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Vice President
Hamid Ansari urges Muslims to 'seek equity, not concessions'
Aligarh, October 18 (Pervez Bari): Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid
Ansari has urged the Muslim community to 'seek equity, not concessions' from
government. He warned the community that failure to participate in India's
'growth story' will lead to its marginalization and as such to save itself
from such a situation it should introspect.
Inaugurating the first World Summit of AMU Alumni at Aligarh Muslim University
here at Aligarh on Saturday, Hamid Ansari, who is himself an alumnus of AMU
and also a former Vice-Chancellor of the university, urged the Muslim
community to "emulate and adapt the initiatives taken by other communities in
creative ventures in the field of education independent of Government
agencies."
Ansari regretted that "we did not appreciate the need for organized
philanthropy for public purposes."
Stressing the need for female literacy he made a strong plea for launching a
campaign for female education as it is a must for educating new generation.
Meanwhile, about Rs. 1.5 crore was pledged by the old boys on the first day in
the first technical session after the inaugural function to donate to the
Alumni foundation for the proposed targeted corpus of Rs. 100 crores.
Addressing a gathering of over 500 Aligarh Muslim University alumni from as
many as 20 countries, Ansari said the Muslim community should adapt to
changing requirements of time and pointed out the need to draw every segment
including women into the sphere of education.
This, he said, was the only way out if the Muslim community is to partake in
India's historic growth story.
"We as a community have failed to appreciate the need for education for all
sections. Our illiteracy levels continue to remain above the national level
and we continue to lag behind in ensuring education at the primary level and
for women," the Vice-President said.
Rejecting the growing clamor for 'quotas' in educational institutions and
jobs, Ansari said the community should 'seek equity not concessions' as
'seeking specific dispensation will not take us too far'.
"Let us candidly admit that we have failed to conceptualize the demands of a
changing environment and failed to understand that education cannot be
sectional," Ansari emphasized.
Ansari urged the Aligarians to introspect and to do some cost accountancy on
the occasion. Sir Syed's message to bring the fruits of modern education to
the Muslims of India succeeded to a point but the educational advancement
succumbed to selectivity. As a result literacy level remains below the
national level and only sections of the well-to-do were exposed to modern and
higher education. He urged the AMU students to adopt a proactive mode to
withstand the challenges of knowledge society.
He urged AMU old boys to adopt innovative thinking rather than nostalgia and
it is the need of the hour. Appreciating the concept of setting up a corpus
fund of 100 crores for re-equipping the laboratories, opening new courses, up
gradation of facilities and construction of new hostels, He said that the
proposed "AMU Endowment Fund" will usher in a new era of academic
rejuvenation.
Uttar Pradesh Governor, T.V. Rajeswar announced a contribution of Rs. One Lakh
to AMU Alumni Fund from Governor's discretionary fund on the occasion. He also
paid rich tributes to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Jharkhand Governor Sayyid Sibtey Razi said that the emerging knowledge based
society has thrown open new challenges. He urged AMU to put emphasis on
e-education and e-literacy.
AMU Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis who conceived the idea of World
Summit of AMU Alumni said that the Summit is braced for repositioning the role
of AMU in the contemporary globalized world. He declared that the AMU will
celebrate a decade long Centenary programme of academic rejuvenation with the
support of AMU Alumni. AMU will celebrate its first centenary in 2020. It was
converted into a central university in 1920.
AMU Chancellor Justice A.M. Ahmadi released the Souvenir of the Summit and
presented its first copy to Prof. Emeritus Irfan Habib.
Uttar Pradesh Minister Jaiveer Singh, Kaukab Hameed, Masood Akhtar Dr. Hasan
Kamal and Dr. Musarrat Ali, all three AMU old boys from USA who have made a
distinct mark in their professions, also spoke on the occasion.
The program ended with Aligarh Tarana rendered by the students under the able
guidance of Johny Foster which made the whole gathering emotional as they
tapped their toes and clapped in unison.(pervezbari@eth.net)
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