By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan
News & Features Services)
“The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
(SSUET), Karachi, is an institution on which, anyone having an admiration and
love with the great reformer and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, can feel
pride for its being the fruit of Sir Syed’s educational endeavours.”
This was observed by Vice-Chancellor SSUET, Prof. Dr Jawaid
H. Rizvi while speaking at a reception hosted by the Aligarh Muslim University
Old Boys Association (AMUOBA) in the honour of Dr Shaheer Khan, the visiting
Aligarhian and a noted member of Aligarh Muslim University Alumni, Northern California .
Dr Jawaid Rizvi welcomed Dr Shaheer Khan and appreciated his
services for the cause of the Aligarhians at the international level.
In his remarks on the occasion Dr Shaheer highlighted the
establishment of the Aligarh Muslim University Alumni USA. He informed that its
foundation was laid in the 1970s and now it has chapters in about 15 states
which are playing an important role towards promotion of cause of education and
Aligarh culture.
He further disclosed that a directory of Alumni members has
also been prepared containing names and addresses of some 25,000 members from
102 countries of the world.
According to him quite a few websites have been developed
and uploaded on the internet in relation to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and the Aligarh Muslim
University which contain enormous
information about the Aligarh Movement which ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan .
On the occasion he paid rich tributes to the late SSUET
Chancellor Engr Z A Nizami and the the late General Secretary AMUOBA, Engr
Mohammed Zakir Ali Khan, for the cause of promotion of the Aligarh Movement.
Appreciating the services of Dr Shaheed Khan in relation to
the cause of Aligarhians, the AMUOBA’s General Secretary Mukhtar Ahmed Naqvi,
described the establishment of the Sir Syed University as a great achievement
of the Alumni of the Aligarh Muslim University and this exemplary feat was
being eulogized the world over.
He suggested that a campaign be launched in the US for
Endowment Fund of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology.
