109 research outputs found
Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Voices in Higher Education Symposium: Keynote Presentation
No full textFrom Princeton Classroom to New Jersey State House: AAPI Curriculum, Advocacy, and Legislation
In this presentation, Dr. Sadaf Jaffer will discuss the importance of teaching Asian American Studies at the K-12 and college level. She will share a story of how she successfully advocated for an AAPI curriculum in New Jersey public schools. Dr. Jaffer bolstered representation for women and minorities in politics as the first Asian American woman and the first Muslim American to serve in the New Jersey Legislature. A transformative leader with 20 years of public engagement, higher education, and government expertise, she is dedicated to mobilizing diverse stakeholders to address the needs of women, minorities, and economically under-resourced communities.https://scholar.smu.edu/dcii_smuappi_recordings/1001/thumbnail.jp
Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Voices in Higher Education Symposium: Keynote Presentation
No full textFrom Princeton Classroom to New Jersey State House: AAPI Curriculum, Advocacy, and Legislation
In this presentation, Dr. Sadaf Jaffer will discuss the importance of teaching Asian American Studies at the K-12 and college level. She will share a story of how she successfully advocated for an AAPI curriculum in New Jersey public schools. Dr. Jaffer bolstered representation for women and minorities in politics as the first Asian American woman and the first Muslim American to serve in the New Jersey Legislature. A transformative leader with 20 years of public engagement, higher education, and government expertise, she is dedicated to mobilizing diverse stakeholders to address the needs of women, minorities, and economically under-resourced communities.https://scholar.smu.edu/dcii_smuappi_recordings/1001/thumbnail.jp
New Jersey Legislature Roster of Members 2022-2023
No full textLegislative district address changes for Assemblywoman Kim Eulner and Assemblywoman Marilyn Pipero from Legislative District 11, and Assemblywoman Sadaf F. Jaffer from Legislative District 16
Documenting the Burushaski language: Issues in data collection, transmission, preservation, and revitalization
No full textAs globalization increases so does the loss of world languages. Two most common reasons for language endangerment are: (1) there are few living native speakers, and (2) many children do not learn the language of their parents because other languages are considered more helpful or powerful. While the first scenario leads to rapid extinction, the second scenario, quite common in South Asia and the developing world, leads to slow language attrition and eventual death. The two types of endangered languages are under pressure to differing degrees and in different ways in relation to language maintenance. Many linguists across the world are seeking to document and preserve the so-called “endangered” languages. Taking advantage of the latest state-of-the-art technologies, documentary linguists are making efforts towards documenting and recording oral and written linguistic traditions, translating and annotating documentation materials, compiling grammatical descriptions and dictionaries, and preparing pedagogical materials for language teaching/learning for the ethnic population which claims ownership of the language. The aim of this paper is to discuss the various steps, methods, and challenges in the documentation and revitalization of Burushaski – a linguistic isolate spoken by about 90,000 people in Gilgit, Pakistan (Ethnologue 2005), and (by approximately 300 speakers) in Srinagar, India (first author 2006). Burushaski is primarily orally-preserved and literacy in the native language is practically zero. Its survival is greatly threatened by multilingualism and language shift. Documentation efforts have been conducted by western scholars, but because their publications are mostly in foreign languages (Berger 1974-1998, Tiffou 1999), they are inaccessible to Burushos who are (mainly) literate in Urdu – the prestigious language. Recently, some Pakistani scholars have produced pedagogical materials for the promotion of Burushaski but, because of limited resources and lack of training, such efforts are yet to produce substantial results. Awaiting official standardization, local rivalries have also resulted in a number of competing writing systems. Burushaski is spoken in a socio-culturally conservative and a politically volatile region and documentation efforts by non-natives encounter many obstacles. Presenting a progress report of an ongoing project (starting 2003), this paper examines the various issues in documenting Burushaski, such as: initial encounters in encouraging community participation; social, cultural, political, and financial obstacles in data collection; effective use of information technologies without disrupting community traditions; and different challenges in revitalization efforts. To meet the various project goals, we propose steps in developing an integrated framework sensitive to the issues unique to this particular situation
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Ismat Chughtai, Progressive Literature and Formations of the Indo-Muslim Secular, 1911-1991
No full textThis dissertation examines the life, work, and contexts of noted Urdu writer and Indian cultural critic Ismat Chughtai (1911-1991). By engaging in readings of Chughtai’s texts and contexts, this dissertation presents the first study of its kind, examining Indian secular thought through the lens of an Urdu literary figure. As such, this dissertation offers new perspectives on intersections between popular culture and political and religious thought in modern India through the lens of a celebrated literary figure whose legacy continues to be invoked.
I argue that, at its core, Chughtai’s critique of society hinged upon the equality (barābarī) of all Indians. The primacy of “humanity” (insāniyat) over other identities was the keystone of her formation of the secular, and has roots in a tradition that can be termed Islamicate humanism. In the first chapter, “Sacred Duty: Ismat Chughtai’s Cosmopolitan Justice between Islam and the Secular,” I argue that, by rejecting the inferior status of women within Muslim legal codes, Chughtai pursued what she saw as moral equality to a more radical degree than the postcolonial Indian state, which enshrined separate codes of personal law based on religious community. Ultimately, the secular ideals of equality, autonomy and human dignity were the mainstays of her thought, without regard to whether these were pursued through “Islamic” means. In the next chapter, “The Personal is Political: Economic and Sexual Progress in Modern India,” I argue that Chughtai, unlike other members of the Progressive Writers’ Movement, emphasized the link between hierarchical economic injustice and limitations on autonomous sexual choice. In the third chapter, “Reform, Education, and Woman as Subject,” I argue that in her writing, particularly the novel Ṭeṛhī Lakīr, Chughtai deployed narratives of education as foundational to the formation of an emancipated girl, one who liberates herself by rejecting the “old rules” (purānī qānūn). The fourth chapter, “The Many Lives of Urdu: Language, Progressive Literature and Nostalgia,” explores the fate of the Urdu language and Chughtai’s legacy in independent India. Ultimately, this project calls into question assumptions regarding what types of textual and human subjects are considered representatives of “Indo-Muslim Culture” in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Near Eastern Languages and CivilizationsUrdu; Secularism; Ismat Chughtai; India; Modernity; Islam; South Asi
Aluminium Roofing Products Ltd Marketing to the Public Sector, UK
No full textThis management project was undertaken on behalf of Aluminium Roofing Products Ltd ™ (ARP), a young, entrepreneurial company associated predominantly with aluminium products. The project brief was initially untaken by Ian Dunbar - one of the marketing segmentation gurus in the UK. As a result of his investigation, the company aimed to target the public sector in the UK in order to increase their market share. The project was fairly broad and identified several areas of the public sector which required investigation. The brief ranges from investigating the operational and strategic concerns to the viability of marketing to the public sector, studying relationships in different levels of the government with a view to understanding their marketing or buying behaviour. The author worked with ARP from June to September 2009 and during this time, attended numerous meetings, workshops and conferences in order to gain more knowledge about the processes of decision making in the authorities and also meet key stakeholders. Moreover, the author interviewed key stakeholders to establish their understanding of the aluminium products and also mapped out the key influencers and decision makers in buying processes. From this research findings several important issues have been identified that require the immediate attention of ARP. Although aluminium rainwater products have suffered from a low market share compared to their rival product (plastic) it is now experiencing a transformational stage. With ARP’s commitment, enthusiasm and great passion for being ‘socially responsible’ they will almost certainly experience growth which will in turn increase both their contribution to society and their appeal to a new and wider range of consumers
Aluminium Roofing Products Ltd Marketing to the Public Sector, UK
No full textThis management project was undertaken on behalf of Aluminium Roofing Products Ltd ™ (ARP), a young, entrepreneurial company associated predominantly with aluminium products. The project brief was initially untaken by Ian Dunbar - one of the marketing segmentation gurus in the UK. As a result of his investigation, the company aimed to target the public sector in the UK in order to increase their market share. The project was fairly broad and identified several areas of the public sector which required investigation. The brief ranges from investigating the operational and strategic concerns to the viability of marketing to the public sector, studying relationships in different levels of the government with a view to understanding their marketing or buying behaviour. The author worked with ARP from June to September 2009 and during this time, attended numerous meetings, workshops and conferences in order to gain more knowledge about the processes of decision making in the authorities and also meet key stakeholders. Moreover, the author interviewed key stakeholders to establish their understanding of the aluminium products and also mapped out the key influencers and decision makers in buying processes. From this research findings several important issues have been identified that require the immediate attention of ARP. Although aluminium rainwater products have suffered from a low market share compared to their rival product (plastic) it is now experiencing a transformational stage. With ARP’s commitment, enthusiasm and great passion for being ‘socially responsible’ they will almost certainly experience growth which will in turn increase both their contribution to society and their appeal to a new and wider range of consumers
A Novel Modified Switched Inductor Boost Converter with Reduced Switch Voltage Stress
No full textRecently, switched inductor (SI) and switched capacitor techniques in dc-dc converter are recommended to achieve high voltage by using the principle of parallel charging and series discharging of reactive elements. It is noteworthy that four diodes, one high-voltage rating switch, and two inductors are required to design classical SI boost converter (SIBC). Moreover, in classical SIBC, the switch voltage stress is equal to the output voltage. In this article, modified SIBC (mSIBC) is proposed with reduced voltage stress across active switches. The proposed mSIBC configuration in this article is transformerless and simply derived by replacing the one diode of the classical SI structure with an active switch. As a result, mSIBC required low-voltage rating active switches, since the total output voltage is shared into two active switches. Moreover, the proposed mSIBC is low in cost, provides higher efficiency, and requires the same number of components compared with the classical SIBC. The continuous conduction mode and discontinuous conduction mode analysis, the effect of nonidealities on voltage gain, design methodology, and comparison are presented in detail. The operation and performance of the designed 500-W mSIBC are experimentally validated under different perturbations.Manuscript received July 14, 2019; revised October 15, 2019 and December 13, 2019; accepted January 3, 2020. Date of publication February 5, 2020; date of current version October 30, 2020. This work was supported by Qatar University High Impact under Grant QUHI-CENG-19/20-2, from the Qatar University. The publication charges are funded by the Qatar National Library. The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. (Corresponding author: Atif Iqbal.) S. Sadaf, M. Meraj, A. Iqbal, and N. Al-Emadi are with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar (e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]).Scopu
امیرؔ مینائی کا ایک غیر مطبوعہ قصیدہ
No full textAmeer Ahmed Minai was an illustrious poet and a writer. He wrote poetry in almost every genre including ghaẓal, na‘at, qaṣīda, maṡnavī, rubā‘ī, salām, sehrā, keh mukarni, pahēlī, tarkīb band, and tarjī‘band. The qaṣīda under consideration is in the tarjī‘band form. In a tarjī‘band, a specific line (called the tape-line) is repeated at the end of each stanza. This qaṣīda was written in the praise of Nawab of Rampur. It gives insights about the Nawab’s era. This qaṣīda consists of 16 stanzas and each stanza comprises 12 lines, after which, a couplet is repeated. This qaṣīda has not been published yet and is in possession of his paternal grandson Israeel Ahmed Minai. The author of this article has not only edited the qaṣīda following conventions of textual criticism but has provided a detailed introduction as well. A comprehensive glossary has also been included
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