Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Mumtaz Ali has asked the university to translate literature related to Indian heritage to Urdu.
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During his first visit to the varsity on Monday, he also stressed the need for encouraging girl students. The Chancellor later planted a sapling on the campus. Mr Ali, who is a Padma Bhushan awardee, launched the silver jubilee logo of MANUU.
MANUU Vice-Chancellor Syed Ainul Hasan described Mr. Ali as a spiritual personality with vast knowledge on Quran and Bible apart from Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagwad Gita. He has also enriched himself with Sufi traditions, Mr Hasan added.
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Later, they both presented certificates to IMC team for award winning films ‘Nawa-e-Sarosh - Mirza Ghalib’ (Mirza Ghalib - Voice of Angel) and ‘Transforming India’.
Later in the day, the Chancellor presided over the inaugural session of a webinar on International Mother Language Day organised by MANUU’s School of Languages, Linguistics & Indology in collaboration with Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, and GLA University, Mathura.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor S.M. Rahmatullah and registrar Sk. Ishtiaque Ahmed were also present.