AMU VC Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis Visiting Thrissur To Review Progress

*ALIGARH August 4:* Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim
University is visiting Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala to attend
the meeting convened by the Government of Kerala to review the progress
relating to setting up of the Off-Campus Centre of Aligarh Muslim University
in the Malappuram district.
The Minister for Revenue and Minister for Higher Education, Government of
Kerala will also be present in the meeting to be held on August 6, 2009 at
Thrissur. The Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University has been especially
requested to participate in the meeting. Other officials who will be
attending the meeting are Dr. Anwar Jahan Zuberi, Vice Chancellor, Calicut
University, the Director of Collegiate Education, Dr. Kancheria P. Isaac,
Director of Technical Education, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Special Officer
(Principal), Government Engineering College, Thrissur and Shri Ali Askar,
Assistant Special Officer, Government Engineering College, Kannur.
Prof. N. A. K. Durrani, Media Advisor will also be participating in the
meeting and will make a PowerPoint presentation.
The AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis will also attend the
Academic Council Meeting of the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth and
Development which will be held on August 10, 2009 at Seriperumbudur, near
Chennai.
*(Dr. Rahat Abrar)*
*Public Relations Officer*

Emerging Technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering : International Conference

International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering

October 26 – 28, 2009 Organized by Department of Civil Engineering Z.H.College of Engineering Technology, A.M.U., Aligarh  in conjunction with THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO OHIO, U.S.A

Venue

Zakir Husain College of  Engineering & Technology  Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh-202002

Preamble

Environmental Pollution has emerged as a serious problem in the past few decades. The increasing population has further burdened our environmental resources and intensified the problems already existing. Industrial processes, power generation, transformation and various other demands of a modern lifestyle have resulted in generation of many chemicals and their byproducts that deteriorate the quality of air, water and soil. The indiscriminate use of chemicals as pesticides has introduced persistent toxicants in the environment. Over the last four decades there have been various advances in the field of environmental engineering. In order to discuss

the latest environmental related developments in this field, a three-day conference entitled, “International Conference on Emerging technologies In Environmental Science and Engineering”, is being organized. The conference is an effort to bring together the scientists, researchers and engineers to share ideas and experiences in this field. Leading experts will present their research findings and would discuss the emerging technologies in the field of environmental engineering. Scientists and experts will present the latest theories, concepts and practical solutions for environmental management problems through oral and poster presentations.


Conference Themes

   1. Water Pollution Control
   2. Wastewater Treatment
   3. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
   4. Bioremediation
   5. Wetlands
   6. Advance Oxidation Process
   7. Nutrient Removal
   8. Emerging Pollutants
   9. Air Pollution and Control
  10. Noise Pollution and Control
  11. Environment Impact Assessment
  12. Sustainable Environment
  13. Biofuels
  14. Modeling Approaches in Environmental Engineering
  15. Granulation process
  16. Ground Water Pollution
  17. Role of GIS in Environmental Engineering
  18. Life Cycle Analysis
  19. Energy Efficiency
  20. Green Engineering
  21. Alternative Energy Technologies
  22. CO2 Capture and Sequestration

Proceedings

Efforts shall be made to publish selected papers as a special issue of a journal. Selected authors will be invited to submit their papers in the required format of the journal for the regular review process.


Call for Papers

Papers from researchers, engineers and professionals are invited for presentation and publication in the Conference Proceedings. Authors should submit an abstract of 250 words to the Organizing Secretary along with their email ID, Fax and Mobile numbers. Online submission of the abstract is preferred. Authors are requested to follow the following guidelines while preparing their manuscript. Manuscript should be typed in MS Word using Times New Roman and single line spacing on A4 size paper with 25 mm margin on all four sides.


Title 14 point bold all caps, centered Authors name and 11 point centered affiliations First level Headings 12 point bold, all caps left aligned Second level 12 point bold Headings Third level Headings 12 point italicized Maximum number of 08 pages Text size 11 Important Dates Last date for receipt of Abstracts: 31st June, 2009

Notification of Acceptance of Abstracts: 15th July ,2009

Last date for submission of full text of papers; 31st of August, 2009


Registration Fee

Early Bird Onsite, Speakers and delegates, from Academic Institution Rs.1500 Rs. 2000 Delegates from Other Institutions Rs. 2000 Rs. 2500 Students Rs. 1000 Rs. 1200 Foreign Delegates US$ 200 US$ 250 Foreign students US $ 75 US$ 100 Early Bird Registration closes on 31st of August2009



About Civil Engineering Department

The Department of Civil Engineering has been contributing to the cause of engineering education

and training right since its inception in the year 1936, the year in which regular under-graduate courses in Civil Engineering were started. The department is offering Doctoral and Master’s degree in Structural, Environmental and Hydraulics engineering. The department has a very well qualified faculty supported by excellent laboratories and the state of the art computing facilities. Many research projects sponsored by various govt. agencies have been successfully completed in the past. The faculty members have published significant number of Research Papers in International/ National Journals and have been conferred with many prestigious national awards



Venue

The conference will be held at assembly hall of Z.HCollege of Engineering & Technology, A.M.U., Aligarh


Accommodation

For invited speakers accommodation shall be arranged in University Guest House. For speakerand other participants accommodation can be arranged in local guest houses and hotels on their request.

For further details please contact

Dr. Izharul Haq Farooqi

Organizing Secretary

Department of Civil Engineering

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Email: icetese200947@yahoo.com

Mobile: + 91 9412176757

Organising Committee

Chief Patron

Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, A.M.U.

Patrons

Prof. A.A. Nizami,Dean, F/O Engg.& Tech.AMU

Prof. M.T. Ahmed, Principal, ZHCET,AMU

Conveners

Prof. Razaullah Khan, Professor & Chairman,

Department of Civil Engineering, A.M.U.

Prof. Ashok Kumar, Professor & Chair, Department of

Civil Engineering, University of Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.

Organizing Secretary

Dr. Izharul Haq Farooqi, Reader, CED

International Advisory Committee

Syed R. Qasim, Professor Emeritus, Department of

Civil Engineering,The University of Texas at Arlington

Prof. Tahir Husain, Professor and Chair, Memorial

University of Newfoundland, Canada

Prof. .M. van Loosdrecht, Delft University of

Technology, The Netherlands

Dr.S. A.Hashsham, Michigan State University, U.S.A.

Prof. Faizal Bux, Durban University of Technology,

South Afica

Dr. Ronald L. Mersky, Widener University, USA

Dr. M.H. Isa, University of Petronas, Malaysia

Dr. Sardar Q. Hassan, P.E., Department of Defence

Dr. B. Kura, University of New Orleans, USA

National Advisory Committee

Prof R.H.Siddiqui, Retired professor, AMU

Prof. P.A. Saini, Retired professor, AMU

Prof. Vinod Tare, I.I. T., Kanpur

Prof. Shyam R. Asolekar, Professor and Chair,

CESE, I.I.T., Mumbai

Prof. Indu Mehrotra, I.I.T., Roorkee

Dr. Soumyen Guha , I.I.T., Kanpur

Dr. A.K. Mittal,. I.I.T., Delhi

Dr. Mohd. Jawed, I.I.T., Guwahati

Technical Committee

Prof. Mohad. Jamil,

Prof. V.P. Mital,

Prof. M.M. Ashhar,

Prof. S.S. Shah,

Prof. Husain Abbas,

Dr. Naseem Ahmad,

Mr. Nadeem Khalil,

Mr. Arshad Hussain,

Mr. E. Radha Krishnan, USA

Dr. Krishna Nand, USA

Women in Modern Social and Political Thought : Seminar

Centre for Women’s Studies, AMU

Seminar

on

Women in Modern Social and Political Thought

03-05 October 2009

The Centre invites scholars to participate in the seminar and present a paper on any topic related to the theme of the seminar.

The Theme Outline

Feminist scholarship has revealed the androgynous nature of modern social and political thought. Even as the modern thought claims to occupy a scientific and universalist status it actually silences and excludes the voices of marginalized social groups, in particular women. In developing the knowledge of our social and political life, modern intellectuals have, perhaps exclusively, relied on the experiences, and defended the interests, of men. Almost all theories of social change, despite the ideological differences that separate them, exclude the interests, experiences and aspirations of women. At the same time, given its universalist pretensions, modern social thought claims to speak for both men and women. In representing women it then reinforces gender hierarchies and invests women with attributes that renders them inferior to men. The chief objective of the proposed seminar it to explore the representation of women in the dominant schools of modern social and political thought. In doing so, of course, we hope to understand better the inter-relations between the modern knowledge about women and gender iniquities. We hop to see scholars delve deeper into the gender connotations of modern social theories, developing from within the liberal, Marxist, Weberian, nationalist and post-modernist schools of thought. At the same time, we need to recognize that women have been expressing their interests and experiences within these schools of thought. Liberal feminism, for example, offered a succinct critique of the post- enlightenment thought from a feminist perspective. Similarly, socialist feminists complicated Marxist political thought by conflating class with gender. The third world feminists have likewise successfully incorporated women’s concerns in the mainstream nationalist thought. The proposed seminar would re-assess the contribution of the feminist theories to the development of the modern social and political thought.

The proposed seminar would cover the following broad themes:

1.Women and gender in post-Enlightenment thought
2.Representation of women in modern, liberal thought
3.Emergence of liberal feminist thought
4.Class and Gender in Marxist thought
5.Re-assessing Socialist feminists
6.Women in Nationalist Thought
7.Masculinity and Manliness in Gandhian Thought
8.Class-Gender intersectionality in third world feminism


This list is only suggestive, not all-inclusive. Ultimately, the object is to receive papers which after due processing and refereed selection, can be published.


There will be no Registration Charges, and the Centre would be happy to provide local hospitality. We would, subject to the availability of funds, also be able to meet the travel expenses (AC-II /Taxi / Apes Air Fare) with in India of the, invited scholars.


The Dead Lines:
For receipt of the title of the paper alongwith an abstract (app. 150 – 300 words) 20 August 2009.

For submission of full paper for pre-circulation 20 September 2009.


Address for Communication:

Postal Address: Director, Centre for Women’s Studies, English House Complex, Tar Bangla, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002

Contact Numbers: Tel & Fax:91-571-2706479, 91-571-2700920 Ext.1241

E-mails: amucws@gmail.com and amucws2002@yahoo.com

Professor Shireen Moosvi: Contact Numbers and e-mail:
91-571-2701539 (Res.), 09358210674 (Mob.), shireen.moosvi@gmail.com

Professor Farhat Hasan: Contact Number:09997198962 (Mob), fhasan15@hotmail.com





(Professor Farhat Hasan) (Professor Shireen Moosvi)
Coordinator of the Seminar Director

Mohd Ghazi from AMU Selected For US Academic Trip

Aligarh, July 30: Mohd. Ghazi, a student of AMU S.T.S. High School has been selected for academic trip to the US in July-August 2009 as part of the US Embassy Access Programme. Ghazi 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. UGC Academic Staff College Director has complimented Ghazi on this accomplishment and expressed his hope that such academic exchange programmes will contribute to academic excellence on the AMU campus.

Emergency and Trauma Airway Management Workshop Completed Successfuly

Three day Workshop on Emergency and Trauma Airway Management held at J. N. Medical College, AMU, Aligarh successfully accomplished the training of about 48 doctors for this critical life saving process.

Dr. S. Moied Ahmed, Director of the Course distributed the certificates to the participants.
Principal and CMS, JNMC, Prof. Ashraf Malik reiterated the importance of the course. He also advised training the staff nurses and ACMO every month.

The certificates were distributed to the candidates in a strict test based evaluation. The test was to examine the ability of the candidate to apply the theoretical and practical knowledge he has acquired. There were 50 questions to be answered within 60 minutes and the participants who would obtain 75% would only qualify the examination.

Need to upgrade knowledge of teaching fraternity

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Sad demise of Mr. Azizul Hasan Sir

It is extremely disheartening and shocking to share a grief stricken and sorrowful news of sad demise of Mr. Azizul Hasan Sir. Innalillahe-wainnailaihe-rajeoon ! He was a distinguished teacher of Minto Circle and left as Principal of Minto Circle. He nurtured Minto Circle with all possible efforts and contribution. He also honoured the post of Principal of Union School for some time.

He was a very giving, affectionate and energetic person. His charming personality, Queens English pronunciation and depth of understanding was bound to make a mark on any one whom he met. His clean, crisp, creased Safari Suits were a brand in itself. Highly groomed, neatly shaven, tall-thin physique, energetic posture and brilliant speech was a part of his mesmerising personality. He was very fond of reading Science Reporter and even after his retirement he never forgot to get a copy of it.

Each and every AMU old boy from Mau (Mau Nath Bhanjan U.P.) shall ever remain indebted to his selfless care and guidance that he showered on all of us. Hundreds of AMU students from Mau have been taken care of alone by him and his family. They have helped with books, funds, even even staying at his hose in case of non allotment etc. We all together express our gratitude for him as well as his family for all the selfless deeds. He and his family will ever be an icon for everybody who thinks or tries to help the AMU community in all or any of the ways he can.

My father was lucky enough to be his student. He already retired when I met him, I was in +2. It is my extreme pleasure to meet a person of such a calibre. Many Sunday evening I used to visit him. We went out to buy some or the other thing from Shamshad market on Hero Puch which I had then. He preferred to walk though.

I pray to Almighty to bestow inner strength to all family members for surviving this utter painful and sinking incident. We all pray to Almighty for his forgiveness (Maghfirat) from the depth of our heart.