Category: Muslim Upliftment

Seminar highlights challenges facing Indian muslims empowerment

AAGHAZ Foundation, a community-driven organisation working to eradicate illiteracy among Indian Muslim, organised a seminar on ‘Education and Empowerment Challenges Facing Indian Muslims and the Way Forward’ at Lucknow on September 16th. Academicians, muslim clerics, scientists, professionals, and businessmen turned up for the event at Umanath Bali’s J.S. Prasad auditorium. Maulana Saed-Ur-Rahman Azmi, Principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema, was the chief guest.

The President of the foundation and Dubai-based journalist, Mazhar Farooqui, made a power point presentation on the educational and economic status of Muslims in India.  He gave an overview of Aaghaz Foundation’s zero-expense model and its efforts in rooting out illiteracy from the community. Continue reading “Seminar highlights challenges facing Indian muslims empowerment”

Literacy initiative bearing fruits

THE Lucknow Guidance and Counselling Centre (LGCC) set up by the Aaghaz Foundation, a community-driven organisation working to eradicate illiteracy among Indian Muslim, in 2011 is showing encouraging results.

After the success of seven students who cleared a key banking exam, underprivileged Muslim students counselled/coached at LGCC are finding their footings in other fields too. These are some latest success stories –

1) Aiunul Hasan has been selected for a lucrative job at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)  in Gurgaon.

2) Kalbe Ali has ranked 448 in UPSEE (competitive exam for management and technical course), and has got a seat at Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida. The college is among top 10 colleges of UP and has an exceptional placement record.

3) Farwa Naqvi has been selected for B.Sc. Agriculture at Aligarh Muslim University. Initially, her parents wanted her to join a relatively lesser known college in Rae Bareilly. But after a counselling session with the centre changed their mind.

4) Bhupendra Kumar has been selected in JNU All India competitive exam for M.Sc. Biotechnology. He was allotted a seat at Allahabad University but has instead chosen Banaras Hindu University to pursue M.Sc. Biochemistry.

Besides, around 35 second batch students preparing for various competitive exams, dozens of poor Muslim students visit LGCC daily for counselling.

Aaghaz Foundation is likely to announce a course for armed and defence forces too, starting next month.

Aligarh movement to be revived

A MEETING was organised by Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association of Maharashtra (AMUAAM) on July 15, 2012, in Mumbai, to discuss the revival of ‘Aligarh Movement’, State’s lukewarm response to AMU Campus in Aurangabad, building of ‘Syed House’ in Mumbai and other pertinent issues.

The former Vice Chancellor, P.K. Abdul Aziz, with a direction from central government had decided to open five campuses of AMU in different parts of India, and Maharashtra was one of them. The site had been finalised by the university officials a long time back and the indication of the same had been forwarded to the state government to allot the site to University. The state government has so far shown no interest in expediting the process because of which campus construction has yet to start. AMUAAM  has decided to put this issue on its lists of priority and to take it up with the state government. A committee has been formed to address the same. Continue reading “Aligarh movement to be revived”