By RINA,
New Delhi: Charanjeet Singh Atwal, Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha and Justice Mohammad Suhail Ejaz Siddiqui, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions, are among those to be honoured this year with Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Award.
Others to be honoured with Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Award 2008 are Manorama Deevan, Chief Editor, Press Asia International, Shahid Ali Khan (IPS), Mohammad Ateeq Siddiqui, Editor, AlYaum, New Delhi, Dr. Haneef Tareen and Saulat Public Library, Rampur.
According to M. Saleem, General Secretary, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy, the award ceremony will be held on December 15 at Ghalib Academy in New Delhi. Dr. G.M. Qazi, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard, will preside over the award ceremony. The Academy has been giving away awards in the fields of politics, journalism and social service since 1989.