A Brilliant Jamia Alumnus – Nisar Ahmad Khan – A Credible Name of Jamia Alumni -KSA Nisar is celebrating his 38th birthday on 16th Dec. I seize this opportunity to request Dear Jamiaites to join me in the Happy Birthday Chorus: Nisar, this is your birthday song Celebration all night long May all your dreams come true We sing altogether Happy birthday to you Many Many Happy Returns of the Day Nisar is currently Deputy General Manager (Market Research) in Aldukheil Financial Group, Riyadh. He joined this Group in June 2006 as a Consultant, and later promoted to Senior Consultant, then to Market Research Manager and finally to DGM. Job Profile: His key role is to advise the clients – both, the government and private sector – on their growth, evaluation, current market trends and future market strategy. For the new clients, his department prepares feasibility reports which include the size of the relevant market, and appropriate sales and marketing strategies. His department also conducts large household, commercial and business surveys in the Kingdom to collect data on various socio-economic and business variables such as Foreign Direct Investment as well as land use and industrial surveys. Nisar had earlier worked as Research Analyst and Senior Research Analyst at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi University from 2002 to 2006. Since his assignment was spread from analyzing the Government’s energy and natural resources policy to performing economic analysis of various aspects of regional integration, he got an opportunity to widely and frequently travel in various states of India. From 1999 to 2002 he was a Junior Research Fellow of the University Grants Commission at the Department of Business Economics, Delhi University. Nisar also taught in the Economics Department of JMI for about six months in 2001-2002. Education: He did his B.A (H) Economics and M.A (Eco) from JMI in 1996 and 1998. He also did Certificate in Modern Arabic from Jamia. He did his M. Phil (Business Economics), from University of Delhi in 2004, and PG Diploma in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from Sardar Patel College of Communication & Mgmt (Mumbai) in 1996 via Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, New Delhi. He received his pre-university education in Delhi with CBSE Board. Scholarship: Nisar qualified twice in one year the prestigious National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission. First, he qualified for lecturer-ship and then for Research Fellowship. Jamia Student Life: Nisar had never been a hosteller in Jamia but always found roaming and hanging around, and in the hostels - SRK, Pink, Sartaj, White, C-10, dormitory near CBI. To a large extent, he succeeded to prove himself a hosteller, even to his close friends. Thanks to strict implementation of the Gender Discrimination, he had never thought of trying entry into the Girls Hostel; otherwise he would have tried Chicken- Biryani there also. He played cricket representing the Economics Department. He had also practiced for one year with University cricket team. He was the key player in all Sartaj Memorial Night Cricket tournaments held in University Basketball Court. He also represented the Economics Department as a HoD’s nominee. In addition, he used to be a key campaigner of the candidates for the JMISU elections. Nisar represented Jamia at International Youth Festival, Wardha (Maharashtra) in 1997 along with the other candidate from the Social Work Department. He organized many industry-trips, annual picnics, Iftaar parties and other cultural activities. He actively participated in the inter-departmental debates and organized many industry seminars in the department. Family Background: Nisar has three brothers and two sisters. All are highly qualified and well settled. One of his elder brothers, Mukhtar Ahmad Khan, did BA (H) Political Science and LLB from Jamia. Hi is now settled in Adelaide (Australia) and engaged with the Healthcare Industry. His father retired from a senior position in Thomson Press, and is now running a small scale business of book binding. Though Nisar’s family originally belongs to Tonk (Rajasthan), his grand father moved to Delhi before independence. They are now settled in Jamia Nagar. Nisar is married and they have two kids; one son, Ayaan in Grade 1 in Middle East International School, Riyadh and one daughter, Zaynab in Nursery Section. Mrs Nisar is also a teacher in Middle East International School. Importance of Social Service in life: Commenting on the issue he says, “Serving the needy persons or down trodden people is the best possible act that a human being can do for a fellow being. I have always tried to help my fellow Jamiaites – whether advising them or employing them in my company or elsewhere. I had always been active in the Residents Welfare Association. I am a firm believer in rendering social service as it gives a lot of peace of mind and sense of contribution to a good cause. In order to help the poor and needy, I co-founded a NGO – DAY (Development Action and You) in 2001 with like-minded Jamiaites and some others. Unfortunately, it is not functional for some time now”. Hobbies and interest: Nisar loves plying and watching cricket, contributing to newspapers, magazines, journals and off late – engaging in productive discussions at social networking sites. To his credit, several of his research articles published in reputed journals, including Economic & Political Weekly (EPW). JMIAA – KSA FB Group: Commenting on the performance of this FB Group Nisar says, “This JMIAA FB Group is a well-thought out, organized and managed Group. The performance indicators are increasing member strength and active participation of members. The credit goes to this group to bring dozens of Jamiaites and their families together in foreign land. It also helps the newcomers find their batch mates in the Kingdom”. Dear Jamiaites, let us make this day a special one for Nisar Ahmad Khan by offering our best wishes, love and affection to him. Long Live Jamia Millia Islamia Long Live Jamia Alumni Fraternity Intro By: Ghizal Mahdi
Posted on: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:57:18 +0000
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