New Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy constituted

Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy's Executive Committee constituted

Question: Recently, under whose chairmanship, the new Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy was constituted?
(a) Sarfaraz Ali
(b) Prof. Asifa Zamani
(c) Dr. Abbas Raza Meyer
(d) Dr. Shadab Alam
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:

  • On January 31st, 2018, the new Executive Committee of Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy was formed on the instructions of the state government.
  • Asifa Zamani (former Head of the Department, Farsi Department of Lucknow University, and Lucknow) has been appointed as Chairperson of the Academy.
  • The executive committee includes Bakhshish Ahmad Warsi (Gorakhpur), Nikunj Mishra ‘Kishwar’ (Lucknow), Fahmida Sultan (Moradabad), Sarfaraz Ali (Gautam Buddha Nagar), Kunwar Basid Ali (Meerut), Syed Nadeem Akhtar (Bulandshahr), Ashfaq Saifi (Agra ), Mirza Mohd. Yasub Abbas (Lucknow), Dr. Shadab Alam (Lucknow), Dr. Abbas Raja Nayyar (Lucknow), Saleem Baig (Kanpur) and M Azad Ansari (Saharanpur) will be non-official members.

Reference:
http://information.up.nic.in/attachments/files/5a71d50f-1fbc-4836-99b5-656c0af72573.pdf