Malegaon: Stating that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)
stands for learning and research, Vice Chancellor Prof PK Abdul Azis
urged the students and faculty members to maintain tranquility and
peace at every cost.
VC's appeal to the
students and faculty members came while he was laying the foundation
stone for the construction of classrooms and extension of library
building at the Department of Islamic Studies with a cost of rupees
74.70 lakhs.
Addressing the
foundation stone ceremony, AMU VC Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis said that
for the first time in the history of the University, UGC has
sanctioned Rs. 184 crore under the General Development Grant for XI
Plan.
The construction work
includes one library hall, two classrooms and two toilets.
According to the
University official Dr. Rahat Abrar, the Vice Chancellor,
Professor P.K. Abdul Azis also laid the foundation stone of
the extension of Faculty of Social Sciences building with an initial
cost of rupees 200 lakhs. The construction work will be completed in
the month of November 2010.
The construction work
of the Faculty of Social Sciences included one committee room, one
hall, one seminar hall, one chairman room, five tutorial rooms and
one office.
The building is single
storeyed RCC framed structure with structural provision to construct
three additional storyes in future.
Prof. Azis said that
new special centers at Mallapuram and Murshidabad will be
established very soon and Bihar Government has also allotted 250
acres of land for AMU Special Centre at Kishanganj.
He disclosed that Assam
Chief Minister has also urged the AMU to establish a new campus.
AMU Registrar, Prof.
V.K. Abdul Jaleel, Controller, Prof. Pervaiz Mustajab, Dean, Faculty
of Social Sciences, Prof. CPS Chauhan, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof.
Maria Bilquis also addressed the foundation stone ceremony.
Earlier, Prof. P.K.
Abdul Azis also laid the foundation stone of the University students
Canteen with a cost of Rs. 149.06 lakhs. This project will be
completed by May 2010.
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