By TwoCircles.net news desk
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University felicitated its 80 teachers and students for their excellent performance in 2007. At the Republic Day program, 30 faculty members and 50 students were presented with mementoes in recognition of their contribution to academic, corporate and co-curricular life of the university community. This was the first time in the history of the university that such awards were presented.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Professor P K Abdul Azis said AMU had decided to celebrate 2008 as a year of ‘academic rejuvenation.’ He also said the World Summit of AMU Alumni would be held on the occasion of forthcoming Founder’s Day. This Summit would provide an opportunity to interact with teachers and students and establish a Global Alumni Foundation to raise funds for creating an international research fellowship and collaborative projects between AMU, other universities and industries from around the world.
Captain Abbas Ali Khan, AMU old boy and freedom fighter, suggested the publication of a book highlighting the role of AMU alumni in the freedom struggle. He pointed out that the university produced several great freedom fighters like Hasrat Mohani, Raja Mahendra Pratap and Ali Brothers.
Achievements of the Students and Faculty Members
Retired Teachers:
1. Professor Mukhtaruddin Arzoo, noted Arabic Scholar and former Dean, faculty of Arts has been selected for the Sir Syed Lifetime Achievements Award for the year 2007 by the AMU Alumni Association of North America.
2. Prof Shamim Jairajpuri, former Vice Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University and former Dean, Faculty of Science has conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Society for Parasitology at Vishakhapatnam.
3. Prof Iqbal Ansari, Retired Professor of English has been honoured with “Citation of Excellence” for his significant contribution in the area of promotion of human rights on the occasion of International Human Rights Day.
4. Prof Nazeer Ahmad, noted Persian Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Persian has been honoured by the faculty members of Delhi University.
Teachers:
5. Professor Maria Bilquis, Department of Persian has been selected for the Presidential Award of Certificate of Honor by the President of India in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Persian Studies.
6. Dr. Mohd Sanaullah, Reader, Department of Arabic honored Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman by the President of India in Arabic language.
7. Prof. Arif Nazeer, Department of Hindi nominated for the Bhartiya Award. He has also been honored with National Award for his books Hindi main auwad ki Bhumika and Do Bhashi computerization by Bhartiya Anuwad Parishad, Delhi.
8. Prof Sheikh Mastan, Department of Modern Indian languages has been conferred upon with prestigious Telgu language “Shri Husain Shah Memorial Award” by Sahitya Samiti, Andhra Pradesh.
9. Dr. Khalid Bin Yusuf Khan, Department of Sanskrit has been conferred with the prestigious “Vivid Puraskar” for his book ‘Rig Cherka by Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan.
10. Professor Mohd. Afzal, Department of Zoology has been honored with “Eminent Scientist” Award by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi.
11. Professor Nafees A Khan, Department of Botany has been conferred with Eminent Scientist Award in the field of Environmental Plant Physiology by the National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi.
12. Prof. Mohammad Shabbir, Incharge, Ambeskar Chair of Legal Studies and Research has been awarded “Shiksha Ratna Puraskar” and a Certificate of Excellence by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi.
13. Dr Qudsia Tahseen, Reader, Department of Zoology has been elected a Fellow of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore. She has received six young Scientist Awards including INSA Young Scientist Medal, Young Scientist Awards of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Indian Society of development of Biologists (ISDB).
14. Dr. Mohd Shameem, Lecturer in the Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases received the prestigious Fellowship of the American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, IL (USA).
15. Dr. Saeed Ahmad, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental College has been awarded the Commonwealth Fellowship by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London (UK).
16. Dr. Latif Zafar Jilani, Lecturer in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery has been elected as a member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK).
17. Dr Sahmsul Hayat, Reader, Department of Botany has been awarded Associateship of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi.
18. Professor Mohd. Anis, Department of Botany has been awarded the “Eminent Scientists of the year 2007” in the XX Annual Conference of the NESA at New Delhi.
19. Dr. Mohammad Mobin, Reader, Department of Applied Chemistry, Z.H.College of Engineering & Technology has been conferred upon with Corrosion Awareness Award 2007 by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited.
20. Professor Kabiruddin, Department of Chemistry has been selected for Prof Suresh C. Ameta Award by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata.
21. Dr. Syed Moid Ahmad, Department of Anaesthesiology has been appointed as Instructor, fundamental Critical care support by the Society of Critical Care Medicine, USA. Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association, California USA.
22. Dr. M. Wasi Khan, Guest faculty, Department of Physics has been awarded best poster prize in Solid Sate physics symposium-2007 organized by the Department of Atomic Energy at Mysore University.
23. Dr. Omar Farooq, Reader, Department of Electronics Engineering has been Research partner in a 3 year project under UKIERI Standard Award Scheme of Pounds 133,878 on “Wireless Communication to improve Monitoring of Heart Disease and Diabetes” (2007) and UKIEI Post Doctoral Fellowship for one year from June 2007 to carry out research in the area of Automatic Hindi Speech Recognition by Computer (2007).
24. Dr. Yusufuzaman Khan, Reader, Department of Electrical Engineering, has been awarded Commonwealth Fellowship for the Post Doctoral Research in University of Essex, UK, 2007.
25. Prof. Alim H Naqvi, Department of Applied Physics – DST has approved M.Tech. (Nanotechnology) with a support of Rs. 2.0 crores (2007) and UGC granted One PG Diploma in nanotechnology under its innovative programme (2007).
26. Prof. Mehdi A. Rizvi, Department of Mechanicl Engineering, has got a grant of Rs. 46 lakhs from UGC for High Speed Computing facility at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2007).
Students & Research Scholars:
27. Dr. Mohd. Faisal, Department of Botany awarded SERC Fast Track Scheme for young Scientist by the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
28. Dr. Mohd Faisal of Botany awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science & Technology (DST).
29. Dr. Manzer H. Siddiqui of Botany awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
30. Dr. Abdul Viqar Khan of Botany awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
31. Dr. Akil Ahmad, Department of Botany awarded Young Scientist fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
32. Dr. Barkat Ali, Department of Botany awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
33. Dr. Riaz Ahmed, Department of Zoology awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project by the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
34. Dr. Mohammad Manjur Shah Department of Zoology awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
35. Dr. Md. Baniyamuddin of Zoology awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
36. Dr. Mohd Mahmood, Department of Zoology awarded Young Scientist fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
37. Dr. Yasir H. Siddiqui, Department of Zoology awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
38. Dr. (Mrs.) Shama Parveen of Chemistry awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
39. Dr. (Mrs.) Sayyed Jabeen S.M., Department of Physics awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
40. Dr. Nazeer Ahmad, Department of Physics, got the Young Scientist Award under SERC Fast Track Scheme by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
41. Dr. (Mrs.) Farhana Zahir of Forensic Medicine (Brain Research Centre) awarded Young Scientist Fast Track Project funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
42. Mr. Ahteshamul Haque, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering has been awarded Young Scientist Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
43. Ms. Amita Somya, Research Scholar in the Department of Applied Chemistry has been awarded the Professor A. K. Dey Memorial Young Scientist Award by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata.
44. Mr. N.A. Arivarsu, Research Scholar, Department of Biochemistry has been appointed first secretary of the Indian Branch of Regional students’ group of India, International Society for Computational Biology Students Council (ISCBSE).
45. Mr. Shahper Nazeer Khan, Research Scholar of Biotechnology Unit has been awarded the best Paper Award in the International Conference at Sathyabama University, Chennai.
46. Mr. Mohd Kashif, Electronics Engineer in the Physics Department got the Fellowship of the University of Cagliari (Italy).
47. Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Department of Applied Physics got the First Prize and Best Poster presentation in 15th National Symposium on Solid State Nuclear Tracks in Solids and their Applications at HNB University, Garhwal, 2007.
48. Mr. Faridul Qadar, Department of Petro Chemical Engineering, won the First Prize in Hydrocarbon Quiz during “Industry-Academia Interface” organized by Petrotech Society 2007 (New Delhi).
49. Mr. Saleem Akhtar Farooqui and Mr. Nehaluddin Khan secured Second Position in the event Cheminnovation in ChemInsIghT 07 organised by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur 2007.
50. Mr. Imran Ahmad, II year B.Arch got BIRLA YUVA RATNA award 2007.
51. Dr. Mohd Mohsin Khan, Guest Faculty and Mohd. Danish Azmi, Research Scholar of the Department of Physics visited CERN (European Centre for Nuclear research) Geneva.
52. Dr. Mohd. Tauheed, MD student of Community Medicine got the Premio special award for his English poetic collection XII International Literary festival held at Sissa, Italy.
53. Mr. Mohd. Fahad Ullah, Research Scholar, Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences has been selected by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as Member of the Indian Youth Delegation to China from 7th June to 16th June 2007 to promote mutual understanding of values and cultures amongst the youth and to develop better relations between India and China.
54. Mr. Ubaid Hameed Shah, a PG Student, Department of Pediatrics got the best Research paper award in the 19th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Kolkata.
55. Mr. Amit Garg, Mr. Shahzor Khan, Mr. Shahbaz Khan, Mr. Kapil Goyal, Mr. Ankur Agarwal, Mr. Ahmad Danish, Mr. Zubair Ahmad and Mr. Sanjay – Students of class XI and XII got the positions in the National Science Olympiad.
56. Mr. Ahmad Faraz, Student of BIT was awarded the second prize in Rashtriya Kamalnain Bajaj Inter University Elocution Competition held at Vardha, Maharashtra.
57. Mr. Riyaz, Student of B.Tech III year, Mr. Arshad Islam, Student of B.Tech. (Final), Suman Doogar won the II prize in quiz in North Zone Inter-University Youth Festival at CSJM, Kanpur.
58. Ms. Maria Salman, student of M.Sc. (Previous) won the 2nd prize in English debate in North Zone Inter-University Youth Festival at CSJM, Kanpur.
59. Ms. Samrah Fatima, student of M.Sc. (F) won the II prize in Hindi debate in North Zone Inter-University Youth Festival at CSJM, Kanpur. She also won the first prize in 34 Kamalnarayan Bajaj Memorial Inter-University Elocution Competition in English by Shiksha Mandal, Vardha (Maharashtra).
60. Mr. Udit Pratap Singh, Mohd. Anirul Islam and Vishal Gulati, Students of BFA won the II prize in Installation in North Zone Inter-University Youth Festival at CSJM, Kanpur.
61.Mr. Shad Ahmad Khan, Student of B.Com II year got the II prize in English debate at G.B. Pant University, Pantnagar (Uttrakhand).
62.Mr. Ameen Ahmad, Student of Diploma Engineering I Year got the II prize in English debate at GB Pant University, Pantnagar (Utrakhand).
63.Mr. Amir Anwar, Captain AMU Cricket team has been selected to lead the North Zone Vizi Trophy Cricket team.
64.Mr. Danish Ali of the University Cricket Team has been selected for C.K. Naidu under 19 to represent Indian Railways team.
65.Mr. Imtiaz Ahmad, student of BPE, has been selected for Indian Universities Cricket Team. He also selected for Ranji Trophy team Uttar Pradesh, Vizy Trophy, Indian Universities team National Cricket Academy, Zonal Cricket Academy, UP Under 22 team.
66. Mr. Prerit Shrama, student of Class XII ranked No 1 by the UP Table Tennis Association, selected to represent UP Team in Junior National Table Tennis Championship 2007 at Indore.
67. Mr. Ahmad Nabeel Khan, student of B.Sc.(P), AMU Roller Skating Team won the XXX All India Open Roller Skating Championship 2007 held at Mussoorie.
68. Mr. Ausaf, AMU Riding team participated in Magadh Horse Show 2007 held at Gaya (Bihar). He reached the final round in individual sword Pegging. Gulfaraz Ahmad Khan was the highest scorer in individual performances.
69. Mr. Motiur Rehman, student of BPE was selected for Combined University Hockey Team for the 44th Jawaharlal Nehru Tournament by the Association of Indian Universities.
70. Mr. Bahere Alam, student of BPE (II), received 100 meters 1st place in Open Distract Athletic Meet 2007-08.
71. Mr. Shashikant student of BPE (II), received Individual Champion Open District Athletic meet 2007-08 (Men Category).
72. Mr. Mohd. Ayyub student of BPED, received III Place 400 meters Hurdle in UP State.
73. Ms. Deepika Chaudhary student of BPE (II), got the individual Champion Open District Athletic meet 2007-08 (Women’s Category).