The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi.
THE appointments of several public-sector vice chancellors are being challenged in court. Recent examples include the Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Women University Swabi, the University of Karachi and the Federal Urdu University. Not too long ago, Dr Asim Hussain, chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission, said that unfit people were being appointed as VCs in Sindh’s public universities. In a letter to the chief minister, he raised serious concern about the capacity and moral fitness of such academics to lead universities.
The competition to head universities is intense and ugly, with many senior faculty members aspiring to the post. The perks and privileges, social status, high visibility in ceremonial events, frequent interaction with public functionaries as well as foreign travel beckon academics in this direction. Whenever an advertisement for a VC post is announced, hundreds of applications are filed. Whi
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A senior assistant editor with the Times of India, Mohammed Wajihuddin writes about Muslims, their issues, hopes and aspirations. Committed to upholding inclusiveness, communal amity and freedom to dissent and debate, he endeavours to promote peaceful existence. A passionate reader of Islam, he endeavours to save the faith from the clutches of the jihadists. An ardent lover of Urdu poetry, he believes words are the best weapons to fight jingoism. LESS. MORE
Syed Hashim Ali was Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in the mid-1980s. One evening he visited Ross Masood (RM) Hall, a hall of residence named after AMU founder Sir Syed’s only grandson Sir Ross Masood.
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Pilgrimage to Aligarh
Mohammed Wajihuddin
The sun on a lazy Sunday afternoon in February at Aligarh felt soft and soothing on the skin. I chatted with a caretaker at the guest house while Dr Rahat Abrar, ex-PRO and director, Urdu Academy at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), desperately waited for his driver at his house. He finally arrived in an SUV to pick me up.
People come to AMU with different purposes. Many come here to give tests, seek admission themselves or for their wards or give interview for jobs. My purpose to visit AMU, except the first time in mid-1980s for admission in Class 11, has always been uni-dimensional. Even if I am here for something else, I consider it as a pilgrimage and treat the opportunity as such.
AMU celebrates Republic Day The Milli Gazette Online 26 Jan 2021
Aligarh, January 26, 2021: Our Constitution is not just a mere set of fundamental laws that form the basis of governance, but it embodies certain basic values, philosophies, and objectives. These values find expression in various articles and provisions of our Constitution, as envisaged in the preamble-pertaining to sovereignty, socialism, secularism, democracy, republican character, justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, human dignity, and the unity and integrity of the Nation, said Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice Chancellor, Professor Tariq Mansoor.
He was delivering the Republic Day speech at the Strechy Hall. AMU today celebrated the 72nd Republic Day amid social distancing measures with enthusiasm and gaiety to commemorate the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect, in the year 1950, and the country became a republic.