Monday, 9 January 2017

Press Releases Courtesy: Public Relations Office, AMU

AMU scholar to join prestigious Presidency College as Assistant Professor  

Aligarh, January 6: Mr Md Sayad Rahman, Junior Research Fellow (BSR UGC) associated with the Department of Geology, Aligarh Muslim University has recently been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the prestigious Presidency College, Kolkata.

Mr Rahman, who will soon join the Presidency College’s Department of Geology has been congratulated by the AMU Administration and teachers for bringing laurels to the University.

“Mr Rahman’s appointment in Presidency College testifies his hard work, dedication along with guidance offered by AMU’s Department of Geology,” said Professor Liaquat Ali Khan Rao, Chairperson, Department of Geology, AMU. He added that Department will continue to provide every facility to him to excel in his career.

Founded in 1817 and upgraded to university status in 2010, the Presidency College has a unique place in history as it was one of the first institutes in India to offer education based on Western system.




After winning Roller Sports Championship, AMU Skating Club Team will represent Uttar Pradesh in 54th National Roller Skating Championship

Aligarh, January 6: The Senior, Junior and Sub Junior teams of Aligarh Muslim University’s Skating club have brought laurels to the University by winning Roller Sports Championship, Uttar Pradesh. The 30 members of these teams will now represent Uttar Pradesh in the 54th National Roller Skating Championship to be held at Jodhpur from January 25 to January 29, 2017.

Mohd Yaqzaan, Mohd Areeb, Umar Arif, Aftab Alam, Santhosh GM, Mohd Labeeb Akbar, Ahmad Kamal Beg, Adeeb Anwar and Ashab Ahmad are members of the Senior Team, while the Junior Team includes Mohd Sajid, Tarukh Mohsin, Naeemurn Rehman, SM Kumail Abbas Zaidi, Afraaz Khan, Syed Mohd Abdullah, Arij Aftab, Rizwan Ahmad, Ahmad Musa and Mohd Amanullah Farooqui.

Mohd Ibrahium Khan, Zohan Sheerani, Shahzeb Khan, Suboor Sajid, Mohd Bazan, Mohd Ayan Arshad Khan, Sadiq Alyas, Mohd Hamza, Mohd Arsh and Ashar Siddiqui are in the Sub-Junior Team.

Professor Mohammad Shoaib Zaheer, Secretary, University Games Committee have congratulated the teams for the achievement. He added that the University Games Committee will keep on guiding them.  


Prof Rezavi delivers IHC Session Annual Symposium lecture

ALIGARH, January 7: Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Deputy Coordinator, Centre of Advance Study in History, Aligarh Muslim University recently delivered the Annual Symposium lecture of the 77th  session of Indian History Congress (IHC) on the topic of 'The Nation and the Monuments', in which he gave detailed deliberations on ‘Mughal Monuments and the Nation’. The IHC session was held at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

This session had a robust participation from the Aligarh Muslim University as Prof Shireen Moosvi, retired AMU’s Department of History academic attended the programme as the General President. AMU Professors associated with the University’s Department of History, Prof Ishrat Alam and Prof Ramesh Rawat were the Secretary and Treasurer of the session respectively.    

AMU teachers Prof Shamir Hasan, Dr Jabir Raza, Dr Shamim Akhtar and Dr Jawaid Akhtar also presented papers during the IHC session.

Meanwhile, the organisers of the IHC session have confirmed that eminent historian Prof Irfan Habib, emeritus Professor, AMU will attend the next session as the IHC Vice-President, while Prof Shireen Moosvi and Professor Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi will attend the forth coming session as IHC Executive Members.



AMU PVC’s mother in law passes away

ALIGARH, January 7: Mrs Tameez Bano (90), mother-in-law of Aligarh Muslim University Pro Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S Ahmad Ali today passed away after a prolonged illness.

AMU Public Relations Officer, Mr Omar Saleem Peerzada has expressed deep sorrow on the sad demise of Mrs Bano and prayed for the solace of Mrs Bano’s family members.  

The deceased is survived by a son and two daughters including Mrs Rizwana Ali, wife of Brigadier Ali. Mrs Bano’s father late Mr Md Azim was a known political figure in Allahabad, who hailed from a well-known Zamindar family.  



Linguistics seminar concludes
ALIGARH, January 7: The three-day International Conference on “Mediatization, Culturalisation and Language Alteration” organized by the Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University today concluded while showcasing the alteration, modifications and innovations in the Language of Media and Market.
Prof. R C Sharma was the chief guest while Mr. Firoz Bakht Ahmad graced the occasion as guest of honour and Prof. Dan Raj Regmi of Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal presided over the valedictory function.
In his concluding remarks, Prof. R C Sharma, who was the chief guest of the valedictory function, said that this field has established itself as a more or less autonomous discipline in recent years, more so in India, developing a rich and diverse panoply of theories and methods concerning the media and recently, information and communication technologies more broadly. Linguistics plays a key role in the establishment of this new field.
The genesis for the conference found its relevance to the National Seminar on "Meaning of Meaninglessness" which was held by the Department of Linguistics in 2015. It may be noted that the Department is already running a course called Language of Advertising Media and Market (LAMM) to promote the understanding and appreciation of language of media and market.
It may be noted that a Panel Discussion was also held during this period with Mr Iqbal Ahmad of BBC World Service, Ms. Arfa Kanum, Rajya Sabha TV, Professor Ghazanfar Ali, JMI, Professor Pradhan, Mr. Om Thanvi, Senior Journalist and AMU PRO Mr. Omar S. Peerzada as the panelists who discussed the changing role of Media in the society and concluded that media language is often perceived as artificial or thoroughly standardized and therefore fully distinct from what is thought of as the genuine empirical object.
A special Skype presentation was made by Professor Nancy Berg of University of Washington, who provided insights into how intergenerational methods could be used in varying cultural contexts.
The conference brought together over 40 professionals, senior journalists and linguists from several countries. A number of faculty members, research scholars and students benefited from the conference. There were nine presentations which revolved around the Grammar of Film, about ten on Advertisements and almost same numbers of stimulating papers were read on Print and Electronic Media.
Dr. Jahangir Warsi was the organizing secretary.

Sir Syed Day celebrated in Chennai

Aligarh, January 9: The Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Chennai Association recently celebrated the Sir Syed Day, which was attended by hundreds of students and other guests. 

On the occasion, AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah (Veteran), who attended the function as the Chief Guest said that the AMU Administration, teachers, scholars and students are making sincere efforts to make AMU reach the number one spot in the rankings of Indian universities. He added that it is hoped that AMU will reach the number one position in 2017.

General Shah pointed out that with an aim of having centres and branches in various states and by following the footsteps of the University founder Sir Syed Ahmad Ahmad Khan, AMU has started the second Aligarh Movement.

He also pointed out that in some fields like geology, science and technology, AMU enjoys the reputation of being the top institute while being ranked as the second best Indian university by International ranking agencies.   

Meanwhile, Professor Suhail Sabir, Chairperson, Alumni Affairs Committee said that with years of progressive work and sincere efforts of the University authorities, AMU is on the right track. In the conclusion of his speech, Prof Sabir also thanked the alumni for wholeheartedly helping AMU.

During his address, noted AMU Alumnus, Mr Rizwan Ahmad said that AMU is very closed to his heart. He also shared with the audience, his experience of attending the last Alumni Meet in AMU. While presiding over the function and welcoming the guests, AMU Alumnus, Mr Syed Sifat Ali urged people to understand the contribution of Sir Syed and the purpose of his efforts, sacrifices and replicate in action and deeds the best, which can be given back to the alma mater.  

Prof Anisa Basheer spoke on the vision of Sir Syed Ahmad khan. Mr Basheer Ahmad Khan, Mr Vaibhav Gupta, Mr Abdus Samad, Mr K Prabhakar, Mr Azhar, Mr Azeem Akhter and Mr Azam Sikandar were also present in the celebrations.  





JNMC Cath Lab successfully conducting procedures

Aligarh, January 9: Since the inception and of the newly established Catheterisation Lab (Cath Lab) in Aligarh Muslim University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), the Centre of Cardiology doctors have so far successfully done over 51 cases including the routine angiographies, angioplasties, cath studies, radial angiography and pacemaker cases.

Recently a 45-year-old patient suffering with anterior-wall-myocardial-infarction was successfully treated by a team comprising of Professor Asif Hasan, Director, Centre of Cardiology and Professor M U Rabbani, former Director, Centre of Cardiology. Meanwhile, another patient with anterior-wall-myocardial-infarction was taken for angioplasty. These treatment procedures at the Centre are been done nominal rates.

Professor Hasan said that the Centre’s mission is to provide comprehensive quality based cardiac services and to take up cases of complex interventions along with services related to Rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and arrhythmia related problems.




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Aligarh Muslim University


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