By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: The Ajmal CSR has announced its plan to set up 10 new colleges in Assam including one in Bodoland Territorial Aare Districts (BTAD) during the year 2015. It was declared during the three-day annual convention of Ajmal CSR officials and heads of institutions run by the Ajmal Group in Assam’s Hojai.
The convention from January 13 to 15 also witnessed several meetings and interactive sessions in a bid to enhance the performance. Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, CEO of Ajmal CSR & Member of Parliament and Abdur Rahman Ajmal, Trustee and Member of Assam Legislative Assembly were present in all the programmes.
Passed out trainees of the ‘Seekho aur Kamao’, a placement linked development programme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs are seen here with officials of Ajmal CSR on completion of their training in Hojai
During the session, Ajmal CSR informed the participants about their plan for commencing the ‘Ajmal National Rural Education Movement’ (ANREM) likely to be launched from Guwahati within a few months.
The first session was held on January 13 in which announcement was made about plans for establishing ten new colleges in Assam including one in BTAD during the current year. It may recalled that Ajmal CSR runs 14 colleges, 21 Markaz academies in addition to a number of technical and professional institutions across Assam. The CEO also informed the participants that efforts are on for setting up of an institute for law research, a medical college and a university in the near future.
“It’s our pleasure to contribute in developing the education scenario of the state. We will leave no stone unturned in making the people of the state educated and especially those who are financially and otherwise weak in the society,” said an official of Ajmal CSR.
The second session which was held in the evening of January 13 saw heads of different wings of Ajmal CSR making power point presentations highlighting their performance during the years and their plans for the coming months.
The Principals’ Meet of all institutions run by Ajmal CSR was held at the conference hall of Maryam Ajmal College of Science & Technology for Women, Hojai on January 14. Musharraf Hussain, Director of Ajmal Industrial Training Institute, Kapasbari was given a cash award of Rs 15,000 and his fellow trainers an aggregate of Rs 25,000 for innovation as well as providing overseas placement to over 50 trainees during the last three years.
Dilwar Hussain, Principal, Ajmal College, Kharupetia and his colleagues received an aggregate award of Rs 50,000 for their ‘Reach Out’ programme under which teachers visited the homes of students, discussed issues relating to the student’s progress and helped the families come out of their immediate problems.
A placement linked 90-day programme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India ‘Seekho aur Kamao’, conducted by Ajmal Foundation, came to an end on January 15, 2015. Participants of the annual convention interacted with the 22 passed out students of the programme at Ajmal Foundation Office in Hojai.