Profile of
Abdul Rashid Agwan

  q       Personal Information

o       Place: Gangrar, District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

o       Date of Birth: 11 March 1954
 

q       Educational Background

o       M SC (Zoology), Udaipur University, 1975-77

o       Junior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: 1977-1978

o       Senior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: 1978-1979

o       PG Diploma in Hindi Jouranlsim, Rajasthan University, Jaipur: 1981
 

q       Important Professional Activities

o       Assistant Professor (Zoology), Vidhya Bhawan Rural Institute, Udaipur: 1979-1981

o       Technical Manager, Rajasthan Paste Control, Jaipur: 1981-82

o       Founder Director and Secretary General, Institute of Objective Studies: 1986-93

o       Managing Director, Genuine Publications, New Delhi: 1988-1995

o       President, Universal Peace Foundation: 1993-95

o       Secretary, Students Islamic Trust: 1995-97

o       Counseller of Islamic Development Bank, Jedddah, KSA (North Zone): 1997-2001

o       Business and Social Work Consultant: 2001-till date

o       Director, Centre for Advancement of Voluntary Efforts, New Delhi: 1993-Till Date
 

q       Memberships & Other Responsibilities

o       Member Udaipur Environment Group: 1977-1981

o       Member Jamat-e-Islami Hind: 1985-2003

o       Shura Member of Jamat-e-Islami Hind (Delhi & Haryana): 1987-95

o       Member All India Council of Muslim Economic Uplfitment, Mumbai: 1991-95

o       Chairman, Crescent Charitable Trust, Aligarh: 1988-92

o       Trustee, Rajsthan Deeni Taalimi Trust, Jaipur: 1985-Till Date

o       Founder Member Institute of Objective Studies: 1986-Till Date

o       Honorary Member, Centre for Studies on Science, Aligarh: 1999-Till Date

o       Chairman, Milli Education Trust: 1988-Till Date

o       Executive Member and Honorary Trustee, Foundation for Social Care, Lucknow: 2004-Till Date

o       Founder Trustee, Janseva Foundation, New Delhi: 2005-Till Date

o       Assistant General Secretary, All India Educational Movement, New Delhi: 2002-Till Date

o       Honorary Trustee, Sufi Hameedudeen Farooqi Foundation, Rajasthan: 2007-Till Date
 

q       Publications

o       Around 70 papers and articles on environment, education, community development, etc in different journals and newspapers

o       Member Editorial Board, Muslim Situation in India, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi: 1988

o       Editor, Islam and the Environment, Genuine Publication and Media Pvt Ltd, New Delhi: 1991

o       Co-Editor, Encyclopedia of Holy Quran, Global Vision Publishers: 2004

o       Editor, Contemporary Medical Issues and Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Fiqh Academy, New Delhi, 2001
 

q       Contribution in Community Development Activities

o       Running expert and consultancy organization Centre for Advancement of Voluntary Efforts, New Delhi: from 1993-Till Date, which enjoys associateship of around 200 Muslim organisations

o       Runs expert NGO Network: musmlimngos.com

o       Organised and enriched more than 50 workshops and seminars of relevant issues

o       Published the book “Empower Yourself’ for social workers, New Delhi: 2007

o       Provide expert backup to several member organisations of All India Education Movement headed by Janab Saiyid Hamid, Chancellor of Hamdard University

Abdul Rashid Agwan