A leading academic from the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Professor Wazahat Husain has won an international award for Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Professor Husain who is a retired chairman of the Department of Botany at the AMU, received the Second Sheikh Zayed International Award on Monday in an event organised by the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation.
Professor Husain has earlier been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Awards twice- once by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and AYUSH ministry and another time by the Wildlife Institute of India and Department of Wildlife Sciences, AMU.
The award aims to give recognition to eminent academics and scientists of Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TCAM ) globally, and TCAM physicians from the UAE, for enhancing TCAM knowledge and practices, and contributing to improving the quality of life for humanity. Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation is a UAE-based non-governmental, non-profit organisation that invests in developing human capital to improve the quality of life.
Speaking to PTI, Professor Husain said, “Academics do not work for recognition, but when they come, they must be accepted with humility. I dedicate this award to my university and my country.”