Profile of The President UKT Mr. Abdul Rashid Agwan

Profile of the President of
Universal Knowledge Trust
Abdul Rashid Agwan

* Personal Information
* Place: Gangrar, District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
* Date of Birth: 11 March 1954

* Educational Background
* M SC (Zoology), Udaipur University, 1975-77
* Junior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: 1977-1978
* Senior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: 1978-1979* PG Diploma in Hindi Jouranlsim, Rajasthan University, Jaipur: 1981

* Important Professional Activities
* Assistant Professor (Zoology), Vidhya Bhawan Rural Institute, Udaipur: 1979-1981
* Technical Manager, Rajasthan Paste Control, Jaipur: 1981-82
* Founder Director and Secretary General, Institute of Objective Studies: 1986-93
* Managing Director, Genuine Publications, New Delhi: 1988-1995
* President, Universal Peace Foundation: 1993-95
* Secretary, Students Islamic Trust: 1995-97
* Counseller of Islamic Development Bank, Jedddah, KSA (North Zone): 1997-2001
* Business and Social Work Consultant: 2001-till date
* Director, Centre for Advancement of Voluntary Efforts, New Delhi: 1993-Till Date
* Memberships & Other Responsibilities
* Member Udaipur Environment Group: 1977-1981
* Member Jamat-e-Islami Hind: 1985-2003
Shura Member of Jamat-e-Islami Hind (Delhi & Haryana): 1987-95
Member All India Council of Muslim Economic Uplfitment, Mumbai: 1991-95
Chairman, Crescent Charitable Trust, Aligarh: 1988-92
Trustee, Rajsthan Deeni Taalimi Trust, Jaipur: 1985-Till Date
Founder Member Institute of Objective Studies: 1986-Till Date
Honorary Member, Centre for Studies on Science, Aligarh: 1999-Till Date
Chairman, Milli Education Trust: 1988-Till Date
Executive Member and Honorary Trustee, Foundation for Social Care, Lucknow: 2004-Till Date Founder Trustee, Janseva Foundation, New Delhi: 2005-Till Date
Assistant General Secretary, All India Educational Movement, New Delhi: 2002-Till Date
o Honorary Trustee, Sufi Hameedudeen Farooqi Foundation, Rajasthan: 2007-Till Date
o Publicationso Around 70 papers and articles on environment, education, community development, etc in different journals and newspapers

o Member Editorial Board, Muslim Situation in India, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi: 1988

o Editor, Islam and the Environment, Genuine Publication and Media Pvt Ltd, New Delhi: 1991

Co-Editor, Encyclopedia of Holy Quran, Global Vision Publishers: 2004

o Editor, Contemporary Medical Issues and Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Fiqh Academy, New Delhi, 2001

* Contribution in Community Development Activitieso Running expert and consultancy organization Centre for Advancement of Voluntary Efforts, New Delhi: from 1993-Till Date, which enjoys associateship of around 200 Muslim organisationso Runs expert NGO Network: musmlimngos.como

Organised and enriched more than 50 workshops and seminars of relevant issueso Published the book “Empower Yourself’ for social workers, New Delhi: 2007

o Provide expert backup to several member organisations of All India Education Movement headed by Janab Saiyid Hamid, Chancellor of Hamdard University

Abdul Rashid Agwan

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Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025
Email: agwan@rediffmail.com
Website: http://www.universalknowledge.in/
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