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 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: His Life And Contribution:
Sir
Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was a great visionary,
statesman and
Muslim reformer of the 19th century, the like of whom is rare. He
wanted to make the community and country progressive
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Aligarh:
Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim
University launched the website Sir Syed Today (http://www.sirsyedtoday.org)
in the central hall of Maulana Azad Library, AMU.
The website has been designed by Dr. Masarrat Ali, an AMU alumnus
from USA.
Dr. Masarrat Ali claimed that this is the first and
largest digitization work in India dedicated to any person or
institution. The website has more than one lakh ten thousand pages
of historical documents related to Sir Syed, MAO College and AMU
history.
He said that more than 45,000 pages of Aligarh Institute Gazette and
five thousand pages of Tehzibul Akhlaque were digitized. He said
that the purpose of this website was to revive the Aligarh Movement.
He also presented a set of 103 CDs to the Vice Chancellor, Prof.
Azis.
Dr. Masarrat Ali said that this is a humble tribute to the founder
of his alma mater, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Dr. Masarrat Ali joined AMU in 1971 as Pre-University student and
earned a Gold Medal in M. Sc. (Biochemistry) in 1977. He is one of
the first Aligarians who had the vision and courage to establish
Alpha Diagnostic in 1994, which is now regarded as one of the
largest and most successful, world renowned Bio-tech Company of USA.
Dr. Ali was bestowed upon the honour of Ronald Reagan Gold Medal by
President Bush in 2005. During the same year he was also declared
the ‘Businessman of the Year’.
He is the first Indian Muslim who was nominated as an official
candidate of Barack Obama’s Democratic Party to run for the House of
Representatives elections in Texas (USA).
In his presidential address, the AMU Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K.
Abdul Azis said that Dr. Masarrat Ali is a distinguished old boy
with great passion for doing something extra ordinary for his alma
mater and community at large. He is an embodiment of so many
abilities, qualities and success in his personal and professional
life.
Prof. Azis mentioned that project initiated by Dr. Masarrat Ali has
completed and now would be available to entire world. He said that
Dr. Masarrat Ali has done a marvelous job for digitizing the entire
collection of books, speeches, letters and articles written by Sir
Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of the Aligarh Muslim University.
He said AMU wants men of excellence to lead the nation and urged the
students to imbibe a new culture and a new sense of inspiration.
Addressing the function as a guest of
honour, Prof. V. K. Abdul Jaleel, Registrar said it is a historic
moment for the Aligarh Muslim University to launch a website. He
said that the vision and mission of Sir Syed is very relevant today.
He said that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Azis is spreading the
message of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan by establishing special centres in
different parts of country.
In his welcome address Prof. Shabahat Husain, Librarian-in-charge of
Maulana Azad Library said that Dr. Masarrat Ali is also planning to
produce a documentary on the life and works of Sir Syed to bring
international recognition to the founder of this great seat of
learning. He is also planning to establish a Nursing School in India
with US affiliation from San Antonio, TX, which has the finest
nursing schools in the US.
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