Two AMU faculty members have picked up roles outside Aligarh this month, one in hospital medicine and one in history.
Prof. Fatima Khan, Joint Secretary of SASPI
Prof. Fatima Khan of the Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, has taken over as Joint Secretary of the Society of Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices in India (SASPI). She took charge during ASPICON 2026 at AIIMS Bathinda.
Antimicrobial stewardship is about getting doctors to use antibiotics properly so that drug resistance does not spread. The conference brought clinicians and researchers together on exactly that. Prof. Khan chaired a scientific session there.
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- Also at ASPICON from JNMC Microbiology: Dr Syed Zeeshan Ahmed Hashmi, Dr Harsha Suresh Mathew, Dr Kunika Batra and Dr Krishnendu, who presented research posters
Prof. Mohammad Nazrul Bari, MGKVP Research Committee
Prof. Mohammad Nazrul Bari of the Centre of Advanced Study in History has been appointed to the Research Committee of the Department of History at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth (MGKVP), Varanasi.
On his visit to MGKVP he gave a special lecture, “From Emergence to Eclipse: The Trajectory of Buddhism in Kashmir”. He traced how Buddhism rose and declined in the region, and pointed to Kashmir’s history of religious tolerance. His more unusual point was economic: he linked Buddhism’s decline in Kashmir to the decline of the Silk Route, arguing that when the trade network broke down, monasteries and viharas lost their financial support and their ties with followers weakened.
Prof. Anand Shanker Singh, Head of History at MGKVP, thanked students and faculty from the university and its affiliated colleges for taking part.
Earlier this week: Prof. M. Waseem Raja at a Mughal Empire symposium in Istanbul.
Source: AMU Public Relations Office, 22 October 2026.
