DEPARTMENT OF URDU

Department of Urdu

Head of the Department : Dr. Israil Raza

Introduction : The Department of Urdu, in the Faculty of Humanities (P.U.) is one of the oldest Departments of Urdu in the country. The first M.A. Urdu examination of the Department was held in 1930 with non-Collegiate students. Dr. Azimuddin Ahmad an eminent scholar of Arabic, Persian and Urdu as well as a renowned Urdu poet was the founder Head of this Department in 1936. Primarily this Department was housed in Patna College since July 1936 but in 1952 it was shifted to the present Rani Block of Darbhanga House, situated a the bank of river Ganges.

The Department has been an epic center of Post-graduate Urdu teaching and advanced research in Urdu Language and Literature. It has been served by a number of eminent scholars of national and international repute and has also produced many eminent personalities in various fields of life.

In fact the Department has been a symbol of National Unity and Social and Cultural understandings.

Courses conducted : The Department imparts education in M.A. Urdu. Besides the Department also provides guidance of research for Ph.D. and D. Litt. degrees.

M.A. Urdu course is based upon 16 (sixteen) papers. There are eight papers each in M.A. previous and M.A. Final. They are as follows :

It is felt that there should be some improvement in the M.A. Urdu syllabus to serve the interests of students in changing situations.

Seminars/Conferences : 1. Prof. Aslam Azad, attended National Seminar held in New Delhi, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga and conducted the Ph.D. Viva-Voce examination in Delhi University, J.N.U., New Delhi, V.K.S. University, Ara, T.M. Bhagalpur University and L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga.

2. Dr. Israil Reza was invited to attend the National Sajjad Zaheer Seminar at Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi and Multilingual Translation Workshop in Belgam (Kashmir) by Sahitya Akadami, New Delhi. He conducted Ph.D. viva-voce examination in B.R.A. Bihar University, Magadh University and V.K.S. University by and also attended the Moderation Board meeting in Bihar University, L.N. Mithila University and conducted assignment at Hindi Vidyapeeth, Deoghar.

3. Dr. M. Azimullah attended National Seminar and participated in a number of literary meetings.

4. Dr. Shahab Zafar Azmi attended a National Urdu Seminar at Darbhanga and presented a paper on Urdu Novel in Bihar. He also participated a number of literary meetings at Patna, Gaya and New Delhi.

Research : The Department has also been a centre of Advance Research. So far hundreds of scholars have been awarded Degrees of Ph.D. and D. Litt. Teachers and faculty members of the Department have been providing guidance to research scholars under their supervisions. At present considerable number of research scholars are working for Ph.D. in the Department, but due to lack of space and inadequate facilities the interests of research scholars are not satisfactorily fulfiled. As far as the thrust area of Research is concerned, relationship of Urdu with local dialects as well as with other languages and literatures must be brought to light. Current problems of man and life pictures in Urdu literature should also be studied. For this suitable environment and space are needed. Some important meetings of the teachers of the department are being held time to time regarding above Research programmers and projects. If the University provides special assistance this task shall be easy.

Publications :

1. Ghazalyaat-e-Jameela Khuda Bakhsh and Mathnaviyat-e-Jameela (under print) by Dr. Israil Reza

2. “Furat Motalav Mohaseba” Edited by Dr. Shahab Zafar Azmi.

Besides these a number of literary articles and Reviews were published in various National and International Journals. Magazines and Urdu Dailies written by all these three teachers.

Visiting Professors/Fellows : The University has not appointed any visiting professor in the department. Dr. Mrs. ANEES Patna Farooqi, Retd. Head, Deptt. or Urdu, P.U. had been engaging classes, but according to a University Notification this discontinued. Two Research Fellows Miss Drakhahan Zarreen and Shazia Omair were doing their research works. They also engaged classes. Recently both were awarded Ph.D. degrees.

Academic Activities :

1. Weekly Seminar on different topics of Urdu language and literature is held in the afternoon of Saturdays. All the teachers and students of the department read their papers. Interactions take places among them. This action of the department proves fruitful in building career of the students and helps the teachers to be update and refreshed.

2. Professor Atiqullah (Delhi), Prof. Abul Kalam Qasmi (Aligarh), Prof. Abdul Hamid (Allahabad), Prof. Quddus Jawed (Sri Nagar), Dr. Ahmad Yusuf (Patna), and Dr. Anwar Pasha (J.N.U.) delivered lectures on different valuable topics in the Department.

3. Ph.D. viva-voce examinations were conducted and Ms. Darakhshan Zarrin, Shaz Omair, Sufiya Perween and Mr. Kafil Ahmad were awarded Ph.D. degree.

4. Seminars and Symposia were held on the life and works of Premchand and Iqubal.

Besides all these literary meetings, Mushairas and other cultural functions are usual activities of the Department.

The Department has only five small rooms. Two rooms are used for lecture (on a each for M.A. Previous and M.A. Final). One for library, one for office and one for the Head. Teachers have no rooms to is and no seminar hall for the students.

Information Regarding Teachers :

Sl.No.	Name of the sanctioned post	No. of the sanctioned post	Name of the teachers	Qualification	Date of appointment	Permanent/ Temporary	Category
1.	Professor	01	Prof. Aslam Azad	M.A., Ph.D.	16.3.72	Permanent	Gen.
2.	Reader	01	Dr. Israil Raza	M.A., Ph.D.	16.7.87	Permanent	Gen.
3.	Lecturer	03	Dr. M. Azimullah	M.A., Ph.D.	11.7.87	Permanent	B.C.I.
3.	Lecturer	03	Dr. Shahab Zafar Azmi	M.A., Ph.D.	27.6.03	Permanent	Gen.

Information Regarding Students:

Sl. No.

Name of classes

Number of students

Sc.

S.T.

Extremely Backward

Disabled

Foreigners

01.

M.A. (Prev.)

02.

M.A. (Final)

Sanctioned number of students in the department is 40 (forty) in each M.A. previous and M.A. Final classes. Altogether sixty-five students are enrolled in both M.A. Previous and M.A. Final classes. At present considerable number of female a students are also enrolled in both the classes.

During the session the results of M.A. Previous and Final examinations were published and most of the examination were declared passed securing 55 to 68% marks.

Study Tour/Field Trips did not take place during the session due to paucity of fund.

Library : There is a seminar library in the department, but it is not functioning well due to lack of an Assistant or Peon for its maintenance. The unfunctioning of the seminar library causes great harm to the interest of teachers and students.

Hostels : Desirous boys students of the department are provided accommodation in Nadvi Minority Hostel and Iqubal Hostel of the University. Accommodation is also available for the girl students of the department is in G.D.S. Women’s hostel of the University.