The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis has appealed to the Muslim Members of Parliament and intelligentsia to come forward for the educational development of Muslims of the country and promotion of the Aligarh Movement. Prof. Azis urged them to support the University efforts for restoration of its minority character.
Prof. Azis was addressing a gathering of Muslim parliamentarians and intelligentsia at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Mr. K. Rahman Khan, Minister of State for Railways Mr. E. Ahmad, former deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Mrs. Najma Heptuallh, Maulana Asrarul Haque Qasmi, Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Burq, Mr. Shareefuddin Sharique, Mr. Moinul Haque, Mr. Ali Anwar Ansari, Mr. M. I. Shanavas, Mr. Abdul Wahab Peevee etc. and assured their cooperation in the development of the University.
Mrs. Najma Heptuallh while commenting on the PowerPoint presentation of the University said that the way the University administration has presented the detail of developmental work before the Muslim Parliamentarians reflects its sincerity. Mrs. Heptullah said that the glorious academic traditions of AMU need further expansion and assured that she will make all efforts to help the establishment of special centre of Aligarh Muslim University in Bhopal.
The Member of Parliament from Kishanganj Maulana Mohammad Asrarul Haque Qasmi said that Aligarh Muslim University is a minority institution and it is our responsibility to extend all support to it. Terming University’s move to establish of five special centres of Aligarh Muslim University in distant areas of the country as the need of hour, he said the decision would provide the best opportunities to Muslims of the country who are lagging behind and this affirmative action of the University is in line with the national aspiration to include in the education fold the most excluded social class.
Member of Parliament and AMU alumnus Mr. Shareefuddin Sharique said that being an alumnus of the University he knows that the majority of University students were always in favour of maintaining peaceful academic environment in the campus and it is the handful of miscreants that bring all the bad name to the University. He said that the Vice Chancellor of the University should be supported from all quarters in maintaining peace, tranquility and academic vibrancy in the campus.
Rajya Sabha MP Mr. Ali Anwar Ansari requested the Vice Chancellor to adopt an affectionate approach towards the suspended students who have no criminal records and allow them to continue their education.
The Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis presented the introduction of the University, promotion of female education and the secular and residential character of the University through PowerPoint. Prof. Azis also shed light on the course of development that the University was able to make during the last two years. He said that new courses have been started and the University for the first time in its history has received a massive grant of Rs. 185 Crore from the University Grants Commission under XI plan.
Prof. Azis said that research activities have been given new impetus and information technology has been developed to the level that every department and residential hall has been made an ICT hub and the internet facility has been expanded to each and every department and hostel. The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College has been granted Rs. 150 Crore by the Government of India for its upgradation to the status of AIIMS. Similarly a comprehensive plan has also been put into action for upgrading the standard of the University managed schools.
The other prominent personalities that attended the meeting included former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Prof. Mushirul Hasan, former Vice chancellor of Jamia Hamdard Mr. Sirajuddin, Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, Chairman of Delhi Minorities Commission Mr. Kamal farooqui and former Indian diplomat Mr. Ishrat Aziz.
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