PM Narendra Modi to attend centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University today

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Tuesday via video conferencing. "At 11 AM tomorrow, 22nd December, will be speaking at the centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University," PM Modi had said in a tweet.

Prime Minister Modi will also release a postal stamp during the event, according to Prime Minister`s Office (PMO). 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today, through video conferencing. pic.twitter.com/5S0eyNZsd3 — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 21, 2020

Chancellor of the University Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin and Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will also be present on the occasion. This is the first time PM Modi will participate in a programme of the Aligarh Muslim University. He will be accompanied by Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

Earlier in the week, buildings in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were illuminated for its centenary celebrations. AMU Public Relations Officer (PRO) Omar Saleem Peerzada had said, "A centenary celebration is a landmark event in the history of any university. We are celebrating this event following all protocols of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are webinars, seminars and symposiums going on."

AMU became a University in 1920, through an Act of Indian Legislative Council by elevating the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College to the status of a Central University. 

MAO College was set up in 1877 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the PMO release stated. The University has a campus spread over 467.6 hectares of land in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. It also has three off-campus centres in Malappuram (Kerala), Murshidabad-Jangipur (West Bengal) and Kishanganj (Bihar).