University Faculty Details Page on DU Web-site Title Dr. First Ali Last Javed Photograph Name Name Designation Reader/Associate Professor Department Urdu Address (Campus) Department of Urdu, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi, Delhi-7 (Residence) C-20, Maurice Nagar, University of Delhi, Delhi-7 Phone No (Campus) 91-011-27666627 (Residence)optional 27662108 Mobile 9868571543 Email [email protected] Positions Held 1.President, African and Asian Writers‟ Union since 2012-1016. (Elected to the post in its International Conference held at Cairo in December, 2012.) 2. General Secretary, Progressive Writers‟ Association. (Elected to the post at its national conference held at New Delhi in April, 2012.) 3. President, All India University Urdu Teachers‟ Association. (Elected to the post at its national conference held at Kashmir University in August, 2008.) 4.Director,NCPUL,Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.(2007-08) Education Subject Institution Year Details Ph.D. JNU, New Delhi 1983 Thesis topic: British Orientalists and the History of Urdu Literature Topic: Jaafer Zatalli ke M.Phil. JNU, New Delhi 1979 Kulliyaat ki Tadween M.A. JNU, New Delhi 1977 Subjects: Urdu B.A. University of Allahabad 1972 Subjects: English Literature, Economics, Urdu Career Profile Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role Zakir Husain PG (E) Lecturer 1983-98 Teaching and research 1 College University of Delhi Reader 1998 Teaching and research National Council for Director April 2007 to Chief Executive Officer of Promotion of Urdu December the Council Language, HRD, New ‟08 Delhi Research Interests / Specialization Research interests: Literary criticism and literary historiography Teaching Experience (a).Taught Post-Graduate and Honours classes at Zakir Husain P.G. Evening College, University of Delhi.(1983-1998). (b).Teaching Post-Graduate classes and guiding research since 1998 in the Deptt. Of Urdu, University of Delhi. (c).Guiding M.Phil/Ph.D. since 1998(more than 20 Ph.D. and 25 M.Phil. awarded under my supervision.) Honors & Awards a. Career Awardee of the UGC (1993). Completed a research project entitled “Impact of Delhi College on the Cultural Life of 19th Century” under the said scheme. b. Haryana Urdu Academy Award (1997). Publications Books / Monographs Year of Publication Title Publisher Co-Author 1. Bartanvi Mustashriqin aur Tarikh-e Adab-e Urdu (British Orientalists and the History of Urdu Literature), New Delhi, 1992. 2. Klassikiyat aur Roomanviyat (Classicism and Romanticism), New Delhi, 1999 3. Jafar Zatalli Ki Ehtejaji Shairi (Protest Poetry of Jaafar Zatalli), New Delhi, 2000 4. Ifham-O-Tafheem (Collection of Articles), New Delhi, 2000. 5. Urdu ka Dastanvi Adab (edited), Urdu Akademi, Delhi, 2011 Some of the Articles: 1. Maseeh-e Besaleeb (an article on Asghar Ali Engineer), Aajkal (Urdu), Publications Division, New Delhi, July 2013. 2. Yeh Dhuan sa kahan se Uthta hai, Hindi Daily Nai Duniya, New Delhi, 5th September 2010 3. Uth Gaya Navak Figan… (an article on Mohammed Hasan), Aajkal (Urdu), Publications Division, New Delhi, July 2010. Also reproduced in a book Professor Mohammed Hasan: Naqqad aur Danishwar, ed. Sarwarul Huda published by Ghalib Institute, New Delhi. 4. Bhasmasur ki Wapsi (Satire), Pragatisheel Vasudha, Bhopal, July-September 2010. 5. Akbar Allahabadi, Fikr-o Tehqiq, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, 2 New Delhi, January-March 2009 6. Urdu ka Baghi Shair, Jafar Zatalli, Naya Path, New Delhi, vol. 22:2, April-June, 2008 7. Urdu, Hindi aur 1857, included as a chapter in a book entitled Bhartiya Nav Jagran aur 1857, edited by Shambhu Nath, Kendirya Hindi Sansthan, New Delhi, 2007. 8. Jadid Tanqidi Rujhanat, Naya Waraq, Mumbai, July-September 2007. 9. Current Affairs, Hayat, New Delhi, March 2007 10. Bechta hai Hashmi, Hayat, New Delhi, February 2007 11. Ahd-e Hazir mein Adabi Tanqeed, Naya Waraq, Mumbai, 2007 12. Sir Syed ki Taleemat aur Ahd-e Hazir, Hindustan Times (Hindi), New Delhi, 2007 13. Ismat Chughtai ka Fan, Aiwan-e Urdu, New Delhi, 2006 Conferences/ Presentations 1. 15 June 2016, Delivered a lecture on „Composite Traditions of Hindi and Urdu Literatures‟ at Refresher Course organized by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 2. 13 April 2016, organized a national seminar on „Writers Against Communalism‟ jointly organized by PWA, JLS and JSM in New Delhi. 3. 5-7 February 2016, attended a workshop to prepare a syllabus for „India Studies‟ at ITM University, Gwalior. 4. 13 December 2015, Presided a seminar on Qurratul Haider at Ghalib Institute, New Delhi 5. 29 November 2015, Presided a seminar on Ismat Chughtai at MG Hindi University, Allahabad Centre. 6. 12 September 2015, presided Research Scholars‟ Seminar at Ghalib Institute, New Delhi 7. 9-10 April, 2015, Presided a two days conference of Bihar PWA at Lakkhi Sarai. 8. 11-12 April, 2015: Presided a seminar on " Writers' Responsibilities towards Kisan problems" at Begusarai (Bihar). 9. 27th August, 2014: Participated in a DD (urdu) programme on New Education Policy. 10. 11th Sept., 2014: Gave lecture as resource person in a refresher course at JMI, New Delhi. 11. 5th Oct., 2014 : Attended a seminar on "Language Problem in India" organised by Punjabi writers at Jallandhar. 12. 12th Oct.,2014: Presided a seminar on "Urdu sab ke Liye" organised by PWA,Lalitpur,U.P. 13. 19th/20th December,2014: Attended an International seminar on "Hali, Shibli aur Azad" organised by Ghalib Institute,New Delhi. Presented a paper on Hali. 14. 22nd December,2014:Attended a seminar organised by Delhi Urdu Academy and presided a session. 15. 22- 24 December, 2014: Organised an International seminar on " Manto: His Life and Work",New Delhi. Writers from France, Egypt, Pakistan and Germany participated. 16. 27-28 June 2014, attended a national seminar on Nazir Akbarabadi organized by Delhi Urdu Academy. Presented a paper on „Awami Wabastagi ka Shayar” Nazir Akbarabadi.‟ 17. 19 June 2014, Presided a seminar organized by Delhi Urdu Academy on Naye Purane Chiragh. 18. 15-17 June 2014, attended an international conference of African and Asian Writers’ Union at Islamabad, Pakistan under the banner of Writers Against Global Hegemony. 3 19. 18-19, May 2014, delivered a lecture on Mir Taqi Mir at Jammu University. 20. 10-11 May, 2014, attended a national seminar on KA Abbas organized by the Govt. of Uttarakhand. Presented a paper on „Short Story Writing of KA Abbas‟. 21. April 9, 2014, attended seminar on Rahul Sankratyayan at Uday Pratap College, Varansi. 22. 24-26 March 2014, attended an international seminar organized by the University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. 23. 14th March 2014, attended a national seminar on KA Abbas organized by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Chaired a session and presented a paper on Social Concerns and the Journalistic Writings of KA Abbas. 24. 9th March 2014, main speaker at a national convention organized by IPTA and PWA at Jhansi (UP) on Cultural Resistance and the Communal Question. 25. 7th March 2014, gave a talk on Urdu Poetry at Kathak Kenddra, New Delhi. 26. 6th March 2014, participated in a programme on Doordarshan on Sahir Ludhianvi. 27. 28 Feb-1st March 2014, attended National Seminar on Journalism at Jammu University. 28. 10 February 2014, chaired the release function of the book written by Rakhshanda Jaleel on Qurratulain Haider at IIC, New Delhi. 29. 12-13 March 2013, Sardar Jaafri and Progressive Movement in a national seminar on Biswin Sadi ka Arth: Janmshati ka Sandarbh (Ehtesham Husain aur Ali Sardar Jafri Janmshati Samaroh), held at Allahabad by Mahatama Gandhi International Hindi University of Wardha. 30. 10-11 January 2013, Democracy and Progressive Writing in an international conference of writers and intellectuals on Literature and Democracy at Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad (Pakistan). 31. 21-23 December 2012, Taraqqi Pasand Tahreek in a Three-day International Ghalib Seminar on Hamara Klasiki Adab aur Taraqqi Pasand Tanqeed held at Ghalib Institute, New Delhi. 32. 19-20 September 2012, Manto ki Insaandosti in a Two-day national seminar on History, Literature and Punjabi Society held at Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritar. 33. 7 January 2012, Main speaker at a seminar on Ghalib organized by PWA at Gwaliar. 34. 12-13 January 2012, attended a national seminar on Sa’adat Hasan Manto and delivered keynote address at Jammu University. 35. December 2011, attended a seminar and presented a paper on Faiz at Aiwan-e Ghalib, New Delhi. 36. 18-20 November 2011, attended an international seminar on Faiz at Karachi. The seminar organized by the Govt. of Sindh, Pakistan, was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Sindh. I delivered keynote address, presided over two sessions and a mushaira also. 37. 22-23 October 2011, participated in a seminar on Faiz organized at Allahabad by Mahatama Gandhi International Hindi University. 38. 8-9 October 2011, participated in a seminar organized on 75 Years of PWA at Nehru Yuva Kendra, Lucknow. 39. 2nd October 2011, participated in a seminar on Faiz on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti organized by Faiz Ghar, Lahore. 40. 29-30 October 2011, attended National Conference and Seminar of the PWA at Kolkata. 4 Presided two sessions. 41. 3rd October 2010, Faiz Ahmad Faiz as poet of Resistance, in a national seminar on Faiz and Nagarjun held by Mahatma Gandhi International University at Wardha (Maharashtra). 42. 25th July 2010, Mohammad Hasan as Literary Critic, in a national seminar on Professor Mohammed Hasan held at Moradabad organized by UP Urdu Academy. 43. 16-17 March 2009, Literary Tradition of Osmania University and Urdu, in a seminar organized by Osmania University at Hyderabad. 44. 28 February 2009, Ismat Chughtai and Problems of Women, in a seminar organized by Women‟s College, Jamshedpur. 45. 4-5 February 2009, Revolutionary Poetry of Makhdoom, in a seminar organized by PWA at Hyderabad.