Regarding Mr. Tariq Islam

Dear Aligs,

Assalmualaikum,

This rebuttal had been invited quite sometime back on the debate relating to Mr. Tariq Islam's suspension. I didn't respond thinking that their is an inquiry commission which would do their job, but several people have been asking me on this subject on and off and this has been raised at AMU Network too on several occasions, one recent reference is by Dr. Tariq Mahmood (mahmoodtariq008) with the subject "[AMUNetwork] The recent crises at AMU and the involved parties..... ." sent on Friday, November 27, 2009 5:23 PM. So I have decided to share some information on this topic.


BACKGROUND:

1. On 28-Jun-1979, Council for National Academic Awards issued a certificate to Mr. Tariq Islam of The Polytechnic of North London that he has been awarded a degree of Bachelor of Arts with THIRD CLASS HONOURS. (Self Attested by Mr. Tariq Islam)

2. On 03-Jul-1984, Mr. P. G. Holiday, Registrar of The Polytechnic of North London issued a certificate that Mr. Islam got THIRD CLASS HONOURS. (Self Attested by Mr. Tariq Islam)

3. On 16-Feb-2009, Mr. Peter Fisher, Records and Compliance Officer issued a certificate that The Polytechnic of North London has awarded Mr. Tariq Islam a degree of Bachelor of Arts with THIRD CLASS HONOURS. (Self Attested by Mr. Tariq Islam)

4. On 30-Mar-2009, Mr. Peter Fisher responded to query submitted by AMU's registrar on Mr. Tariq Islam's percentage of marks in B.A., to which he informed that Mr. Tariq Islam received THIRD CLASS HONOURS with 46% marks.

5. On 13-Aug-2009, Mr. Peter Fisher responded to the Chairman of Department of Philosophy in which he certified that Mr. Tariq Islam received THIRD CLASS HONOURS with 46% marks and also issued the ceriticate for the same.

Note: Mr. Tariq Islam does not have a Master degree in Philosophy. However, he was granted admission at AMU to M.Phil. and Ph.D.



DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY MR. TARIQ ISLAM FOR B.A.:

1. B.A. degree with THIRD CLASS HONOURS

2. "Mark Sheet":

Photocopy of a document of, The Polytechnic of North London on the pad of Chris Cook, head of the department, department of history, philosophy and european studies, where Mr. Tariq Islam's name, First year five subjects, Second year seven subjects and Third year "no marks given to students" have been recorded.

This document is neither being signed nor the nomenclature of the course on the document has been mentioned. The document also does not contain class, roll number, enrollment number, result (pass or fail), date of issue, session and signature of issuing officer.

Note: As per AMU rules, it does not accept marksheets which does not mention the course/examination name, academic session etc.



EMPLOYMENT FORMS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY MR. TARIQ ISLAM:
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- On 24-NOV-1987, employment form for local selection committee for lecturership in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.

- On 16-DEC-1988, employment form for local selection committee for lecturership in which he recorded 56.83% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.

- On 25-OCT-1989, employment form for local selection committee for lecturership in which he recorded 56.4% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.

- On 16-AUG-1991, employment form for local selection committee for lecturership in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.

- On 01-OCT-1998, employment form for general selection committee for lecturership in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: SECOND.

- On 22-JAN-2002, assesment form for senior scale lecturer under CAS scheme, in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.

- On 16-OCT-2003, employment form for general selection committee for the post of professor in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.

- On 30-OCT-2006, performa of data relating to teachers of the university in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: SECOND.

- On 31-DEC-2007, assesment form for promotion as professor under CAS, in which he recorded 56.8% marks and in the column of division: BLANK.



Note:

1. Mr. Tariq Islam never mentioned Third Class Honours in any of the forms submitted by him (Concealment of Fact).

2. Mr. Tariq Islam never mentioned that he obtained 46% marks. (Concealment of Fact)

3. In all places he has mentioned 56.8% instead of 46% marks. (False Information)

4. In at least two forms he has mentioned his division to be second. (False Information)



CLARIFICATIONS SOUGHT BY AMU:

1. On 30-OCT-2006, Chairperson (Dr. Roshan Ara), Department of Philosophy, asked to put his signature on each page of the performa submitted on 30-OCT-2006 but he declined the request.

2. On 01-NOV-2006, Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, requested for copies of certificates/ degrees in support of information provided on perormace on 30-OCT-2006, which he declined.

3. On 02-NOV-2006, Chairperson, escalated the matter to the Registrar as Mr. Tariq Islam declined to provide any supporting documents.

4. On 14-DEC-2006, Registrar (Prof. Faizan Mustafa), sought clarification on this matter, within 15 days.

5. On 31-DEC-2007, Chairman (Mohammad Muqim), sought copies of all degrees and marksheet wrt assesment form for promotion as professor under CAS but he could not submit the required documents.

6. On 18-JAN-2008, Deputy Registrar Selection Committee sought clarification and asked him again to submit the proper marksheet within 15 days, to which he did not comply.

7. On 10-MAR-2008, Deputy Registrar Selection Committee sought clarification again and asked him to submit B.A. marksheet within one month. He could not comply.

8. On 11-FEB-2009, Registrar (Prof. V. K. Abdul Jaleel) asked to furnish information regarding the enrolment/registrat ion number in The Polytechnic of North London within 3 days.



SHOW CAUSE NOTICES:

1. On 28-APR-2008, Chairman, Department of Philosophy, wrote a letter to Mr. Tariq Islam and asked him to comply within 15 days to which he did not.

2. On 27-FEB-2009, Registrar, wrote a letter to Mr. Tariq Islam to explain his position within 2 days failing which necessary action will be taken as per university rules.

In absense of appropriate response from Mr. Tariq Islam, AMU contacted Peter Fisher, Records and Compliance officer, London Metropolitan University (previously The Polytechnic of North London), to which he mentioned the percentage is 46% with THIRD CLASS HONOURS. Below is important text from his letter to understand the context:

"1. The 7 subjects SHOWN under 'SECOND YEAR' were, in fact, each tought over a period of 2 years. Hence, it would have been more accurate (and certainly more helpful!) to have had these subjects listed under the Second AND Third years.

2. The results of resit examinations are shown in terms of the actual marks awarded to the resit papers. However, the regulations show that where resits were taken, the resulting marks were automatically capped at 35%, for the purpose of calculating the final degree classication. (NB: THe first year results did not count towards the final degress classification) .

Hence, the aggregrate mark for the Second and Third year work is 46% (48+61+35+45+ 63+35+35= 322, divided by 7 = 46%). This corresponded to a Third Class degree (falling, as it does, within the range 40-49%)" From the letter of Peter Fisher dated 30-MAR-2009.


CONCLUSION:

All this while, Mr. Tariq Islam's main response has been "why now after so many years?".

I believe enquiry committee is working hard and I have full faith that they will come out with a fair and just report.

Anyways, does it seem to be a conspiracy because of Mr. Tariq Islam's active participation in RTI queries?

OR

Does it seem to be a genuine and correct action taken by the AMU administration?

YOU CHOOSE.

regards,

M. Muqim
Chairman,
Department of Philosophy

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Rahul Gandhi to tour Uttar Pradesh :

Lucknow, Dec 2 (IANS): Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is set for a two-day tour of Uttar Pradesh from Dec 7 during which he would try and woo rural youth to join the Congress, party officials said Wednesday.
Gandhi will visit districts in central Uttar Pradesh including Lucknow, Kanpur, Ambedkarnagar and Lakhimpur Kheri and interact with students in schools and colleges.

“Rahul-ji is likely to address a gathering of students in Lucknow Dec 8 and will also meet members of the party’s youth wing,” Meghna Patel, a representative of the Congress youth wing in Lucknow, told reporters here.

The Amethi MP is also likely to visit the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Lucknow University, party officials said.

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ALIGARH December 2: On the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee, the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis has revoked the suspension order of eighteen students with immediate effect with a condition that each student is required to furnish an undertaking in writing duly approved by the Disciplinary Committee to keep good behavior in future and they are warned to be more careful in future.

These students were found guilty of misconduct and indiscipline and were suspended from the rolls of the University on November 4-5, 2009.

The students were involved in disturbing the classes and vitiating the academic functioning of the University leading to its closure. The students whose suspension was revoked on the recommendation of the Disciplinary Committee were Mr. Mohd. Ibrahim, Mr. Tanzeel Ahmad, Mr. Mohd. Ahmadullah Beg alias Khurram, Mr. Md. Adil Hossain, Mr. Irfan Khan, Mr. Mohd. Faizan Khan, Mr. Shujatullah, Mr. Malik Ausaf Ahmad, Mr. Syed Mukarram Ali, Mr. Fahim Ahmad Siddiqui, Mr. Hilal Khan, Mr. Md. Shadab, Mr. Seraj Ahmad, Mr. Akhlaque Alam, Mr. Mohd. Javed Kuraishi, Mr. Javid Ali, Mr. Md. Farhan Ashraf and Mr. Sumit Kumar.


(Dr. Rahat Abrar)

Public Relations Officer

Foreign e-Journals Available at AMU

ALIGARH December 2: A reputed subscription agency of foreign e-journals, Infomatics (India) Ltd., Bangalore has made the accessibility to e-journals possible on the IP ranges of the Aligarh Muslim University available through J-Gate Portal. Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian-in- Charge, Maulana Azad Library, AMU has said that the University students and teachers may now access the J-Gate facility from anywhere in the campus directly through the URLs www.jgate.in and www.j-gate.informin dia.co.in as no log in ID or password is now needed to access the same.

J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature. Launched in 2001 by Informatics India Limited, Bangalore J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles offered by 6524 Publishers that are available online. It has a massive database of journal literature, indexed from 20943 e-journals with links to full text at publisher sites. J-Gate also plans to support online subscription to journals, electronic document delivery, archiving and other related services. J-Gate offers two types of products/services, J-Gate Portal and J-Gate Customized Services.

J-Gate is endowed with brilliant features and benefits that are extremely helpful to the students and faculty in their research activities. The J-Gate Portal provides access to 1510 e-only-journals with open access to 6108 online journals and links to 2414092 open access articles.

The J-Gate TOC and Database allows various search options for the user's convenience. The user can choose to search e-journals and free to access articles by Title, Author, Authors' Address/Institution , Keywords, etc.

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ALIGARH December 1: The Aligarh Muslim University re-opened today and the classes in the Faculty of Medicine, Unani Medicine, Engineering & Technology, Management, Life Sciences, Bio-technology, Agricultural Sciences and Class XII along with all the University maintained schools from Nursery to Class X were started and the majority of students have reported to assume classes.

The students were received by NSS volunteers at the Railway Station and special conveyance were also provided to reach the hostels.

The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis directed all the provosts to open the dining halls yesterday itself. The Vice Chancellor also directed building department to provide electric connection fixing heaters and electric press.

Classes for Faculty of Science, Commerce and Law will commence from December 4, 2009 while the classes in the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences, Theology along with Class XI and Diploma in Engineering will be starting from December 8, 2009.


(Dr. Rahat Abrar)

Public Relations Officer

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