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SIR SYED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, ENLIGHTENMENT AND COMMUNAL HARMONY (SPEECH)

(Registered under Societies Registration Act of XXI 1860)

Sir Syed Society for Promotion of Education, Enlightenment and Communal Harmony (SPEECH) was formed at Dehradun, India  in July 2001, with an objective to promote modern education among Muslims and other backward sections of the society and thus contribute in taking  great  country India to the path of progress and development.

SPEECH is the brainchild of Mr. Nafisul Hasan** an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Following words of Mr. Hasan summarize the motivation behind the formation of SPEECH:

"Eradication of educational backwardness among the Muslim community is need of the hour. Had Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the great educationist and reformer of our country not descended on earth, the Aligarians ( old boys of Aligarh Muslim University as they are fondly called) ,majority of whom are well placed with the grace of Almighty God, would not have come into being. It is now our duty to  take the caravan of Sir Syed ahead.

Sir Syed is not with us today but his life, works and ideology are. Sir Syed Dinners and family get together of AMU Alumni/ Old Boys Associations are alright but we shall be failing in our duty if we are not able to eliminate the dark clouds of educational backwardness hovering over Muslim community, if not immediately, then gradually.

For a country to have strength, each of its communities should have strength. We should be identified with a society which is educationally sound and developed. Our country will progress when each and every community will attain progress .Hence It is our duty as a citizen, to make Muslim community educationally strong and thereby strengthen the great country India at par with other developed nations of the world. No more drawing rooms debates and big talks. Time is fleeting."

Act, Participate, Encourage (APE)

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**Mr. Nafisul Hasan  did his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from AMU (1977-82), and M.Tech. from IIT, Delhi (1985). He is  presently working as a senior  executive  in a Navratna PSU of India at Dehradun.  He is former editor of a Hindi Magazine of his organization named "Sankalpayan" and won awards for its cover designs. He is  the former vice president of officers' club of his organization.  He  is former chairman (presently  member ) of Governing Body of premier institutions B.S. Negi  Pravidhik Prashikshan Sansthan and B. S. Negi Mahila Takniki Prashikshan Kendra, Dehradun (Formerly ONGC  Polytechnic ).  He  is ex- secretary of AMU Old Boys' Association Dehradun , produced and  edited a magazine of Aligs named "Aligarian Ark". He is  presently  advisor of   a Urdu weekly news paper Miili Times , the first  Urdu weekly  of Uttaranchal published from Dehradun. He is state vice president (Uttarakhand State)  of All India Backwards  and Minorities Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF). He is author of several articles of importance to society in general and Muslim community in particular published in various tabloids, magazines and networks.

'Education is Key to Progress'

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"The journey of thousands miles begins with a single  step"

                                  
           
"Success is that old ABC : Ability , Breaks and Courage


 

"... from the seed which we sow today, there may spring up a mighty tree, whose branches, like those of the banyan of the soil, shall in their turn strike firm roots into the earth, and themselves send forth new and vigorous saplings ... "

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(At the foundation-laying ceremony of MAO College on Jan 8, 1877 at Aligarh)

 

SPEECH is one such sapling.