Markaz-E-Adab-O-Science, Ranchi, a Charitable Educational Trust (Regn. No. 966/IV-474) was established in 1995 with a view to generate the education, economic and social awareness among Muslim masses and then to establish a multi-objective institution for preparing an effective, wise and dynamic leadership to make them disciplined in education and to train them for different competitive fields.

> This motive is to be promoted with religious understanding, communal harmony and moral values on the basis of comparative studies of different religion. The main cause behind the spread of communalism, casteism and regionalism is to be traced out and got rid of it. This can be effectively done by organising seminars, symposia, public lectures, publishing articles, etc.

ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE

To achieve the above objectives MAOS is divided into the following four units for rendering valuable services to the masses:

Centre for Literature

Sajjad Library

Total no. of books on 77 topics-15,000
No. of important files of literary magazines-25
No. of educational, social & academic magazines-45
Documentary files & clippings-110
No. of audio cassettes-150
No. of video cassettes-10
Files of important papers of 30 years-5
Total no. of beneficiaries - 1500

Comparative Religion

Organised an open discourse on "Ethical Values of Life in different Scriptures" in co-ordination with the Fellowship of Faith. The topics covered by the different speakers are as follows:

The Ethical Values of life in the Vedas	Prof. Param Mitra Shastri
The Ethical Values of life as mentioned in the Holy Qur'an	Prof. A. Usmani
The Ethical Values of life as mentioned in the Guru Granth Sahib	Prof. Harminder Bir Singh

Career Guidance and Training Centre

Educational Aid

2546 Scholarships awarded to the orphans and the downtrodden school going children.

10 nos. Sewing machines distributed among the widows.

Institutions Established

Sajjad Computer Training & Guidance Centre (SCTGC) Providing " One year Diploma in Computer Application & Multi-lingual DTP" at Bariatu Housing Colony, Ranchi.

Sajjad Institute of Information Technology (SIIT) ) - Providing " One year Diploma in Computer Application & Multi-lingual DTP" at First Floor, G.K. Market, kanta Toli Chowk, Ranchi.

Both the above institutes are recognised and approved by NCPUL, Ministry of HRD, Department of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

IGNOU Special Study Centre for Minorities - As per the notification no. IG/RSD/NOTIFICATION/99 dated 9/6/2000 of IGNOU, Markaz has got a special study centre (Code : 0531) from IGNOU for courses of CIC, BCA & MCA.

In this connection partial financial help of Maulana Azad Education Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, is worth mentioning.

Research & Publications

A brief assessment of the publications made by the Markaz to fulfil the aims and objectives is as follows :

6 Nos. of literary books published
3 Nos. of books published on educational and academic problems
3 Nos. of books published on comparative ideologies