By TCN News,
Aligarh: The UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University today launched two Orientation Programmes and Subject Refresher Course in Oriental Studies. Seventy university and college lecturers from 11 states including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar, J&K, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, MP, UP, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have enrolled for these courses.
23 teachers of Urdu, Arabic, Persian etc. have enrolled for the three-week SRC in Oriental Studies while 47 teachers of various disciplines are attending the four-week Orientation Programmes.
Prof. A. R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College addressing the inaugural session of SRC
Speaking at the Inaugural function, Prof. A. R. Kidwai, Director, welcomed the participants and highlighted the mission and vision behind organizing these courses. He said that the two major objectives behind these courses is to equip the teachers with better teaching skills and to facilitate an intermingling of people from different states, cultures and linguistic orientations.
Eminent resource persons will deliver lectures on various topics and interactive visits will be organised to the AMU campus, Maulana Azad Library, heritage museum and orphanage.
The programme was attended by course coordinator for SRC in Oriental Studies Professor Sagheer Ifrahim, Department of Urdu and ASC Faculty Dr. Reshma Jamal and Dr. Faiza Abbasi.