Aligarh: Mehvish Khan, a postgraduate student at the Aligarh Muslim University, won the first prize in the All India Essay Writing Competition in English.

While, Sahiba Meher, a BALLB student at the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, and Ashutosh Kumar, a B.Tech. student from Sastra Deemed-to-be University of Thanjavur were selected for the second and third prizes, respectively.

The essay writing competition in English, Urdu and Hindi languages was organized by the Public Relations Office of Aligarh Muslim University, marking the 207th birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, one of the makers of modern India and founder of the University.

In the Hindi language essay, all three prizes went to the AMU girl students, with Firdaus, a PhD scholar, standing first, and Samiya Akram (BA) and Shaista Sana (PhD) grasping the second and third positions, respectively.

On the other hand, Nighat, a PhD scholar at AMU won the first prize in the Urdu language, while a PhD scholar from Jamia Millia Islamia of New Delhi, Shahid Jamal won the second prize, and the third prize went to Musafe-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, a postgraduate student at AMU.