THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

University Grants Commission – Projects/ Schemes

Maulana Azad National Urdu University, established a special cell for UGC Schemes in the month of July 2008. The function of the cell is to collect data, monitor UGC programmes and to correspond with UGC. Mr. Abrar Ahmad, Assistant Registrar & Secretary to Vice Chancellor was appointed as Coordinator for all XI Plan Schemes including XI Plan Merged Schemes of UGC.

It is remarkable achievements of the University in the month of September 2008 under the able supervision and direction of Prof. A.M. Pathan, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, MANUU, that out of 15 Major/Minor Research Projects submitted to University Grants Commission, 90 percent of the them were accepted and sanctioned financial assistance.

University Grants Commission notified, asking for Research Proposals submission for financial assistance in the month of January 2009, in response 16 Research Proposals (Major-10 and Minor-6) were submitted to UGC. The screening committee of UGC accepted almost all the proposals, and called them for the final presentation in the Month of February 2009 at UGC New Delhi. The University has been awarded twelve Major/Minor Research projects, out of 16 Proposals submitted to University Grants Commission, in the month of March 2009.

For the following research projects, under study, 100 percent financial assistance has been sanctioned by UGC.

Major Research Projects:

*S No*	*Principal Investigator*	*Title of the Project*	*Duration*
1.	Dr. Mohammed Abdul Azeem Reader	Online Delivery of Management Education-Challenges and Opportunities in India	3 Years (1-7-2006 to 30-6-2009)
2.	Dr. Shahida, Reader	Role of Universities in Digitizing Rural Communities	3 Years (1-7-2006 to 30-6-2009)
3.	Prof. T.V. Kattimani	Hindi aur Kannada me Paraspara Anuvad: Artha Parak aur Sanskritik Vivechan	3 Years (1-4-2007 to 31-3-2010)
4.	Dr. Nisar Ahmed I. Mulla, Reader	Awareness Assessment of Social Marketing Themes Campaign By Government of India-A case study of Maharashtra Karnatak & Andhra Pradesh	3 Years (1-4-2008 to 31-3-2011)
5.	Dr. Gulfishan Habeeb, Reader	Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach	2 Years (1-2-2009 to 31-1-2011)
6.	Dr. Aziz Bano, Reader	The Socio-Cultural Significance of Wali Dakni’s Persian Poetry	2 Years (1-2-2009 to 31-1-2011)
7.	Prof. Mohd. Zafaruddin	A Critical Study of contemporary Urdu Journalism with reference to Translation and Terminologies	2 Years (1-2-2009 to 31-1-2011)
8.	Dr. Abdul Kalam, Reader	The Conceptualization of the Art & Craft of Translation in the Context of Linguistic and Cultural Matrix of Urdu	2 Years (1-2-2009 to 31-1-2011)
9.	Dr. Waseem Begum, ARD	Feminine Sensibility in Urdu Poetry in Post- Independence Period	2 Years (1-2-2009 to 31-1-2011)
10.	Prof. S.M. Rahmatullah	The impact of the Constitution 74th Amendment Act, 1992 on Urban Governance and Development of Cuddapah Town- A Micro Study	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
11.	Dr. P.H. Mohammad, Reader	Exclusion of Traditional Occupational Groups in Modernization- A Study into Suicide Deaths of Weavers in Andhra Pradesh with Focus on Weavers in Sircilla	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
12.	Dr. Saneem Fatima, Lecturer	A study of Performance Management Practices IT Sector in Hyderabad	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
13.	Prof. P. Fazul Rahaman	Impact of Academic Staff Colleges on Quality of Higher Education in India	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
14.	Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed I. Patel, Reader	Impact of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) on Underachievers in Science at Selected Urdu Medium Secondary Schools of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
15.	Prof. Amina Kishore	English for Career Support-Gearing ELT to Media performance	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
16.	Dr. Salma Ahmed Farooqui, Reader	The Growth of Hyderabad as an Urban Tourism Hub	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)
17.	Dr. Shahid Naukhez Azmi, Lecturer	A Critical Analysis of Historio-Cultural and Sufistic Elements as Reflected in the Persian works of Chandra Bhan Brahman	2 Years (1-5-2009 to 30-4-2011)

Minor Research Projects:

S .No	*Principal Investigator*	Title of the Project	Duration
1.	Dr. Najmus Saher, Reader	A study of dialect variations in Urdu and its effect on the teaching & learning of Urdu language at School level in the state of A.P	2 Years (14.2007 to 31.03.2009)
2.	Dr. Malik Raihan Ahmad, Lecturer	Modernity and Muslim Religious Elite: With Special Reference to Juma Sermon	2 Years (1.4.2008 to 3103.2010)
3.	Dr. Tahseen Bilgrami, Reader	Impact of Cultural & Muslim Religious Institutions & their Role under Qutb Shahs (1518-1687)	18 Months (1.2.2009 to 31.7.2010)
4.	Mr. K.M. Ziauddin, Lecturer-cum-Assistant Director	Scavengers and their Occupations: Perception and Perspectives of Social Exclusion in the District of Hyderabad	18 Months (1.2.2009 to 31.7.2010)
5.	Dr. Mosarrat Jahan, Lecturer	Origin and Growth of Urdu Research: An Exploratory Study	18 Months (1.2.2009 to 31.7.2010)
6.	Prof. Fatima Begum	Farmers’ Agony-An Environmental Issue-An Evaluative Study in the Context of Sustainable Development	2 Years (1.2.2009 to 31.1.2011)
7.	Mr. Abrar Ahmad, A.R.	Socio-Economic Profile of Central University Teachers of Reserved Category (SC/ST/OBC) in Hyderabad: Analysis of its Impact on Human Resource Production	1 Years (1.5.2009 to 30.4.2010)
8.	Dr. Farida Siddiqui, Reader-cum-Deputy Director	Shari’ah based Micro Finance-An Inclusive Approach for Excluded Muslims: A case of Hyderabad	15 Months (1.5.2009 to 31.7.2010)
9.	Mr. Akumarthi Nageswara Rao, Lecturer-cum-Assistant Director	Empowering the Excluded through Inclusion in Decentralized Governance: A Study with Special Reference to Scheduled Castes in Andhra Pradesh	18 Months (1.5.2009 to 31.10.2010)
10.	Dr. Talmeez Fatima Naqvi, Lecturer	A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Transmissional and Constructivist Approaches of Instruction for Inculcating Problem Solving Ability and Reflective Thinking	18 Months (1.5.2009 to 31.10.2010)

Here is rapid increase in the number of projects sanctioned to the university. During X plan only 2 projects were sanctioned while XI plan got 25 projects sanctioned in its very initial period.

University Grants Commission has sanctioned Rs. 53.50 lakh to the Department of Education & Training at the level of DRS-I for 5 years 01.04.2009 to 31.03.2014 under the Special Assistance Programme (SAP) in the Department of Education & Training with the thrust area for research and teaching “Urdu Medium Education- Expectations and Challenges in the context of Globalization”.

During the month of January/February University has submitted two proposals to UGC for financial assistance (i) Teaching and Research in Interdisciplinary Innovative and Emerging areas entitled Advance Diploma in English Study Skills (ii) Diploma in Journalistic Translation under Career Oriented Courses in the University.

Apart from above as per XI plan UGC guidelines, Day Care Centre has been established in the University and inaugurated on 24.03.2009, to help the working parents in pursuing their job and /or academic career, for children of teachers / University’s employees upto six years of age. It would also includes male employees/scholars/students also whose spouses are working elsewhere.

Mr. Abrar Ahmad

Phone Number (EPABX)

E-mail

Coordinator- UGC Schemes,

Assistant Registrar & Secretary to VC

(040) 23006612/13/14/15 Extn. : 213

secretarytovc@manuu.ac.in

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