1) Award Winners (with yellow envelopes) 2014: 2) Sultana Nahar, 3 )
VC Talat Ahmad
Under a STEM scheme, there are 2 annual awards for the Teachers of
the Year in Physics and 6 best students awards have been established at
University of Kashmir
Teachers awards in Physics:
i) The award is Distinction in Physics teaching
ii) The Distinguished Research Advisor
Physics Student awards:
i) Two annual awards for the best Ph.D. thesis of Muslim students
ii) Two annual award for the best Muslim male and female students in M.Sc.
ii) Two annual award for the best Muslim male and female students in B.Sc.
The proposal for the awards was approved by the university in December
2013
OBJECTIVES:
The objective is to enhance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathmatics) education and research program in Physics at the University
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
L: Meeting with VC Prof Talat Ahmad, 2014, M: Fund increment: OSU Prof Wani
representing Sultana Nahar Jan 2015, R: Kashmir monogram trophy from VC Prof.
Kurshid Andrabi, 2016
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
1. Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir
2. Dean of the Faculty of Science, Kashmir University
3. Chair of the Physics Department
4. Registrar, University of Kashmir
5.
Dr. Sultana N. Nahar
Trust:
University Approval ,
December 25, 2013
Proposal 2013
Letter of Connection and
Invitation from the Vice Chancellor, November 23, 2013
Minutes on
awards-physics-kashmiru13, Nov 9, 2013
Trust fund
prize fund in 2014
Criteria adopted by the
Physics Department, September 2015, Head of Dean, Oct 3, 2015
Letter for
Modification in guidelines, March 26, 2016
NEWS:
The Annual Report
2014 of University of Kashmir contains the 3rd item of
instituting of the
prizes under "STUDENTS/RESEARCHERS ACHIEVEMENTS
The Prospectus 2014-2015 of Provost
Girls Hostels, reports in the Highlights of 2013-2014, point 8.
"Guest Lecture by Dr.
Sultana N. Nahar The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA on "International
Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS) March 2014" and the
event pictures of Sultana's
visit at the Girls College
APS News: Event and award honorees were published in article
"India
Connection 2" in Fall 2014 Newsletter, p18-22, of International
Forum of Physics (FIP) of APS
Kashmir Times news: On teachers and students prizes in physics:
"Prize distribution
function at KU", March 14, 2014
Daily Kashmir Images news: On teachers and students awards in physics
2014 in
"Dr.
Sultana Nahar prize distribution function held at KU", Narch 14, 2014
Greater Kashmir news: On physics awards, March 14, 2014:
"KU to renew MOU with
Ohio state University"
Greater Kashmir news: Notice of seminar and prizes "SULTANA NAHAR ANNUAL PRIZES IN PHYSICS", March 11, 2014
AWARD WINNERS:
2013-2014 (awarded on March 13, 2014)
- Notice in Greater Kashmir newspaper:
ANNUAL PRIZES
IN PHYSICS
- Quran recitation
for inauguration
- Speeches by VC Talat Ahmad,
- Professor Zaffar Reshi,
- Physics Chair Manzoor Malik,
- Professor K.I. Andrabi,
- Sultana N.Nahar,
- Group picture with winners
Prize winning Teachers:
i) Distinguished Teacher : Professor Javid Ahmad Shaikh (Accepted by
Professor Malik on behalf of
Professor Shaikh Javid
ii) Distinction in Teaching: Professor Basharat Want
Prize winning Students:
i) Best Ph.D. Thesis (male): Dr.
Gowhar Hossain ((receiving behind)
ii) Best M.Sc. (male): Zahoor
Ahmad
iii) Best M.Sc. (female): Nuzhat
Nazirr
iv) Best B.Sc. Student (male): Tahir
Rashid
v) Best B.Sc. Student (female): Iqra Jan
ACTIVITIES:
Visit: VC letter,
March 15 - 19, 2017
Visit: Kashmir University
(with Chair Manzoor Malik and faculty Ghulam Nabi), during March 23-27,
2016
Delivered computational workshop on atomic process: Lecture on the
theory: Introduction by
Physics Chair Manzoor Malik, -
Lecture,
- Discussions
Computer lab: with students,
- faculty members
- Participants:
Certificate of completion",
signing of certificates,
March, 2016
Visit to Gulmarg Observatory on Gulbarg mountains (9000 ft above
see level), March 26, 2016: It was closed for 20 years from 1990 - 2010
due to unrest in Kahsmir.
facility with a library
inside,
Picture of Nobel laureate
Arther Compton on the
library wall who inaugurated the observatory for cosmic ray detection, -
Prof Manzoor, Chair of Physics
and in-charge of Gulmarg observatory, is holding pictures of the history
book of Kashmir, -
With an observaotory staff,
- Under construction telescope
facility
- nearby snow resort Gulmarg
Gondola
Arranged by Physics Chair Professor Manzoor Malik, Sultana visited :
"Courageous women of Kashmir", Government Degree
College for Women on Maulan Azad Road, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
March 24, 2016
(Program: - Public lecture "Courageous women of Kashmir",
Introducing Sultana,
- Buquet from the Principal,
- presenting lecture based
on ISMWS,
- audience,
- with members of the college,
- student from Ladakh which
was very much inspired and recited the Quran to express herself)
Sultana Nahar visited University of Kashmir:
Meeting with VC Professor Talat
Ahmad,
In front of Physics & Mathematics
Department,
- With female students,
- campus Dal lake is behind the campus &
in front of the mountatins,
- in front of thousand year old trees,
March 2014
Seminar and Award event,
- Seminar presentation,
- Seminar question,
- Seminar question1, March 2014
Symbolic Samovar presentation
by the VC for scientific contributions,
- Tea with VC and physics faculty,
March 2014
Visit to Women's College and
Presentation for promotion of
women in science and American Physical Society,
- Audience,
- with members of the women
college, March 2014
UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR, Srinagar,
India
