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Tag Archives: AMU
Closer Look: Aligarh Movement
There are three myths about the Aligarh movement: it was simply a movement for education, Aligarh Muslim University IS the movement, and that the movement is long dead. Syed Ahmed Khan’s concerns, visions, and efforts for the Indian Muslims came to be later known as the Aligarh Movement but it was not simply a movement to make Muslims learn Western education or even the establishment of a university. It was a movement to give mission to a community that seemed to have lost its bearing in the fast-changing world, to prepare them for new challenges, and give them new tools to connect back to their religion and history. Incredibly, Muslims of India still face these issues and the need for Aligarh movement is still alive. Continue reading
A Du‘aa’ For AMU, JMI & Jamia Hamdard
Du‘aa’ is not an alternative to action. It is only for reinforcement of actions. “Almighty Lord! Make our students understand Your Book in its totality and become leaders of the entire humanity. Almighty Lord! Help our students abolish the division between dunyaa and deen. Almighty Lord! Help our students eliminate the division of knowledge into ‘secular’ and ‘religious’. Almighty Lord! Help our students develop a coherent body of ideas and creatively reach out to the unknown with critical and scientific thinking. Almighty Lord! Make our students master all the sciences of the world and become founders of many more. Almighty Lord! Make the Muslims contribute their maximum to the world civilization and enrich it to the best of their capacities.” Continue reading
AMU vs Nalanda University: Nitish Shows Different Approach
Nitish Kumar is showing keen interest for setting up the Nalanda University and has given 448 acres of land free of cost, and urged Krishna that the Nalanda University Bill 2010 should be approved for consideration in the Parliament and not sent to the standing committee. While Kerala and West Bengal governments provided the 400 and 355 acres of land without any fuss, the Bihar government made it a controversial topic with its decisions. Nitish Kumar announced that his government will provide the required land in Kishanganj instead of Katihar as earlier decided by the AMU administration in February 2009. Further in September 2009, Nitish announced that he will provide 100 acres land free of cost to AMU. On disapproval of AMU administration finally Nitish Kumar agreed upon giving 250 acres land but he put the 30-years-lease bound before AMU administration in February 2010. Continue reading
Auditing Aligarh Muslim University Faculty: Lock Over Research In Talagarh?
What does one expect from a university’s faculty dedicated to the educational modernization of Muslims? Of course nothing less than a leadership role in scholarship about the community to which it primarily caters. How many doctoral dissertations have been completed at the three departments at AMU? Does the topic of research of the dissertations cover issues of Indian Muslims? I examined the titles of 144 dissertations in the Economic Department and found a mere 5 pertinent to Indian Muslim issues; 121 dissertations were submitted in the Department Sociology between 1971 and 2006, none pertained to contemporary Indian Muslims; out of 250 dissertations in Political Science submitted from 1959-2008, only three pertain to contemporary Indian Muslim issues. Continue reading
Why Do Vice-Chancellors Fail At Aligarh Muslim University?
If we look at the tenures of Vice Chancellors (VCs) at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in the last couple of decades we find that most of them, even though they were distinguished and competent managers, ran into substantial problems. What might be the reason behind this? Continue reading
Halwa Paratha At Aligarh Numaish
Aligarh Numaish (Exhibition) is an annual fair that is well attended and widely anticipated. Saad Akhtar clicks the life cycle of the delicious halwa paratha at the numaish. Continue reading
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Tagged Aligarh Numaish, Aligarh-Muslim-University, AMU, Exhibition, Halwa Paratha
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PK Abdul Aziz: New Vice Chancellor Of AMU
Dr. PK Abdul Aziz will join as the 17th Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University later this month. He was previously serving as the Vice Chancellor of Cochin University of Science & Technology in Kerala. There are two important things … Continue reading
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Tagged Aligarh-Muslim-University, AMU, PK-Abdul-Aziz, Vice-Chancellor
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MUSLIMS @ AMU?
IM Blog welcomes Syed Shahid Abbas as a new contributor. Originally from Patna, he studied for an MBBS degree at AMU and is currently enrolled in MPH program at Johns Hopkins University. CNN-IBN correspondent Seemi Pasha, recently reported on the … Continue reading