New Provosts and Dean Appointed For AMU Aligarh Residential Halls

New Provosts Appointed

Aligarh June 20: The Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University has approved the appointment of following as Provost of the Halls of residence, for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, with immediate effect.

Prof. Mohammad Shabbir (Department of Law) – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Hall, Dr. Najam Khaliqe (Reader, Department of Community Medicine) – Hadi Hasan Hall, Dr. Meraj Ahmad (Department of Hindi) – Aftab Hall, Dr. Sohail Sabir (Department of Chemistry) – Mohsinul Mulk Hall, Prof. Anis Ahmad Ansari (Department of Kulliyat) – Sir Syed Hall (South), Prof. Ashok Mittal (Department of Economics) – NRSC, Prof. Syeda Nuzhat Zeba (Department of English) – Indira Gandhi Hall, Prof. A. R. Fatihi (Department of Linguistics) – Sir Syed Hall (North), Prof. Sattar Husain (Department of Chemical Engineering) – Sir Sulaiman Hall, Prof. Mohammad Arif (Department of Civil Engineering) – Nadeem Tarin Hall, Dr. Khalid Bin Yusuf Khan (Reader, Department of Sanskrit) – Viqarul Mulk Hall, Dr. Mohammad Abid (Reader, Department of Political Science) – Mohd. Habib Hall, Dr. Farzana K. Beg (Reader, Department of Paedriatrics) – Sarojini Naidu Hall, Dr. Ikram Husain (Reader, Department of Physical Health and Sports Education) – Sir Ziaudding Hall and Dr. Nawab Ali Khan (Reader, Department of Commerce) – Ross Masood Hall.

Prof. Mohammad Shabbir, Prof. Syeda Nuzhat Zeba and Dr. Farzana K. Beg will also look after work of Allama Iqbal Hall, Abdullah Hall and Begum Sultan Jahan Hall respectively till some other arrangement is made or until further orders, whichever is earlier, with immediate effect.

New Dean Appointed

Aligarh June 20: Professor Syed Abrar Hasan, Department of ENT has been appointed Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University for a period of two years with effect from June 20, 2009 vice Professor Abu Qamar Siddiqui, Department of Psychiatry.

(Dr. Rahat Abrar)

Public Relations Officer

AMU Presented With MIG 23 By Indian Air Force

Aligarh, June 18 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has presented ground attack fighter Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG 23 to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) for academic purposes.

The IAF had recently retired MiG-23 after nearly 30 years in service.

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Shams Qamar Usmani AMU Aligarh Awarded Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship

Aligarh June 18: Mr. Shams Qamar Usmani, a Research Scholar in the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, has been awarded with the prestigious Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship for one year tenable in Britain. Mr. Usmani shall work under the supervision of Dr. Kirk T. Semple, Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, UK.

This is for the first time that such a prestigious scholarship has been awarded to a research scholar enrolled in the Department of Chemistry. Mr. Usmani is pursuing his PhD in Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Suhail Sabir.

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Aligarh June 18: Five graduate students of School of Science and Technology, University of Malyasia, Sabah, shall receive industrial training for two months at the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University under the supervision of Dr. Suhail Sabir. They will also be working at the Environmental Lab of Department of Civil Engineering, University Polytechnic and Department of Agricultural Microbiology Laboratory. The Vice Chancellor has allowed their stay at the University and receive the training.

This is for the first time that students from outside the country have come to the University to receive such training at the Department of Chemistry.

(Dr. Rahat Abrar)

Public Relations Officer

Dr. Asad U. Khan invited to deliver Plenary Lecture on In Silico Approaches in Drug Design

Aligarh June 18: Dr. Asad U. Khan, Reader, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University has been invited to deliver Plenary Lecture on "In Silico Approaches in Drug Design" in the WSEAS Conference being held at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Dr. Asad U. Khan said that the aim of this study is to give a hypothesis for designing a drug against most infectious diseases of human being. He said, "Drug designing is time taking and costly process. It is a multistep process where a single mistake in any step could result in a loss of huge amount of money and time".

Dr. Asad U. Khan is a molecular biologist. Dr. Khan has received the prestigious BOYSCAST Fellowship from the Government of India to work as visiting scientist at the University of Napoli, Italy. He has also been awarded with Young Scientist Award conferred by the Association of Microbiologist of India. Dr. Asad has 55 research papers to his credit and is a member to several international associations.

(Zeeshan Ahmad)

Assistant Public Relations Officer

INSTALLATION OF FIGHTER JET AT ZAKIR HUSAIN ENGG. COLLEGE,AMU

It is a great pleasure to inform you that the installation of a fighter jet at Zakir Husain Engineering College in front of Department of Mechanical Engineering at AMU is under process. It is the first time in the history of Aligarh Muslim University that the present Vice-Chancellor, Professor P.K. Abdul Azis has taken a knowledgeable step to get its installation of fighter jet to provide the training to the students of Mechanical Engineering. We all should pay our thanks to the Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University.

We are running in the modern world. So it is also necessary to give hands on training to our students in Aeronautical Engineering. Therefore, it is requested to All Alig brothers to approach to the authority of AMU and Govt of Indian to start Aeronautical Engineering in the Sir Syed's dream.I hope that the old boys of the world will shortly conduct a meeting into this effect, so that our brilliant children may get training in Aeronautical Engineering in the Sir Syed's Dream (Aligarh Muslim University).

Thanks and regards

ALI HASAN KHAN
M.COM. 1987
ALIGARH

AMU Aligarh 59th Annual Convocation Report

ALIGARH: In a global economy, where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is prerequisite.

These words of Barack Husain Obama at the joint address to the Congress in today's 21^st century depicts something that Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had deciphered way back in mid 19^th century.

Living this dream of Sir Syed every year and every minute is the historic Aligarh Muslim University which held its 59^th Annual Convocation on June 7, 2009, where it also conferred Honorary Doctorate Degrees on Music maestro, the master of silence between the notes A.R. Rahman and scholar, critic and master of Urdu language Professor Gopichand Narang.

The Convocation was addressed by Mr. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal as a Chief Guest.

The University awarded 2725 Bachelor degrees, 1490 Masters degrees, 291 Ph.D. degrees and D.Sc. to Dr. Mansoor Ahmad Siddiqi of Botany at the Annual Convocation which saw a six percent increase in the Master degrees and remarkable 90 percent increase in the number of Ph.D. degree awarded.

Prachi Mehndittra, a MBBS pass out bagged 14 gold medals, the highest ever won by any student, that too a girl, in the history of AMU.

In his acceptance speech, Professor Narang pointed out that Aligarh Muslim University is not merely an institution or a University; rather it is the shining chapter of the history of Urdu language and literature and the candid testament of the dreams of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

Overwhelmed with the honour, which regarded as the greatest of all conferred by Madinat-ul-Ilm (AMU – City of knowledge), Professor Narang exemplified the meaning and beauty of Urdu language in his carefully crafted words.

Speaking in chaste Urdu, Professor Narang said, "Taj Mahal is supreme among all our buildings, if there is any language that can be called the Taj Mahal of all languages, it is undoubtedly Urdu with its aesthetic beauty and sublimity".

Professor Narang said, "if I bear any identity today, it is Urdu. It bears the truth of more than one thousand years of our composite culture that has shaped our identity". Referring at all attempts to paint Urdu in the light of 'exclusivity and dogma', Narang said that it is the time that we should understand that Urdu is the language of many faiths and stands for plurality.

Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Professor P.K. Abdul Azis while lauding Professor Gopichand Narang's contribution to Urdu language said that he had blazed a new trail in Urdu writing and had transcended many borders. Professor Azis described Professor Narang as a "true India's Cultural and Literary Ambassador".

Professor Azis mentioned that Professor Narang always raised his voice against parochialism, religious fanaticism and social injustice. He had firmly maintained all along that Urdu has been the conduit language of inter-faith harmony and has severed as a bridge between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims for centuries. He considers Urdu as one of the finest products of our composite literature.

(Dr. Rahat Abrar)

Public Relations Officer

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