Ahmad irfan khan biography

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Born in Saharanpur, UP, India (1931), Irfan Ahmad Khan graduated in Physical Sciences (B.Sc.
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Born in Saharanpur, UP, India (1931), Irfan Ahmad Khan graduated in Physical Sciences (B.Sc. 1952) from Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India and then pursued traditional higher studies in Islamic Sciences at Rampur, India (1956-58) at an institution specially designed for graduates of western universities. He obtained a Ph.D. in Western Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1986. Dr. Khan taught Western Philosophy, Muslim Theology and Indian Religions at AMU during 1958-73. In 1974, he moved to the US. He taught Islamic Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Religion at The University of Iowa, School of Art Institute of Chicago, and American Islamic College, Chicago. In the early sixties, Dr. Khan edited “Islamic Thought” - a journal dedicated to Islamic Research. His published work includes “Reflections on the Qur’an” eight hundred pages of a methodical study of al-Fatihah and al-Baqarah – understanding and interpreting first two surahs (Divine Discourses) of the Qur’an from contemporary perspective, and with a view to develop, in

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He would wait for his friends outside high school, and walked home with them daily just to satisfy his passion for studies which he was unable to pursue because of financial hardships he had been facing since the death of his father, when he was in grade two. A master calligrapher Ustad Irfan Ahmad Khan was born in 1947 to a family of Hindko speaking farmers in a small village of Mansehra. His father migrated to Lahore in early 50s because of violent family feuds over property issues.

“One of the teachers, Master Tufail, who was our neighbour, noticed me hanging around the school and took me to the headmaster who waived my tuition fee and bought me books,” he recalls.

“Master Inayat would give us a line to write on a ´takhti´ in the primary school of Jehangirabad, Wassan Pura,” he recalls.

A majority of the students developed excellent handwriting (through takhti practice) which was their first exposure to the fundamentals of calligraphy.

He is grateful to legendary calligrapher Moulvi Muhammad Hussain Adily Mubarak Raqm for helping him refine his skills.

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Irfan Ahmad Khan

Demonstrator

Mr. Irfan Ahmad Khan is a Demonstrator in the Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery. Mr. Khan assists with teaching various large animal clinical skills labs in the DVM curriculum and serves as a co-course director of LAMS 501 (Vet Physical Diagnosis II). Prior to joining SGU, Mr. Khan worked as a farm manager for several years overseeing day-to-day operations of a commercial dairy farm. His previous work experiences include volunteering as a research assistant in the Department of Physiology and Climatology at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute and working as a Customer Relationship Officer at the Hinduja Global Solutions. His interests include large animal farm management, teaching and research.

Mr. Khan earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Kashmir in 2014 and his Master of Science from Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in 2018. Owing to his passion for pedagogy, Mr. Khan also earned his Bachelor of Education from the University of Kashmir in 2020. In addition, he has completed a certificate course in Dai