History
Prof Monis Reza and Joseph Stein originally conceptualize this club while designing the format and activities of General Education Centre in 1960. The Hobbies Workshop was originally planned to start under the highest tiers of the proposed open-air amphitheater of 6000 seating capacity. But due to some reasons the proposed amphitheater could not be built and hobbies workshop was shifted to a new block containing few rooms near Sarojini Naidu Hall. The said building again handed over to newly started Department of Physical Education, and Hobbies Workshop were given under the charge of the then General Education Centre in 2006. The whole machines and tools were shifted to three rooms adjacent to the then Archeological Museum in front of Old Guest house. In 2014 the Hobbies Workshop had shifted to Kennedy House Complex.
President
On 7th July 2020, Dr. Abdul Aziz Khan was appointed as President of University Hobbies Worksop. He not only raised the standard of the club but also inspired each member to be a better version. Dr. Abdul Aziz Khan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tahaffuzi-wa-samaji-Tib, AMU. An Awardee of the “Excellent Teacher Award” under the Teaching Excellence Award – 2018 (TEA-2018) by M T Research and Educational Services (MTRES), India, the nominee has an excellent academic track record, Dr Abdul Aziz Khan has been working as Assistant Professor in the Department of TahaffuziwaSamajiTib since march 2013. He has also been awarded with “Hakeem Ajmal Khan Global Award 2018” for “Best Organizational and Social Tibbi Services” by Shri Hamid Ansari, Former Vice-President of India on the occasion of Unani Day organized by Hakeem Ajmal khan Foundation, India at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 13th February, 2019.
Secretary (2022-2023)
Syed Areeb Ahmad
Activities
Innovation
Crafts
Photography
Cookery
Machine Designs
Software & Mobile Apps Development
Gardening & Horticulture
Key Achievements
Hobbies Workshop hold a The Guinness World Record of making the largest envelope which was 36 feet 1 inch in length and 24 feet 11 inch in width.
Past Secretaries
- Mr. Al-Shaz Fatmi : 2002-2003
- Miss. Sanju Verma : 2003-2004
- Mr. Syed Mohammad Uzair Iqbal : 2004-2005
- Mr. Nadeem Sohail : 2006-2007
- Mr. M. Shahbaz Husain : 2008-2009
- Mr. Furqan Ahmad : 2009-2010
- Mr. Iftikhar Ansari : 2010-2011
- Mr. Iftikhar Alam : 2011-2012
- Mr. Syed Nabeel Mehdi : 2012-2013
- Mr. Gaurav Saraswat : 2013-2014
- Mr. Zulnoorain Khairoowala : 2014-2015
- Mr. Imran Khan : 2015-2016
- Romana Safdar: 2016-2017
- Mr. Basil Hanafi: 2017-2018
- Mr. Yashav Afzal: 2018-2019
- Mr. Zafar Alam: 2019-2020
- Mr. Saad Aziz (Student Convener): 2021-2022
Picture Gallery
