BREAKING NEWS: Historian, Thinker, Prof.B.Sheik Ali Passed Away || Prof. B Shaik Ali ka Inteqal

Renowned historian, educationalist , Thinker and Former Vice Chancellor of Mangalore – Goa Universities Prof B Shaik Ali passed away in Mangalore

Prof. B. Sheik Ali — Bio-Data
BIODATA
I. Academic Distinctions:
1. B.A. (Hons.) of Mysore University, I Rank, Gold Medalist, 1945.
2. MA. II Rank, Mysore University, 1946.
3. Ph.D., Aligarh Muslim University, 1954.
4. Ph.D., London University, 1960.
5. General President, Indian History Congress, 47th session, 1986.
6. President, Indian History Section, XXVIII International Congress of Orientalists, Canberra, Australia, 1971.
7. Founder President of Karnataka History Conference.
8. President, South India History Congress, 1985.
9. Delegate to the International Seminar at Ankara, Turkey, 1982.
10. Delegate to the International Seminar at Sofia, Bulgaria, 1986.
11. Delegate to the International Seminar, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1989.
12. Delegate to the International Seminar at Ras-al-Khairna, UAE, 1990.
13. Invited as Consultant to set up Indian Studies Departments and to teach at the University of Georgia, U.S.A. 1976-7.
14. Author of over 100 papers and 40 books.

II. Awards Conferred:
1. Golden Jubilee Award of Mysore University for research in Humanities and Social Sciences.
2. Rajyotsava award of Karnataka State as Distinguished Educationist.
3. Mythic Society of India Award as Distinguished Historian.
4. Maulana Jauhar Award, 2003.
5. Sir Syed Award by American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) -2004.
6. Canara Bank Award.
7. D.Litt. (Han. Causu) Kannada University, Hampi, 1998.
8. D.Litt. (Hon. Cause) Karnataka State Open University, Mysore.
9. D.Litt. (Han. Causa) Tumkur University, Tumkur.
10. D.Litt. (Han. Causa) University of Mysore, Mysore.
11. Government of Karnataka Award for Social Service.
12. Al-Ameen All-India Community Leadership Award, 2008.

III. Membership of Prestigious Bodies:
1. Member, South and West Asian Regional Branch of the International Council of Archives, New Delhi.
2. Member of the Review Commission of the Karnataka Universities, Bangalore (1992-1994).
3. Member, Indian Historical Records Commission, New Delhi.
4. Member, All India Educational Movement, New Delhi.
5. President of the Cell to draft a project for a new University for the Muslim, New Delhi.
6. Former Member, Dr. Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, New Delhi. (Prime Minister of India is its Chairman).
7. Member of the Value-Orientation of Education Committee, Planning Commission, New Delhi.
8. Founder Vice-Chancellor of two new Universities, Mangalore and Goa.
IV. Visits Abroad :
Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Soviet Union, United States of America, Canada, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.

V. Social and Educational Activities :
• As the Founder President of Sultan Shaheed Educational Trust, Mysore, established the following institutions and managing them now.
a) Deeniyat Madrasa : Ghousianagar, Mysore.
b) Belagodu Abdul Sattar Nursery School: Ghousianagar, Mysore.
c) Sultan Shaheed Lower Primary School: Urdu Medium, Ghousianagar, Mysore
d) Sultan Shaheed Higher Primary School: English Medium, Ghousianagar, Mysore.
e) Sultan Shaheed Women’s Tailoring Centre: Ghousianagar, Mysore.
f) Sultan Shaheed Women’s Craft Centre: Ghousianagar, Mysore.
g) Sultan Shaheed Clinic for Women and Children (Charitable): Ghousianagar, Mysore.
h) Azad National Nursery School: Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
i) Azad National Lower Primary School: (Kannada Medium), Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
j) Maulana Azad Girls High School: (English Medium), Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
k) Maulana Azad B.Ed., College: Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
l) Maulana Azad D.Ed., College: Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
m) Maulana Azad AFMI PUC College: Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
n) Maulana Azad Hostel for Girls: Radhakrishna Nagar, Mysore.
o) School for Challenged Children: Ghousianagar Mysore.
• President of Mountain View chain of institutions in Chikmangalur, Karnataka, where in a sprawling campus of 35 acres of land classes run from Nursery to Degree level with 2500 children with facilities of Hostel both for boys and girls.
• As the President of Muslim Education Society in Mysore, established a dozen Nursery and Primary Schools which have now been upgraded to First grade College level.
• As President of Central Muslim Welfare Council, Mysore, instituted Micro-Finance Credit Scheme benefiting hundreds of poor Muslim women and their families, together with coaching classes both for High School and PUC classes.
• Editor-in-Chief of Premier Urdu print media of Karnataka, Daily SALAR and Weekly SALAR.
• As the President of the New Muslim Hostel Mysore, completed the following projects:
a. Utility Block
b. Dormitory Block
c. Prayer Hall
d. Commercial Complex, 1st Main, Saraswathipura, Mysore, facing western side.
e. Another Commercial Complex on the same road facing eastern side.

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