Global experts at AMU's conference on chemistry

Aligarh: Hundreds of delegates from India and abroad will gather here for a two-day 'international conference on chemistry' being organized by theAligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Saturday.

The conference is being organized as part of AMU's centenary celebrations.

The International Conference on Chemistry:Frontiers and Challenges will see the participation of delegates from the US, Poland, Saudi Arabia andMalaysia. Scientists from India and abroad will also deliver lectures. Around 500 delegates shall present their papers during the conference.

The inaugural function will be held at Kennedy auditorium, organizing committee Chairman Syed Ashfaz Nabi said. Padma Vibhushan awardee, former governor and former AMU Chancellor A.R. Kidwai, will be the chief guest.

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Pakistani professor says people of India and Pakistan should not look upon each other with enmity

Aligarh : Dr. Tariq Rahman, Emeritus Professor of Socio-Linguistic History at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan said that that the people of India and Pakistan should not look upon each other with enmity but with togetherness and need for Hindi and Urdu to come closer.

Dr. Rahman was delivering the extension lecture on 'Social and Political History of Urdu' organized under University Extension Lecture at Aligarh Muslim University.

In his presidential address, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis encouraged the students to have a positive attitude towards their mother tongue. Prof. Azis strongly stressed upon the need for promoting Urdu medium schools.

Prof. S. Imtiaz Hasnain, Coordinator, University Extension Lectures welcomed the guests and introduced the speaker.

Later in the afternoon, the Department of Linguistics screened two documentaries, namely Urdu hai jiska naam and Urdu in Modern India in the Arts Faculty Lounge to mark the International Mothers' Day. The documentaries are produced by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Related Picture1. Prof. S. Imtiz Hasnain addressing the University Extension lecture, L to R - Prof. Irfan Habib, Dr. Rahman, and Prof. PK Abdul Azis.

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Symposium on trends in biochemistry inaugurated at AMU

Aligarh: Inaugurating a National Symposium on 'Current Trends in Biochemical, Biomedical andEnvironmental Sciences' organized by the Department of Biochemistry, Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) said that it is quite appropriate in the present day scenario where interdisciplinary research is the norm and boundaries between various disciplines are getting blurred.

Prof. Azis said that the Department of Biochemistry has produced distinguished scientists and entrepreneurs and these alumni are working in theUnited States. He pointed out that AMU had decided to establish central instrumentation facilities with modern equipment to boost more research activities. 

Prof. Azis emphasized that the university needed biomedical, bio-engineering and environmental sciences departments and urged the faculty members to submit proposals for the same to theUniversity Grants Commission (UGC). 

He hoped that the symposium will promote scientific exchange and also encourage more collaborative and inter-disciplinary research at AMU. 

Organizing Secretary of the symposium Qayyum Husain, in his welcome addresses said that the first batch of M.Sc. Bio Chemistry passed out in 1959. "Since, then 56 students have obtained M.Sc. and more than 200 candidates awarded have gone to developed countries on post-doctoral assignment," he said.

He further added that the research activities of the department have been founded by national and international funding agencies. 

Faculty of Life Sciences Dean Masood Ahmed said that teaching of biochemistry had regained and affirmed the status of a foundation course on medical sciences. Health and disease of living organisms including human beings as well as of ecosystems are empirically assessed by biochemical parameters. 

He said that the product of the department has proved its worth in the developed world including USA, Canada, England, France and Germany and this department is considered as flagship department of this university. 

Prof. Rajiv Bhatt of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said that AMU is a vibrant campus. He said that Bio Sciences will be leading the future.

Prof. Bilqees Bano, Chairperson of the Department of Biochemistry proposed a vote of thanks and Ms. Maria Salman conducted the inaugural session. A large number of delegates from all parts of the country participated in the deliberations.

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First Sir Syed Lecture held at TISS, Mumbai

Aligarh: The first lecture in the Sir Syed LectureSeries was organized by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) at Mumbai on Monday. 

The talk was delivered by eminent historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Mushirul Hasan on "Voyage to Modernism: Syed Ahmad of Aligarh". 

He spoke about the breadth of Sir Syed's vision and the key role played by him in the educational upliftment of the country in general and the Muslim Renaissance in particular. 

The lecture was followed by a question-answer session. The lecture was attended by students and faculty members of different institutions of Mumbai. The Sir Syed Lecture Series was conceptualized by the students of TISS (several of whom are AMU alumni) to get the local students acquainted with his ideas. 

The lecture series seeks to discuss Sir Syed's thoughts in a theoretically-grounded manner and bring forth his relevance in present times. It also strives to identify new research areas on the workof Sir Syed and to enrich social sciences by arranging academic deliberations on his writings.

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