Interview with Siddique Hasan: Architect of JIH’s Vision 2016

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Fasil K of Khabrein.info on 25 August, 2009 14:06:47 192 times read
Prof Siddique Hassan, Naib Ameer (vice president) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, a college professor and former head of JIH’s Kerala unit is credited with undertaking some big projects and making them success. No example can be better than Madhyamam, a daily newspaper published by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind in Kerala and Gulf. It has more than a dozen editions being published from Kerala and Gulf simultaneously. Now he heads JIH’s mammoth social welfare project Vision 2016 that aims to positively transform lives of the underprivileged sections of the Indian society. In an interview with Fasil K of Khabrein.info, Prof Siddique Hassan, speaks extensively on the project Vision 2016, a mammoth multi billion rupees project, its progress and the challenges ahead.
Excerpts:
Q: What is Vision 2016 all about?
A: Vision 2016 is an ambitious plan envisaged for the development and upliftment of the deprived sections of our society that includes Muslims and Dalits. Lasting for period of ten years, the project has identified education, health, employment, women empowerment, and microfinance as its chief focus areas. The schemes and projects run by various institutions and agencies are supervised by an umbrella organization, Human Welfare Foundation. In the first phase, Muslims of the selected 58 poor districts are going to benefit from the project.

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