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Students urged to remain humble, stay rooted
This issue, having raked up by one of the earlier speakers, who said the community was being discriminated and that they should draw inspiration from the late Dr Abdul Kalam, was the one which the top cop sought to dispel.
Hyderabad Institute of Excellence Graduation Ceremony
“Discrimination in public life for the Muslim community is more a matter of perception than reality. Even if one admits to it, it becomes important to work harder to overcome the obstacles encountered,” said A K Khan, DG, Anti-Corruption Bureau, during his address at the first graduation ceremony of Vikarabad-based Hyderabad Institute of Excellence (HIE).
This issue, having raked up by one of the earlier speakers, who said the community was being discriminated and that they should draw inspiration from the late Dr Abdul Kalam, was the one which the top cop sought to dispel. Nearly 120 Intermediate-level students were felicitated on the occasion in which academics like Dr Kancha Ilaiah were present.
During his address, one of the senior officials of HIE Khaleel Ahmed said that a rigorous selection process had been put in place to select the final 120 out of a shortlisted set of 900. The effort paid off as nearly 50 students passed out with more than 95 per cent marks in the recent Intermediate exams in both the MPC and BiPC streams. “Additionally, 25 of our students have also given the NDA entrance to join the armed forces,” he added.
Ghiasuddin Babukhan, Chairman, HIE emphatically said that his institute was not only for the Muslims but had non-Muslims, too who studied well and scored high marks. He informed the audience, comprising parents and local invitees that more than 90 per cent of his students came from economically-challenged backgrounds and whatever they do in their later lives, they should never forget their origins and remain rooted and humble.
Speaking about the Islamic education being imparted at HIE, he said that it lent a balance of adding religious knowledge to modern education. All of the speakers agreed that some form of religious knowledge should be imparted in all educational institutions, irrespective of whichever religion it was.
Kancha Ilaiah, academician and part of Maulana Azad National Urdu University asserted that the biggest problem being faced by Muslims is that they do not have many well-known intellectuals among the public. In his opinion, the social structure of the community in particular and India in general would change if Muslims and the dispossessed sections understand the social complexities they face and educate themselves.
Spread over a 120-acre campus, HIE was set up in 2012 and its first batch, which commenced a year later passed out this year. While many have been admitted to leading colleges of Osmania University, JNTU and Nagarjuna University, one student joined the School of Architecture and Planning, New Delhi.
By K Naresh Kumar
