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Friday, November 19, 2010

Dr. Moinuddin's Poster adjudged as Best Research Poster

ALIGARH, November 19: Dr. Moinuddin, Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, J.N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University was adjudged as Best Research Poster in the category “Non Clinical” at the State Level Bio-Medical Research Competition organized as a part of Academic Centenary Year Celebration of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU), Lucknow.


Dr. Muinuddin was given the award on his research paper titled “Catechol-estrogen modified DNA: A better Antigen for Cancer autoantibody” published in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Journal) in 2007.

The CSMMU, Lucknow organized a State Level Biomedical Research Competition, as part of the Academic Centenary Year Celebrations for the competition inviting faculties from different medical institutions of the State to submit research paper that were published in a peer reviewed journal during the last five year. The organizers selected two papers in each category, viz., Clinical Medicine, Clinical Surgery and Non-Clinical subjects from each participating institution. Dr. Moinuddin’s paper qualified the two evaluation rounds and was finally selected for the award in the ‘non-clinical’ category.

The award certificates were given by Prof. S.K. Sarin, Chairman, Board of Governors, MCI who also declared Gold Medals by the Medical Council of India (MCI) for the award winning Faculty.

Dr. Moinuddin is presently working as Lecturer and has supervised four Ph.Ds and two MD theses. He has also worked in four major projects besides publishing over twenty five research papers in the national as well as international journals. He has attended several national as well as international conferences.

Faculty Toppers from M.M. Hall were awarded cash prize (Sponsored by Dr. Hasan Tahir), a memento and a certificate

*ALIGARH, November 19: *Faculty Toppers from M.M. Hall were awarded a cash


prize of Rs. 2500/­each, a memento and a certificate of excellence. Dr. S.

Hasan Tahir, Scientist, California, USA, an alumnus of Chemistry department

sponsored the award and was the Chief Guest on the occasion. The awardees

were – Mr. Md. Saddam Husain Ansari, B.Tech., Mr. Wasiullah, BA, Mr. Md.

Mawoon Khan, MCA, and Mr. Peerzada Raouf Ahmad, BA (Final).


Dr. Tahir urged the faculty toppers to go for even greater heights in future

and continue to work hard. They must always think high.


Prof. Abdul Aleem, Department of Hindi also attended the programme as Guest

of Honour and gave away certificates.

Dr. Suhail Sabir, Provost of the Hall welcomed the Chief Guest and thanked

Dr. Tahir for generously awarding the residents of M.M. Hall, consecutively

for the last two years. Mr. Gufran Ahmad, Warden Incharge, Career

Counseling Cell, thanked everyone present on this occasion. Dr. Ikram Javed,

Dr. Mohd. Younus Ali Khan, Er. M. Rizwanur Rehman Khan, Dr. M. Shamim, all

wardens and a large number of students attended the programme. Programme was

conducted ­by Mr. Sabahuddin, Joint Secretary, Literary Society of the Hall.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Three-day International Conference on Contribution of India and Indian Sub-continent in Irani Language and Literature held by the Department of Persian

ALIGARH November 16: The Ambassador of Afghanistan to India, Mr. Samim Hamraz inaugurated three-day International Conference on Contribution of India and Indian Sub-continent in Irani Language and Literature held by the Department of Persian, Aligarh Muslim University.



In his inaugural lecture, Mr. Hamraz while appreciating India’s contribution to Persian language spanning over 800 years underlined the important contributions made by eminent Persian scholars like Prof. Nazeer Ahmad, Prof. Amir Hasan Abidi, Prof. Abdul Wadood Azhar and Prof. Azarmi Dukht Safavi etc. He said that Embassy of Afghanistan in India will continue its efforts for the development of Persian language.

The Director of Iran Culture House in India, Dr. Ali Dahgai and Cultural and Educational Consultant of Afghanistan, Prof. Abdul Khaliq recalled old relations between India, Afghanistan and Iran.

In his keynote address, Secretary of All India Persian Teacher’s Association, Prof. Abdul Wadood Azhar discussed use of the Persian language in the different departments in Indian. Prof. Qazi Afzal Husain, Dean, Arts Faculty also expressed his views on the issue.

Earlier, Director of Persian Research Center, Prof. Azarmi Dukht Safavi welcomed the guests. She elaborated on the development and progress of Persian language and literature from Ghaznavi period to present times.

Chairman of the Persian Department, Prof. Mohd. Asif Naim Siddiqui highlighted the aim of the seminar. He also read out presidential address of former Pro-Chancellor Nawab Rahmatullah Khan Sherwani in his absence. The programme was conducted by Dr. Mohd. Usman Ghani.

K.P. Singh Memorial Lecture

ALIGARH November 16: Notwithstanding the constitutional provisions of equality, the Indian state has not done enough to dispel insecurity from the minds of minorities as the most important symbol of the state – police – hardly enjoy the confidence of the Muslims, Christians and Sikhs, regretted Mr. Vibhuti Narain Rai, eminent writer and Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi International University, Wardha today.


Delivering first K. P. Singh memorial lecture on “State Response to Communalism”, Mr. Vibhuti Narain Rai, IPS, said that the minorities never consider the police as friend or protector. The police is seen as the oppressor and the police behavior in communal riots bear testimony to the fact. Quoting his well-documented research on the role of police in combating communalism, Mr. V. N. Rai said that the Muslims always suffered heavy loss in terms of lives and properties at the initial stages and subsequently they were killed in police firing and police also arrested more Muslims.


Debunking the myth that the Muslims start riots, Mr. Rai said he sifted through the police records and found that even the first hour of the riots, more Muslims were killed. It proves that it is wrong to say that the Muslims start riot and the police control the situation. He said if the state is firm, no riot could continue more than 24 hours. During the communal strife, police become perpetrator of violence and the state lack the will to curb it.



Tracing the history of communal riots, Mr. Rai said that the assassination of Gandhi put a full stop to riot and no major riot took place till 1961. After that riots occurred in regular intervals of two or three years. The police always behaved in partisan manner and it resulted lack of faith in police that also denotes lack of faith in the state which is very alarming. This calls for serious introspection, he said.



Paying glaring tributes to Professor K. P. Singh, Mr. Rai said that he was an avowed enemy of narrowmindness and communalism.

Recalling K. P. Singh’s contribution to literature, noted Urdu poet Shahryar said that Prof. Singh wanted literature to reflect social consciousness. He also recited a poem in memory of Prof. K. P. Singh.

Delivering the presidential address, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University said that Indian democracy has become more matured and now there is a considerable decrease in communal riots. He paid rich tributes to Prof. K. P. Singh who pledged his mortal remains to the Aligarh Muslim University for the medical students. Prof. Singh’s gesture was unparallel and the university will always remain grateful to him, he concluded.

Prof. V. K. Abdul Jaleel, Registrar of the University extended the vote of thanks. Prof. Imtiaz Hasnain and Dr. Ajay Bisaria also spoke on the occasion.

High Power Committee to enquire into the recent instances of indiscipline rampant among the Junior Doctors and Senior Residents

ALIGARH, November 16: Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh has constituted a High Power Committee to enquire into the recent instances of indiscipline rampant among the Junior Doctors and Senior Residents leading to disruption of Hospital Services of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU.


The Committee will enquire into the incidents of alleged assault by bystanders of patients creating a sense of insecurity among Junior Doctors, Senior Residents and other Hospital Staff, alleged incident of assault of father of the deceased boy master Farman on 13.11.2010 and the forceful confinement of his other relatives by the Junior Doctors and dereliction of duty in promptly handing over the dead body to the father of the boy and the circumstances in which the body was kept for about six hours before it was handed over to the Police. It will also assess the security requirement of the JNMC and suggest measures to provide improved security frame work for the Doctors and the staff to work and Identify the reasons for the outburst of Doctors, Hospital staff, patients and their relatives and suggest remedial actions to prevent recurrence of such incidents.

According to the AMU Registrar, Prof. V.K. Abdul Jaleel, the High Power Committee will consist of Prof. Tajuddin, Dean, Faculty of Unani Medicine (Convener), Prof. (Mrs.) Abha Laxmi Singh, Dean, Faculty of Science, Prof. Mahdi Abbas Rizvi, Dean, Faculty or Engineering & Technology, Prof. M. Saleemuddin, Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Prof. Ainul Haq Khan, Dean Students’ Welfare, Prof. (Mrs.) Bilqis Naseem Waris, Principal, Women’s College and Prof. Javed Akhtar, Dean, Faculty of Management Studies & Research.


The Vice-Chancellor has directed the Committee to submit its report within one month.

Monday, November 15, 2010

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.

Award for two Doctors of the Department of Radio-Diagnosis


Dr. Mehtab Ahmad

ALIGARH, November 10: Dr. Mehtab Ahmad and Dr. M. Azfar Siddiqui, III year students of MD (JR III), Department of Radio-diagnosis, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University got prestigious Dr. O. N. Saxena Best Paper Award and Dr. S. K. Srivastava Best Paper Award respectively for their excellent presentation at the Annual Conference of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association (IRIA), UP Chapter held recently at Kanpur.


Dr. Azfar Siddiqui

Dr. Mehtab Ahmad presented paper on “prediction of uterus cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding using colour Doppler” while Dr. Azfar Siddiqui presented paper on “use of umbilical cord abnormality on prediction of abnormalities of the developing babies in the uterus”.


Professor A.R. Kidwai, Department of English and Director, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University has been invited by the Islamic Research Institute

Aligarh, November 10: Professor A.R. Kidwai, Department of English and Director, Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University has been invited by the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan to present his paper on "Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the Role Model for Muslim Minorities, Pluralism and Leadership".



Prof. Kidwai will present his paper at the International Seminar on Modern Trends in Sirah to be held on March 26-28, 2011. The paper seeks to underscore the relevance of the Prophet's teaching to our times, especially for Muslims living as minorities in many parts of the world. It also focuses on the Prophet's example for professing and practicing peaceful co-existence in a multi­-faith, pluralistic society.

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India has sanctioned Rs. 2.30 Crore grant to the Department of Physics

ALIGARH, November 12: The , Department of Science and Technology (DST),


Government of India has sanctioned Rs. 2.30 Crore grant to the Department of

Physics, Aligarh Muslim University for support in Level-I category under the

FIST Programme of DST on the recommendations of the FIST Advisory Board

(FISTAB). The grant was sanctioned on a proposal of the Department of

Physics to strengthen the post-graduate teaching and research facilities in

the Department.



This grant would facilitate Table Top X-Ray Diffractometer and Research

Microscope with imaging Facility for Research, 4 PG Special Labs for

teaching (Nuclear Physics Lab., Condensed Matter Physics Lab., Spectroscopy

Lab. and High Energy Physics Lab.) and 16" Telescope with accessories for

Astronomy. It would also facilitate installation of servers and software for

theory group.

Prof. Jamal Ahmad Spoke on the World Diabetes Day

ALIGARH, November 13: Prof. Jamal Ahmad, Director, Centre of Diabetes and Endocrynology, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University said that diabetes in India has reached epidemic proportions and is increasing with Tsunamic speed. He was speaking on the World Diabetes Day that is celebrated on November 14 every year and is an official United Nations World Diabetes Day, named to celebrate the birthday of Frederick Banting, who along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of Insulin. This day is marked with the global awareness campaign against Diabetes led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) that engages millions of people worldwide in diabetes advocacy and awareness.


Prof. Ahmad said that there is a tremendous increase in the complications associated with diabetes, especially in those who are not under optimal control. In India, diabetes is the single largest cause of legal blindness. A vast majority of patients undergoing renal dialysis and transplants have diabetes as the underlying cause. More than 75% hospitalized patients of acute myocardial Infarction (Heart Disease) either are known diabetic or undiagnosed. Associated with this disease, there is a substantial increase in mobility and mortality. It is also accepted that diabetes is the single largest cause of atraumatic amputation.

Prof. Ahmad said that India at present has 50 Million people with diabetes and more than 95% of this population is suffering from Type 2 Diabetes. However, it may be appreciated that not only the diabetes and its complications can be prevented but early diagnosis and optimal management can significantly decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with this dreaded disease. Further, a person with diabetes does not have to lose the lower limbs every thirty seconds if one takes simple steps to prevent its complications by prompt corrective action. Importantly, this does not require intensive and expensive investigations in most cases, but a basic understanding of the problem and management of diabetes which also causes nerve disease and peripheral arterial disease.

He said that it might also be noted that the incidence of Type 1 diabetes is also increasing. If a child complains of weakness, tiredness, weight loss otherwise eating well and having night bed-wetting or being hospitalized as a case of gastroenteritis, his blood sugar needs to be done. It is likely that he is suffering from Type 1 Diabetes. To save the life of such children, the Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology of Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University with the help of pharmaceutical companies is providing free Insulin to all children especially the girl child up to the age of 21 years if they are attending diabetic clinic of the hospital regularly.

He appealed all diabetic persons to join the campaign to prevent all diabetic complications at the start of the diagnosis. Simply remember A.B.C. of diabetic management. “A” stands for Alc test that should be less than 7% (To be done every 3 three months); “B” for Blood pressure (should be less than 130/80 mm Hg) and “c” to keep LDL cholesterol less than 100 mg, Triglycerides less than 150 gm% and HDL- cholesterol more than 45 mg%.



Brisk walking for half an hour per day can prevent 500/0 diabetes. “Healthy Habits” (No smoking, No alcohol), “Healthy Food” (be a vegetarian and cut down the intake of saturated Fat, trans-fat and salt intake), “Healthy sugar” (Pre-meal blood sugar less than 100 mg%, Post-meal blood sugar less than 180 mg% and A1c less than 7%) “Healthy blood pressure” and “Healthy cholesterol” as mentioned above are the best management of diabetes, he added.



Prof. Ahmad appealed all to join the campaign to keep the people free from diabetes and its complications.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Round Table Conference at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today delivered special address at the Canada-India Universities Presidents’ Round Table Conference at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi.


Fifteen Canadian universities’ presidents and 20 vice chancellors of Indian universities and representatives of the Government of Canada and India participated in the deliberations at the Round Table Conference. The Conference was organized by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and hosted by Canadian High Commission.

Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Mr. Kapil Sibal delivered opening remarks.

The Round Table Conference decided to activate the MoUs on higher education signed by the Prime Minister of India and Canada in June 2010. On the request of Canadian High Commission, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University delivered special lecture on new forms of partnership.

Prof. S. K. Thorat, Chairman, University Grants Commission delivered the concluding remarks.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Prof. Zulfia Khan, Department of Community Medicine, elected as President of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine,

ALIGARH, November 8: Prof. Zulfia Khan, Department of Community Medicine, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University has been elected as President of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chapter for the session 2010-2011. Her name was proposed by Prof. Devki Nandan, Director Institute of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi and Prof. V. K. Srivastava, K. G. M. C., Lucknow.


Prof. Zulfia Khan was elected unopposed and in absentia in the IAPSM, UPUK conference held at Himalaya Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun. Prof. Khan urged the members to strengthen the association and help in extending its activities to benefit the poor section of society.

Dr. Mohd Khalid, Department of Radio-diagnosis, has been elected as the Scientific Secretary of the Indian Radiological and Imagery Association,

ALIGARH, November 8: Dr. Mohd Khalid, Associate Professor, Department of Radio-diagnosis, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University has been elected as the Scientific Secretary of the Indian Radiological and Imagery Association, UP State Chapter at RICON, the Annual Conference of IRIA, recently held at Kanpur.


The Aligarh City Branch of IRIA was declared the best city branch considering its contributions towards academic activities and successful conduct of CME on imaging of paediatric patients. Dr. MOhd. Khalid was the Organizing Secretary of the CME.



Dr. Khalid presented a highly informative talk on the Role of CT in abdominal Emergencies at RICON, Kanpur.





Thursday, November 4, 2010

International Conference on "Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Environment" at AMU

ALIGARH, November 4: An International Conference on "Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Environment" was organized by Department of Civil Engineering in collaboration with La Sierra University, USA and Asia Pacific University, Thailand and Co-sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education and the Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi.




This is the second time that the international conference was organized by the department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University in continuation with the first international conference organized in 2009. About 200 full-length papers and abstracts were received for the conference.

The conference encompassed themes varying from Sustainability, Water Pollution Control Wastewater Treatment, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Bioremediation, Wetlands, Air Pollution and Control, Noise Pollution and Control, Environment Impact Assessment, Sustainable Environment Bio-fuels Modeling Approaches in Environmental Engineering, Role of GIS in Environmental Engineering, Life Cycle Analysis, Energy Efficiency Green Engineering, Alternative Energy Technologies and C02 Capture to Sequestration.

About 250 national and international delegates attended the conference. Delegates from USA, Canada, France, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, Saudi Arabia and almost all the I.I.Ts', N.I.T's and other research and academic institutes of repute participated in the conference and presented their papers. Thirteen technical sessions consisting of oral and poster presentations were conducted during the two days of conference. The research papers were presented in two parallel oral sessions and one poster session.

The inaugural function was presided over by Prof. S.M.A. Rizvi, Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, Prof. Razaullah Khan, Organizing Secretary, Dr. I. H. Farooqi, Prof. Ashok Kumar, University of Toledo, USA, Prof. John Perumal, University of La Sierriea, USA, Prof. Ekram Husain, Principal Z. H. College of Engineering & Technology and Prof. Pervez Mustajab, Controller of Examination, AMU spoke on different aspects of environmental engineering. The program was conducted by Mr. Arshad Hussain, University Polytechnic. The proceedings of the conference were also released by the chief guest on this occasion.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

A Consultative Meeting of the EC Members

ALIGARH November 3: The meeting of the Executive Council of Aligarh Muslim University scheduled for today stand adjourned for want of quorum. Out of 16 members, 14 were present. The adjourned meeting of the Executive Council will now be held on November 27, 2010.



An informal consultation was held with Executive Council members and a consensus arrived on the proposal of the Union Minister of HRD, Mr. Kapil Sibal presented by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis to hold the AMU Students’ Union election on November 13, 2010.


The consultative meeting felt that the examination schedule announced by the various faculties and finally notified by the Controller of Examinations should not be disturbed. The members also agreed to the completion of various other tasks lined up for November and December 2010 like the foundation stone laying ceremony of Murshidabad centre, work related to admission of students and recruitment of staff to Malappuram and Murshidabad centres.

The members felt that the election process for restoration of Students’ Union be started on January 14, 2011 and completed within ten days.

The members also felt that the Vice Chancellor should appoint a committee of EC members to prepare a draft-regulation in the light of the Lyngdoh Committee report and submit to the Vice Chancellor for approval. The meeting also agreed that the Vice Chancellor could appoint a Chief Election Officer to start the process as soon as the new regulations are in place.


The meeting was apprised of the Supreme Court directives relating to JNU Students’ Union elections wherein it mentioned that holding the elections without following the Lyngdoh Committee report is a prima facie contempt of Supreme Court’s order. The meeting felt that the university cannot hold election of the Students’ Union bypassing the Lyngdoh Committee report.

The members expressed resentment over the political interference by various political parties. They wanted everyone to respect the autonomy of the University and honour its Vice Chancellor.

AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today appealed to the students to withdraw their Dharna forthwith in the light of firm action being initiated by the University for holding the election and restoration of the Students’ Union.

Dr. S. Moied Ahmed has been awarded the Academic Staff Commonwealth Fellowship

ALIGARH, November 2: Dr. S. Moied Ahmed, Associate Professor and In-charge ICU, J N Medical College, AMU has been awarded the Academic Staff Commonwealth Fellowship for the year 2009-2010. He was posted in the Intensive Care Unit of, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds University Teaching Hospitals, one of the biggest hospitals in Europe.


Dr. Ahmed qualified the Good Clinical Practice module to pursue his research project entitled “Lung Protective Strategies in Mechanically Ventilated Patients”, in which he used High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ARDS patients. His research project was accepted by the European Society of Critical Care Congress at Barcelona. He has also been the sub-investigator of four International trials ‘Phoenix trial in Sepsis’, ‘OSCAR trial in ARDS patients’, and ‘Eurotherm Trial in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients’.

Dr. Moied undertook training in ultrasound guided central venous access, radial artery access and the basics of echocardiography and its role in patient management subsequently doing an audit on auxiliary venous access. He also attended the International Conference on Critical Care at Manchester, Annual Spring Meeting of Intensive Care Society at Leeds, Workshops on Total Intravenous Anaesthesia at Leicester, Focused Echocardiography in Emergency Life Support at Birmingham, Management of Difficult Airways at Huddersfield, Advanced Mechanical Ventilation at Leeds, 3 day Regional Anaesthesia Course at Leeds, Symposiums on Acute Lung Injury and Acute Kidney Injury at Royal College of Anaesthetics, London, and Cather Related Sepsis at Chester.

Dr. Moied said that the Commonwealth Fellowship has been of great help in improving his clinical acumen, updating his knowledge and practicing the protocol based management as per international guidelines. He learnt to take a holistic approach while managing a critically ill patient. Recognizing his knowledge and experience the General Medical Council in UK has given him full registration for license to practice in UK.

The commonwealth is doing an excellent job by sponsoring people from developing countries with an intension to upgrade the standard of the recipient in respective field. The fellowship has not only been his personal gain but beneficial to the University as well. The University is all set to open a new ICU. It would be a great achievement if he is able to implement at least 50% of what he learnt in Leeds. The faculties of LGI have assured him to liaison with his department to develop the ICU and regional anaesthesia course. The FEEL course in Birmingham is also willing to coordinate with the department and conduct the course at Aligarh.

Three-day national seminar on Spiritual Psychology organized at AMU

ALIGARH, November 2: The three-day national seminar on Spiritual Psychology organized by the Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University concluded recently. Prof. Sangeetha Menon, Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore was the chief guest. The concluding session was chaired by Prof. Hamida Ahmad, Chairperson, Department of Psychology.


Prof. Sangeetha Menon presented her address on Brain Studies, Consciousness and Spiritual Psychology. Prof. Menon started with the postulate that brain is the most important part of the human body that is the center for sensation, emotion and consciousness and the single unit of information and experience that connects sensation, emotions and consciousness is said to be the ‘self’. Prof. Menon said that self is constantly emerging as a result of its interaction with nature outside (social/biological) and the nature inside (mind). In the process of change the self has the capacity to change the neuro-chemicals of the brain.


Prof. Menon further said that spirituality can be seen as a voyage to the unknown space but here the exploration is of the inside space. A person who cannot understand the inner space can never correctly understand the outer space, she concluded.



Prof. Hamida Ahmad, while delivering the presidential address, expressed happiness over the successful completion of the seminar and highlighted the fact that psychology, while retaining the scientific methods, has to evolve alternative methods to explore the positive and humane side of human psyche.


Prof. Saeeduzzafar, Convener of the Seminar presented the detailed report of the scientific sessions. Prof. Akbar Husain, Organizing Secretary, proposed a vote of thanks.

AMU Roller Hockey won All India Invitation Roller Skiing Championship

ALIGARH November 1: Junior and Sub-junior teams of AMU Roller Hockey won All India Invitation Roller Skiing Championship held at Musoorie. The Senior Team has bagged Bronze Medal. In the final match AMU Junior Team edge passed Jammu & Kashmir team by 6-5 and Sub-junior Team trounced Delhi by 7-3.




AMU Senior Team went down fighting to Jammu & Kashmir by 4-6 in a playoff match and secured Third Position.


According to Prof. Tariq Mansoor, Secretary, Games Committee, Amir Khan has bagged three additional medals in the speed skating while Momin Pal got two medals in quads speed skating. Mohsin Khan and Zameer Khan secured First and Second place in artistic skating. Asadullah Khan bagged third position in Rink Race and Lamia Akbar got first place in Artistic Skating in girls’ category. Asadullah and Ashab Ahmad bagged First and Second place in Sub-junior Artistic Skating.


The Junior Team comprising Mohd. Yaqzan, Adeeb Anwar Mustafa, Umar Arif, Aftab Alam, Umar Sherwani, Mohd. Yawar, Saadullah Khan, Mohd. Usman and Mohd. Areeb secured Gold Medal and Sub-junior Team consisting of Mohd. Labeeb Akbar, Ayan Javed, Naeemur Rahman, Asadullah Khan, Izhan Azhar, Toshit Varshney and Santosh GM also bagged Gold Medal.



The Senior Team comprising Aamir Khan (Captain), Faizul Haque, Tahsin Ahmad, Anoop Kumar, Mohd. Shadab, Shariq Vali Khan, Mohd. Faizan, Mohd. Adnan Khan, Atif Hasan (GK) and Mohd. Mohsin Khan was awarded Bronze in Senior Roller Hockey Championship.



Dr. F.S. Sheerani, President, Gymnasium Club congratulated Ali Akbar, Coach of AMU Team for this achievement.

Concluding session of the two Subject Refresher Courses at AMU

ALIGARH, November 3: While presenting presidential remarks at the concluding session of the two Subject Refresher Courses organized by UGC Academic Staff College, the distinguished academician and Professor Emeritus, Professor Irfan Habib, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh urged the course participants to be particular about the course contents. He emphasized the impact of education and syllabus in shaping the young minds and cited his own example how he was fed on nationalistic and patriotic course contents at the AMU school in 1940s. He congratulated the participants on completing the Refresher Courses in Women’s Studies and English.




Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University exhorted the course participants to articulate and transmit the message of co-existence and national integration as embodied in the Aligarh Muslim University. He wished them the very best in their professional career as excellent teachers.

Professor Shireen Moosvi, Director, Centre for Women’s Studies and Dr. Samina Khan, Dept. of English were the Course Coordinators of the two courses respectively. Mrs. Renu Mahajan Gupta, Assam, Dr. Malika Mistry, Maharashtra and Mr. Shariful Islam, Assam expressed their happiness over the course content and the presentation of teachers. More than 85 teachers from various universities and college all over India attended these courses.