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AMU condemns Gaza attacks

The Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association has passed a unanimous resolution condemning the Israeli strikes on Gaza.

“Palestinians have every right of independence and respectable life, which Israel with the help of its Western supporters is ruthlessly denying to them. The AMU teaching community shares the shock and surprise on the considered silence and inact ion of the powerful nations of the world on Israeli savagery and crime of killing so many civilians,” noted Qazi Ehsan Ali, honorary secretary of the Association.

The AMU faculty has demanded that the United Nations take immediate action against these attacks on Palestine and a ceasefire be enforced without any delay.

Prof. Akhtarul Wasey of the Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi is back after a successful stint as a Fulbright scholar in the US.

The first to be awarded a Fulbright fellowship from Jamia and the first Fulbright scholar from India in the field of Islamic Studies, Prof. Wasey was attached to Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, in the US as part of the Fulbright Inter-faith Commu nity Action Programme from this past September to December.

During his stint, Prof. Wasey delivered lectures, interacted with students, non-government organisations, community and outreach discussion groups and participated in several inter-faith events.

He took part in “The Fund for Peace” discussion on “Uses of American Power in the 21st Century” and spoke to the local Muslim population on the need for an inter-faith dialogue.

He spoke to students at Xavier University on different subjects such as Islamic theology and the practice of Islam in India.

Prof. Wasey also delivered talks on “Living in a majority culture as a member of a minority culture” and “Islam and democracy”.

The Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University, which had initiated establishment of the Law and Social Sciences Research Network (LASSnet), is organising its inaugural conference on the campus later this week.

The centre is anchoring LASSnet that was established in December 2007 to map the field of law and social sciences in South Asia.

“The network was set up with an objective to bring together academics, lawyers and researchers engaged in innovative legal research in South Asia. As the first such initiative in South Asia, the network has generated much interest among scholars and already boasts of more than 180 members,” says Pratiksha Baxi, assistant professor at the centre.

“The LASSnet community has so far been interacting through virtual spaces like our blog (lassnet.blogspot.com). Over 160 participants are coming over to attend the conference,” she adds.

Eminent scholars like Prof. Rosemary Coombe, Prof. Upendra Baxi, Prof. Sheila Jasanoff, Prof. Marc Galanter and Prof. Veena Das are expected to attend the event starting on Thursday.

The Noida campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, organised the valedictory function of its first six months’ General Management Programme for defence officers this past week. The programme is a specially designed course for officers from the Army, the Navy and the Air Force to enable them to utilise their talents in the field of management after serving the forces.

The course began on July 21 last year and 60 officers, including eight women, had enrolled for the programme.

The programme offered specialisations in marketing, human resources management, operations management and strategy.

Parul Sharma

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