Vice Chancellor inaugurates XRF Lab at Dept of Geology

Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice Chancellor, Prof Tariq Mansoor recently inaugurated a state-of-art XRF Lab, dedicated to serve the geosciences and other diverse applications at the Department of Geology.

“This lab will help determine the elemental composition of materials, analysis of rocks and ores instantly”, said the Vice Chancellor.

He also inspected the newly installed Engineering Geology Lab in the Department and praised the faculty members for putting in efforts for the necessary multi-disciplinary research and mentoring students for excellent job placements.

Prof Kr Farahim Khan (Chairman, Department of Geology) informed: “The XRF instrument in the lab for non-destructive chemical analysis of samples, the Direct Shear Apparatus for measuring shear strength of soils and the Water Purification System designed for research purposes – have been procured out of a grant of Rs. 1.18 crore sanctioned to the Department of Geology under the FIST program of the Department of Science and Technology”.

He extended gratitude to the Vice Chancellor for sanctioning the required grants from the university funds for the purchase of essential accessories of the instruments.

Prof Mohammad Ashraf (Dean, Faculty of Science), Prof Qazi Mazhar Ali, Prof Sufyan Beg (Principal, Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology), Prof Afifullah Khan (OSD Development), Prof Syed Naushad Ahmad (Chairman, Department of Geography) and Dr Haris Hasan Khan (Chairman, Interdisciplinary Department of Remote Sensing and GIS Applications) also attended the inaugural function.

Prof M E A Mondal conducted the programme and Prof Rashid Umar extended the vote of thanks.