Malappuram: Aligarh Muslim University’s Malappuram Centre in Kerala has become India’s university to get complete Wi-Fi.
The launch of the project under Digital India 2020 mission took place on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, one of the founders of the university, twocircles.net reported on October 29.
The service was opened by Iqbal Valiyaveetil, Director, Kerala State Co-operative Housing Federation Ltd.
Sir Syed’s birth anniversary celebrations and BSNL, in collaboration with US-based company QuadGen, completed the work of installing and launching Wi-Fi service at the center. The facility is equipped with modern technology to put it at par with international standards of connectivity.
According to Dr. H. Abdul Azeez, Director, AMU Centre Malappuram, the service will be provided to both students and teachers free of cost. He also said the AMU Centre has decided to install complete Wi-Fi in the campus for 2 million rupees.
He expressed happiness that the project is part of the prime minister’s Digital India 2020 Programme.
Aligarh Muslim University is a government funded, public university, originally established as Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
The main campus of AMU is located in the city of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh state. Spread over 467.6 hectares, AMU offers more than 300 courses in both traditional and modern branches of education.
According to the 2014 Asia Ranking of Times Higher Education, AMU ranks 3rd among universities in India.The university comprises all castes, creeds, religions and genders, and is on the list of Institutes of National Importance, says Wikipedia.
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, commonly known as Sir Syed, was an Indian Muslim pragmatist, Islamic modernist, philosopher and social activist of nineteenth century India. He was born on October 17, 1817. He died on March 27, 1898. He worked for the British East India Company.