Hyderabad: National meet on Urdu concludes at MANUU

Jubilee Hills: A two-day online national seminar on 'Urdu Mein MaloomatiAdab' (knowledge literature in Urdu) has concluded at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). Organised by the Directorate of Translation & Publications (DTP), MANUU, it was sponsored by NCPUL.

Prof Siddiqui Mohd Mahmood, MANUU Registrar I/c, and Prof. Moinuddin Jinabade, Centre for Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, chaired the first session on Thursday.

Prof Jinabade observed that knowledge, information and wisdom are the three aspects of informative literature. Prof. Mahmood said the purpose of writing decides its literary category.

Prof Fatima Parveen, former head, Department of Urdu, OU, Prof Jahangir Warsi, Dr Parwez Ahmed Azmi, Dr WarisMazhari presented papers in the first session along with MANUU faculties professors Zafar Ahsan, Fahim Akhtar Nadvi, Mohd. Moshahid, Doctors Danish Moin, Riaz Ahmed, Sadat Shareef and Syed Majid.

The second session was chaired by Prof M N Sayeed, former head, Urdu department, Bangalore University, and Prof Farooq Bakhshi, Department of Urdu, MANUU. Dr Abid Moiz, Prof FazalullahMukkaram, Prof Ashar Qadeer, Dr Rafiuddin Naser, Dr Khurshid Iqbal, Abdul Samad Shaik and faculties of MANUU professors Mohd. Khalid Mubasshir-uz-Zafar, Badiuddin, AfrozAlam, Mohd. Abdul Sami Siddiqui and Dr. Ameena Tahseen presented papers.

Prof Mohd Zafaruddin, DTP director, proposed a vote of thanks. Seminar convener Dr Aslam Parwez convened the valedictory session.