Manuu to start new courses

Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is planning to introduce two new academic programmes — legal studies and nursing.

Prof Syed Ainul Hasan, who took over as the fifth Vice-Chancellor of MANUU last month, announced the decision during his first interaction with teaching fraternity. During the meeting, the on-campus teaching fraternity of all departments gave brief introduction of their research works, area of specialization, projects and present responsibilities.

Prof Hasan advised teachers to create their own profiles on



Wikipedia and connect with each other through staff clubs, faculty clubs and women’s clubs.

Registrar in-charge Prof Siddiqui Mohd Mahmood said teaching-learning, research and community work were three basic responsibilities of higher educational institutions.

Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Prof SM Rahmatullah said the programmes were unique and first of its kind in MANUU. He added the university had successfully conducted online admissions and online examinations this year.