By TCN News,
Chennai: A special screening of a documentary movie on the life of Sir Syed marked the AMU Alumni Association Chennai ‘Get Together’ here on October 26 to commemorate the 197th Birth Anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
The programme commenced with the recitation of Holy Verses from the Holy Quran by Abdullah Malik. Dr. Abdus Samad, Assistant Professor IIT Madras, while addressing the gathering highlighted the importance of higher education for the amelioration of Muslim community and called out the students of AMU to pursue higher education from IITs and IIMs. A 1973 pass out, Majid Khan, a retired banker, was the senior most Alumni present at the meet, a release said.
Rizwan Ahmad, Chairman and MD Oren Hydrocarbons highlighted the ideas of Sir Syed and stressed on the promotion of the mission of Sir Syed by Alig Biradari. “The education and tarbiyat at Aligarh prepares every student to face all the challenges of life with much ease,” he said and announced financial support of Rs. 5 lakh for the Alumni Association Chennai.
Mr Mobeen Ahmad, a Chennai-based businessman proposed registration for the relatively infant Chennai Association, which drew good response from the members.
Najmul Huda, IPS, DCP Chennai mooted the idea of establishing Chapters of the Association at Pondicherry University, IIT Madras and B.S Abdur Rehman University for these places have relatively higher concentration of AMU Alumni in Tamil Nadu region.
The programme – attended by about 60 Alumni from different walks of life, from in and around Chennai – concluded with the singing of AMU Tarana. The Get Together was organised at Mughal Zaika, a restaurant owned by an Alumnus Javed Alam Iraqi, and included a special dinner. The programme was conducted by Azam Sikander while Mohd Azhardin Ganayee, the Chief Organizer of the meet, proposed a formal vote of thanks, the release added.