Department of Electrical Engineering granted Rs. 1.13 Crore under the Funds for Improvement of S and T infrastructure scheme

ALIGARH, November 12: The Department of Electrical Engineering, Aligarh


Muslim University has been granted Rs. 1.13 Crore under the FIST (Funds for

Improvement of S & T infrastructure) scheme by the Department of Science and

Technology (DST), Government of India. The grant has been sanctioned to

strengthen the post-graduate teaching and research facilities in the

department.



A proposal prepared by a team of Prof. Mukhtar Ahmad, Prof. Badrul Hasan

Khan and Mr. Mohd. Rihan under the supervision of Prof. Mohibullah,

Chairman, Electrical Engineering Department under this scheme was submitted

by the department in May 2010. After first round scrutiny, the proposal was

selected for a presentation which was delivered by Dr. Yusufuzzaman Khan and

Mr. Mohd. Rihan to an expert committee at Indian Academy of Sciences,

Bangalore. Finally, the Department of Science and Technology sanctioned Rs.

1.13 Crore on the basis of this proposal. The grant will be utilized in

procuring state of the art equipments in the concerned laboratories. It is

expected that these developments will go a long way in further improving the

teaching-learning process and research activities in the department.