General Shah
releases book edited by Professor M Anis and Dr Naseem Ahmad
Aligarh,
January 10: Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor, Lt General
Zameer Uddin Shah (Veteran) recently released a book, titled ‘Plant Tissue
Culture: Propagation, Conservation and Crop Improvement’ edited by Professor M
Anis and Dr Naseem Ahmad. The book has been published by internationally known,
Springer Publications.
This book has 26
chapters and five different sections with detailed information on varied topics
from vitro technology to plant conservation. The contributions in the book have
come from various International laboratories.
The documented
protocols in the book highlight the role of Plant Tissue Culture in the
commercial propagation, genetic engineering, crop improvement and conservation
of various fruit, ornamental, spice, forestry and medicinal plant species.
The editors of the
book are well known scientists, academics and researchers in their respective
fields. While, Prof Anis has 31-years of teaching and research experience in
Biotechnology and Cytogenetics; Dr Ahmad is associated with SERB-DST, New Delhi
as Young Scientist with seven-years of post-doctoral experience in Morphogenesis
and Plant Tissue Culture.
Prof Anis has published
over 185 research and review articles in Journals of International repute. He
is recipient of National (1992) and Overseas (1994) Biotechnology Associateship
of DBT, Government of India. He has been INSA Visiting Scientist to Frankfurt
University (1998) and Institute of Genetics and Plant Biotechnology, Nitra
(2006), Slovak Republic. Prof Anis has also been conferred with the Eminent
Scientist Award (2007) by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi;
Vigyan Ratan Samman (2010) of Council of Science and Technology, Uttar Pradesh;
Professor P Maheshwari Medal (2013) and Mid-Career award of UGC (2015) for his
significant contribution in Medicinal Plant Biotechnology. He has also been
Program Coordinator of several major projects like DST-FIST (I and II), UGC-DRS
(I and II) and DBT-HRD.
Dr Ahmad has
published about 37 research papers in Journals of International repute. He has
also contributed five book chapters and 43 abstracts in various conferences. He
is a member in the Editorial Board of various journals, holds Life Membership
of many Scientific Societies and is a Fellow of Indian Botanical Society (FBS).
Dr Ahmad is recipient of ‘National Scholarship’ of Slovak Republic (2013); Yuva
Vaigiyanik Samman (2009), CST, Uttar Pradesh; Young Scientist (2010) NESA, New
Delhi; Rashtriya Gaurav Award (2015), India International Friendship Society,
New Delhi and Young Scientist of the year (2015), International Foundation for
Environment and Ecology (IFEE), Kolkata.
He has also received Post Graduate Merit Scholarship in MSc and Best
Oral presentation award at BBAU (Central University), Lucknow. He has also availed
Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) of CSIR, New Delhi.
Perfect
Relations hires AMU student
Aligarh,
January 10: Taking job placements of Aligarh Muslim University
(AMU) to newer levels, the University’s Training and Placement Office (General)
has roped in India’s leading Public Relations firm, ‘Perfect Relations’ to hire
AMU passouts as recently Mr Nitin Gupta, MA Mass Communications (Final-year)
has been hired by the firm.
The TPO (General),
Mr Saad Hameed has pointed out that Perfect Relations, which is a part of one
of the world’s largest media group, Dentsu Aegis Network and other leading firms,
will soon hire more students from AMU.
“Working in Dentsu
Aegis network and Perfect Relations is the dream job destination for any Public
Relations aspirant,” said Mr Gupta.
On the occasion, the
Perfect Relations Team, which hired Mr Gupta has appreciated the talented AMU
students. They have added that it is an honour for them to have employees
coming out AMU, which is one of the best universities in India.
Meanwhile, Mr Hameed
confirmed that Viacom 18 Network, a leader in TV and Films is conducting
recruitment process of Mass Communication students from AMU. He further
confirmed that a leading Hindi news channel is also hiring interns from AMU.
AMU starts three-week training program in Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management
Aligarh,
January 10: A three-week training program in Application of Remote
Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management has been inaugurated in
UGC-HRDC, Aligarh Muslim University. The program is funded by NRDMS division of
Department of Science and Technology (DST).
About 40 scholars
from different universities, which includes university teachers, post-doctoral
scholars and research scholars from Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar,
West Bengal, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are participating in
the programme.
The Chief Guest,
Prof R B Singh from the prestigious Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
was pleased with this initiative at AMU. He said that this kind of Capacity
Building training programme is the hallmark of a rich university culture.
Prof Singh further
said that this DST sponsored program has great relevance as global scientific
communities are preparing for important initiatives on Health, well-being and
disaster reduction in changing urban environment.
While welcoming the
guests and participants, Professor A R Kidwai, Director, UGC-HRDC urged
scholars to imbibe rich cultural and academic values in their academics. He shared
his experience of research in developed countries and advised scholars to
produce quality research using new techniques and tools.
Prof Shahab Fazal,
Coordinator of programme, appraised the audience about the program and
explained the relevance of geographical space in modern world. He stressed on
the need to adopt the techniques of remote sensing and GIS for planning and
policy researches.
During the vote of
thanks, Dr Faiza Abbasi, Assistant Director, UGC-HRDC urged the participants to
take maximum benefits out of the training program.
Bridge
Course for Graduates of Deeni Madaris, AMU organises Essay Writing Competition
Aligarh,
January 10: The Bridge Course for Graduates of Deeni Madaris,
Aligarh Muslim University under the aegis of Centre for Promotion of
Educational and Cultural Advancement of Muslims of India (CEPECAMI) recently
organised, Essay Writing Competition on the topic of ‘Bridge Course mein mera
Ilmi Safar’ (My Educational Journey at Bridge Course).
The objective behind
organising this competition was to promote writing abilities in students
associated with AMU’s Bridge Course.
Mohd Tameem Qasmi
and Sharafat Hussain Nadvi jointly bagged the first prize with a cash prize of
Re 40, 000 in the competition, while Azhar Hussain and Mohd Ismail were placed
second with a cash prize of Rs 20, 000. Ruqaiyya Fatima and Umair Khan won the
third place with a cash prize of Rs 10, 000. Meanwhile, five consolation prizes
were shared by Farhana Parveen, Naim Ahmad, Mohd Arshad, Nihal Ahmad and Atiqur
Rahman.
News Desk
Public Relations Office
Aligarh Muslim University
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