Sir Syed Day Celebration All Over The Wotld 2014 By AMU Alumni's
Sir Syed Day celebrated in UAE.
Sharjah,
Nov 3 :Former union
cabinet minister
Mani Shankar Aiyar
joined Sir Syed Day
function which was
celebrated in
Sharjah. Mr Shankar
was the guest of
honor of that
occasion. The Vice
Chancellor of AMU,
Lt. Gen. Zamiruddin
Shah was the chief
guest of the
function. His
mission is to
generate funds for
the development of
AMU.
Gen. Zamiruddin Shah has set for himself a target of generating Rs. 100 crores in 5 years from AMU Alumni in UAE. On that occasion the president of the AMU forum , UAE, Syed Mohammad Qutubur Rahman appealed the members to contribute generously for the alma mater .
“The UAE is home to a large number of AMU alumni who are educated, professional and are making contributions in various sectors. I am delighted to be sharing the joyous occasion of Sir Syed Day with such a large community of Aligarh students in a foreign land,” said Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah . Shah also highlighted the unique relation the UAE has shared with the university over the years.
Applauding
the historical role
of the rulers of UAE
in the development
of Aligarh Muslim
University
Gen Shah said
“Sheikh Zayed
Bin Sultan Al
Nahyan, first
president and
founder of the UAE,
visited the
university in 1975.
His donation then
allowed us to
establish the
Institute of
Petroleum Studies
and we are eternally
thankful for that.
The institute has
helped produce a
large number of
engineers and
scientists some of
whom have come back
to work in this
country and the
region,”
In the year 1999, Obaid Bin Saif Al Nasseri, the then Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, visited AMU to receive D. Lit. Degree (Honris Causa), he informed the attendance .
While speaking to the gathering the guest of honor , Congress leader and former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said that no party could form government in India without the wishes of minorities. “It is the religious minority in India that decides who gets the political majority’ he added.