Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has an eco-system in terms of collaborative arrangements involving technology among all its units, from academic to administration. The strategy is not only the facilitation of administrative work but also collaboration of academic activities whether they pertain to admission, examination or teaching-learning methodology. The institutional focus which is the promotion of higher education through Urdu is maintained as the guiding principle in all these collaborative arrangements. Centre for Information Technology (CIT) connects all the units of MANUU.
The initiatives pertaining to the creation and transfer of knowledge can be seen at two levels. First, the research topics allotted to scholars by any Department necessarily envisages, as carrying the potential to make contribution in the knowledge field. Secondly, as the medium of instruction in MANUU is Urdu, it literally requires to transfer the knowledge material available in the other languages to Urdu. To accomplish this, a Directorate of Translation and Publication (DTP) has been established. The first job of DTP is to transfer knowledge material from English (and other languages) to Urdu in all the subjects and courses that MANUU offers through campus and distance modes.
MANUU has established an Innovation Club in 2015. The functions of the Club are identified as inculcation of innovative ideas, implementation of digital India concept, initiating of startup culture and collaboration with innovators.
Some activities of MANUU Innovation Club are: organization of a workshop in collaboration with Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, to train students to use scrap to construct simple tools and machines.
Formation of a Maulana Azad Open Source Users Group (MOSUG) to promote the use of open software usage; and to encourage students to make Parallel Computing Cluster from e-waste in order to demonstrate better performance and speed when compared to standalone system.
Motivation for development of Gedit Urdu code editor which prints the documents in Urdu and promotes the programmers to type the programs in Urdu.
Collaboration with Digital Empowerment, Quest Alliance , Quest Pro etc.
Some Innovations of Teachers and Students:
Dr Mohammed Yousuf Khan, Principal, MANUU Polytechnic, Hyderabad and Prof Shaik Qadeer, Professor, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET) have developed Low Cost Fuel Indicating and Tracking System.
MANUU Polytechnic students developed several appliances and tools. Some of these are: Solar Grass Cutter, Auto Suggest and Computer Answer, Gesture Control for Car, Face Detection and Recognition, Fire Fighting Robot, Home Appliance using Ethernet, Sensors and Infrared, Intelligent Emergency Light, 4D Hologram & Smart Home etc.
Prof. Abdul Wahid and Dr Mohammed Yousuf Khan presented MANUU Innovation Club’s activities in the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 19th March 2018.
Though, one of the objectives of MANUU Innovation Club is to inculcate the idea of Startup, but Incubation Centre has not been established during the period of assessment. Recently, MANUU has constituted a Committee for the Implementation of National Innovation and Startup Policy (NISP) for students and faculty.
Order: In-charge Innovation Club
Invitation For Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2018
Presentation on Innovation Club: Prof. Abdul Wahid
Presentation on Innovation Club: Dr. Mohammed Yousuf Khan
Innovation: MANUU Innovation Club
Constitution of NISP committee