Press Release

ALIGARH October 13: The 112th Orientation Programme organized under the aegis of the UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University successfully concluded today. University/College lecturers from various parts of the country attended the valuable programme.




Professor A.R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College felicitated the Course Participants and urged them to strive for academic excellence in their respective institutions and for communal harmony and social justice in their neighbourhood.



While addressing the gathering Professor C.P.S. Chauhan, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, AMU congratulated these teachers and drew their attention to the ever-growing body of knowledge. He underscored the need and urgency for mastering educational technology for the effective delivery of learning materials. He appealed to the teachers to ensure quality education as Indian educational institutions are not ranked very highly in the world. Apart from quantity, we should focus also on the quality of education imparted by teachers and institutions, he observed.



Dr. Suman Sharma and Dr. Uma Singh, representatives of the Orientation Programme also spoke on this occasion and hailed the spirit of communal harmony on the AMU campus during the Post-Ayodhya Verdict days. They placed on record their appreciation for the resource persons drawn from both the AMU and other parts of the country. Dr. S. Reshma Jamal proposed the vote of thanks.

Dr. M. Athar Ansari nominated as National Expert for revision of syllabus for NET

ALIGARH August 26: Dr. M. Athar Ansari, Chairman, Dept. of Community Medicine has been nominated as National Expert for revision of syllabus of Social Medicine & Community Health for National Eligibility Test (NET) of University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi.

Only seven members have been nominated from the country after the recommendations of the committee constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development under the Chairmanship of Prof. Balachander Mungerkar, Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India. Dr. Ansari has been given the task to bring new inputs and to upgrade the existing syllabi.

Meanwhile, Prof. Farzana Aleem, Department of Home Science has taken over the charge of Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University.