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Professor Hamid Ali of Petroleum Studies at the Aligarh Muslim University has been declared elected as President of AMU Teachers' Association (AMUTA). He is also the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Aftab Alam, Associate Professor of Political Science was elected as Honorary Secretary of AMUTA and Dr. Mohd. Irfan of Museology was elected unopposed as Joint Secretary.
The results were announced late last night by the Chief Election Officer, Professor Saleem Akhtar.
Dr. Fatima Shujatauulah, Dr. Bilal Husain and Dr. Mohd. Mohsin were elected as members of the Executive Committee of the AMUTA.

The Department of Jarahat, Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University is organising Second National Conference and a Live Workshop on January 21-22, 2012 on
Laparoscopic Surgery and Unani procedures like leech therapy, cupping and venesection. Prof. Anees Ismail, Chairman, Department of Jarahat and Chairman Organizing Committee said that the leech therapy, cupping and venesection are age-old effective methods of treatment for non-healing ulcers, varicose veins and various deformities needing plastic and reconstructive surgery. He said that in this workshop, laparoscopic surgery for gall bladder, appendix and ovarian cyst will be done for patients with stones in the ducts of gall bladder, which causes jaundice. Prof. Ismail said that the interested patients may register for this treatment by attending Surgery/ Jarahat OPD in A.K. Tibbiya College Hospital from 12th January to 20th of January 2012. The operations in the workshop will be done free of cost.

Prof. Shakeel Ahmad, Department of Civil Engineering, Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University has been awarded with the prestigious John C. Gammon Prize at the 26th National Engineering Conference held at Bangalore by Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata in recognition of his scholarly contribution to the Civil Engineering Journal under title "Use of Waste Human Hair as Fibre Reinforcement in Concrete". The award carried a Gold Medal and citation.