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Bibi Fatima Hall concludes ‘Exult ‘17’

Aligarh, April 19: The residents, wardens and the provost of the Bibi Fatima Hall recently concluded the Annual Hall Dinner and Prize Distribution, ‘Exult ‘17’ held at the Hall premises. AMU Pro Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S Ahmad Ali (Veteran) attended the function as the Chief Guest, while his wife Mrs Rizwana Ali was the Guest of Honour. Professor M M Sufiyan Beg also attended the function as the Guest of Honour.  

On the occasion, Brigadier Ali appreciated the efforts of organisers for bringing out a successful event. “On visiting, one can see that the Hall is well maintained with all the necessary steps taken for cleanliness,” said the Pro Vice Chancellor adding that assets will always be added in the hall for better facilities to the residents.  

While felicitating members of the Hall Committee, Prof M M Sufiyan Beg said that daughters are the best gifts of God, which any family can receive. He added that it is wonderful to see what our daughters (residents of the Hall) are capable of doing. “I wish all the girl students the best for academic and future lives,” said Prof Beg.

The Chief Guest and the Guests of Honour were later also felicitated during the programme.

Headed by the Hall Provost, Dr Shahnaz Hasan, the events for the day started with a Welcome address by Ms Rafeeda Siddiqui, Senior Hall. She addressed the gathering notifying the upcoming Hall Magazine and highlighting the eventful year at Bibi Fatima Hall. Meanwhile, Ms Musfera Javed, Editor of Hall Magazine conducted the release of the Hall Magazine.

The Joint Senior Hall, Ms Samia Khan presented the Annual Hall report, marking the developments and various activities held in the hostels and the achievements of various residents.

In the distribution of special prizes, Ms Sameena Firdous was awarded the Miss Bibi Fatima Hall, Ms Urfa Raes Ansari was awarded Miss Exult while Ms Akanksha Gupta bagged the Ms Miss Evening Award.     

Ms Gunjan Jain, Senior Cultural Secretary proposed the vote of thanks.

JNMC faculties receive awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Aligarh, April 19: Dr Latif Zafar Jilani, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University recently received the second best paper award during the Dr Robert Bauze Gold Medal session held at the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association (APOA) Trauma and Infection Meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Dr Jilani’s paper was on his study on the outcome of rail fixator system in the management of complex nonunion of long bones. During the Meeting in Malaysia, Dr Jilani’s paper was one of the six papers selected for the gold medal session.

His paper illustrates that complex nonunions are among the most difficult problems in orthopaedic clinical practice. The paper further throws light on how these cases are usually associated with bone gap, shortening and infection at the fracture site. Dr Jilani, in his paper proves that this complicated problem can be managed by rail fixator system with excellent outcomes.

The paper was presented by Dr Mohd Faizan, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery on his behalf, as Dr Jilani couldn't attend the conference due to unavoidable family reasons.

Dr Faizan also presented two other research papers and two posters in the conference and he was also awarded for his research paper during the Meeting. Dr Faizan recieved a cash prize of US $ 200 along with the award.

In his paper on relevance of timing of operation on infection rate in open fractures, he concluded that there was no increase in infection rates when surgery was performed up to 24 hours after injury and surgery can be delayed up to 24 hours if optimal operating environment is not available.

Meanwhile, Dr Zulfiqar, who is also associated with JNMC presented a paper on osteosynthesis in fracture neck of femur in patients between 60-75 years of age.

Professor Mazhar Abbas, Chairperson, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, has congratulated the faculty members on their achievements.

 

AMU Engineering College Teams win top prizes in IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee

Aligarh, April 19: Teams of B Tech (Civil Engineering) students associated with Aligarh Muslim University’s Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology have bagged first prizes in the recently concluded Utkraanti-17 and Cognizance-17 held at IIT Delhi and Roorkee. Utkraanti-17, which was organised by M/s. Wingfotech Private Limited, New Delhi in association with Entrepreneurship Development Cell, IIT, Delhi had an online civil engineering quiz championship; while Cognizance-17 hosted a paper presentation competition.

The Utkraanti-17champion AMU Team included Rayyan Ahmad (Student Coordinator)    B Tech 1Vth year; Imad Husain, B Tech IIIrd year; Modabbir Rizwan, B Tech IIIrd year; Aman Bhatt, B Tech IInd year; Syed Faizan Husain  B Tech IInd year; Imtiyaz Ansari, B Tech IInd year; Farazuddin Hisam Ahmad, B Tech IInd year; Ashray Saxena, B Tech IInd year; Mohd Hanzala, B Tech IInd year and Ejaz Ashraf B Tech Ist year.

While the AMU Team, which won the first prize in the Cognizance-17 paper presentation competition included Aman Bhatt         B Tech IInd year; Syed  Faizan Husain, B Tech IInd year; Imtiyaz Ansari, B Tech IInd year; Ashray Saxena, B Tech IInd and Mohd Hanzala, B Tech IInd year.

Meanwhile, Professor Hasan Irtaza, Training and Placement Officer, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology has congratulated the winning teams. He said that the success of these students is a testimony to their hard work, reputation of the institute, dedication and guidance offered by the faculty members.

Over 60 patients attend camp at Centre of Cardiology

Aligarh, April 19: Over 60 patients have so far reported for pacemaker interrogation during the on-going Pacemaker Camp at the Centre of Cardiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Aligarh Muslim University in which settings of pacemaker parameters were done according to the necessities of the patients. This camp is organised every six months at the Centre of Cardiology.

During the camp, Professor Asif Hasan, Director, Centre of Cardiology highlighted the state of art facilities available in the Centre of Cardiology including variety of interventions like coronary angioplasty, pacing devices and ballooning in cases of valvular heart disease. He spoke on how these facilities are helping patients, for whom it is difficult to afford expensive hospitals.

AMU students and Public Relations office organise teacher-students interactive session

Aligarh, April 19: Students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) under the aegis of the University’s Public Relations Office as a project work recently organised an interactive session between students and teachers of various faculties on the topic of ‘Vision of Sir Syed towards educational excellence and need to re-visit his ideas’.

During the session, Professor M M Sufiyan Beg, Principal, Z H College of Engineering and Technology, AMU pointed out that Sir Syed’s vision on education was to create masses of modern scientific temper and his mission was not limited to a particular community.

He added that Sir Syed’s mission of education carried with it a message of social harmony and it should be revisited in the contemporary times for the necessary upliftment of society. 

Professor N A K Durrani, Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences emphasised that it is important to understand that a student should enter a educational institute to learn and depart to serve and establish. He added that it is the need of the hour to have as many centres of excellence throughout the country on the ideals of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

Dr M Mohibul Haque, Associate Professor with the Department of Political Science said that history of social and educational reforms in Indian sub-continent cannot be completed without Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. He added that Sir Syed is one of the great thinkers, philosophers and revolutionaries who dedicated his life for the betterment of society. He stressed that it is imperative to revisit Sir Syed’s social, political and educational thoughts in today’s world. 

While answering a query, Dr Shariq Aqeel, Chief Medical Officer of the University Health Service said if there is a communication gap in between teachers and students during the classroom sessions and beyond; it is the responsibility of the teacher and students equally to break the jinx in order to have better classroom teaching and teacher-student relations.

Dr Syed Khurram Nisar, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education spoke about updating of syllabus and making course content more modern. He further spoke on making public universities more affordable to the larger sections of societies. However, he emphasised that there is a need to make education system more competitive.      

Professor Romana N Siddiqui, Professor Afrina Rizvi, Dr Qurrat ul Ain Ali, Dr Shyna Saif and Mr Mohd Abu Saleh also participated in the interactive session.

In the students section of the panel, Mr Faizul Hasan, AMUSU President; Mr Abul Farah Shazli; Ms Aiman Fatima; Mr Aiman Wasi; Mr Gulrez and Mr Fauzan Arshad were present.

While delivering the vote of thanks, AMU Public Relations Officer, Mr Omar S Peerzada applauded the efforts of students in bringing out a successful dialogue in between students and teachers. He added that these efforts are the need of hour to spread the positivity of AMU in the mainstream to build the right perceptions.

Dr Huma Parveen was the moderator of the programme, while Ms Kalpana Singh was the convener.

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