By TCN News,
Aligarh: Jamia Urdu Aligarh is going to bestow “Daktur-e-Adab” award to Award to Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit; Former Chief Minister of U.P. and National President of the Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav; Eminent film actor Mohammad Yusuf Khan popularly known as Dilip Kumar, famous Poet and Writer Sampooran Singh Kalra alias Gulzar and Chief of Bureaus the Sahara Urdu Media Dr. Syed Asad Raza Naqvi for their services for the cause of Urdu.
The award will be presented by Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah on August 30, 2012.
A National Seminar on “Linkage of Madarsa Education & Urdu language to Employment : Possibilities” is also organized on the occasion at Kennedy Hall Auditorium, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh at 10:30am wherein Hon’ble Chief Minister NCT Delhi Smt. Sheila Dikshit will be Chief Guest.
Apart from the Hon’ble Minister, a galaxy of eminent dignitaries like Dr. Khwaja Mohammad Ekramuddin Director NCPUL, New Delhi, Mr. Safdar Husain Khan Chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission, New Delhi, Dr. Syed Asad Raza Naqvi, Group Editor, Rashtriya Sahara Urdu, New Delhi,Prof. Syed Waseem Akhter, Vice- Chancellor, Integral University, Lucknow will also address the said seminar. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Lt. Gen (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah will preside the seminar.
Director of Jamia Urdu Aligarh, Jasim Mohammad said, “Daktur-e-Adab” Award is being bestowed upon those who have rendered service to the cause of Urdu and social upliftment. He said, “earlier also Jamia Urdu Aligarh had presented the said award to former Prime Minister like Smt. Indira Gandhi, Shri V.P. Singh, Shri I.K. Gujral, Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr. S.Y. Quraishi and eminent Film Director Shi Mahesh Bhatt.