Zishan Akhtar, Muhammad Muaz and Mohammad Owais received the Satyendra Kumar Kashyap Merit Scholarship for the year 2011 at a function organized at Aligarh. All three are engineering students studying in Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, AMU. The Satyendra Kumar Kashyap Merit Scholarship is given by the Aligarh Education Endowment Fund (AEEF), in memory of Mr. Satyendra Kumar Kashyap, an AMU alumnus, who obtained his B.E (Mechanical Engineering) degree from Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology way back in 1966. Mr. Kashyap was a proud Aligarian and very passionate about his Alma Mater. The scholarship has been established by his daughter, Deepali Kashyap as a tribute to her father’s alma mater, Aligarh Muslim University.
During the award ceremony, Prof. Ishtiyaq Zilli, Director Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy highlighted the importance and significance of the AEEF and shed light on the significant achievements of the organisation. AEEF is funding a broad variety of educational projects, ranging from school to post-graduate levels, including areas such as Information Technology, Biotechnology, Medicine, Engineering, Management and Business Administration, Mass Communication, Basic Sciences, Social Sciences, and Law with emphasis on areas, which will accelerate the flow of the young generation into the economic mainstream.