Smt.
Urmila Mittal Memorial Trust awards scholarships to 75 AMU girl students
Aligarh,
November 29: Mr C D Mittal, Chairman, Smt. Urmila Mittal Memorial
Trust and an alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University is one person who stands
tall in saying that ‘all can be done’ and odds can be defied to empower women
as he today distributed scholarships to 75 female students attending AMU at the
Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology. The criteria of selection
for the award of scholarships are strictly based on genuine need of girls from
economically weaker section of society who otherwise would not be able to
pursue their education for the lack of money.
“If we make honest
commitments, everything to empower women can be done easily. We just need
sincere efforts for women education,” said Mr Mittal adding that he wants to
spend his money in the right direction of providing education to girls, in need
of financial support. Mr Mittal has so far provided scholarships worth almost
41 lakh Rupees to girls from the economically weaker sections.
While awarding the
scholarships, Mr Mittal said that his mother is the inspiration behind these
scholarships. “I was born in a family with limited means and while I was
growing up, my mother use to urge me to become big in life to help the needy
people,” he said.
Mr Mittal added that
awarding scholarships to female students in AMU is his way of paying back to
his alma mater. “I did BA and LLB from AMU and I am at this position because I
was lucky enough to attend this great centre of learning and now it is my time
to pay back, he further said.
Mr Mittal also urged
the recipients of the scholarships to make excellent careers and contribute to
society in the best possible ways.
He also said that
the AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah (Veteran) is an
inspiration too as he working tirelessly for the cause of education and
fulfilling the dreams of AMU founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Meanwhile, thanking
Mr Mittal for the generosity, AMU Vice Chancellor, General Shah said Mr
Mittal’s work is unmatched. He also informed that Mr Mittal has also promised
to provide scholarships for girl students, who qualify the MBBS and Engineering
entrance examinations.
General Shah added
that in return for the scholarships, Mr Mittal only wants AMU girl students to
work hard in achieving their goals.
He also said that Mr
Mittal offers to show our girls students the right directions and it is
imperative for students to have courage to make big in life.
While concluding his
address, General Shah also urged girl students in particular and all the
students in general to work hard in doing researches and bringing AMU to number
one rank in Indian universities in 2017.
During the programme
students availing Smt. Urmila Mittal Memorial Trust scholarships also spoke on
how financial burdens on their families have been reduced.
Scholarships ranging
from Rs 1, 500 to over 3, 000 Rs per month were awarded to 75 girl students
from various departments and faculties of the University.
Professor M D
Sagheer Khan delivered the welcome address and also conducted the programme. Dr
Tufail Ahmad proposed the vote of thanks.
Prof Jamshed Siddiqui, DSW, AMU was also present on the occasion.
Smt. Urmila Mittal Memorial
Trust awards scholarships to girl students in AMU and various educational
institutions in the country every year.
Disability Unit
organizes ‘Counseling Programme’
Aligarh, November
29:
The Disability Unit, Aligarh Muslim University recently held a ‘Counseling
Programme’ for the volunteers and differently-able students in the Conference Hall
of Department of Education, in which Dr Abdul Hamid Fazili, Coordinator,
Disability Unit and Dr Bilal Ahmad Kutty, Councillor and Placement Officer
warmly welcomed them.
Speaking on the
occasion, Dr Fazili urged the volunteers to be honest in their duties. While
talking about the upcoming ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ on
December 3, Dr Fazili said that the Day will be celebrated with great zeal. He
also urged the students to hold meetings with other students of the hall for
the preparations.
Dr Fazili laid
emphasis on how volunteers are supposed to convince general students to help
the differently-able students.
Meanwhile, Dr Kutty
informed that the theme of this year’s ‘International Day of Persons with
Disabilities’ is ‘Sustainable development Goals.’ He added that through the
observation of this Day, awareness of disability as a cross-cutting development
issue will be raised.
He further said the theme
is timely, as it marks the conclusion of the period of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGS) in 2016 and launching of the new development framework
of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Sayyid
Hamid Senior Secondary School (Boys) develops online Parent-Portal
Aligarh,
November 29: Major S M Mustafa, Principal, Sayyid Hamid Senior
Secondary School (Boys), Aligarh Muslim University has recently taken
initiative of starting a ‘Parent-Portal’ of the School for the benefit of
parents and guardians, whose children/wards are attending the School.
While highlighting
the advantages of the facility, Maj Mustafa said that by using this application
parents can easily access the marks, attendance and other relevant information
of their wards. He added that the portal will also issue notifications on
homework and assignments.
He pointed out that
around 2,600 parents are already using this portal. He has also advised the
parents to install educhat application to receive notifications, homework and
performance of their wards from http://educhat.in.
Maj Mustafa has
expressed confidence that this initiative will bring about a welcome change in
the overall atmosphere of the institution, which is regarded as the fountain
head of the University.
“It is hoped that
the coordination brought about by this facility among parents, teachers and
school management will certainly create more discipline, decency, decorum and
academic excellence in the school,” said the Principal.
Dr Yogesh Agarwal, PGT,
Physicshas helped the school management to develop this portal.
Prof. Iqtidar Siddiqui passes
away
ALIGARH November 29: Professor Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui, noted
historian, an expert in Medieval India’s history and former Chairman of
Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, today passed away in Aligarh
after a brief illness.
The Vice Chancellor of
Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah has expressed a deep
sense of grief and sorrow on Prof. Siddiqui’s sad demise. He said that it was
an irreparable loss for the academic world and the University which cannot be
fulfilled in many years to come.
AMU Pro-Vice Chancellor,
Brig. Syed Ahmad Ali has deeply condoled the death of Prof. Siddiqui and prayed
for his elevation hereafter. He said that Prof. Sidiqui was an authority on
Medieval Indian history and his loss will be felt forever.
Prof I.H. Siddiqui had authored
thirteen widely cited books including the prize winning works “Shershah Suri”,
“Islam and Muslim in South Asia, Historical perspective”, “Authority and Kinship under the Sultans of
Delhi”, “Indo-Persian Histography up to 13th Century”, “Delhi Sultanate” and “English
translation of the Waqi'at-i-Mushraqi”.
Prof. Siddiqui wrote three
books on history in Urdu language. He had also contributed to Encyclopedia of
Islam: New Edition (Leiden), Encyclopedia Iranica (USA), Encyclopedia of Islam
in Turkey (Istanbul), Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization in Arabic (Jordon)
and Danishnama (Iran).
Social
Science Cyber Library, AMU sets National Record
Aligarh,
November 29: The Social Science Cyber Library of Aligarh Muslim
University has set a National Record in the Limca Books of Records for being
the only library that collects and updates daily the web based, e-resources in
public domain available in the form of e-books, e-journals, in-house lectures,
video lectures of eminent scholars, data bases and software pertaining to
Social Sciences.
Vijaya Ghose, Editor
of Limca Book of Records, after a thorough enquiry, issued a certificate of
National record to the Social Science Cyber Library recently.
The ‘Cybrary’ provides
access to the social scientists across the globe through a user friendly
interface and is presently being accessed in 142 countries for research and
scholarship so far.
Set up under the
leadership of Prof Shabahat Husain, Chairperson, Department of Library and
Information Science and the then Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, the Cybrary
was inaugurated by Shri PranabMukherjee, the President of India, on
27thDecember, 2013.
The Cybrary was
awarded ISO9001:2008 certificate in 2015, and is registered in the ‘Directories
of Open Access Repositories of UK’ called DOAR and ROAR.
AMU Vice Chancellor,
Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah (Veteran) also mentioned this achievement in his
recent convocation address while Pro Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S Ahmad Ali
(Veteran) described the achievement as a milestone and an exemplary
achievement.
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