| 词条 | Akhtarul Wasey |
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Akhtarul Wasey was a professor of Islamic studies who taught at Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) in New Delhi. Currently he is working as President of Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, India and as a Professor Emeritius in the Department of Islamic Studies in Jamia Millia Islamia. As a versatile personality he assumed many formal and informal designations. Formerly he worked as the director of Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, Vice-chairman of the Urdu Academy Delhi and a Member of the Executive Board of National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language. And was also, Vice-president of Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature, India Interfaith Coalition on HIV/AIDS etc. Previously he was also the President of Dargah Committee of the world-famous Chishti Sufi Shrine at Ajmer, treasurer of Maulana Azad Education Foundation, General Secretary of South Asia Inter-religious Council on HIV/AIDS, a body created by the UNICEF, and head of the Department of Islamic Studies and Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia. Wasey has been invited to 70 academic and semi-academic tours abroad including programmes organized/sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFP, UNHRC and Organization of Islamic Conference. He was also the editor of four journals of Islamic Studies, Islam Aur Asr-e-Jadeed (an Urdu quarterly), Islam and the Modern Age (an English quarterly), Risala Jamia (an Urdu monthly), and Islam Aur Adhunik Yug (Hindi). Apart from his academic achievements he regularly appears on TV, debating on issues related to Islam and Muslims, and has delivered over 400 radio and 300 TV talks along with extensive and frequent writings in different news papers and magazines. He is considered to be a Muslim spokesperson among academicians. In 2013 Wasey received a Padma Shri award[1] (a national honour by the President of India for outstanding achievers among Indian citizens) from President Pranab Mukherjee, honouring him as a distinguished academician, specializing in the multidisciplinary study of Islam and Indian Muslims. Early life and educationWasey was born on 1 September 1951, at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, as the first child out of six, to Hairat bin Wahid (father) and Shahida Hairat (mother), and married to Mrs. Sabiha Wasey in 1975, having three daughters and a son Mr. Kamran. His early education was at Primary School No. 16 which was run and managed by the local municipal board. For secondary education, he was admitted to the City High School of Aligarh Muslim University then he went on to attend Aligarh Muslim University and earn the degrees of BA (hons.) Islamic studies, Bachelor of Theology, Master of Theology and MA (Islamic studies) from Aligarh Muslim University in 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977 respectively. He also completed a course in the Turkish Language from Istanbul University in 1983.[2] AwardsWasey is the recipient of the first Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Award for Interfaith Understanding, Aligarh Alumni Association, New York Tristate (US), Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Award in 1996, Award from Urdu Academy, Delhi and UP Urdu Academy on "Sir Syed Ki Taleemi Tehreek" in 1985. He also received a Fulbright Fellowship in 2008, the first ever to a member of the Jamia academic fraternity and the first in the field of Islamic Studies in India. Prof. Akhtarul Wasey has been appointed by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee as the 12th Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India w.e.f 4 March 2014 for the tenure of three years. Since 1957, he is the first Commissioner from Urdu speaking community. This is a constitutional authority under Article 350B of the Constitution of India to investigate all matters relating to the safeguards provided for linguistic minorities under this Constitution and report to the President upon those matters at such intervals as the President may direct, and the President shall cause all such reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, and sent to the Governments of the States concerned. Prof. Wasey also conferred Makhdoom Quli Medal by the President of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat on 15 May 2014 for his contribution in the field of Islamic Studies and Urdu language and literature. He has also been conferred with the highest award of Daktur-e-Adab (equivalent to D. Litt) by Jamia Urdu, Aligarh on 20 May 2014 in recognition of his remarkable services for the promotion of Urdu language. He earned another Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Award for his contribution to Muslim Education by the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) in December 2017. In 2018 he got Lifetime Achievement Award by Prestegious Institutue of Objective Studies and Ghalib Award from Ghalib Institute, a premier literary institution for his outstanding contribution to Urdu Language and Literature. He has many firsts to his credit
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References1. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.halalinindia.info/2013/01/prof-akhtarul-wasey-is-among-recipient.html |title=Halal in India: Prof. Akhtarul Wasey is among the Recipient of Padamshree Awards 2013 |publisher=Halalinindia.info |date=2013-01-31 |accessdate=2013-11-20}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wasey, Akhtarul}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/a-new-turn/article5029077.ece|publisher=www.thehindu.com|title=A New Turn}} 7 : Living people|21st-century Muslim scholars of Islam|Indian Muslims|Aligarh Muslim University alumni|1951 births|Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education|People from Aligarh |
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