Jamia
honours Ambassador of Saudi Arabia
Wednesday July 20, 2011 02:38:06 PM,
IANS
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Jamia Millia Vice Chancellor
Najeeb Jang conferring the title 'Nishan-e-Azad' on Ambassador
of Saudi Arabia Faisal Hasan Trad Wednesday. |
New Delhi: The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Wednesday conferred its first ever
Nishan-e-Azad title on Faisal Hasan Trad, ambassador of Saudi
Arabia to India, for his signal contribution to the growth of the
91-year-old university, one of the country's oldest.
"We acknowledge the role played by him in fostering closer
education ties between Jamia and institutions of higher learning
in Saudi Arabia whereby several Memorandum of Understanding were
signed and many successful visits made including those by heads of
state," Jamia Vice-Chancellor Najeeb Jung told IANS.
"He (Trad) is a rockstar among the diplomatic corps," he added.
Jung said the varsity - which became a central university by an
act of parliament in 1988 - had developed a deeper bond of
friendship with Saudi Arabia in Trad's tenure and he intended to
trengthen the association.
"Efforts have been made by (Najeeb) Jung to bring this university
to an international level and I have tried to support him because
education spreads peace and knowledge," said Trad to a packed
house after receiving the honour at the M.A Ansari auditorium.
"We will witness more cooperation between Jamia and the
universities in Saudi in times to come," he added.
Speaking on the issue of Jamia getting a minority status, Trad
said it would definitely help Muslim students who aspire to get
educated.
"The minority status is indeed a big support for our Muslim
brethren," he said.
According to Jamia, the title of 'Nishan-e-Azad' has been
instituted in the memory of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first
education minister of independent India.
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Jamia
Millia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jang conferring the title 'Nishan-e-Azad'
on Ambassador of Saudi Arabia Faisal Hasan Trad on July 20,
2011. |
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