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Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) team led by Vice Chancellor
Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis received a mass welcome at Bagdogra airport
as thousands of people came to receive the AMU team.
In a touching gesture and taking the
AMU team
in a convoy of 150 vehicles from Bagdogra airport to Kishanganj,
almost 100 kilometers, the commoners as well as the elites of the district
urged the Vice Chancellor to bring the AMU Centre to Kishanganj at
any cost.
The AMU team was on a visit to Kishanganj to inspect 250 acres of
land identified by Bihar government for establishing Special Centre
of AMU under the provision 12(2) of AMU Act.
Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis made a detailed inspection of the site and
discussed the various aspects relating to the transfer of land with
the Collector of Kishanganj, Feraque Ahmad and other district
officials. The AMU team also had an interaction with the local
people who lived in the vicinity of the proposed land.
The visiting team was accompanied by Lok Sabha Member from
Kishanganj, Maulana Asrarul Haque Qasmi, the Collector of Kishanganj
district, Feraque Ahmad, the MLA of Kishanganj, Akhtarul
Imaan, MLA of Purnea district, Jaleel Rahman, another MLA of the
area Gopal Agrawal and a team of district officials.
The Vice Chancellor expressed satisfaction about the location of
the site but has suggested to the district officials that the land
should be contiguous and in one piece instead of being scattered in
three pieces. The Vice Chancellor has further stated that the
management and administration, security related issues, maintenance
of discipline, building of common facilities and easier access to
both students and staff necessitate having the Centre in one place.
The Collector and other officials present expressed confidence that
the suggestion of the Vice Chancellor could be managed by finding
out appropriate solution.
The common people of the area as well as the elites of the district
urged the Vice Chancellor to bring the AMU Centre to Kishanganj at
any cost. A delegation comprising intellectuals of the Kishanganj
district also met the AMU team and urged the Vice Chancellor to see
that their dream of having a modern educational institution with a
glorious past is translated into reality.
The Kishanganj Public Reception Committee organized a banquette in
honour of the Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis at Madrasa
Anjuman-e-Islamia. The programme was attended by a large number of
people of the area.
Addressing the gathering, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Azis said that the
enthusiasm, love and affection showed by the people of Kishanganj
touched the heart of AMU visiting team and the University is set to
establish the state-of-the-art centre at a place which is one of the
most backward districts of the country so that not only the Muslims
but also the people of surrounding regions get an access to quality
education.
Tracing the genesis of Aligarh Muslim University’s efforts in the
direction of educational uplift, he said that the alarming situation
raised by Sachar Committee and the suggestions made in the Fatmi
Committee have drawn AMU’s attention on taking the historical
initiative of establishing five special centres across the country
including Kishanganj so that the minorities who are the most
excluded social class get access to education.
Prof. Saud Alam Qasmi, Dean, Faculty of Theology, AMU said that the
initiative is going to benefit all the people irrespective of caste,
creed and religion. He said that the Aligarh Muslim University is a
citadel of secularism. On the one hand, it is having the Zakir
Husain College of Engineering and Technology and on the other, it
has the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. There is a Begum Sultan
Jahan hostel and the Sarojini Naidu Hall for girls at the same time.
Saheb Singh Verma, former Chief Minister of Delhi, Bheem Singh,
President of Panthers’ Party and a host of other non-Muslims are its
proud alumni. Like the sun, AMU spreads its light among every one
without any discrimination.
While welcoming the AMU team, the Member of Parliament from
Kishanganj, Maulana Asrarul Haque Qasmi said that the coming of AMU
to Kishanganj is like a dream turning into reality. Presenting the
statistics, he said that hardly 31% people of the region are
literate and the literacy among Muslims is at 24%. Maulana Qasmi
hoped that by the establishment of AMU Centre the situation is
likely to change as access to education is going to become easier
for all.
The Collector of the district, Feraque Ahmad, SP Dr. Chaurasiya
Chandra Shekhar Azad, MLA Akhtarul Imaan, the members of the
visiting team Prof. Ekram Husain, Principal of Zakir Husain College
of Engineering and Technology, Prof. Javed Akhtar, Dean, Faculty of
Management Studies and Prof. N. A. K. Durrani, Chairman, Department
of Mass Communication and Media Advisor also spoke on the occasion.
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