“Certificate Course in Research Methodology” award distribution ceremony held at IIISR, New Delhi. January 1, 2026.

On January 1, 2026 an award ceremony was held at Indian Institute of Islamic Studies and Research, New Delhi. This program was held to confer certificate of completion to those students who attended the 18-Day “Certificate course in Research Methodology”. This certificate course was attended by the senior residential students of IIISR, as well as by students from nearby localities who aspire to undertake the field of Research and development as their career choice. The program was conducted by Shahroz Alam (Research Trainee, IIISR). Mufti Asadullah Ali (1st year student, IIISR) commenced the program through his elegant recitation of the Holy Qur’an, which was then followed by an inaugural address by Dr. Shahid Jamal (Professor, JMI) who emphasized on the prospects and objectives of the course which he himself designed on the humble request of Dr. Hasan Raza (Chairman, Islami Academy Trust). He also talked about the program outcomes which were to be realized through this course and to which extent this outcomes were achieved.

Afterwards, Dr. Atiq-ur-Rehman also addressed the students, congratulating the students who actively attended the classes and diligently contributed towards the successful completion of this course. Dr. Atiq was the main resource person for this course, and he conducted the classes on the topics such as “Defining Research Problems”, “How to write an abstract” and “Components of Research Proposal”. Some of the topics of this course such as “Qualitative and Quantitative Methods of research” were taught by Dr. Sadath Hussain, who encouraged the students to keep themselves regularly engaged to such courses and workshops which would further expand their horizons of research aptitude.

His speech was then followed by the conferring of certificates to the students present there. Towards the end of the program, Dr. Ishaque Ahmed (Dean, IIISR) spoke on the importance of achieving academic excellence and how Islam has always stressed the significance of attainment of knowledge. He also called upon the students to actively participate in the upcoming courses and programs of Indian Institute of Islamic Studies and Research.