The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Monday Oct 17,2016 celebrated 199th birth anniversary of its founder Sir Syed Ahmad Khan with hundreds of students and guests participating in it.
The chief guest at the event was the University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Ved Prakash.
Delivering the presidential address, AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt General (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah said that students can celebrate next year’s Sir Syed Day by doing research, which not only marks the importance of the occasion but takes the University standards to a new level.
He further said that this will be a better way of celebrations than merely giving speeches.
Delivering the welcome address, AMU Pro Vice Chancellor, Brigadier S Ahmad Ali said there is no doubt that AMU was founded to uplift Muslims, but the University was always open to all communities.
“AMU’s first graduate Ishwari Prasad was a Hindu and the University boosts of representation of people from different communities in various faculties, departments and offices,” said the Pro VC.
Sir Syed’s birth anniversary in the Aligarh community is more popularly known as the ‘Sir Syed Day’.
The next year AMU will celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
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