“ Manziley Unhi Ko Milti Hai, Jinke Sapno Main Jaan Hoti Hai ; Pankhon Se Kuch Nahi Hota bas Hausloon Main Udaan Hoti Hai”. The famous Urdu quote is once again being proven by Dr. Shazad Malik.
Hard work and Humility made this Young Villager to Achieve the prestigious Post of Vice Chancellor.
Rehbar- e- Talem Teacher to Vice Chancellor: Long Jump from a Small Village !
Raman Sharma
( Khari Kahri News Magazine , Aug/2015 EDITION )
Agra/Poonch: Dr.
Shazad Malik a well known name in Agra and Uttar Pradesh , an inspiring figure for
the millions of young Indians is a native of district Poonch, he is Vice Chancellor of Sri Sath Univeristy in
Uttar Pradesh, he is among a very few educationists in India holding the privileged post of the Vice Chancellor at
such a young age.
At the age when most of young boys and girls in India and especially
in Jammu and Kashmir State are queuing in search of a government job, Dr. Malik
became the founding Vice Chancellor of Sri Sai Nath University in 2012 and that too 100s of miles away from his home town and
state.
Dr.
Malik just after completing his doctorate
from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, in 2006 joined SRI Sai Nath
Group of Education and remained director of the SNGE for over a period of 6
years.
Hailing
from a very isolated and backward
village Kasblari in Tehsil Mendhar of district Poonch, Dr Malik achieved the
top position in the field of education in one of the largest state in the
country only because of to his hard work,
humility and passion for his goal.
Khari-Kahri Team re-visited some untold
inspiring stories of this successful but
humble educationist who never forgets to repay incentive of his success to his
native State, yes it is only after the personal initiative of Dr. Shazad Malik
that deserving students from Jammu and Kashmir State seeking admission in SSNU are
also offered scholarship besides concession in admission and tuition fees. Till
date over 150 students hailing from twin district of Rajouri and Poonch have
obtained degrees in different streams from his university and even at present
over 40 students continuing their courses.
On
visit to the school where this young man had studied till primary level astonishingly while
comparing the present position held by him
with ragged infrastructure and building of this Bagyote primary school, it is almost
unbelievable to even think that he had completed
his early studies from this institution some 2 decades ago. Sharing some
personal detail about with Khari-Khari team, Dr. Malik remembers that how
difficult it was to write examination paper without a desk at that time as the students had to sit on
ground sometime even without any clothe (Darri) beneath them. The students
there in the school had to bear the chilling winter and scathing heat in summer
as there was almost nothing than pillar and a Kucha roof on the name of school
building.
Vice
Chancellor, credits his success to
parents, especially his father, a government employee in J & K forest
department (now retired) who always supported him and never compromised with
anything for his studies.
“It
was my family support that encouraged me to move to Poonch city for high school
and higher secondary studies till class 12th and then after to pursue
graduation, my parents allowed me to join Purvanchal university, Jaunpur and
Master degree from Rajsthan University” tells the Vice Chancellor.
After
completing his MSc he returned back to Poonch and then as a kind of social work,
served as a Rehbar-e-Talem Teacher in middle school Brela for over a year on monthly honorarium of Rs.
1500 per month. Thereafter he again went out of the state for higher studies.
Dr.
Shazad Malik who is now head of the
institution tells, his job as
Rehbar-e-Talem teacher helped him a lot to learn and understand the difficulties at ground zero
and now the experience gained there is helping him to perform his duties as an
administrator.
On
asking; how does as a young man hailing from a humble family background and
backward village, he feels, after risen to such a prestigious post of Vice
Chancellor, he owed it to his teachers and compared them as real heroes of his
life.
In
his opinion, the education is the only key that can help India’s diverse
society to augment personal development of an individual and it is the only
factor that can lead to the nation on the path of growth and development.
Vice
Chancellor tells that the Youth of Jammu and Kashmir State are second to none
and the only thing they need is support and opportunity, he tells all the
students from Rajouri and Poonch district who were admitted on his personal
initiative performed well in the results and their performance encourages him to extend support to many other deserving
students.
Willing
to revamp the educational system in the state, Dr. Malik has a dream to provide
quality education to poor chidren, he reveals his plan of opening a private
school in some remote village in district Poonch having all the modern infrastructure
and highly qualified faculty members and
in this school only the poorest of
poorer would be allowed admission. He also lays special focus on regular
training courses for the teachers to equip them and for capacity building, in
his idea teaching is not a simple and easy profession that can be adopted after
acquiring higher qualification or good grades in academic discourse, the
teacher should have the ability to learn and only then he can be a good
teacher.
He
believes, the quality of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir state is
stagnant, without making any reference to any particular university of Jammu or
Kashmir regions, he asks for over all revamp and called for emphasis on
research based courses, for over decades
the education system in J & K universities is moving with snail’s
pace and that needs to be changed. He suggests to turn university classes into
workshops where the teachers allow fresh research based ideas of pupil and then both
spend time on it to find out the outcome for welfare of the society. Practical
oriented courses should be introduced in the curriculum. He also calls for
frequent exchange of faculty and students not only to different universities of
the country but across the globe. Education is
a global phenomenon and we cannot confine it, it is time to open our
minds and doors for exchange of ideas and there must be flexibility to learn
new innovations.
Commenting
on the current political scenario in the country and in Jammu and Kashmir
state, Dr. Malik Says he believe in Idea of ‘India’ without any bias with
anyone on the name of religion, region, cast, creed and gender, everyone should
be treated fairly and must be given equal platform to prove his abilities.
He
also says that there cannot be any compromise on nationalism and the idea of
India, he says he is a proud Indian and his only appeal to the youth of the
country to remain true to the allegiance and sovereignty of the country without
any doubt in the mind. Dr. Malik admits that his idea of Nationalism does not
go well with everyone and this has attributed some adversaries against him but
he never give up what he strongly feels for the country. He says a good teacher
is always a ‘Learner’ and he also learns from people, students, teachers and
even from helping staff in the university.
A good piece of advice is not copyright of only so called elite
class, it can be from anyone therefore I keep interacting with new people”.
Asserts Dr. Malik..
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