Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that former Vice-Chancellor of Goa and Mangalore Universities Prof. B. Sheik Ali was a highly talented scholar and a renowned historian, Rajyotsava awardee Dr. Maher Mansur said that Prof.Ali severely opposed the partition of the country during the freedom struggle. He was speaking after inaugurating the one-day seminar on “Prof. B. Sheik Ali…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Just holding a condolence meeting in memory of late Prof. B. Sheik Ali is not enough. We must take forward his incomplete projects and dreams to serve the community in particular and society in large. Only then it will be a real tribute to the departed,” said MLA Tanveer Sait. He was speaking at…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I have had a fairly long standing and frequent interaction with Prof. B. Sheik Ali, the nonagenarian doyen of history who bid adieu to this world on last Thursday. Although there was an unusually wide gulf of difference in our ages, to enable us to call ourselves two friends,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. B. Sheik Ali (98), former Vice-Chancellor of Goa and Mangalore Universities, passed away at a private hospital in city this morning following brief illness. A resident of 3rd Cross, 7th Main in Saraswathipuram, he had also served as the Secretary of Muslim Hostel. He is survived by one son, one daughter and a…
Former Vice-Chancellor Prof. B. Sheik Ali Mysuru: “The Salt Satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi created a revolution in the country. Gandhi who eschewed violence and chose the path of non-violence did it because he had the vision of a secular country,” said former Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore and Goa Universities Prof. B. Sheik Ali. He was speaking…
M.K. Kailash Murthy’s unique experiment in natural farming at Kollegal can act as shield against natural disasters like it happened in Kodagu and Kerala By Prof. B. Sheik Ali At a time when there are talks about how to prevent or at least minimise the damage caused by natural disasters like floods and landslides in…
There was an Editor’s Note to the letter titled “Buildings in Manasagangothri: A correction” in SOM dated Aug. 6, 2018. The note stated: “In spite of the University of Mysore (UoM) celebrating its centenary, it took nearly one hundred years for a comprehensive book on the history of the University to come out. The book…
Sir, Many, many thanks for inviting me to 40th Anniversary Celebrations of SOM, which has now attained gentle maturity to throw intensive and meaningful light on vital aspects that confront society. The STAR that emerged on the horizon 40 years ago is still radiating its light more brightly than ever before. This print media has…
By N. Niranjan Nikam What is age? Just numbers. How true is this adage, especially as one ages, the bones begin to creak, eyesight becomes weak, ears become hard to hear and healthy life dogged by ailments continue. All these thoughts appear and disappear, as I enter the house of one of the living legends…
By Prof. B. Sheik Ali, Founder Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore and Goa Universities One of the suggestions I offered in the very first meeting of the University Centenary Committee in 2014 was the establishment of Gandhian Peace Chair in the University. Subsequently I prepared a Project Report in this behalf and submitted it to the University on…
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