran, Director, Survey of Land, K.S. Chandrashekhran, Additional Director of Survey and Land Acquisition, Subair Kutty, Joint Secretary, CLR, Smt. T. Meena Kumary, Deputy Commissioner (Land Acquisition), Mrs. Sushma, Joint Secretary, Revenue Department, Mr. Kuruvilla John, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Advocate Beeran Sahib, Member, AMU Court. Prof. Anwar Jahan Zuberi, Vice Chancellor, Calicut University also participated in the meeting. Prof. N.A.K. Durrani, Media Advisor, Aligarh Muslim University made a PowerPoint presentation briefly sketching the profile of AMU and the basic framework and the model to be set up at the special centre at Malappuram.