Mohammad Suhaib, a BA LLB (Hons) student at the Department of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, has won the Best Undergraduate Entry Award at the Damodarshree National Award for Academic Excellence Competition 2026.
The competition
- Organisers: the Saraswat Khatri Pathshala Society and S.S. Khanna Girls’ Degree College, University of Allahabad.
- Entries: 233 essays from across India.
- Rounds: 40 entrants were shortlisted for an online presentation. The final 10 were invited to Prayagraj to present before an 11-member panel of judges, mostly professors of the University of Allahabad.
The winning essay
Suhaib’s essay was titled “Mending the Frayed Tapestry: Rationality, Empathy and the Art of True Dialogue”.
The award
He received a cash prize of Rs 30,000, a memento, a certificate of merit and a set of books from Prof. Ritu Jaiswal. The chief guest was Padma Shri Prof. J.S. Rajput, former Director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
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Earlier recognition
Earlier this year, Suhaib received a Certificate of Excellence from the JDGD Saraf Trust, Jammu, for his writing in a national-level competition.
AMU students have done well in essay contests this month. See the winners of AMU’s own All India Essay Competition 2026.
Source: AMU Public Relations Office, 14 October 2026.
