US-India Education Foundation (USIEF):
"Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI)" Award
Project title:
PRESS RELEASE of the awards at
- Mr. Asim Rizvi (Biochemistry)
- Parvez Alam (Biotechnology)
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
The initiative aims to strengthen collaboration and build partnerships between
American and Indian institutions of higher education. Each project will
receive an award of approximately $250,000 that can be utilized over a three
year period, with the aim of encouraging mutual understanding, educational
reform, and economic growth, as well as the development of junior faculty at
Indian and American institutions of higher learning.
Rapidly emerging countries have an unparallel need for higher education.
However, they lack educational infrastructure. The main objective of the
current program is: "To train those who would teach". In India. the current
need is to train at least 300,000 faculty members for existing and upcoming
institutions of higher education for about 150 million students. (No Indian
university is among the 200 universities of international ranking. The need
is explained, e.g. Samachar news
Great news! The 12th Five-Year plan will
focus on education", October 4, 2013)
- Mr. Hasan Kamal (Alig, Email: hkamal@gbcwebsite.com)
MEd-STEM CURRICULUM:
Some High-lights of the Porgram:
OSU ADMISSION INFO:
Note: 3 letters of recommendation are needed. They should be from teachers
and some one who knows you academically
APPRECIATIONS AND RECOGNITION:
CONGRATULATIONS TO 2016 GRADUATES!:
- News: OSU Arts and Sciences Updates and News: see Announcements
"Ohio State STEM Education
Milestone for India Program"
- Physics: Prof. Afzal Ansari (Sep, 2015, Email: drmafzalansari@yahoo.com)
FINAL PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH AND PROJECT BY THE FELLOWS:
Asim's research publication
- Asim Rizvi research title: "Calcitriol reduces CD44/CD117 positive
ovarian cancer stem cells like cells"
(Presentation)
- OSU-AMU MEd-STEM curriculum proposal is under Council of Academic Affairs
(CAA), December 2013
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR 2016-2017:
RESEARCH FELLOWS AND ADVISORS (2016 - 2017):
RESEARCH PROJECTS OF THE FELLOWS AT OSU:
- Postgraduate students with completed course work
- Advanced in a research project at AMU for quick pick up the project
at OSU as the research should be part of the thesis of the student
- Overlap matching of research areas for an advisor at OSU
- Research should have the prospect of long term collaboration between
AMU and OSU
- A research statement describing research experience and a proposed research
project to be carried out at OSU. Applicants are requested to search for OSU
faculty members with overlapped research areas and describe the research plan
with the prospective OSU advisors. They may not contact the prospective
advisors but can use their names in the proposal. Once students are in the
short list, the prospective advisors will be contacted.
- Get names, departments, and email addresses for the prospective OSU research
advisors at interview with OSU and AMU representatives Nahar, Pradhan, Athar
at AMU during February 22 and March 11, 2016
- Application (one complete pdf-file) containing academic, research records,
research statement and 3 recommendation letters to be submitted electronically
to
- Good english communication skill
- Skype interview with the prospective advisors
- Two male and two female students
OSU-AMU INTERNATIONAL STEM EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
CONFERENCE (STEMCON16) and ALIGARH NANO V (2016):
The partnership of the Ohio State University and Aligarh Muslim University is
holding the joint "International Conference of nanotechnolgy, Aligarh
NANO V, and STEM Education and Research (STEMCON16)" at Aligarh during March
12-15, 2016
- March 12, 2016: Inauguration of Aligarh NANO V & STEMCON16
"THE STEM-FACULTY PROJECT:
Training the Next Generation of STEM Faculty at Higher Education
Institutions in India"
USIEF AWARD:
- Ms. Hala (Physics)
- Mr. Malik Azeem Anwar (Zoology)
- Ms. Nida Rehmani (Biochemistry)
- Sabiha Parveen (Chemistry)
- Swaleha Naseem (Nanotechnology under Applied Physics of Engineeringy)
- Taqseer Khan (Mathematics)
L OSU: Sultana, Hala, OSU Presdient Drake, Malik, Asim, May 2015, M: Fellows
and OSU Advisors, August 2014, R: International conference of NANO & and
STEM ER, March 2016
L: OSU: Taqseer, Parvez, Sabiha, OSU President Drake, Swaleha, Sultana,
M: OSU Reception, August 25, 2016, R: Taqseer at Math conference
at Harvard University, Nov 2016
Symposium, April 1, 2017: L: Group picture with 8 Fellows from AMU with
their AMU advisors, M: Sultana presents outcome of the project,
R: Anil Pradhan presents formalization of the Indo-US Center for STEM ER
Sify News:
"$94 billion on basic education doesn't address teaching crisis", May 4, 2015
india has a population of abiut 1.3 billion where more than 50% are of age
22-25 and 179 million Muslims.
OSU-AMU COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Prof Cheryl Achterberg (OSU Dean,Education,
Email: cachterberg@ehe.osu.edu)
- Prof David Manderscheid,
(substituting Jo Steinmetz) (OSU Executive Dean, Arts
and Sciences, Email: manderscheid.1@osu.edu)
- Prof
David Williams (OSU Dean,Engineering, Email: williams.4219@osu.edu)
- Prof Patrick Osmer, 2013-2016, (OSU Provost,Grad
Studies, Astronomy Professor,
Email: posmer@astronomy.ohio-state.edu)
- Prof. William Brustein, 2013-2016,
OSU Chair (OSU Vice Provost, Office of Global Strategies and International Affairs,
Email: brustein.1@osu.edu)
- AMU Chair of the Project, ProVC,
Brig.
Ahmed Ali, (Email: pvcamu@amu.ac.in)
- AMU Dean of Faculty of Science, Prof. Mahshar Raza (Email: azamahshar@gmail.com)
- AMU Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Prof Hamid Ali (Email:
dean@zhcet.ac.in)
- Prof. S.
Alim Husain Naqvi, 2016-2017, (AMU NanoTech, Email: alimhnaqvi@yahoo.com)
- Prof. Wasi
Haider, STEM ER Convener 2013 - 2016 (AMU Physics, Email: wasi42001@gmail.com,
wasi42001@carib.com)
- Prof. Anil K. Pradhan, Director (OSU Astronomy, Email: pradhan.1@osu.edu)
- Prof. Adrian Rodgers
(OSU Education, Email: rodgers.50@osu.edu)
- Professor Altaf Wani (Department of
Radiology, Email: wani.2@osu.edu)
- Prof. Anish Arora (OSU CSE, Email: anish@cse.ohio-state.edu)
- Mr. Christopher Carey, (Director, OSU Global Director, Email:
Carey.3@osu.edu)
- Prof. Karen E. Irving,
Assoc Director & STEM coordinator (OSU Education, Email:
irving.8@osu.edu, kirving@ehe.osu.edu)
- Prof. Nimish Shah (OSU Engineering, Email: shah@math.ohio-state.edu)
- Prof. Prabir K. Dutta (OSU Chemistry, Email: dutta@chemistry.ohio-state.edu)
- Prof. Rajiv Ramnath (2013-2014)
- Prof. Siddharth Rajan (OSU CSE, Email: rajan@ece.osu.edu)
- Prof. Sultana N.
Nahar, Assoc Dirctor, Research Advisor, & Chief Liaison of OSU Office
(OSU Astronomy, Email: nahar.1@osu.edu)
- Prof.
Bilquees Bano (AMU Biochemistry, Email: basiddiqui@hotmail.com)
- Prof.
Nesar Ahmad, Project Convener 2016-2017 (AMU Engineering, Email:
nesar.ahmad@gmail.com)
- Prof.
Qudsia Tahseen (AMU Zoology, Email: qtahseen@gmail.com)
- Prof.
Rahimullah Khan (AMU Physics, Email: rahimullah@rediffmail.com)
- Prof. S.
Alim Husain Naqvi, 2013-2016, (AMU NanoTech, Email: alimhnaqvi@yahoo.com)
- Prof. S.
Mahdi A. Rizvi (AMU Mechnical Engineering, Email: mahdirizvi@yahoo.com)
- Mr. Ratnish Bhattacharya, Director, OSU-India Gateway in Mumbai, India
(Email:
bhattacharya.11@buckeyemail.osu.edu)
- Ashley Behrendt, Business Coordinator at OIA (Email: behrendt.16@osu.edu)
- Lt General Zameer Uddin Shah, Vice Chancellor, AMU (Email: vcamu@amu.ac.in),
- Mr. Nick Booker (UK-IN-EDU, Email: nick@indogenius.com)
2013: i) Anil Pradhan, Sultana Nahar, Karen Irving, Adrian Rodgers,
ii) Council of Academic Affairs
- Summer: Digital distant learning course - T\&L (Teaching \& Learning)
Assessment at AMU by an OSU professor
- Fall and Spring Semesters: Students come and registered at OSU
- Enroll to i) STEM education courses and ii) advanced research with the
OSU advisor, each with $\sim$ equal number of credits
- Summer: Student continues research
- Fall and Spring: Teaches at AMU for Field Experience, supervised by
an OSU faculty with input from AMU teacher
- Works on a small thesis project on innovative teaching at the same time
- An OSU professor comes to AMU in May 2016 to give final exam and the
degree
- NOTE: Although the MEd-STEM program have gone through all approvals, the
on-line application set-up is not ready yet. So do not expect to complete
the application immediately and do not send inquiries to Dr. Adrian Rodgers.
NOTE: ETS, which administers TOEFL or IELTS, keeps the record of the score only
for two years. Hence anyone who took the test beyond 2 years in the past from
the submission deadline will need to take the test again.
- Anil Pradhan,
- Sultana Nahar
- Recognition of
"Distinguished Guest Plaque" to
Sultana, to A.k. Pradhan,
45th convention of Odisha Society of Americas, Columbus, July 3, 2014,
picture with the Odisha
minister
MEd-STEM Program: 2013-2016 Activities & Fellows
Left: Malik, Hala, Asim, Nida with diplomas at PVC's office, Right:
OSU advisors hold the certificates of the fellows under the new STEM ER
degree, May 2016 (Malik's certificate came late)
- Asim Rizvi,
- Hala,
- Azeem Malik,
- Nida Rehmani
- Shahernama News: Felicitation
of graduates at AMU
- Facebook news Hala post news
L: 2014 Batch of Fellows with Advisors: L-R: Karen Irving, Guramrit, Pradhan,
Wani, Nida, Bruistein, Hala, Malik, Sultana, Asim, OSI Reception 2014,
R: Fellows and Advisors at Aligarh Muslim University, final evaluations,
March, 2016
- AMU Advisor: Prof Imrana Naseem, Department of Biochemistry (Email: imrananaseem2009@gmail.com)
- OSU Advisor: Prof Qi-en Wang,
Department of Radiology (Email: qi-en.wang@osumc.edu,Wang.771@osu.edu)
- AMU Advisor: Prof
Tauheed Ahmed, Department of Physics (Email: ahmadtauheed@rediffmail.com)
- OSU Advisor: Sultana
N. Nahar, Department of Astronomy (Email: nahar.1@osu.edu)
- AMU Advisor: Prof
Mohammad Afzal, Department of Zoology (Email: afzal1235@rediffmail.com)
- OSU Advisor: Prof Guramrit
Singh, Department of Molecular Genetics (Email: singh.734@osu.edu)
- AMU Advisor: Prof S.M. Hadi, Department of Biochemistry (Email: smhadi@vsnl.com)
- OSU Advisor: Prof Altaf Wani,
Department of Radiology (Email: Altaf.Wani@osumc.edu,wani.2@osu.edu)
- Physics: Prof Rahimullah Khan (ex-Chair, (Email: rahimullah@rediffmail.com)
- Biochemistry: Prof. Imrama Naseem
- Zoology: Prof Iqbal Parwez (Email: iparwez2002@yahoo.co.in)
- They have filled out the graduation forms and have got the approval
- They are expected to make presentations on both on March 9, 2016
- All scores are due by April 15, 2016
For the Field Experience course at AMU, Fellows taught in their respective
Department of STEM disciplines
- Asim Rizvi: Cell Biology and a practical course, BSc Final Year students,
Biochemistry Department of AMU
- Hala: Course Name: Otics, B.Sc IIIrd Semester
Number of Students: 40, Number of Lectures: 4 per week
- Malik Azeem: Genetics, 2nd year undergraduate students in the Zoology
Department of the Women's College of AMU
- Nida Rehmani: Environmental Biochemistry and Immunology, B.Sc Hons (Final
Year/III year)
No of Students- 50 (Approx)
- pic1,
- pic2,
- pic3
- Visit Nanotechnology Center ,
- Suvenior exchanges OSU Vice
Provost of OIA Brustein to PVC Ali,
- PVC to Brustein,
- PVC to Vice Provost of Graduate
Studies Osmer,
- Meeting with Vice Provost of
Education Cherrl Atberg (leftmost),
- Presentation by PVC to
group,
- lunch hosted by Vice Provost
Bruistein, June 4-5, 2015
- Asim Rizvi STEM project: "Probing Nature of Science Views of
Biology Professors in India and the United States."
- Hala STEM project: "Misconception on Quantum Mechanics among Indian
Students"
- Malik Azeem STEM project: "A Comparative study of the use of Classroom
Management System."
- Nida Rehmani STEM project: "Assessing student approaches towards learning
and correlation to their achievement : Implications towards a student centered
model of teaching in science."
- Hala research title: "R-matrix electron-impact excitation of C-like
Silicon including fine structure"
(Presentation)
- Malik Azeem research title: "Partnership of ASAP with EJC in
post- transcriptional gene regulation."
(Presentation)
- Nida Rehmani research title: "DNA damage induced by the catecholamine
neurotransmitter, Dopamine and related"
(Presentation)
"The most joyous moment at Columbus was last Sunday when I met a Nobel
Laureate Dr. Craig C. Mello who was at Ohio state university. I had a brief
discussion for around 5 mins and finally he appreciated my ideas and shook
hands with me.
I can not put into words how much i am thankful to the team (Dr. Anil, Dr.
Sultana and Dr. Karen and others) that made this program possible. I am very
thankful to you all.
Thanks."
Thanks for informing me about this splendid event."
- Attendance: Reports were by Director
Anil Pradhan on general progress
and future plan, STEM teaching advisor
Karen Irving on courses,
Sultana Nahar on general research progress, individual advisors
Guramrit Singh, Q. Wang, Altaf Wani, Sultana Nahar on research,
Altaf Wani on
Indian universities;
- Comments were by William
Brustein, committee members Prabir Dutta and Anish Arora, Ishika and Sara.
- Nida celebrated her birthday on January 6 with a relative of Sultana.
- Malik's bithday was celebrated on
January 8. - Listening to Malik
observing his birthday for the first time in his life,
- Malik and Alburuj, Sultana's son
- Asim Rizvi is working on the braast and lung cancers in rats and immunity
development using vitamin D.
- Hala is studying electron
impact collision on Si IX in astrophysical environment, she spent a month
at National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for both
spectroscopy measurement on Se ions and analysis
- Malik Azim spent time in
setting up the new lab of his OSU advisor Professor Guramrit Singh at
Molecular Genetics Department, learnt various techniques, and carried
out research on dna in proteins. He has got some new findings which he will
be pursuing for
verifications
- Nida Rehmani verified her experimental results, but with much higher
accuracy, at the advanced Biomedical lab at OSU which she already obtained
at AMU lab for cancer treatment with Cu interaction. She is moving to next
phase of her project.
- Attended by Anil
Pradhan, Cheryl Achterberg, Chris Carey, Karen Irving, David Manderscheid,
David William, Pat Osmer, Sultana Nahar, William Brustein
- Along with progress report, the condition on English requirement beyond
TOEFL for the incoming students were discussed. There may be scope to
avoid or reduce the English requirement testx.
Four AMU students, two males and two females, have been selected as the USIEF
Fellows under the Project: Asim Rizvi (Biochemisty), Hala (Physics), Malik
Azeem Anwar (Zoology), Nida Rehmani (Biochemistry)
- i) Final selection of the students,
- ii) Introduction of the new MEd-STEM degree at OSU to Indian institutions,
- iii) Carry out project objective work: 1) research oriented teaching at
AMU, 2) Co-sponsorhip of Aligarh Nano-IV International 2014 conference
- iv) Progress of fund seeking strategy for continuation of OSU-AMU Center
of Excellence
December 2013:
OSU:
- Project milestone! MEd-STEM
program gets final approval from CAA, December 4, 2013 -
Messege from Randy Smith,
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
AMU:
- STEM departments have been accepting and reviewing the STEM degree
applications
November 2013:
- Approved by Curriculum Committee
- Reviewing comments from Curriculum Committee on the STEM MED degree
curriculum proposal, November 2013
- Exploring matching of research of prospective AMU students to those of OSU
AMU:
- STEM departments have been accepting and reviewing the STEM degree
applications
- STEM ER Project Presentations
(University Meeting picutres,
- Presentations at AMU
Women's College
- AMU Nanotechnology
Center visit,
- Concert at Kennedy Auditorium)
- 3 Meetings of Advisory Coommittee and Steering Committee
(Sept 15,
Sept 16,
Sept 17)
- Presentation of "Bab-e-Syed" momento of Aligarh Muslim University by the
VC in recognition of contribution for
the STEM ER rtnership between OSU and AMU, 2013 to OSU Team:
Anil Pradhan, Ratnesh Bhattacharya, Sultana
Nahar
- Telescope inauguration and physics awards
- News published in Forum of International Physics News:
"Obama-Singh
21st Century Knowledge Award for the Ohio State University ˗ Aligarh Muslim
University Partnership"
- L: Swaleha, Sultana, Anil, Taqseer, Parvez in Ohio, August 14, 2016, M:
Completion of research certificates for Parvez, Swaleha, Taqsee, December 2016
R: Visit to Vice Chancellor Zameer Uddin Shah after return to AMU, Feb 2017
- Parvez: Started postdoc at IIT-Delhi before completion of Ph.D., will
join lab in Aahus University in Denmark in June 2018
- Sabiha: Applying for postdoctoral fellowships
- Taqseer: Has got permanent position in the Math Department of JMI in
Delhi
- Parvez Alam,
- Sabiha Parveen,
- Swaleha Naseem,
- Taqseer Khan
- Project collaboration will continue until the Ph.D. defence of the Fellows.
Each OSU advisor is a co-advisor of their Ph.D. thesis.
- Sabiah continues at OSU until Feb 28, 2017 due to late arrival
L: 2016-2017 Batch of Fellows at completion ceremony: R: O-H-I-O: Parvez,
Swaleha, Sabiha, Taqseer
- OSU Advisor: Prof
Jaroniec Christopher,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Email:
jaroniec@chemistry.ohio-state.edu)
- AMU Advisor: Prof Rizwan Khan, Department of Biotechnology (Email:
rizwanhkhan1@gmail.com)
- OSU Advisor: Prof
James A Cowan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Email:
cowan.2@osu.edu)
- AMU Advisor:
Prof. Farukh
Arjmand, Department of Chemistry (Email: farukh_arjmand@yahoo.co.in)
- OSU Advisor: Prof.
Roland Kawakami, Department of Physics (Email: roland.kawakami@gmail.com,
kawakami.15@osu.edu)
- AMU Advisor:
Prof. Shakeel Khan, Department of Applied Physics (Email: skhanapd@gmail.com)
- OSU Advisor: Prof Jan
Lang, Department of Mathematics (Email: lang.162@osu.edu)
- AMU Advisor: Prof M. Mursaleen, Department of Mathematics
(Email: mursaleenm@gmail.com)
- Comment of advisor: "He has found a potential discovery of protein reaction
to Cu - work is equivalent to half of a paper, needs re-verifications"
- Comment of advisor: "She is a quck learner, has found prospective cancer
drug using Cu complexes, results could make one paper"
- Comment of advisor: "She has learnt a lot, unusual in such a short time.
... Her findings with TiO2 have not been studied before and plan for a
publication."
- Comment of advisor: "He has opened the door to paradise - he can enrich
the field of s-numbers of Volterra operators in approximation theory"
- Speech by Vice Provost William
Brustein, - past Vice Provost of Graduate Studies
Pat Osmer, -
Pat Osmer, Astronomy Chair David
Weinberg, Math Chair (Lima campus) Tariq Rizvi,
- Anil, William, Christopher Carey
- Advisor Ronald, Swaleha, Taqseer,
Parvez
Professor Mohammad Sajjad Athar: sajathar@gmail.com
Marksheets should be fine, but should be verified with Sajjad Athar for
AMU requirement.
Conference: 1) Brustein's keynote speech, 2) fellows and advisors after all
presentations, 3) Participants
- March 12-14, 2016: Sessions on Nanotechnology
- March 14-15, 2016: Sessions on STEMCON16