Manish Kumar
Prof. Zikrur Rehman, Director, India Arab Cultural Centre and Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia has bagged India’s highest Arabic Scholar's Award.
According to JMI media coordinator, in a ceremony to be held in the Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan today, i.e.January 17, 2014, the President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee will honour Prof. Zikur Rehman with the Country’s highest Arabic Scholar's Award for the year 2013 which carries a Certificate of Honour, a Citation and five lakh rupees.
It is noted that Prof. Zikrur Rahman has a number of academic achievements to his credit which include works such as Arab Diaspora in India, India Palestine Relations andShort Stories from India. He has translated The Indian Heritage in Arabic, written by Prof. Humayun Kabir; The Argumentative Indian by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
He has researched and edited the Arabic translation of The Ramayana which has been published by Abu Dhabi Culture Authority, UAE. He has supervised translation and publication of 24 contemporary Indian writers’ books in Arabic language which include famous works such as Wings of Fire by APJ Abdul Kalam,The Idea of India by Sunil Khilnani, The Habitations of Modernity by Dipesh Chakrabarty etc.
He has delivered lectures on West Asia, North Africa and the Gulf regularly in the national and international forums in Asian and European academic circles. He has supervised a number of Research Projects on the Gulf Studies.
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