IOS organises two-day international conference on Personality, Thought and Times of Malek Bennabi
IOS organises two-day international conference on Personality, Thought and Times of Malek Bennabi
Inaugural Session
This conference began with the recitation of a verse from the Holy Qur’an by Maulana Ajmal Farooq Nadwi, in-charge, Urdu section of the Institute.
Secretary General, IOS, Prof. Z.M. Khan, welcomed the participants and highlighted the activities of the Institute. He said that the organisation had successfully completed 37 years of its existence with the steady progress and widening the scope of its endeavours as a non-political and non-profitable body. It had been recognised in all relevant quarters in India and abroad for promoting research, conducting surveys on topical themes. The institute was also engaged in publishing books and journals in the areas of national concern and pressing challenges of civil societies, awarding scholarships to meritorious university scholars. Besides, it was actively participating in social welfare, educational and management fields. He held that the focal areas might also be identified for developing development models suited to Indian masses, particularly the poor, marginalised and deprived sections. It had also responded actively to national issues, particularly relating to problems and placement of minorities in general and Muslims in particular. He said that it had tried its best to uphold the ideals of secularism, democracy, rule of law and the Indian Constitution.
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