Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH:
Zahra Hashmi, a Class XII-Arts student of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Girls’ School was declared the ‘Best Debater’ of the debate contest on ‘Online Education is better than Offline’ held at the AMU Girls’ School.
She has also received a cash prize of Rs 5, 000, informed Amina Malik (School Principal).
source: http://www.amu.ac.in /Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) / Home> AMU News / by Public Relations Office, AMU / September 17th, 2022
Ghaziabad, UTTAR PRADESH / Illinois, U.S.A.:
Saba is the only candidate of Indian origin among 19 elected members from the state of Illinois. She came to the United States in 2007 and after initially working as an employment consultant, began promoting yoga in America by training yoga teachers.
Uttar Pradesh :
Saba Haider, an Indian-Muslim woman from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, has been nominated by US president Joe Biden for the state board member election from DuPage County in Illinois and given a ticket by his Democratic party.
Her website describes Saba as a community organizer, small business owner, a wife and a mother to a 14 and an 10-year-old. She has been running her business in the health and wellness area for over a decade. She provides wellness consulting services to corporate clients and local businesses and organizations from the Chicago-land area.
Biden appreciated Saba’s social work, especially during the worst phase of Covid-19 pandemic in the US.
More than one million voters will vote to elect their board members in this election, which is to be held on November 6 this year. The election is an important one as this state-level board directly makes public welfare policies in the state. There are a total of 19 members on the state-level board and 11 of them are democrats.
Saba is the only candidate of Indian origin among 19 elected members from the entire state. She came to the United States in 2007. After initially working as an employment consultant, began promoting yoga in America by training yoga teachers. She continued doing this for nearly 10 years.
Saba has described the opportunity as “a very important one”. She said that she is an ordinary citizen who has been playing the role of a mother, sister, wife and small business-woman until now. “Being given this opportunity in politics is a completely new and huge responsibility,” she said.
Saba is considered a strong candidate who is getting support from her Democratic party allies Sadia Covert and Don Dessert, who are contesting the same election from other districts. Being a Yoga trainer, she has emphasized mental health in her campaign and commended the American people for showing mental strength during the worst periods of the Covid-19 pandemic.
If Saba wins the election, she will replace Amy Shavez, a democrat whose term ends in December.
Family elated at her success
Her family lives in Vijay Nagar, a posh area of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. She is the eldest daughter of her family. Her father was an engineer in Uttar Pradesh Water Department and her mother runs a school in Ghaziabad.
Her two younger brothers, Abbas Haider and Zeeshan Haider are elated with their sister’s achievements.
Expressing happiness during an interview, Saba’s younger brother Abbas Haider said that “Saba has always been active in social work as she believes in helping people.”
“In America, she has always stood with people who needed help of any kind. It didn’t matter whether the person was Indian, American or of any other country, she has always stood with others,” he said.
Abbas said that Saba was active during the Covid-19 pandemic period. “She helped people in many ways during Covid. She feels that politics is a good way to improve the society and help the people as a whole and hopefully she will win the elections,” he said.
He called her nomination a matter of great pride for the family and the entire country
www.sabahaider.com
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Lead Story / by Aas Mohammad Kaif, TwoCircles.net / September 12th, 2022
Bidar, KARNATAKA :
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2021 results have been announced on Monday by the Karnataka Examination Authority.
Nishat Fatima from Shaheen Group of Institutions in Bidar has bagged the 9th rank for the state.
A total of 26 students from Shaheen College have secured below 500 rank in BNYS and BVSc courses.
source: http://www.thehindustangazette.in / The Hindustan Gazette / Home> News> Education / by The Hindustan Gazette / September 20th, 2021
Bidar, KARNATAKA / Shekhawati, RAJASTHAN :
At least ten Madrasa pass-outs called Hafiz have cleared the NEET examination after receiving coaching from the Shaheen Group of Institutions of Bidar, Karnataka, and four of them have scored above 600 marks and my most likely be eligible for admissions to the coveted government medical colleges.
According to a spokesperson of the Shaheen group of Institutions, these ten students were admitted to the “Academic Intensive Care Unit for the dropouts” – an abridged course that prepares these students for entrance examinations. He said they came to them with knowledge of Arabic and Urdu languages.
The Shaheen Group of Institutions has released this poster on the Twitter about the success of four Madrassa students:
🎈🎈 Congratulations Huffaz Tops NEET 🎈🎈#ShaheenBidar #NEETResult2022 pic.twitter.com/2OIyODxsrH
The Shaheen group of Institutions prepares Hafiz (pass-outs of Madrasa) for competitive examinations for medicine and other professional colleges.
Like the previous years, this year also the Shaheen group of Institution’s result for the NEET examination is impressive. The management is expecting that more than 450 students will get admissions into government medical colleges.
Dr. Abdul Qadir, Head of the Shaheen group said that 12 students who completed the Hafiz course in Madrasa studied for a basic course in the Shaheen group of institutions by doing a bridge course and have done well in the NEET.
Besides the Madrasa pass-outs, a large number of students who cleared the NEET are from the government schools, Kannada medium, and, rural areas.
Madrasa graduate Mohammad Ali Iqbal said, “I am very happy because I have got 680 marks in NEET.” He had completed his Hafiz course and emerged as a topper in Shaheen College and s all set to realize his dream of getting admission into a Medical college after studying in the Shaheen Institutions.
Shekhawati Region (RAJASTHAN):
At least five Muslim girls from the Shekhawati district of Rajasthan have cleared the entrance examination for the Medical colleges through NEET-2022.
In comparison with the other parts of Rajasthan, the trend of women’s education, especially among the minority community, has been on the upswing in the Shekhawati district for the last two-three decades.
Zainab Malwan, daughter of Professor Raj Malwan of the Government College, Sikar, has secured 870th position in the All India list of the NEET result. Ishrat Khan from Bissau has secured 667th rank in All India and Farhana from Nuh village has secured 8336th rank in NEET.list of successful candidates. Rizwana of Balod Bade village has secured 4871st rank, and Tanjim Bano of Modawasi village has secured 5981 ranks in the final list of successful candidates for the NEET examinations.
source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> India / by Ashfaq Kayamkhani / September 098th, 2022
Hubballi/Dharwad, KARNATAKA :
Students of Hubballi and Dharwad have done well in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical courses, with several scoring above 600 marks.
Gagan Thimmanagoudar of KLE Society’s P.C. Jabin PU College has secured 681 out of 720 marks topping in the college. Vachana Ammanagi has secured 541 marks, Principal V.R. Waghmode has said in a release.
Ananya Karpur, of Veman Vidyavardhak Sangha’s K.H. Patil PU Science and Commerce, College, Hubballi, has scored 670 out of the 720, securing the All-India Ranking of 1,451.
Prerana Residential PU College, Hubballi, has once again registered good results in NEET. Three students, Fiza Anzum (641), Shreyas Fakkirswamy (637), and Vishal Sakri (600) have crossed or touched the 600 mark. Other toppers of the college are K. Chetan (595), Poojya Munyal (591), Sahana (564), Prachi Darak (558), Meghana Patil (553), Chinmay Salmani (547), Basavaraj Ijeri (540), and Ankita Jantli (528).
Aman Shanbhag of JSS R.S. Hukkerikar Arts, Commerce and Science PU College, Dharwad has secured 624 marks and Suraj has secured 607.
Students of Sana Shaheen PU College, Ayesha Siddiqa Dharwad (574), Mohammed Taha (541), Madiha Oomorose (524), and Umme Hifza Bilepasar (512) have topped the college.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> India> – Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Hubballi – September 10th, 2022
Howrah, WEST BENGAL:
More than 500 students from the Al-Ameen Mission’s 70 branches in West Bengal passed the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2022 with flying colours.
M Noorul Islam, head of the Institution said, “I have had the biggest success this year, as the number of Al Ameen Mission students who have secured 600 and above points in the NEET is around 200.”
Last year, 510 Al Ameen coaching academy students passed the NEET and were accepted into various medical colleges.
According to Islam, the number is likely to be higher this year as his team finalises the list.
Islam said that that the majority of the students are from rural areas and come from remote villages throughout West Bengal.
Kishankur Bhumika, a non-resident student, is this year’s Al-Ameen topper. He received 686 out of 720 points in the NEET and was ranked 427 at the All India level.
Irfan Habib, son of farmer Abdul Subhan of Devcharai village in Tafanganj, Cooch Behar, has received the highest marks among the mission’s resident students. He received 685 points and is ranked 594th in the all-India list. Aside from that, many Al Amneen Mission students scored more than 650 points on the NEET.
Akhtari Parveen, a female student at Al-Ameen Mission, is among the achievers . She has been a student at Al Ameen Mission’s Khalatpur campus since Class VII. She got 653 marks in NEET with the help of Al Ameen Mission and her all-India rank is 3915.
Al-Ameen Mission, based in Howrah, has produced over 3500 doctors (MBBS & BDS) and 3000 engineers, in addition to scores of researchers, administrative officers, teachers, and professors.
Nurul Islam founded the organisation, which now operates 70 coaching institutes in 20 West Bengal districts.
The organisation educates 17,000 residential students and employs over 3000 teachers and non-teaching staff. The main campus of Al-Ameen Mission is in the West Bengal district of Howrah, at Khalatpur (Udaynarayanpur).
“We utilize Zakat and Sadaqah funds to achieve our goal and play our role in nation building. We urge the community members to support our efforts ” Islam told Muslim Mirror.
“Most of the students who have qualified NEET from Al Ameen Mission belong to very poor backgrounds and weaker sections of society. We nurture their talent, develop their intellect and provide them a good environment so that they could come out with their best,” he said.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com /Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim> Positive Story / by Muslim Mirror / September 10th 2022
Guwahati, ASSAM:
Nilufar Ahmed, a 2nd-semester student of the Bachelor of Computer Application (CT&IS) programme at Assam down town University, scripted history when she emerged victorious with the Gold medal in the 60-65 kg category at the 44th National Arm-Wrestling Championship held in Jammu & Kashmir.
The Championship was organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Arm Wrestling Association. It was held between August 18 – 22 at Ganderbal, J&K.
She also secured the “Champion of the Champions” title in the All-Women’s category at the same event and is, therefore, attained the undisputed No. 1position among all women players of all categories.
The Assam Women’s team was adjudged the best team at this event.
Earlier this year, she participated in the district-level and state-level Arm Wrestling Championships held in Bihdia and Nagaon respectively, where she bagged the Gold in both these events. These victories paved the way for her entry into the National Championships this year.
Before Nilufar ventured into arm wrestling, she was a proficient taekwondo player but had to withdraw due to some injuries. Her entry into the arm wrestling sport has been quite a recent phenomenon and it has been just a few months since she first started practicing the sport on a whim.
Her coach Mr. Debajit Sharma, who is a popular figure in the sport of arm wrestling introduced her to the sport of arm wrestling and trained her. With sheer hard work and a Never Say Die attitude, she has been able to conquer her fears and emerge victorious.
She is the daughter of Mustaque Ahmed and Safia Begum of Guwahati, who are very supportive of her sporting aspirations.
Nilufar is now preparing to achieve greater heights by practicing for forthcoming arm wrestling championships in the international arena.
source: http://www.skilloutlook.com / Skill Outlook (text) / Home> Top News / by Skill Outlook (headline edited) / September 03rd, 2022 / pix: Twitter@NorthEastToday
Hyderabad, TELANGANA :
Hyderabad:
In a first of its kind, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is coming out of its academic cocoon and honouring a few of those whose contribution to the spread of Urdu across the linguistic communities in unmatched. Most of them are the unrecognized greats of the Urdu language, literature and culture.
The University has aptly selected Teachers Day that falls on September 5 (Monday) to honour the greats of the language. They have been named as Sitara-e-Urdu or the Stars of Urdu.
According to sources this will become a permanent feature of the MANUU calendar.
A press note from the PR Department of the university, Prof. Siddiqui Mohd. Mahmood, Dean, School of Education and Training (SET), informed that his former veteran colleague Prof. Amina Kishore has agreed to speak on “Challenges of Being a Teacher in 21st Century” at CPDUMT auditorium at 11.00 am.
Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice-Chancellor will preside over the function.
The felicitation programme has been organized by Centre for Urdu Culture Studies to mark the occasion.
Prof. Shugufta Shaheen, Chairperson of the Felicitation Committee, said that Lakshmi Devi Raj, Syed Jafar Amir Rizvi, Shahid Husain Zuberi, Oudesh Rani Bawa and Mazhar uz Zaman Khan will be honoured for their unique role in promoting Urdu in its various forms.
The lecture and felicitation will be webcast live on IMC-MANUU YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/imcmanuu.
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News / by News Desk / September 02nd, 2022
ANDHRA PRADESH :
Five professors and lecturers of different universities and colleges in the undivided Anantapur district and three in the undivided Kurnool district have been selected for Best Teacher Award 2022.
Five professors and lecturers of different universities and colleges in the undivided Anantapur district and three in the undivided Kurnool district have been selected by the State government to receive the ‘Best Teacher Award 2022’ out of the 24 Statewide on Teachers’ Day on September 5.
While Government Arts College, Anantapur Botany Department in-charge lecturer E. Sreedevi got selected, others include Sri Krishnadevaraya University Rural Development and Social Sciences professor M. Muninarayanappa, JNTU Anantapur Mechanical Engineering professor M.L.S. Devakumar and V. Venugopal Reddy from the same department and T.S. Syam Prasad, lecturer in Political Science, Government College for Men, Anantapur.
In the Kurnool district, those selected for the award are K.V.R. Government College for Women, Kurnool, Urdu Department lecturer Irfana Begum, Biochemistry lecturer B. Dhanashree from the same college, and A. Vimala Rhode of Silver Jubilee Government Degree College.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> India> Andhra Pradesh / by Ramesh Surla / Anantapur-Kurnool / September 03rd, 2022
Valpoi Town (Sattari ),GOA :
Sibga Yusuf Shaikh, a resident Valpoi town in Goa, has excelled at University by winning the Gold medal in her Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in (Elections & Telecommunication).
Sigba, a student of the Don Bosco college, Maragao, has scored 86.6% and received first rank at the Goa University to bag the Gold medal
She was felicitated on 26 August at the hands of Governor Shridharan Pillai in Goa University campus during the 33rd Annual convocation ceremony.
Speaking with Muslim Mirror Sibga said that it was her father’s dream to see her as a doctor or an engineer.
“I couldn’t get seat in MBBS so I chose to become an engineer and started giving my 100% to studies and Alhamdulillah got excellent results,” she said.
“I used to study 4 to 5 hours daily, going to Margao (about 45 km) to attend college daily was tiresome and time consuming but when we are committed to studies it becomes easier,” she added.
Sibga hails from Valpoi town of Sattari which is located in North Goa district. She is believed to be the first girl from entire Sattari Taluka who received a gold medal at the Goa University in engineering faculty.
Father of Sibga,Yusuf Shaikh, who is transporter felt very proud and said their dream has come true.
Head Master of Unity High school Mr.Ashraf Ali Khan said that he is proud and happy to learn that the ex student of the school has received gold medal for having stood first in B.E. at Goa University.
Ashraf said, “She was indeed a bright student during her school days and performed well in all fields.”
“Sibga was found well disciplined and sincere, established a good rapport with teachers and fellow students. I wish all the very best in her career,” he added.
Sibga was felicitated by SIO recently for her achivement. She is now planning to pursue masters degree abroad.
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Positive Story / by Imran Inamdar / September 03rd, 2022