Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has selected Naziya Syed of Bangalore for Student of the year 2013-2014 Award along with four other students across the globe who appeared for the exam and overall academic performance. Naziya completed her Certificate, Professional and Advanced Level , in the year 2012- 2013 respectively from ICAEW
The award was given at Chartered Accountant Hall’s at the headquarters of ICAEW in London on 17 November 2014.
Naziya, aged 21, is a qualified Chartered Accountant Article (Intern) at Ernst and Young.
When asked what special did she do that she was awarded student of year she said “Dream big and commit yourself to your dreams, and believe that your hardwork will return you great rewards.”
She is thankful to her teachers and family for their support and guidance. Naziya did her 10+2 from RV College (Bangalore) and schooling from Shantiniketan Educational Institute (Bangalore) in the year 2009.
She said her future plans are to pursue MBA and Insha Allah lead a firm one day.
source: http://www.milligazette.com / The Milli Gazette / Home> Online News > Special Reports / Online pub. Jan 20th, 2015 / Print: 1-15 Jan 2015
JSS Law College toppers are seen with (from left) Principal Prof. K.S. Suresh, KAT Registrar M. Mahadevaiah, Karnataka State Bar Council Chairman P.P. Hegde, Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, JSS Mahavidyapeetha Executive Secretary B.N. Betkerur, Chairperson of Karnataka State Women’s Commission Manjula Manasa and Vice-Principal Shivananda Bharathi.
Mysuru :
Karnataka State Bar Council Chairman P.P. Hegde called upon young advocates to strive their best for a corruption-free India.
He was delivering the eighth Graduation Day address of JSS Law College at the College premises on New Kantharaj Urs Road, Kuvempunagar, here yesterday.
Noting that our country has a glorious legacy of heritage and culture, Hegde said that the country is making big leaps in almost all fields and it would be no surprise if the country becomes a super-power shortly.
Pointing out that learning is a continuous process, he advised the graduating lawyers to always look at opportunities for enhancement of knowledge while reiterating his call for the young advocates to root out corruption and other social evils that have been haunting the country.
Chairperson of Karnataka State Women’s Commission Manjula Manasa and KAT (Karnataka Administrative Tribunal) Registrar M. Mahadevaiah were the guests of honour. College Principal Prof. K.S. Suresh, Vice-Principal Shivananda Bharathi and others were present.
A total of 103 students from three under-graduate (BBA LLB; BA LLB and LLB) and one post graduate (LLM) programmes were awarded degree certificates.
The toppers in BBA LLB are: Preethi L. Malavalli, Keerthana Gopal, Swathi Sharma, Anjana Hariprasad and Apoorva Tripathi.
BA LLB: Albert Meena, S.S. Sirichandra and A. Abhishek.
LLB: S. Razia Sultana, B.B. Chinnu Theresa and A. Stephen Okai.
LLM: B.S. Pratibha and Premalatha.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Wednesday – July 01st, 2015
Of 37 Muslims who cleared UPSC, 15 were sponsored by Zakat Foundation of India
Zainab Saeed of West Benga ranked 107 and Afaq Ahmed Giri of Jammu and Kashmir who ranked 457 in UPSC were students of Zakat Foundation
Zainab Saeed of West Bengal has qualified for UPSC on her third attempt, having opted for low-key coaching in the first two years. Those prepared her only for the prelims and the mains, not the crucial interviews. “It was too costly in prominent coaching institutes,” said Zainab, who has cleared the interviews now with a rank of 107 in the final list.
She eventually trained for the interviews free, with the mock interviews sponsored by Zakat Foundation of India. “The facilities of ZFI are a boon for the minority community,” said Zainab, daughter of a businessman. “They have a diverse panel for interviews. It helped me a lot.”
The UPSC results traditionally show a low representation of Muslims, with 37 out of 1,200-odd in this year’s selection list, but among those 37 is a high representation of aspirants sponsored by ZFI. Using zakat, the compulsory alms given by Muslims every year, ZFI has been funding and providing coaching for needy Muslim candidates for eight years. Of the 40-odd it sponsored this year, 26 cleared the UPSC prelims and 15 of them eventually made it to the selection list.
“We always talk about poor representation of the community in the civil services, but hardly 2,000 Muslims appeared in the exam among 11 lakh. When you don’t appear, how will you succeed?” Zafar Mahmood, who founded ZFI in 1997, told The Indian Express. “We talk of poor representation but one needs to prepare students who can crack the examination. It is the toughest examination in the country.”
Mahmood is a former civil servant. He had worked with the Sachar Committee and retired as chief commissioner, income tax, in New Delhi in 2009.
ZFI initially engaged in activities such as running an orphanage and helping the destitute. The coaching programme began in 2007. In eight years, 63 of its students have cleared UPSC including the 15 in the current year. The 63 include seven Christians.
The model ZFI follows is unlike that of organisations that hire teachers for coaching. ZFI allows each student to choose what they feel is the best coaching institute in Delhi. “Most students prefer civil services coaching in Mukherjee Nagar locality. We arrange for hostel accommodation in the same locality and pay the fees. For each student the expenses come to around Rs 1.75 lakh.”
The number of students depends on the zakat received from Muslims. It ranges between around 30 and 55 students and ZFI has to select them through a test for a bunch of applicants. This year 1,150 students took the test before 40-odd were selected. “We are soft towards girls and encourage them,” Mahmood conceded. “However, no seats are reserved for them.”
Afaq Ahmed Giri of Jammu and Kashmir is among those who availed the ZFI facilities. “I had my own arrangements for staying in Delhi and did not take the hostel offered by the organisation. But I took part in a mock interview session and that helped me,” Afaq told The Indian Express.
He had qualified for IRTS last year and was working. That would mean he was not “needy” in the sense of zakat, but the interview sessions were free for him too. This year, he ranked 457 in UPSC.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> India> India-Others /by Mohd. Faisal Fareed, Lucknow / July 07th, 2015
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday declared the results of the Civil Services 2014 examinations. IRA SINGHAL has secured the top position in UPSC civil services examination 2014. RENU RAJ and NIDHI GUPTA came second and third respectively in the examination.
A total of 1236 candidates have been recommended for appointment including 590 General (including 15 Physically challenged candidates), 354 Other Backward Classes (including 05 Physically challenged candidates), 194 Scheduled Castes (including 01 Physically challenged candidate) and 98 Scheduled Tribes candidates.
BeyondHeadlines also tried to collect all Muslim names from the UPSC result 2012 which has come today (4th May 2015).
It is pleasing that nearly 37 successful candidates are Muslims and of them in top hundreds are 4 candidates. According to this list of 1236 candidates, 37 are Muslims which means that stands 2.9%. Last year, 31 Muslim candidates were successful in the UPSC examination out of 998 who qualified.
In what can be termed yet another feather in the cap of this illustrious institution, Government Brennen College, Thalassery, has been accorded special heritage status by the University Grants Commisson (UGC). The college, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, has been sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore for the conservation of valuable articles of historic and archaeological importance.
“We have received a communique in this connection from the UGC. The recognition and financial support would go a long way in preserving several articles of historic significance in the college dating back to the colonial period,” said principal P M Ismail. “Every department in this historic college has something or the other, including rare furniture, and they need to be preserved.”
As a start, the college plans to set up a small museum on its campus. Later, steps would be taken to preserve vintage buildings, too. “From the specimens and microscope in the zoology department to various other articles and documents in other departments, the college is a treasure trove that needs to be preserved for posterity,” said Valsalan A, head of the history department, who took the initiative – along with colleagues Dinesan V, Gireesh Vishnu Namboodiri and Sudheer Kumar P – to obtain UGC aid as part of recommendations in the 12th Plan.
The college, incidentally, also houses the remains of a fort on its campus, which has been described as a redoubt (temporary fortification) in William Logan’s Malabar Manual. This too needs to be protected, Valsalan said. Since there are limitations to use the UGC aid for this purpose, their plan is to approach the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the coming days, he said.
The college was established in 1862 by Edward Brennen, a master attendant at Thalassery port, as a free school in Thalassery town. Later, in 1890, it was elevated to the status of a II-Grade College, and was shifted in 1958 to the new building at Dharmadam. In 2011, the college was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with A-grade.
Now, with this rare accomplishment, the college plans to organize a year-long 125th anniversary celebration, which would be finalized later, the principal said.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kozhikode / by P. Sudhakaran, TNN / July 04th, 2015
Allahabad Museum and ministry of culture have organised a one-month long documentary film making course. The course was inaugurated by director, Allahabad Museum Rajesh Purohit and HoD, department of Urdu, Allahabad University, Ali Ahmad Fatmi.
Speaking on the occasion Purohit stressed upon that the documentary workshop is an intensive hands-on course that teaches students to work individually or in a group to produce a documentary on a topic of interest and community relevance. Independently and in groups, students conduct research on their chosen topics.
They identify and conduct interviews with community leaders. Additionally, students learn basic production skills such as camera operation and audio recording. When they have completed filming, the students participate in all facets of post-production, including sound mixing, video editing, voice-overs and title cards.
The students are responsible for all decisions, academic as well as artistic, they decide how to present their material and strive to do so in the most meaningful and logical.
Purohit emphasised the technical aspects of documentary making especially how a filmmaker needs to be a good story teller.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Allahabad / TNN / July 03rd, 2015
Qaiser Shameem recites a poem from his collection. Picture by Gopal Senapati
His poetry is about life, society, relationships and his experiences. Those who read him feel that he evokes sentiments that are lost in everyday life. Qaiser Shameem writes in Urdu, the language in which he can express himself best. Living in one corner of Shibpur, Shameem’s works are recognised nationally and outside the country as well. He was invited as chief guest at an international shayari sammelan organised in London in 2006.
In 2013, Shameem was part of a team selected by the Department of Urdu in Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi for translating selected Rabindranath Tagore’s works into Urdu. “We had to attend a five-day workshop and each writer was assigned a certain poem, novel or short story by Tagore to be translated into Urdu. I translated his poem, Jatri,” said Shameem.
Qaiser has always been involved with various literary activities. When he was a boy, he liked to study. Qaiser Shameem was born as Abdul Qayyum Khan in Angus in Hooghly district. He was the eldest among his siblings. His father worked in a factory, but the young Shameem always told him that he wanted to study. Since 1951, Shameem’s poetry, short stories and critical essays have been published in almost every Urdu magazine and journal in the country. Shameem was also a bright student. He passed the High Madrasa examinations with a first class and was a topper in the board in 1953.
Since he wanted to study further, Shameem had to shift to Howrah, closer to Calcutta for better opportunities. He took admission in Central Calcutta College, better known today as Moulana Azad College. “I had to give tuitions to students to earn a living. I had to send money back home to run the household and also run my own expenses here,” said Shameem. While studying and teaching, Shameem was also writing, attending literary meetings and doing other things. “I was a regular at the Progressive Writers’ Association, where I had met Subhas Mukhopadhyay and Pervez Sahidi and other well-known writers,” said Shameem.
After college, Shameem took up teaching Urdu in a number of schools in Howrah and Calcutta. He was also a professor at the Urdu department of Calcutta University from where he retired. He now teaches at his college, Maulana Azad College. Shameem was also the co-editor of two magazines, Azad Hind and Howrah Times.
From 2002 to 2005, he was the joint secretary of Paschim Banga Urdu Academy.
Shameem’s collection of poetry have been published as books like Saton ka Samandar (1971), Saans ki Dhar (1997) and Pahar Kaatte Huye published in 1998. Tridhara published in 1996 was Shameem’s collection of Hindi poetry. “I always believed that words and literature are a stronger medium than any other form of expression,” he said.
While writing, Shameem has also established Writers’ Association in Howrah in 1966. “The plan was to have a cultural exchange between Urdu writers and writers of other languages. I wanted to start a group where all writers would get an opportunity,” said Shameem.
Other than Tagore, Shameem has also translated the works of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Mahasweta Devi.
MORE ABOUT SHAMEEM
DoB: April 2, 1936
Born in: Hooghly
Education: MA
Family: Wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren
Loves: Writing
Hates: Two-facedness
source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph, Calcutta,India / Front Page> Howrah> Story / Friday – July 03rd, 2015
The District Collector’s Internship Programme (DCIP), a first-of –its-kind initiative in the country, will be launched at the Indian Institute of Management – Kozhikode (IIM-K) at Kunnamangalam here at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday.
True to its motto of facilitating the development of a compassionate and professional civil society, the programme will be inaugurated by two students, Fatima and Fatima Baby, who are leading their lives after a series of struggles.
The two Fatimas, one of them an undergraduate at the Homoeopathy College at Kottayam, have been chosen for the inauguration considering their achievements in spite of their physical disabilities.
“They are not only a symbol of women empowerment but also role models for the youth.
In fact, the life of one has inspired filmmaker Anjali Menon to portray on celluloid the radio jockey Sarah in the blockbuster Bangalore Days , ” N. Prasanth, District Collector, told The Hindu on Wednesday.
The DICP is an unpaid multi-disciplinary internship programme for senior and junior development fellows.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / Kozhikode – July 02nd, 2015
Every day, before the sun goes down, Khurrum Sheriff (22) and a bunch of other youngsters flock to the masjid at 3rd Cross, Benson Town. They wait for customers to arrive at their makeshift stall to break their fast. They dish out everything from piping hot samosas, spring rolls and biryani to juices and milk shakes, and ensure that all items are sold.
The money racked up from the sales doesn’t end up in their pockets, instead it’s handed over to the mother of a cancer patient.
This is how several residents of Benson Town, who ta ke turns to prepare food and sell it, are observing the holy month of Ramzan. And all this amid their work schedules.
It all started when Tasmeen Farzana Khan, counsellor at a government aided school, came to know about Sunandha R (name changed), a 13-year-old girl in her class suffering from blood cancer. “Sunandha’s father has passed away and her mother, who works as an attendant, is struggling to make ends meet. I learnt that the treatment costs around Rs 16 lakh. And it’s a challenge to keep Sunandha away from the fund-raising as she doesn’t know about her ailment,” she added.
When Tasmeen brought the issue to the Benson Town Youth Association’s notice, members came up with the idea of the stall.
The team comprises 17 members, say AS Nimra Khan (18), a PU student, and Sarah Yaseen (19), a college goer. “Every afternoon, we assemble at the basement of Sarah’s house to cook. We share the task of preparing different food items. By 5pm, we throw open the stall and sales go on till 7pm,” said Nimra.
Khurrum says the response to the initiative has been great and many volunteers have co me forward to offer monetary help. “The month of Ramzan is one wherein we have to donate whatever we can to the needy. Helping a cancer patient, we thou8ght, may be one of t he best ways to do that. We will carry out the exercise throughout the month,” he added.
Sunandha’s mother said she is overwhelmed by the support. “I just want my child to get relief,” she added.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bengaluru / by Rohith B R , TNN / July 02nd, 2015
Stanford University students Aashna Shroff, Akhila Moturu and John Kamalu at the launch of Girl Code Camp at Chirec International School in Madhapur on Saturday | RVK Rao
Hyderabad :
An alumnus of city-based CHIREC International School, along with two of her undergraduate batch mates from Stanford University, has launched a concept named Girls Code Camp (GCC) which is aimed at creating a network of young women who are confident in their abilities to computer code and use technology to foster change. The Girls Code pilot boot camp at CHIREC is scheduled to be held from June 29 to July 4, 2015.
The trio – Aashna Shroff, Akhila Moturu and John Kamalu – is conducting GCC as a 6-day workshop in partnership with select schools in Hyderabad. Aashna Shroff is a sophomore at Stanford pursuing Computer Science and Economics; Akhila Moturu is a freshman majoring in Computer Science at Stanford University, seeking a minor in Education; and John Kamalu is a freshman interested in Computer Science and Linguistics at Stanford University.
Each workshop is being planned around an innovative theme that allows girls to align their interests with what they are learning. Workshops will be on Mobile App development, web development and hands-on tinkering for 8th to 10th grade girls.
Speaking at the launch of the pilot boot camp at CHIREC, on Saturday, BVR Mohan Reddy, founder and executive chairman, CYIENT and chairman, NASSCOM, told young girls to be fearless and compete with men in every field. He urged the students to make full use of technology around in creating social equity. “Technology today is all pervasive and accessible. It is constant though the velocity of change is increasing. Predictability of technology has come down and ICT is at the pinnacle of the change,” he said. Further, he opined that use of technology can bring about a social transformation in sectors like education, health, hygiene, and agriculture.
“The idea is to bridge the gender disparity in technological fields in India. With better exposure to computer science skills, girls can take charge of their lives and their communities,” said Aashna. According to her, there exists better awareness abroad for bridging gender disparity apart from combat mechanisms in the form of special scholarships for girls, and student groups.
Iffat Ibrahim, principal, explained about the efforts being taken by the school in empowering students. The GCC will be conducted at NASR girls school, Meridian International School, Sreenidhi International School, and Oakridge International School in the city.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / June 28th, 2015
