Dr Roshan Noorani receives Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship
Kozhikode: Dr. Mohammad Roshan Noorani, Vice Rector and Researcher at Jamia Markaz, has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Governments of the United States and India. This prestigious fellowship, established by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) with funding from the US Department of State and the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, recognizes his project titled 'Methodology and scholars of Islamic knowledge production in the modern era'.
Roshan Noorani will conduct his research for 22 months at the University of California, Berkeley, a renowned public research university in the United States.
He completed his integrative education under the guidance of Dr. Muhammad Abdul Hakeem Azhari. Institutions like Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama and Jamia Markaz, led by Kanthapuram AP Abubakar Musliyar, have played a significant role in educating and producing professionals in the society like Dr. Roshan Noorani. Many students from these institutions, which provide a blend of traditional religious studies and modern education, go on to pursue higher studies and research at eminent universities in India and abroad.
Roshan Noorani completed his Ph.D. research in 2021, focusing on the emotional connection and spiritual methodology among the Mappila Muslims regarding Prophet Muhammad(pbuh). He has presented papers at academic seminars and conferences in Turkey, America, Malaysia, and various universities in India, and his work has been published in several academic and non-academic journals. His postdoctoral fellowship project stands as a proof of the excellent work done by the Markaz model of education, which combines traditional and modern education.
Mohammad Roshan Noorani hails from Aakode in Malappuram and is the son of the late C.K. Abu Bakr and A.V. Safia. His wife, Dr. Hafiza, is the daughter of State Hajj Committee Chairman and Markaz Director General C. Muhammad Faizi. They have three children: Hasan Fatih, Hatim Abu Bakar, and Hamim Amjad. Siblings : Muhammad Rizwan Adani, Muhammad Ramzan Noorani Kamil Sakafi, Risha Sumaaya, Fathima Ranna
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Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.
The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.
Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.
The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.
India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.
In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.
Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.
The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.
It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.
Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.
The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.
The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.
On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.
