ALIGARH October 22: A distinguished alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. Talat Ahmad, Head, Department of Geology, Delhi University has been honoured with prestigious award ‘Fellow of National Science Academy’ (FNA).
Earlier Prof. Talat Ahmad was honoured with Fellow of National Academy of Science in 2009 and Fellow of Indian Academy of Science in 2004. Prof. Talat Ahmad is also a recipient of prestigious National Mineral Award, Government of India in 1994.
Dr. Talat Ahmad did his B. Sc. (Hons.) in Geology and M. Sc. Geology in 1975 and 1977 respectively from the Department of Geology, AMU.
It is a great honour for the Department of Geology as he is a rare scientist who has been honoured as Fellow of all the three science academies of India. In the past other recipients of FNA related to this department were late Prof. F. Ahmed and late Dr. S. M. Naqvi.
Friday, October 22, 2010
An Appeal
ALIGARH October 22: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis today appealed the students to continue their classes without interruption and involve in academic activities and maintain peace in the halls of residence and isolate the trouble makers.
He said that the University students are committed to keep the University functioning in full swing.
Prof. Azis further said that since the Vice Chancellor’s lodge has been blocked by the agitating students and since there is an apprehension of violence, he was shifted to Exhibition Guest House yesterday midnight on the advice of the district administration.
He appealed to everyone to remain peaceful and cooperate with the University functionaries to maintain peace in the campus. He also appealed to agitating students to avoid bringing outsiders in the campus.
He said that the University students are committed to keep the University functioning in full swing.
Prof. Azis further said that since the Vice Chancellor’s lodge has been blocked by the agitating students and since there is an apprehension of violence, he was shifted to Exhibition Guest House yesterday midnight on the advice of the district administration.
He appealed to everyone to remain peaceful and cooperate with the University functionaries to maintain peace in the campus. He also appealed to agitating students to avoid bringing outsiders in the campus.
A Student of +2 has been selected for the U-19 Indian Railways team.
ALIGARH October 22: Mr. Tahmeed Ahmad, student of XII, Aligarh Muslim University has been selected for the U-19 Indian Railways team. The selection trial for the said team was held in three phases, Divisional in Allahabad, Zonal in Agra and finally All India at New Delhi. More than 300 aspirants participated in each of these trials.
A 15-day trial camp of 30 players was held at New Delhi after which the team was finally selected.
Prof. Tariq Mansoor, Secretary Games Committee has congratulated Mr. Tahmeed on his selection and hoped that he would bring laurels to the University.
An article in The Hindu
http://hindu.com/2010/10/22/stories/2010102258540400.htm
NEW DELHI: A Right to Information application filed by a former Aligarh Muslim University professor in the Botany Department has revealed that the university is spending large sums of money in payments to the enquiry committee constituted to undertake the Presidential inquiry into alleged financial irregularities by Vice-Chancellor Abdul P.K. Azis.
Prof. Ziauddin Ahmad, who filed the RTI in August, said: “In excess of Rs. 43 lakh has been spent till September 15 to take care of the expenses of the two-member inquiry committee though the actual inquiry proceedings are yet to begin.”
The meetings of the inquiry committee so far have only established the modalities and the framework of the inquiry while the actual examination of evidence will take place from October 23 to 26.
The two-member committee which consists of Justice B.A. Khan and Justice Devicha was constituted in April and is the second committee to be constituted to inquire into alleged financial irregularities of the V-C. The first committee was constituted in July 2009 and dissolved in September 2009 after differences arose among its members.
“It should not have taken so long to appoint a second committee after the old one had ben dissolved. The second committee was to submitt its report two months after its constitution. It is yet to be known when the committee will come out with its findings and they are taking home a hefty salary each month,” Prof. Ahmad said.
The expenditure of over Rs. 43 lakh was incurred under heads such as payments of salaries and perks to the judges, legal expenses paid to advocate Eijaz Maqbool, committee office rent and salary for office staff, travel expenses and petty expenditure.
According to Prof. Ahmad “Mr. Eijaz Maqbool, the appointed advocate, is also the university representative. However, the inquiry is against Prof. Azis and not the university. Hence Mr. Maqbool need not have been appointed. Yet he has been appointed and he will represent the V-C who should hire and pay for iis own lawyer.”
“Further, when inquiry proceedings are instituted against an official, the usual practice is either suspension or to send the person on leave. In this case the V-C has been allowed to retain his position questioning the fairness of enquiry proceedings,” Mr. Ahmad added.
AMU public relations officer Dr. Rahat Abrar said: “The inquiry is not just against the V-C but also against those who have made the allegations. Moreover, we are following directions of the Government of India with regard to the expenditure including the pay to the judges and other payments.”
NEW DELHI: A Right to Information application filed by a former Aligarh Muslim University professor in the Botany Department has revealed that the university is spending large sums of money in payments to the enquiry committee constituted to undertake the Presidential inquiry into alleged financial irregularities by Vice-Chancellor Abdul P.K. Azis.
Prof. Ziauddin Ahmad, who filed the RTI in August, said: “In excess of Rs. 43 lakh has been spent till September 15 to take care of the expenses of the two-member inquiry committee though the actual inquiry proceedings are yet to begin.”
The meetings of the inquiry committee so far have only established the modalities and the framework of the inquiry while the actual examination of evidence will take place from October 23 to 26.
The two-member committee which consists of Justice B.A. Khan and Justice Devicha was constituted in April and is the second committee to be constituted to inquire into alleged financial irregularities of the V-C. The first committee was constituted in July 2009 and dissolved in September 2009 after differences arose among its members.
“It should not have taken so long to appoint a second committee after the old one had ben dissolved. The second committee was to submitt its report two months after its constitution. It is yet to be known when the committee will come out with its findings and they are taking home a hefty salary each month,” Prof. Ahmad said.
The expenditure of over Rs. 43 lakh was incurred under heads such as payments of salaries and perks to the judges, legal expenses paid to advocate Eijaz Maqbool, committee office rent and salary for office staff, travel expenses and petty expenditure.
According to Prof. Ahmad “Mr. Eijaz Maqbool, the appointed advocate, is also the university representative. However, the inquiry is against Prof. Azis and not the university. Hence Mr. Maqbool need not have been appointed. Yet he has been appointed and he will represent the V-C who should hire and pay for iis own lawyer.”
“Further, when inquiry proceedings are instituted against an official, the usual practice is either suspension or to send the person on leave. In this case the V-C has been allowed to retain his position questioning the fairness of enquiry proceedings,” Mr. Ahmad added.
AMU public relations officer Dr. Rahat Abrar said: “The inquiry is not just against the V-C but also against those who have made the allegations. Moreover, we are following directions of the Government of India with regard to the expenditure including the pay to the judges and other payments.”
Professor R. Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University today inaugurated a two day National Seminar on Contemporary Trends in Nuclear Physics at AMU
*ALIGARH October 20:* Professor R. Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor atJawaharlal Nehru University today inaugurated a two day National Seminar on
Contemporary Trends in Nuclear Physics at the Aligarh Muslim University.
He spoke on “Elementary Particles” and suggested that the modern theory of
Nuclei should be studied in context with the new concepts of particles.
In her presidential address, Dean, Faculty of Science, Prof. Abha Laxmi
Singh said that the interesting feature of this national seminar is that
popular talks have been arranged by the organizers. She said that she
considered Physics as the king of sciences. Since India has decided to
supplement its energy requirement with the nuclear reactors in a big way,
research in Nuclear Physics is expected to pay an important role not only
for the advancement of knowledge but also for achieving the developmental
goals of the country.
Prof. Mohammad Zafar Khan, Chairman, Department of Physics at AMU pointed
out that such seminars create confidence in younger groups of researchers
and provide opportunities to diversify their research. Besides this, it
motivates the fresh students to pot a research concern.
He said that AMU’s Department of Physics is one of the oldest departments in
North India established in 1908 and the department has a long tradition of
quality teaching and research.
He further said that during the period 1929-30, Professor Rudolf Samuel, a
German Physicist was appointed on the recommendation of Einstein. He, along
with Dr. R. K. Asundi, a famous spectroscopist, established a research
laboratory in Atomic and molecular Spectroscopy and formed a research group.
In 1949, the then Vice Chancellor, Dr. Zakir Husain invited Dr. P. S. Gill
to build up a first class University department. Dr. Gill started research
in Cosmic Rays and Experimental Nuclear Physics in a big way.
Professor Wasi Haider, Co9nvener of the National Seminar said that twenty
special lectures will be delivered on a wide range of topics covering
Nuclear theory and some areas of Experimental Nuclear Physics by eminent
scientists.
He said that Professor Rajaraman has contributed immensely to the fields of
High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Soliton Physics.
He did his PhD from Cornell University, USA under the supervision of Nobel
Laureate Prof. Hans A. Bathe.
Professor Rajaraman has been associated as visiting fellow of Universities
of California, Princeton, MIT, Berkley Stanford, Harvard, Illinois, Fermi
National Accelerator Lab etc.
AMU students won 4th prize in the national competition "Smart Car Race India 2010"
ALIGARH, October 21: Mohammad Zaid and Arjun Jauhari, students of B.Tech. (Electronics) final year, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University have won 4th prize in the national level competition "Smart Car Race India 2010" organized by Freescale Semiconductor India, in collaboration with the Centre for Electronic Design and Technology (CEDT) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). It was the first of its kind competition organized for engineering students in India. The two-day event was part of a series of such competitions that were organized by Freescale around the world and is being brought to India for the first time.
'Smart Car Race India - 2010' received an overwhelming response from the student fraternity from engineering colleges across India, with participation from 22 renowned colleges and more than 90 teams.
Approximately 290 engineering students, along with their faculty guides, participated in the competition. During the competition, students assembled an intelligent racing car that automatically recognized the specially designed racing track at the final competition venue. The finalist were selected based on their two round performances on the basis of the lap time taken, efficiency of algorithm, as well as the hardware inspection of car. After two days rigorous evaluation by judges, our college team 'Zealous' was selected as 4th prize winner and received prize money of Rs. 10,000.
Mohammad Zaid and Arjun Jauhari, under the supervision of Prof. Ekram Khan and Prof. M. Hasan of Electronics Engineering Department participated in the event. Mr. Andy Mastronardi, the Worldwide Director of Freescale University Program, Ganesh Guruswamy, the Vice President and Country Manager of Freescale Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd. and Prof. K. Gopakumar, the Chairman, CEDT, IISc Bangalore gave away the prizes to the winners.
'Smart Car Race India - 2010' received an overwhelming response from the student fraternity from engineering colleges across India, with participation from 22 renowned colleges and more than 90 teams.
Approximately 290 engineering students, along with their faculty guides, participated in the competition. During the competition, students assembled an intelligent racing car that automatically recognized the specially designed racing track at the final competition venue. The finalist were selected based on their two round performances on the basis of the lap time taken, efficiency of algorithm, as well as the hardware inspection of car. After two days rigorous evaluation by judges, our college team 'Zealous' was selected as 4th prize winner and received prize money of Rs. 10,000.
Mohammad Zaid and Arjun Jauhari, under the supervision of Prof. Ekram Khan and Prof. M. Hasan of Electronics Engineering Department participated in the event. Mr. Andy Mastronardi, the Worldwide Director of Freescale University Program, Ganesh Guruswamy, the Vice President and Country Manager of Freescale Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd. and Prof. K. Gopakumar, the Chairman, CEDT, IISc Bangalore gave away the prizes to the winners.
AMU students boycott food, put utensils at VC home in protest
http://www.hindustantimes.com/AMU-students-boycott-food-put-utensils-at-VC-home-in-protest/Article1-616067.aspx
Demanding restoration of the students' union, resident students at the Aligarh Muslim University on Thursday boycotted their meal in the hostel and placed cooking utensils outside the Vice Chancellor's house. A large number of students residing at the VM Hall and Habib Hall boycotted their afternoon meal and took out a procession carrying the utensils from the dining hall to the VC's residence.
They placed the utensils in front of the gate of the Vice Chancellor's lodge, where some students are on indefinite hunger strike since October 5.
The students are demanding restoration of their union, which was dissolved in 2007, and the removal of senior University officials whom they blame for rusticating more than 150 students during the past three years.
Spokesman of the student protesters, Mushtaq Ahmad, told mediapersons that they are holding such peaceful protest to express solidarity with those students who are on an indefinite hunger strike.
"We are determined to continue our peaceful protest until the university authorities decide to hold elections to the students union which has been defunct for more than four year now," he said.
Demanding restoration of the students' union, resident students at the Aligarh Muslim University on Thursday boycotted their meal in the hostel and placed cooking utensils outside the Vice Chancellor's house. A large number of students residing at the VM Hall and Habib Hall boycotted their afternoon meal and took out a procession carrying the utensils from the dining hall to the VC's residence.
They placed the utensils in front of the gate of the Vice Chancellor's lodge, where some students are on indefinite hunger strike since October 5.
The students are demanding restoration of their union, which was dissolved in 2007, and the removal of senior University officials whom they blame for rusticating more than 150 students during the past three years.
Spokesman of the student protesters, Mushtaq Ahmad, told mediapersons that they are holding such peaceful protest to express solidarity with those students who are on an indefinite hunger strike.
"We are determined to continue our peaceful protest until the university authorities decide to hold elections to the students union which has been defunct for more than four year now," he said.
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