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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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