12 research scholars from JMI bags the prestigious Prime Minister Research Fellowship

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NEW DELHI :

Summary

Last year 6 researchers of the university were awarded the prestigious fellowship under the December 2020 drive but this year the number of recipients just doubled. The researchers will receive a fellowship of Rs 70,000 for the first two years, Rs 75,000 for 3rd, and Rs 80,000 for the fourth and fifth years

Twelve research scholars from Jamia Millia Islamia University have been selected for the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) Award under the lateral entry scheme of the May 2022 drive, the university announced on Wednesday.

Last year 6 researchers of the university were awarded the prestigious fellowship under the December 2020 drive but this year the number of recipients just doubled. The winners of this year are:

  1. Nadeem Ahmad (Department of Civil Engineering)
  2. Mohammad Ariz (Department of Electrical Engineering)
  3. Mohammad Masood (Department of Biotechnology)
  4. Gulnaz Tabassum (Department of Biotechnology)
  5. Ayesha Aiman (Department of Biosciences)
  6. Sakeena Masrat (CNN)
  7. Mudasir Younis Sofi (Department of Physics)
  8. Shah Masheerul Alam (Department of Physics)
  9. Shelly Bhardwaj (Department of Chemistry)
  10. Sneha Shukla (Department of Chemistry)
  11. Abdus Samad (CIRBSc)
  12. Nuha Abeer Khan (MCARS)

Vice Chancellor, Prof. Najma Akhtar said, “JMI stands for excellence and strives hard to provide its students with every possible support to achieve great heights. This performance reflects the university’s focus on high-quality research and I am particularly happy that six out of the twelve students are girls. I hope that it would inspire other students, particularly girl students of the university to do well in science and engineering research.”

PMRF Coordinator, Prof. Abdul Quaiyum Ansari said that these researchers will receive a fellowship of Rs 70, 000 for the first two years, Rs 75,000 for 3rd, and Rs 80,000 for the fourth and fifth years. Along with this, each fellow will get a research grant of Rs 2 lakh per year (a total of Rs 10 lakh for five years) under the PMRF.

source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph Online / Home> Edugraph> News / by The Telegraph Correspondent / October 28th, 2022

Dr. K. Mohideen Abdul Khadar & Mr. Balamohan Krishnan All Set To Improve The Traditional Financial System Through Metaverse

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Chennai, TAMIL NADU :

This metaverse technology attracted the attention of these two who had been working as financial professionals for decades. They decided to bring the financial ecosystem into the metaverse as this technology provides the liberty to perform things that is not feasible in the physical setup.

Fido Group
Fido Group 

The term “Metaverse” alludes to a three-dimensional virtual environment that is more sophisticated than current virtual reality. It is a place where businesses and entities coexist and collect and use data. The Metaverse enables people to connect without regard for space, allowing them to gain the latest knowledge and entertainment through encounters impossible in the real world.

This metaverse technology attracted the attention of two friends – Dr. K. Mohideen Abdul Khadar and Mr. Balamohan Krishnan who had been working as financial professionals for over a decade. During their work, they encountered limitations and areas for improvement in the traditional financial ecosystem. But improvements in a physical setup could not be feasible, so they decided to bring the financial ecosystem into the metaverse as this technology provides the liberty to perform things that is not feasible in the physical setup.

Dr. K. Mohideen started his career in the Banking sector in 2004 and was serving the RCU division. Since he is a good learner and a great observer, he found some limitations and areas for improvement in the traditional financial ecosystem. This physical setup could not be accessible for all twenty-four hours and seven days a week. Other than accessibility, some areas needed improvements. He left his job and stepped into the real estate division and started Zontia Groups in 2016. But his longing for achieving the best made him explore many divisions and he headed with confidence and persistence. He started Fido Markets Pvt Ltd in the UK in 2020, Zontia Information technology in Dubai in 2021, and established Fido Academy to educate and train individuals in the field of Forex Trading.

As per Dr. K. Mohideen- “A country’s growth is measured by its Infrastructure development.” So he started Zontia Infrastructure. It has a significant presence across the infrastructure space with expertise in operating and developing real estate and other development projects. 

He laid the foundation of a technology-based company “Zontia Financizen Technology”. The purpose of this foundation was to offer a complete financial solution by providing a combined service for different domains. He wanted people around him to have the next level of standard of life. The best way to maintain one’s happiness is to give him the best solution for his financial needs. Not everyone can manage their funds in hand. Keeping it into consideration, he founded Srivastham wealth management private limited which helps users in fund and portfolio management.

In the meanwhile, he established a company ‘FIDOMETA’ with his friend Mr. Balamohan Krishnan in Dubai. Balamohan Krishnan has worked with Citi Bank as Vice President and gained expertise in the field of Forex. He Has been the forex business coach, trader, trading trainer, and trading software architect, is also a fund manager, inspiring speaker, and mentor. He has extreme knowledge of the global forex business, trading technologies, forex trading, and personal finance. He acquires experience of more than 15 years in the forex industry in top investment banks.

The duo combined their experiences from their past and implemented them in ‘FIDOMETA’. As per Balamohan – “FIDOMETA is the world’s first financial institution in the Metaverse. It is a project about building the digital infrastructure in the crypto space where all traditional businesses can onboard and expand their business into new territories and client bases. The major goal of the project is to bridge the gap between the traditional business and its presence in the digital space. The project is focused on leveraging the traditional business into the digital space so that the businesses can reach out wider community in terms of sales, clientele, and new territories. To achieve this goal, we will need to build strong financial infrastructure support right from banking services, payment gateways, book maintenance, virtual hiring, training, and many more.”

Considering the fact that numerous individuals rush to call attention to compare internet gaming universes and the metaverse, the degree and kinds of the innovation utilized in the metaverse empower more significant commitment, independence, and boundlessness. It’s likewise striking that non-game organizations are progressively curious about whether virtual settings like the metaverse may assist them with drawing in clients past the typical shop and cell phone applications.

source: http://www.outlookindia.com / Outlook / Home> Outlook Sportlight> Outlook for Brands / April 13th, 2022

Saluting Major Salman Ahmad Khan who laid down his life in the service of nation

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Kanpur, UTTAR PRADESH :

Saluting Major Salman Ahmad Khan who laid down his life in the service of nation

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Major Salman Ahmad Khan was a gallant and committed soldier who laid down his life in the service of the nation, following the highest traditions of the Indian Army.

Bengaluru:

Kupwara in Kashmir had been a hotbed of terror. Deployment in the district required constant vigil. In 2005, Major Salman Ahmad was deputed to serve with the 6 Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Kupwara.

It was just the place for a determined soldier and a fine officer like Major Salman Ahmad Khan. Major Salman’s unit was always in a high state of alert and carried out a number of operations to flush out terrorists.

On May 5, 2005, the unit received credible information from intelligence sources about the presence of terrorists in a village of Kupwara district.

After analyzing the situation, a decision was taken by the security forces to launch an operation in the wee hours of May 5.

The 6 RR unit swung into action and launched an operation in the wee hours of May 5.

The assault team cordoned off the area. On being challenged, the terrorists opened fire at the security troops and a fierce gunbattle ensued.

Major Salman eliminated one terrorist in the gunbattle. He then chased another terrorist who was trying to flee. In the process, other terrorists hiding from a house opened fire at Major Salman with automatic weapons.

The officer was seriously wounded. But despite his injuries, he lobbed a grenade at the second terrorist and killed him.

Major Salman later succumbed to his injuries. He was a gallant and committed soldier who laid down his life in the service of the nation, following the highest traditions of the Indian Army.

Major Salman Ahmad Khan was honoured with Shaurya Chakra posthumously. Flags of Honour salutes this officer for his outstanding courage, unyielding fighting spirit and supreme sacrifice.

source: http://www.mynation.com / My Nation / Home> India / by Team MyNation / May 05th, 2021

MANUU Prof. Dr.Salman A Khan features in Stanford’s top International Scientists list

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

Dr Salman also featured in Stanford’s list in the years 2020, 2021 and continues to be in the prestigious top international scientists list’ of 2022.

Hyderabad: 

Dr. Salman Ahmad Khan, Professor in chemistry and Dean, School of Science, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) featured in the prestigious Stanford University’s list of top 2% International Scientists third year in a row.

The list is also known as ‘Updated Science wide Author database of Stanford Citation Indicators’.

The database was released by Stanford University, USA and published by Elsevier BV on 10 October 2022.

Dr Salman also featured in Stanford’s list in the years 2020, 2021 and continues to be in the prestigious “top international scientists list’ of 2022 in recognition of his exceptional research work.

The selection was among top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in their field from all over the world and was classified into 22 different fields and 176 subfields.

Prof. Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice-Chancellor, MANUU congratulated Prof. Salman. He said that Dr Salman’s achievement highlights our research competencies and university is on a path to find innovative solutions to complex problems of society through quality research work.

Prof. Salman A Khan has published 185 research Articles in reputed journals like Elsevier, Springer, Wiley and has also published 4 books and 2 book chapters.

He completed his PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia University New Delhi.

Back in 2020, Jamia Islamia’s Prof Imran Ali was selected as leading scientist in India in the field of Analytical Chemistry by the Standford University in the US.

In the same year, Professor Ahmed Kamal, Jamia Hamdard Pro-Vice Chancellor was also named among top 2 per cent cientists in the world by Stanford University.

source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Science & Technology / by ummid.com news network (headline edited) / October 20th, 2022

Indigo pilot Aafrin Hirani’s inspiring journey from grocery store to cockpit

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Indervelli Mandal (Adilabad District), TELANGANA:

A few months ago, she was appointed as the first pilot of Indigo Airlines.

 Indigo pilot Aafrin Hirani [Twitter]

Hyderabad: 

The journey of 28-year-old Indigo pilot Aafrin Hirani from her family’s grocery store to the flight cockpit is a motivation to youngsters, especially girl students.

Aafrin who is the daughter of Aziz Hirani, owner of a grocery store located in Indervelli Mandal, Adilabad district is now a pilot of Indigo Airlines.

As becoming a commercial pilot was her dream since her childhood, she opted for Aeronautical Engineering after completing intermediate from a college in Hyderabad.

Later, she was selected for two-year rigorous training in Australia. Though she completed training in 2020, she waited for two years as the appointment process was halted due to the pandemic.

A few months ago, she was appointed as the first pilot of Indigo Airlines. After the appointment, Aafrin said that the encouragement and support received from her parents helped her in achieving success.

After her appointment as an Indigo pilot, she became the second woman commercial pilot from Adilabad. Earlier, Swathi from the same district was appointed as a commercial pilot and she was the source of inspiration for Aafrin.

Who is the commercial pilot?

A commercial pilot is a trained professional who flies airplanes or helicopters for the transportation of passengers, cargo, emergency rescue, etc.

They are skilled enough to handle aircraft and ensure passengers’ safety in different weather conditions.

In order to become a commercial pilot, obtaining a Commercial Pilot License from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is mandatory.

This license is given to those who are medically fit and successfully undergo training at a flying school.

Indigo airlines

Indigo is a low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. Its domestic market share as of August 2022 was 57.7 percent.

The airline not only operates domestic but also international flights. As of July 2022, it operates over 1500 flights daily to 98 destinations in India and abroad.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News> Telangana / by Sameer Khan / October 17th, 2022

Martyr Maj Mustafa Bohra’s family being looked after by locals

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Kheroda Village / Udaipur, RAJASTHAN :

Martyr Mustafa Bohra with his parent at his passing out parade (Twitter)
Martyr Mustafa Bohra with his parent at his passing out parade (Twitter)

Delhi:

A pall of gloom has descended on the house of Major Mustafa Bohra, co-pilots of the Indian Army Helicopter Cheetah that crashed at Siang, close to Tawan on the China border in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday killing five people onboard.

People from all walks of life, leaders, and Army officials have been visiting the family of Major Bohra in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Local media said Major Bohra is survived by his parents Fatima and Jallaludin Bohra, and sister Alfia Bohra.

His father works in Kuwait and was away when the sad news came, Both the women at home are inconsolable and mostly in an unconscious state.

Major Mustafa Bohra was the only son of his parents.

Martyrs of Arunachal Pradesh Helicopter crash (Indian Army Twitter)

When the last report was filed Jallaudin Bohra was trying to fly home to be with his family in this hour of grief.

Hitesh Kumar, a resident of Udaipur, who knew the Bohra family, and who spoke to local media said that Major Bohra’s mother and sister are in bad condition and in a state of deep shock.

The family hails from Kheroda village and currently lives in the street of Ajanta Hotel in Udaipur city.

Vallabhnagar MLA Preeti Shaktawat visited the family on Saturday and spent time with the women and their relatives.

Major Bohra completed his primary education at Uday Shiksha Mandir Higher Secondary School, Kheroda. Later the family shifted to Udaipur city and he joined St. Paul’s School. He joined the Indian Army after his higher secondary.

Major Bohra’s body is expected to reach by Sunday evening. Besides Bohra, Major Vikas Bhambhu, CFN Tech AVN (AEN) Ashwin KV, Havaldar (OPR) Biresh Sinha, and NK (PPR) Rohitashv Kumar also died in the accident.

The Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) carrying five soldiers, including two pilots, was on a routine flight when it crashed at 10.43 am on Friday, October 21, near Miging, about 25 km south of Tuting.

Defense spokesman Lt Col AS Walia said the bodies of four other personnel were recovered from the crash site in the densely forested mountainous area, about 35 km from the Chinese border, on the evening of Friday, October 21.

source: http:/www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz The Voice / Home> India / by awazthevoice.in / October 23rd, 2022

Sajida breaks into male bastion to become first woman music technician

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Hyderabad, TELANGANA:

Sajida Khan has served in many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as a sound engineer over the past 10 years

Hyderabad:

Since the time Indian women got the liberty to pursue jobs, most have fulfilled their ambitions by working in the government sector, banks and multinational companies. However, Sajida Begum from the Maula Ali suburb of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, has broken a new glass ceiling by establishing herself in ‘musical acoustics and audio engineering.’ She has not just learnt the ropes of the industry, but become an expert in her field.

For the same reason, President Ram Nath Kovind presented her the ‘Ladies Award’ recognising her as “India’s first female music technician” in 2018.

Every part of her life journey reflects her love for music.  

Interest in sound mixing and engineering

Sajida says she wanted to enter the music industry right from her school days. Alongside pursuing studies, she would often participate in competitions held at Hyderabad’s famous Ravindra Bharathi Theatre. She demonstrated her talent at various programmes and contests on Doordarshan and All India Radio as well.  

She recounted an incident when a folk singer from Andhra, once, spotted her passion and told her about the various genres of music — folk, classical, Bollywood, and others. Her interest grew and she became determined to try something new.

Sajida says that she completed an animation course and then a PG diploma in the subject while finishing her XIIth Standard studies.

Meanwhile, she had the opportunity to go to a studio with her friend. Here, she displayed such great technical knowledge of the devices and equipment, that the owners were impressed and offered her a job. She worked here as an assistant to the music director for about five years.

Making a mark in the industry over a decade

Talking about her current projects, Sajida says she aims to bring as many stories on the digital audio format as possible. This allows authors and societies to preserve their knowledge. She has recently helped 40 children record their poems in audio format.

Sajida has served in many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as a sound engineer over the past 10 years. She has done dubbing, background music and complete audio mix. Besides, she is responsible for the success of several jingles, music albums and TV serials.

She has worked with leading film directors like Dasari Narayana Rao, Teja and Puri Jagannadh.

The only female music technician in the country, Sajida has also found her way into the ‘International Audiobook.’ This is a collection of interviews with women achievers in the audio field from across the globe. It’s called ‘Women in Audio.’

Despite this, Sajida says that it will still take some time for India and the world to recognise the contributions of women sound engineers.

Encouraging more women to venture into the field

Sajida says there’s no gender discrimination in the music industry. In fact, she got more work and with more confidence from her employers due to her being a woman. She said families must encourage their girls if they take interest in music, just like her parents did.

For Muslim women she said, a lot of them get into Mehndi application, beautician and tailoring courses; but they can explore fields beyond these as well. Muslim women need to be provided education so they are empowered and made more aware of all the career avenues available to them.

Sajida said she wishes to start her own post-production studio and a music school. She would like to employ as many women as she can in them, she said.     

source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz The Voice / Home> Women / by awazthevoice.in / January 24th, 2021

Bantwal: DC visits Kalladka museum of numismatist Yasir

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Bantwal (Dakshina Kannada District) KARNATAKA :

Kalladka, Bantwal :

Deputy commissioner (DC) of Dakshina Kannada Dr Rajendra K V visited the museum of numismatist Yasir at Kalladka on the afternoon of Friday and was mesmerized by the collection of rarest of rare currency notes, coins and artefacts.

Dr Rajendra was stunned by the way Yasir explained the minute details of the collection of fancy number currency notes, coins and other unique items.

The DC appreciated the unique collection and said that students must visit the museum of Yasir at Kalladka, which has got several interesting collections.

source: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Karnataka / by Mounesh Vishwakarma / Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (MS) / October 22nd, 2022

Excels In Wrestling

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Mysuru, KARNATAKA :

City’s Saqlin Mushtaq has bagged 1st prize in wrestling (86 kg) contest in the Mysuru Division level Dasara Sports Meet 2022-23 held at Mangaluru recently.

He had also bagged second place in the District-level Dasara CM Cup Sports Meet (2022-23) wrestling (Men).

He is the son of Khaleel Qureshi, who is also a wrestler and a resident of Usmania Block, Ghousia Nagar, Udayagiri.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Photo News / October 19th, 2022

Okhla-based lifeguard Mumtaz who fished out dead bodies from Yamuna, saved many passes away

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Okhla, DELHI :

Okhla-based lifeguard Mumtaz who fished out dead bodies from Yamuna, saved many passes away

An award-winning lifeguard, and a resident of Jamia Nagar, who had a reputation of diving into the water of Yamuna to fish out dead bodies and rescue many for the last four decades, passed away on Wednesday due to heart attack.

A retired teacher of Jamia school, 63-year-old Mumtaz Ahmed, was hospitalised for the last 15 days for getting treatment of heart ailment, but he couldn’t be save and was laid to rest in Batla House graveyard on Wednesday.

He saved many lives from Yamuna and was known to be the best swimmer in the whole area.

Though his act to save anyone from Yamuna was known but his daredevil act in 1995 of fishing out 7 bodies alone and saving one life when a boat of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary had capsized in Okhla made him a hero.

Following the act, he was honoured with a Jeevan Rakshak Padak and a reward of Rs 10,000 from the President. Over the years he won several awards.

Mumtaz, born in Okhla, retired two years ago after working in Jamia Middle School Self Finance as a PT teacher since 1987, said his family member.

Old timers at Jamia, who knew him personally, said whenever there was any incident of drowning in Yamuna people used to rush to Mumtaz house in Ghaffoor Nagar seeking help and he never let them down.

Jamia school teacher Haris-ul-Haq said he heard from his friends that Mumtaz fished out the first body when he was 12 years old and since then he fished out some 100 dead bodies and saved many from different water bodies of Delhi.

He has left behind three sons and a wife.

source: http://www.theokhlatimes.com / The Okhla Times / Home> Local / by the okhla times / September 15th, 2022