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Exhibitfion Of Books On Seerat, Quraniyat

The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today inaugurated an exhibitfion of books on Seerat, Quraniyat and specimen of Quranic calligraphy at Maulana Azad Library.

Rare and illuminated copies of Holy Quran and calligraphic specimen were displayed today at the Seerat exhibition.

A large number of students, faculty members and other dignitaries including Nawab Ibne Saeed of Chhatari and Prof. Shamim Ahmad were also present.


Librarian-in-Charge Prof. Shabahat Husain said that the exhibition shall remain open till February 27, 2010

Five New AMU Campus Plan Shows A Definite Progress

The efforts of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to establish five centers have made decisive progress in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. AMU is hopeful for starting these Special Centers in a symbolic way from the next academic year if the concerned Governments hand over the proposed land to AMU in full.

Regarding the establishment of Special Centre at Murshidabad, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Professor P.K. Abdul Azis met the Union Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee along with Mr. Moinul Hasan, Member of Parliament and AMU Court and discussed with him the matter pertaining to the transfer of land for AMU Centre at Murshidabad in West Bengal.

Mr. Mukherjee has promised that the matter would be resolved within a few days and the amount of Rs. 25 crores each meant for West Bengal and Kerala will be transferred within a couple of days.

The Union Finance Minister has suggested that the Centre be started from the next session and building could be made available in Murshidabad for this purpose.

Mr. M.A. Baby, Minister of Education in Kerala yesterday informed the AMU Vice Chancellor that in the first phase, 156 acres of land will be transferred to AMU by the Government of Kerala on March 6, 2010 at a public function in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram District of Kerala. The Minister for Revenue, Mr. Rajendran and Minister for Minority Affairs, Mr. Palalu Mohammad Kutty, Government of Kerala would also be attending the function.

A team of senior functionaries of AMU led by the AMU Registrar, Professor V.K. Abdul Jaleel, will be visiting Perinthalmanna on 4th of March 2010 for verification of land records and handing over of land to AMU. Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor will be attending the function on March 6, 2010 at Thiruvanthapuram.

The Government of Kerala has decided to allot about 400 acres of land for the purpose of establishing Special Center at Malapuram. In a joint meeting in Malapuram on September 30, 2009 the fast track land acquisition officer Mrs. Lalita Ambika, IAS and the District Magistrate, Mr. M. C. Mohan Das promised to handover 156 acers of land now and the remaining part after March 2010 with a thirty meter road connecting the new campus to national highway.

Professor Masood Husain Khan Felicitated By Ghalib Institute

ALIGARH February 20: Ghalib Institute, New Delhi today felicitated noted Urdu scholar Professor Masood Husain Khan for his yeomen contribution to Urdu language and literature at Aligarh Muslim University.

Ninety two years old Professor Masood Husain Khan had served as Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and Jamia Urdu, Aligarh.

Prof. A. R. Kidwai, former Governor of Haryana felicitated him. On this occasion, Prof. A. R. Kidwai released a book on Prof. Masood Husain Khan’s life and contribution.

Noted historian Prof. Irfan Habib said that AMU has a pride in producing such type of Urdu personality and said that Prof. Masood is a rationalist and he adopted scientific linguistic approach.

Prof. Imtiaz Hasnain, Chairman, Department of Linguistics at AMU said that prof. Masood Husain Khan is a doyen of Urdu linguistics and placed Urdu on the map of academic world of serious linguistic studies.

His magnum opus, a history of Urdu language, originally his PhD dissertation which was published in 1948, advanced a new theory of Urdu’s birth, contradicting all theories hitherto popular among scholars.

Prof. Imtiaz Hasnain mentioned that Prof. Masood Husain Khan represents the generation of phonologists, called the British phonologists, who developed the concept [t of prosodic features for describing the phonological structure of language.

He has authored several books including the rise and fall of Urdu in India.

Professor Siddiqur Rahman Kidwai, Secretary and Shahid Mahuli, Director of Ghalib Institute, New Delhi, Dr. Khalique Anjum, Secretary of Anjuman Taraqqi-e-Urdu, Delhi also addressed the felicitation function.

International Conference On Algebra And Its Applications

Aligarh 20/02/2010: The Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University today inaugurated a three day International Conference on “Algebra and its Applications”.

Noted Mathematician Professor Surjeet Singh of Chandigarh inaugurated the Seminar. Prof. Alberto Facchini of Italy and Prof. Ulrich Dempwolf of Germany was the guests of honour.

Twenty-three foreign delegates from Germany, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Brazil, Iran, Honolulu, Japan, Poland, USA and Canada will present their papers.

Chairman, Dept. of Mathematics Prof. Afzal Beg said that the latest developments in the field of Algebra shall be discussed in a three day conference by the eminent Mathematicians from the country and abroad.

Prof. Mohammad Ashraf, Co-convener of the International Conference said that one of the important objectives of this conference is to have the algebraists from various places together under one roof to present their researches, exchange and analyze them to know their implications for a better understanding.

He said more than hundred papers presented by the participants from across the borders shall lead to sophistication of knowledge providing new perspective and shall equip one with the needed paraphernalia to handle the related issue fact fully.

Prof. M. Z. Khan coordinator, DRS also addressed the inaugural session.