[Reader-list] Grants for Educational Infrastructure and Facilities

[Chandni Parekh]

Hello Mr Malik,

There's another way to get the information you're seeking. By connecting
with them.

Here's their contact details... in case you haven't e-/snail mailed them
already:

*Mr. Asif Iqbal, IRS
* Secretary
Maulana Azad Education Foundation
(Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt. of India)
Social Justice Service Centre, Chelmsford Road
Opposite New Delhi Railway Reservation Centre
New Delhi 110055
Contact No. +91-11-23583788/23583789
Fax No. +91-11-23561945
Email: iqbalasif786 at gmail.com

- Chandni

2009/8/15 A.K. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com>

> Hi Ms Parekh,
>               I had an opportunity to go thr the link and tumbled upon the
> link on Maulana Azad Education Foundation which is sponsoring the
> Scholarships to Girl Students belonging to minorities.I have gone thr the
> achievements of the Foundation which is doing a good job.The Foundation is a
> Society controlled by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.Some of my
> observations are:
> 1. The Foundation has been in existence since 1989 almost 20 years back.
>
> 2. The Foundation lists aims and objects for which this Foundation is
> established,inter alia, as
>   i)      to remove educational backwardness, and create awareness about
> the national ideals of JUSTICE, LIBERTY, EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY AND
> DEMOCRACY, SECULARISM and SOCIALISM;
>   ii)      to formulate and implement educational schemes and plans for the
> benefit of the educationally backward minorities in particular and weaker
> sections in general.
>
> 3.Scholarship allocation is only to Muslims,Christians,Sikhs,Buddhists and
> Parsis as per census of 2001.
>
> 4.All the nominated members are Muslims from various fields.
>
> Now my curosity:
> a) The Govt has so far given a Corpus of Rs 331.66 Crores to the
> Foundation, why the Foundation has not been able to find even a single GIRL
> belonging to the weaker sections in general in the last 20 years to receive
> the scholarship.
> (aims and object ii above)
> b) Why the Foundation has not been able to find even a single Qualified
> member for Nomination from minority other than Muslims like
> Christian,Sikh,Buddhist,Parsi etc.
> Any Comments please.I know the other way is to get info by RTI application.
> Regards,
>
>  (A.K.MALIK)
>
>
>