SSUET Chancellor appoints new convenors

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi 

(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Mohammed Akbar Ali Khan, who was recently elected as the President of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA), has appointed convenors for the university’s three different departments. 

According to a SSUET notification, noted poet Tariq Sabzwari, has been assigned the convenorship of Literary, Art and Culture Forum while Wasif Nazar Siddiqi has been handed over the department of Sports and Masood Alam has taken over the responsibility of Research Journal and Newsletter. 

These appointments are expected to help imbibe students’ interest in research, sports and cultural activities in the SSUET, which has had enviable record in extracurricular activities since its inception more than three decades ago. 

Tariq Sabzwari has vast experience in promoting creative and cultural activities and so is Wasif Nazar who has been efficiently organizing successful sports events and giving boost to available talent. 

Masood Alam is greatly interested in promoting quality research work and it is being hoped that under his convenorship there would be significant progress in this important field. 

Felicitating the newly appointed convenors, Chancellor Akbar Ali Khan described them possessing the best of abilities and outstanding vision, expressing the hope that these departments, under their able guidance, would set new traditions of progress and enhancement.

With their vast experience and proven capabilities, all the three convenors are expected to add value to the institution and restore its pride.