Although the founder of this institution Sir Syed Ahmad Khan has initiated a Drama Troup of MAO College in 1886, but the University Drama Club (UDC) was permanently established in the year 1966 in the Kennedy House. Earlier the interested students and different cultural societies of halls of residence, had seldom staged different production in Strachey Hall and Maris Hall. But after the completion of Kennedy Auditorium, and creation of General Education Centre, a new era of theatre had started in these beautiful buildings of Kennedy House under the patronage of some of the stalwarts like, Prof Muneebur Rehman, Prof Sajda Zaidi, Prof Zahida Zaidi, Prof Zauqi, Prof Gurudas Bhattacharya, Prof Habib Rasool, Mr. Iftekhar Alam Khan, Prof M. A. Alvi to name a few.

Some of the best known productions of this Drama Club are, Julius Caesar, Uncle Mania, Agra Bazaar, Kitab ka Kafan, Ek tha Ghulam, Darwaze Khol do, Shatranj ke Mohre, Khamosh Adalat Jari Hai, Naya Tamasha, Sakharam Binder, Rang Nagri, Panchhi Aise Aate Hain, The Bear, Inspector Matadeen Chaand Per, Bhanwar, Khander, Raah, Zero Hour,Batwara, Chaddi Pahen ke Phool Khila Hai, Janta Express,Ek Anarchist ki Ittefaqia Maut,Naqqaara, Junglee, Jo Such Nahi, Marz Badhta Gaya, Bhola Ram Ka Jeev, Pahle aap, Pyaasi Zameen, Marte Dam Tak, Chacha Chakkan,Toba Tek Singh, Khoobsurat Bala, Pagla Ghoda, Aseer-e-Hirs, Karbal Katha, Begum ki Billi, Aiyen ek Akhat, Amanat, Big B, Letter to Gandhi, Taj Mahel ka Udghatan, Aao Kahani Kahein, Laal Basta, besides productions of countless skits, mimicries, mono acting and mimes.

University Drama Club has produced some well known artists of stage, film and television. Like Habeeb Tanvir, Qadir Ali Baig, Irfan Panjatan, Surekha Seekri, Rehman, Iftekhar, Begum Para, Nigar Sultana, Naseeruddin Shah, Dilip Tahil, Wassem Ullah Khan, Basha Ahmad, Asifuzzaman Khan, Abu Qamar Siddiqui, Abdul Aleem Khan, Amir Abbas, Parvaiz Alam, Afroz Taaj, Anees Ahmad, Sarwar Raees, Maqbool Mehmood , Zoya Zaidi, Arif Rizvi, Saleem Shah, Riaz Mehdi, Siraj Mehdi, Faisal Ali Khan, Irfan Khan, Mujeeb Khan, Zaman Habib, Anubhav Sinha, Iqbal Khan,Imraan Khan, Saeed Alam, Shafiur Rahman, F. S. Sherani, Mujeeb Akhtar, Mujeeb Jalali, Mohammad Azam, Mujeebur Rahman, Salim Jalali, Kashif Khan, Farrukh Rehan Khan, Dawar Husain, Asrar Ahmad, S. Ali Mohtashim Reza, Kamran Khursheed, Fazal Waris Khan,Syed Ashraf Kareem, Syed Syedain Zaidi, Anwar Aqeel, Ahmad Ashraf Babu E.P., Arman Rasool Faridi, Ishrat Jameel, Zafar Khan, Madih ur Rehman Suhaib Sherwani, Roomana Israr, Mohd. Amjad Khan, Nasim Ashraf, Shamir Abadan, Suhaib Qazi,  Meraj Ahmad, Muteebur Rahman, Shahrukh Khan,  Yousuf Jamal, Nasir Bilgirami, Suhail Naqvi, , Seemi Hasan, Haider, Sarfaraz Khan, Nadeem Khan, Mohd. Khaleeque, Inayat Ullah, Ankit Malik, Talha Abbasi, Amit Kumar Singh.

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Prof. Vibha Sharma (Associate Professor, Department of English) . Vibha Sharma is an  Professor in the Department of English at Aligarh Muslim University. Her areas of specialization and interest are Literary Theory, Modern Drama and Postcolonial Studies, Theatre Studies, Translation Studies and Cultural Studies. She is a Visiting Faculty to Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. She contributed to Asian Theatre Encyclopedia published from the UK.

Secretary (2022-23)

Activities

• One act play
• Skit
• Mono Acting
• Stand up comedy
• Story telling
• Full length play
• Mime
• Monologue
• Mimicry
• Street play

Key Achievements

1.   Declared National Champion in the National Youth Festival at Akola (Maharashtra) on 29 Jan1988. This youth festival was organized by AIU. AMU Drama Club has presented Short Play Bhanwar, Skit Naye Kiran, and a pantomime Piped Piper.

2.    Won, North Zone championship in the North Zone Youth Festival, organized by Associations of Indian Universities (AIU) New Delhi on 24th Nov 1987.

3.    Recorded and Aired on All India Radio, A Radio Play ?Na Khuda? in 26th September 1988. The first Radio Play recorded by the University Drama Club. Broadcast on 29th November 1988.

4.   Won accolades for the play Raah in Nazranae Awadh 12th to 16th November 1987 at Ravindralay Lucknow (U.P).

5.   The Same play Bhanwar was recorded and telecast by the Doordarshan on 27 Oct 1987. The first ever play recorded and aired from AMU.

6.   Won National Championship in Theatre Art in All India theater festival, Nazranae Awadh 27th Oct 1986. The Play Bhanwar has bagged three awards, Best play,Best Director (Shafiurrahman khan), Best Actor (Mujeeb Jalali), Best Writer (F S Sherani).

7.   Won, North Zone overall championship In Theatrical Events in the North Zone Inter-versity Youth Festival, organized by Associations of Indian Universities (AIU), Panjab Agricultural University, Ludhiyana 1995.

8.   Won, National championship in Mime  in the Inter-versity  National Youth Festival, organized by Associations of Indian Universities (AIU), BIT-Meshra , Ranchi 1995.

9.   Won Best Actor Jury Mention award in Josh Vihangam 2014 in all India theatre fest held at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

10.   Performed play ?Pagla Ghoda? in a realistic form for the first time in the history of UDC at CEC lawn in march 2016.

11.   Performed two different Pento ? Mime in 44th North Zone VC Meet.

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Won 3rd prize in skit ?Democracy? at 31st North Zone Youth Fest organised by AIU held at Ludhiana Agriculture University, Ludhiana.

13.  Performed a street play at ?Rang Mohatsav-2016? an International Theatre Fest organised by National School of Drama, New Delhi.

14.  Won 3rd Best Production for the play ?Lal Basta? in ?Josh Vihangam? 2016, an all India Theatre Fest organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

15.  Won Best Director in ?Josh Vihangam? 2016, an all India theatre Fest organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

16.  Won Best Script in ?Josh Vihangam? 2016 an all India theatre Fest organised by Jamia Millia Islamia. New Delhi.

17.  Drama club Perform his first ticketed show in Sri Ram Centre of play Karbal Katha in 2016.

17.  Got invitation to perform a full length play ?Karbal Katha at Ghalib Institute, New Delhi in 2015.

18.  Won 3rd Prize in skit ?Museum 2050? in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2010 held at Jhansi.

19.  Won Consolation Prize in skit ?Aishwarya Rai..Aai Hai!? in National Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2005 held at Nagpur.

20.  Won 3rd Prize in play ?Ek Koshish? in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2005, Rohtak.

21.  Got invitation to perform two plays; Bhanwar at Habitat Centre, New Delhi in 2004.

22.  Performing at Rajkiya Krishi Udyog Pradarshini on a regular basis since 2004.

23.  Won 3rd Prize in skit in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2003 held at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi.

24.  Got special invitation from Universities Grants Commission to perform ?Aishwarya Rai..Aai Hai!? in its Golden Jubilee Celebration in 2003.

25.  Won 2rd Prize in mime in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2001.

26.  Won 1st Prize in mime in National Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2001 held Banaras.

27.  Won 2rd Prize in skit in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2000 held at Rohtak.

28.  Won 3rd Prize in mimicry in North Zone Youth Fest organized by AIU in 2000 held at Rohtak.

29.  Won Best Skit Award in 1984 in Jan Natya Manch competition held in Allahabad.

Theatre Championship 

1.   North Zone Championship in theatrical Event in North Zone Youth Festival organized by  
      Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi in 1987 followed by National Championship at 
      Akola (Maharashtra) for the play Bhanwar, Skit: Nayi Kiran & Mime: Pied Piper. 

    * The club again won the national championship Nazarene Awadh, at Lucknow  in 1988.

    * Khurram Zuberi, a member of UDC was selected to represent India in the Indian festival in  
       Russia.

2.  North Zone Overall Championship in theatrical Events in North Zone Youth Festival organized by
     Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi in 1995 at Panjab Agricultural
     University, Ludhiyana for the Play: Pahle Aap, Skit: Neem Hakeem & Mime: Unity is
     Strength followed by National Championship in Mime: Unity is Strength at BIT-Meshra,
     Ranchi.

Past Secretaries

1. Mr. Sharifur Rahman : 1966-1967
2. Mr. Dawar Faheem : 1967-1968
3. Mr. Maqbool Mahmood : 1968-1969
4. Mr. Abu-qamar-Siddiqui : 1969-1970
5. Mr. Humayun Kamal : 1970-1971
6. Mr. Riaz Mehdi : 1971-1972
7. Mr. Manzar Jamal Siddiqui : 1972-1973
8. Mr. Amir Abbas : 1973-1974
9. Mr. Afroz Taj : 1974-1975
10. Mr. Iqbal Ahmad : 1975-1976
11. Mr. Asif Naqvi (joint secretary) : 1975-1976
12. Mr. Parvez Alam : 1976-1977
13. Mr. Anis Ahmad Khan : 1977-1978
14. Mr. Siraj Mehdi : 1978-1979
15. Miss. Saba Naheed : 1979-1980
16. Mr. Qaiser Jamal : 1980-1981
17. Mr. Shafi-ur-Rahman : 1985-1988
18. Mr. F.S. Sherani : 1988-1989
19. Mr. Ali Mohtishim Raza : 1989-1990
20. Mr. Kamran Khursheed : 1990-1991
21. Mr. Fazal Waris Khan : 1991-1992
22. Mr. Badiuz Zaman (Zama Habib) : 1992-1993
23. Mr. Anwar Aqeel : 1993-1994
24. Mr. Ahmad Ashraf Babu (E.P.) : 1994-1995
25. Mr. Arman Rasool Afridi : 1995-1996
26. Mr. Zafar Khan : 1996-1997
27. Mr. Tabir Kalam : 1997-1998
28. Mr. S. Akbar Jameel : 1998-1999
29. Mr. Jamal Waris Khan : 1999-2000
30. Mr. Mohd. Amjad Khan : 2000-2001
31. Mr. Rahat Ali Khan : 2001-2002
32. Miss. Rahat Ali Khan : 2001-2002
33. Mr. Faraz Haider : 2003-2004
34. Mr. Mohammad Johaid : 2004-2005
35. Mr. Naved Khan : 2005-2006
36. Mr. Meraj Ahmad : 2006-2007
37. Mr. Burhan Uddin Shibli : 2007-2008
38. Mr. Faraz Siddique : 2009-2010
39. Mr. Mohd. Nadeem Khan : 2010-2011
40. Mr. Asif Parvez : 2011-2012
41. Mr. Faiz Ahmad : 2012-2013
42. Mr. Arij Kidwai : 2013-2014
43. Mr. Shahrukh Khan (Student Convener) 2014-2015
44. Mr. Ankit Malik : 2015-2016
45. Mr. Mohd. Talha Abbasi : 2016-2017
46. Mr. S. Jafar Hasnain        2017-2018
47. Ms. Razia Khanam         2018-2019
48. Mr. Siraj Alam                 2019-2020
49. Mr. Syed Shahbaz Haider Naqvi     (Student Convener)  2021-2022
50. Mr. Adnan Khurram        2022-2023
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The University Film Club was established in the year 1974. Prof M Jalal A Khan of Zakir Hussain College of Engineering took special interest in taking up the difficult task to establish film club in the Kennedy House. With painstaking efforts, he had fabricated the moving giant cinema screen, which was lying in the basement of Kennedy Auditorium. Two 35mm RCA Projectors were there to screen film strips movies in the Kennedy Auditorium. Since its inception the Film Club has been serving as a platform, which provides the students of the University, the opportunity to explore the creative world of cinema.

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Activities

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Orientation Ceremony

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Session opening by a Film screening program (Bollywood, Hollywood in English and Animated)

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Forums on how a film, ad and documentary are made.

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The members will be asked to write the reviews on the movie screened.

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Different workshops for Editing, Direction, Cinematography etc. by different resource persons from the film industry.

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Group Discussions on the movies screened.

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The main event of the Film Club is ?Filmsaaz?- an international film festival, which invites participation from all over the world in the documentary and short film category.

Chief guest of 1st Filmsaaz 2008: Tom Alter

Chief guest of 2nd Filmsaaz 2009: Anubhav Sinha

Chief guest of 3rd Filmsaaz 2010: Imtiaz Ali

Chief guest of 4th Filmsaaz 2011: Sudhir Mishra

Chief guest of 5th Filmsaaz 2012: Pitobhash Tripathi

Chief guest of 6th Filmsaaz 2013: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Chief guest of 7th Filmsaaz 2014: Tigmanshu Dhulia

Chief guest of 8th Filmsaaz 2015: Zeishan Quadri, Piyush Mishra and Ritesh Batra.

Chief guest of 9st Filmsaaz 2016: Nishikant Kamat.

Coming Up in 2016-17

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Bollywood Promotional Conferences with the cast.

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A separate Mobile App.

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A local contest featuring movies made by mobile phones.

Past Secretaries

1. Mr. Rahat Noor Khan : 1973-1976
2. Mr. S. M. Majid Hussain (joint secretary) : 1976-1977
3. Mr. Munnawar Husain (joint secretary) : 1976-1976
4. Mr. Javed Lodhi : 1977-1978
5. Mr. Taj Ahmad : 1978-1979
6. Mr. Aijaz-ur-Haq Malik : 1981-1983
7. Mr. S. Anzar Sabri : 1983-1984
8. Mr. Imtiazul Haque Malik : 1984-1988
9. Mr. Khurram Saeed : 1988-1989
10. Mr. Mohammad Tariq Siddique : 1989-1990
11. Mr. Khalid Raza Jilani : 1990-1991
12. Mr. Mirza Afzal Beg : 1991-1992
13. Mr. Tanvir Hasan : 1992-1993
14. Mr. Asif Ahmad Khan : 1993-1995
15. Mr. Arshad Ali Khan : 1995-1996
16. Mr. Bhavish Kumar Chauhan : 1996-1997
17. Mr. Nadeem Uddin Khan : 1997-1998
18. Mr. Syed Faraz Sher : 1999-2000
19. Mr. Nafees Ahmad : 2000-2001
20. Mr. Nadeem Javed : 2001-2002
21. Mr. S. M. Arif Rizwan : 2002-2003
22. Mr. Shams Qamar : 2003-2004
23. Mr. Jasim Mohammad (Convener) : 2004-2005
24. Mr. Jasim Mohammad : 2005-2006
25. Mr. Mohsin Raza Khan (Convener) : 2006-2007
26. Mr. Adil Hossain (Convener) : 2007-2008
27. Mr. Adil Hossain : 2008-2009
28. Mr. Md. Muqlis Alam (Convener) : 2009-2010
29. Mr. Mohdammad Adil Siddique (Convener) 2010- 2011
30. Mr. Mohdammad Adil Siddique (Convener) 2011- 2012
31. Mr. Arif Md. Yeasin Jwadder : 2012-2013
32. Mr. Amir Khan : 2013-2014
33. Mr. Omair Iftikhar Naqvi : 2014-2015
34. Mr. Sahil Kausar Khan : 2015-2016
35. Mr. Mohd. Shavez Khan : 2016-2017

36. Mr. Azam Ali Khan	Secretary	2017-2018
    Mr. S.M. Sarim Ali	Secretary	2018-2019
    Mr. Hammad Kamrul Hasan	Secretary	2019-2020
    Syed Mohd Sohaib	Student Convener	2021-2022
    Mr. Ahmad Mudassir	Secretary	2022-2023

    
    

It was established in 1977. Its aim is to foster an artistic environment in the University and develop an appreciation of art and aesthetics in the student community. Painting, poster designing, cartoon making, clay modeling and still photography are the main thrust area of this club. The students from this club have represented the university in various Zonal and National Youth Festivals and have bought laurels to the campus.

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Activities

Regular classes of sketches, portraits and theoretical current affairs related to art, artwork, artist etc.

EVENTS like ART MANIA on 18-19 of November 2016 in which the club conducted competitions like leaf painting ,collage, creative corner, lamp making . Club introduced a new competition of ?leaf painting? which proved to be very interesting, as it was an entirely new concept. To improve the participant?s creativity the club had events like creative corner and lamp making.

ART MANIA 2016 was followed by a workshop called ?FOLK AND TRIBAL? in which three renowned artist came to the Fine Arts Club. The workshop was conducted with the collaboration of all clubs from cec. It was a three day workshop with lots of events and competition, and a impressive exhibition on last day ended with a grand cultural evening.

Past Secretaries

1. Mr. Naim Akhtar : 1977-1978
2. Mr. Salman Zaidi : 1978-1979
3. Mr. A. H. Saban : 1979-1983
4. Mr. Izhar H. Nizami : 1983-1984
5. Mr. Iftkhar Alam : 2011-2012
6. Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad : 2012-2013
7. Mr. Md. Azad Ansari : 2013-2014
8. Mr. Md. Adil Karim (Joint Secretary): 2013-2014
9. Mr. Tarique Anwar : 2014-2015
10. Miss. Shaiqa Tabassum : 2015-2016
11. Miss. Nagma Shamim : 2016-contd.
12. Miss. Afreen Khan (Joint Secretary): 2016-2017

13. Ms. Afreen Khan	Secretary	2017-2018
    Mr. Syed Mohd Sohaib	Joint Secretary	2017-2018
    Ms. Rohma	Secretary	2018-2019
    Mr. Salim Khan	Student Convener	2018-2019
    Ms. Hiba khan	Joint Secretary	2018-2019
    Ms. Rifa Nasir	Secretary	2019-2020
    Mr. Vaibhav Pathak	Student Convener	2021-2022
    Ms. Rukhsana Ansari	Secretary	2022-2023
    Ms. Bushra Naaz	Joint Secretary	2022-2023
    Mr. Rajeev Rajput	Club Organizers	2022-2023

    
    

Prof Monis Reza and Joseph Stein originally conceptualize this club while designing the format and activities of General Education Centre in 1960. The Hobbies Workshop was originally planned to start under the highest tiers of the proposed open-air amphitheater of 6000 seating capacity. But due to some reasons the proposed amphitheater could not be built and hobbies workshop was shifted to a new block containing few rooms near Sarojini Naidu Hall. The said building again handed over to newly started Department of Physical Education, and Hobbies Workshop were given under the charge of the then General Education Centre in 2006. The whole machines and tools were shifted to three rooms adjacent to the then Archeological Museum in front of Old Guest house. In 2014 the Hobbies Workshop had shifted to Kennedy House Complex.

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Secretary (2022-23)

Activities

Innovation

Crafts

Photography

Cookery

Machine Designs

Software & Mobile Apps Development

Gardening & Horticulture

Key Achievements

Hobbies Workshop hold a The Guinness World Record of making the largest envelope which was 36 feet 1 inch in length and 24 feet 11 inch in width.

Past Secretaries

1. Mr. Al-Shaz Fatmi : 2002-2003
2. Miss. Sanju Verma : 2003-2004
3. Mr. Syed Mohammad Uzair Iqbal : 2004-2005
4. Mr. Nadeem Sohail : 2006-2007
5. Mr. M. Shahbaz Husain : 2008-2009
6. Mr. Furqan Ahmad : 2009-2010
7. Mr. Iftikhar Ansari : 2010-2011
8. Mr. Iftikhar Alam : 2011-2012
9. Mr. Gaurav Saraswat : 2013-2014
10. Mr. Zulnoorain Khairoowala : 2014-2015
11. Mr. Imran Khan : 2015-2016

12. Romana Safdar	Secretary	2016-2017
    Mr. Basil Hanafi	Secretary	2017-2018
    Mr. Yashav Afzal	Secretary	2018-2019
    Mr. Zafar Alam	Secretary	2019-2020
    Mr. Saad Aziz	Student Convener	2021-2022
    Syed Areeb Ahmad	Secretary	2022-2023

    
    

UDLC, as it was known previously was established in 1973. Wasi Ahmad Nomani was appointed as the first student secretary of the club. The club in reality is the extension of the oldest literary Society of Aligarh Muslim University, the ?Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College Literary Society? founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. In 19 August 2015 it was rechristened as the University Debating & Literary club (UDLC). The club is very vibrant and organizes many literary programs throughout the year. After the success of the very first AMU ?Lit Fest 2.0? where UDLC had guests of National & International repute. UDLC recently introduced parliamentary form of debating, and inviting teams from all over India.

The University Debating and Literary Club has produced vibrant speakers and writers such as;

• Wasi Ahmad Nomani
• Arif Hamdi Khan
• Malik Afzal Yousuf
• Najam-ul-Jafri
• Paigham Afaquee
• M. Ahsraf
• Ubaid Siddiqui
• Mairajuddin
• Abdu Raheem A.
• N. Rahman Naqvi
• M. Afzal
• Husain Ahmad Siddique
• Jamshed A. Siddique
• Suhail Ahmad Kidwai
• Munnawarul Haque
• Zafar Iqbal
• Tariq Wali
• Zafar Nawab
• Mohibul-ul-Haque
• Raheel Ahmad
• Asif Iqbal
• Akbar Nawab
• Faizan Jaleel
• Anuj Kumar
• Farhan Kafil
• Nazia Y. Izuddin
• Adil Jahangir
• Irfan Khan
• Wajiha Khan
• Faraz Khan
• Yasir Abbasi
• Samra Fatima
• Maria Salman
• Shad Ahmad Khan

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Activities

UDLC keeps its members active by conducting forums all week round, where students, experienced in respective fields, train the members in those skills. The forums that are conducted are:

1.Recitation Forum:
Where members learn to improve their recitation skills, they are trained to be more influential while reciting poetry and prose, through formally conducted sessions.

2.Public Speaking Forum:
This forum is meant to give a new dimension to the speaking potential of the students thereby enhancing their overall personality. The forum is certainly important for enabling students to give expression to their thoughts and engage in healthy interactive sessions with their co-speakers. These sessions foster doubts and stimulate questions amongst the speakers thereby awakening their critical ability and creating a sense of awareness amongst the speakers and the listeners. This marks the inevitable significance of this forum. Importantly, members are trained in English, Hindi & Urdu respectively.

3.Beginners Public Speaking Forum:
In this forum the focus is on the member?s grammar and pronunciation as they are introduced to public speaking. Where, the members who have issues with grammar and pronunciation are introduced to public speaking. The main aim is to improve the speaking skills of beginners.

4.Alternative Debating Forum:
This forum focuses on the latest styles of debating such as Parliamentary debating & Model United Nations formats which have become popular among students and universities. Most competitive events across India now organize competitions based on these formats. While training members in these formats of debating this forum aims to maintain AMU?s status as a vibrant university with a rich history of debate and discussion, while remaining in tune with the latest developments.

5.Creative Writing Forum:
This forum is a platform which brings together literary minds of the university in the creative process of writing. The forum is a group of talented poets, essayists, and prose writers analyzing, comparing and improving their works, while holding discussions on the emerging and ever changing trends in contemporary writing. Each writer brings something new to the forum, belonging to different cultural and regional backgrounds, imparting the forum a heterogeneous environment, exactly the kind that is needed for the creation of artistic and original works of writing.

6.Journalistic Writing Forum:
This forum deals with the non-fiction writing with a special emphasis on journalism. Here, writing techniques are taught to the members through various exercises and assignments.

7.Quiz Forum:
This forum brings forth the general knowledge and current affairs awareness of the students. For bringing out the best of the members, it relies on informal quizzing sessions and various quiz making techniques to make them the future quiz masters.

8.Group Discussion Forum:
This forum is not only aimed at honing speaking skills of students but also to develop habit of listening, critical and analytical thinking. Its objective is to inculcate interpersonal and leadership skills among students in situations of crisis management, negotiations, teamwork & collective decision-making.

9.Bait Bazi Forum:
This forum is one of its kinds in the country. It has been inculcating test and craving for best Urdu poetry (Ash?ar) and neck to memorize and recall them in the alphabetic order during the competitions. Though considered a dying art Bait Bazi still finds its place in many hall functions of Aligarh Muslim University, celebrating the sweetness of Urdu along with the power of human intellect to recall timely and appropriate couplets. People who attend Bait Bazi often recall it as one of its kind experience.

Key Achievements

2013-14

Yuva, Cultural Festival organised by G. B. Pant University, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
National Debate Competition

Consolation Prize (English)-Lubna Irfan
Consolation Prize (Hindi)-Sufia Khalid

Mirass, Annual Cultural Festival organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
National Debate Competition

Second Prize (English)-Humah Khan and Lubna Irfan
Third Prize (Urdu)-Haroon Rashid Zargar

I Lead India; National Students? Enclave on Indian Politics organised by Times Now

Fawaz Shaheen represented AMU after qualifying two rigorous levels of screening process. He was involved in debating and discussing Indian Politics on the topic ?The Political Class in India has Failed to meet the Aspirations of its Youth? with stalwarts such as Kiran Bedi, Prof.Yogendra Yadav, Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Member of Parliament), Sachin Pilot, Former Union Minister and others. The event was telecast live on the channel Times Now and is available on Youtube as well.

All India Sir Syed Memorial Debate organised by Aligarh Muslim University

Third Prize (English)-Lubna Irfan and Md. Zama Sheikh
Third Prize (Hindi)- Abhishek Sharma and Nizam Haider
Second Prize (Urdu)-Haroon Rashid Zargar and Syed Masoodul Hasan

Kamalnayan Bajaj Memorial Inter- University Events organised by Shiksha Mandal Wardha, Maharashtra

Third Prize (Elocution)- Abhishek Sharma
First Prize (Powerpoint Presentation)- Abhishek Sharma
Second Prize (Cultural Performance)- Abhishek Sharma

2014-15

The Great Debate North Zone Debate Competition organised by Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi in association with British High Commission, New Delhi

Second Prize (English)-Fawaz Shaheen and Riad Azam

2nd Amity National Law debate 2015 organised by Amity Law School, Noida

Best Speaker (For) ? Wajahat Monaf Jilani

Abhivyakti Debating Society, Satyawati College, University of Delhi
National Debate Competition

Best Team (English)- Fawaz Shaheen and Lubna Irfan
Best Speaker (English)- Areeba Shabbir

Yuva, Cultural Festival organised by G. B. Pant University, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
National Debate Competition

First Prize (Hindi)- Abhishek Sharma and Nizam Haider
Best Speaker (Hindi)- Abhishek Sharma
Consolation Prize (English)- Imroz Alam

I Believe National Debate Competition organised by Amity University, Lucknow

Second Prize (English)- Fawaz Shaheen and Wajahat Monaf Jilani

Model United Nations Competition organised by Lakshmi Narayan Mittal Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur

Second Best Delegate Prize- Wajahat Monaf Jilani

Sardar Gurucharan Singh Memorial National Debate organised bySardar Bhagwan Singh Post Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences and Research, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

First Prize (English)- Humah Khan
Second Prize (English)- Areeba Shabbir
Best Team (English)- Humah Khan and Areeba Shabbir

National Debate Competition organised by Satyawati College, University of Delhi

First Prize (Urdu)- Haroon Rashid Zargar

Shyama Kohli Memorial Debate organised by Miranda House, University of Delhi in February, 2015

Best Speaker (Against) ? Wajahat Monaf Jilani

All India Sir Syed Memorial Debate organised by Aligarh Muslim University

Second Prize (English)- Lubna Irfan and Hiba Kakul
Best Speaker (Hindi)- Abhishek Sharma
Best Speaker (Urdu)- Shehrayar Alam

Mirass, Annual Cultural Festival organised by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
National Debate Competition

Third Prize (English)- Md. Zama Shaikh and Mohd. Asad Khan
First Prize (Urdu)- Haroon Rashid Zargar and Muhammad Suhail

Creative Writing Competition
First Prize- Sobia Abdin

Kamalnayan Bajaj Memorial Inter- University Events organised by Shiksha Mandal Wardha, Maharashtra

First Prize (Quiz)- Abhishek Sharma

2015-16

1.Finalist of North India round of Great Debate 2016 Organized by British High Commission: Wajahat Jilani &Imroz Alam

2.Lex MUN 2016 Organized by Faculty of Law, Allahabad University: High Commendation Award of 2nd Best Delegate for representing France in the United Nation Security Council.

3.National level Inter-University Debate Competition (12-15 January, 2016) organized by G.B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology: Best Rebuttal won by Sufia Khalid.

4.42nd Kamalnayan Bajaj Memorial National Inter-University Competition (8th and 9th January, 2016) organized by Shiksha Mandal WARDHA: 2nd Prize in Quiz and 3rd Prize in PPT Presentation won by Abhishek Sharma.

5.Janak Kapoor Memorial Debate(20 January, 2016), organized by Delhi University ? Best Team ? Humah Khan and Neeraj Kaushik, Best Speaker ? Imroz Alam, Second Best Speaker ? Neeraj Kaushik.

6.UP Inter-University Debate Competition (10 February, 2016), sponsored by UP Government, Rohilkhand ? Best Team- Umair Khan and Anas Abdullah

7.Jaswant Kaur Memorial Debate (11 February, 2016), Delhi University ? Best Team- Kushgr Agrwal and Majid Ali Mufti

8.Sardar Gurucharan Singh Memorial Debate(12February, 2016), SBSPGI organized by Dehradun Technical University ? Best Team ? Wajahat Jilani and Neeraj Kaushik.

9.Jamia Millia Islamia Debate (16-18 February, 2016)- Best Team (English) ? Humah Khan and Neeraj Kaushik, Best Speaker(English)- Humah Khan, Best Team (Urdu) ? Zama Shaikh and Talha Kamal, Best Speaker (Urdu) ? Zama Shaikh.

10.Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2016- Runner Up- Shahnawaz Ahmed and Saeed ur Rahman.

2016-17

Amity I Believe debate season 4 organized by Amity Business School, Lucknow

Best Team ? Mohd. Umair Khan & Najm Mehdi
Best Speaker ? Mohd Umair Khan

Programs Organized:

1.Lecture by Ms. Rana Ayyub (Journalist and author) on the topic ?Writing as a means of protest: Issues of freedom of expression and censorship? on 7th September, 2016. She also read excerpts from her book ?Gujarat files: anatomy of a cover up?.

2.Model United Nations Workshop on 9th November, 2016.

3.Darakshaa?n ? a celebration of Urdu was organized from 7th ? 15th November, 2016 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal Sahab. Events included: Urdu Quiz, Essay writing, Speech, Calligraphy & Poster making competitions.

Past Secretaries: