The ceremony was witnessed by cricket legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni and prominent figures in the political and cultural sphere. Dhoni handed over the first copy to the guests including Actor Tovino.
In my years working to develop education all over the world, I’ve met and was even able to teach a lot of you. This autobiography has been 2 years in the making. But the experiences in them is of many decades.
And all of you have helped me fill these pages.
Seeing the success what my students have achieved is incredible.
I hope, I was able to guide or assist that success in some way.
Putting those experiences into words has allowed me to relive those memories. I hope that in reading my story, you see some of yours too.
Thank you
‘Teaching is not only a profession but an art where you discipline students and groom them’, former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said while releasing the autobiography of techno-educationalist, Professor K K Abdul Gaffar.
The autobiography, Njaan Sakshi (me as the witness), was released by the cricketer at a function organised on Saturday. Marwan Al Mullah, the CEO of Dubai Health Authority (DHA), received the first copy from Dhoni at a function that was held in Taj Bekal.
“As a teacher, you have to make it as simple as possible for the students to understand. In a class, you have to get to every student as all of them have different IQ levels. So I feel teaching is not only a profession, it is an art where you discipline students and also tell them about their strengths and weaknesses to groom them. So I have always been a big fan of the teachers I have got throughout my schooling. I have never been to a college, but I think I did quite well,” the ace cricketer said.
Kerala Governor, Arif Mohammed Khan, in a video message said that Prof Gaffar’s autobiography highlights his life, knowledge, and dedication. According to the Governor, this work is ought to serve as an inspiration for everyone. The infamous disappearance of P Rajan, an engineering student from Kozhikode REC, during the emergency period, is one of the unforgettable memories that Prof Gaffar narrates in the book from his professional life.
He recounts the pressure put on him on behalf of the government sources and the police to influence him as a witness in the case. He was the last person who saw Rajan before the latter was taken into custody by the police from the REC hostel on March 1, 1976.
The book has a lot of such details about the case, both known and unknown to Kerala society. In addition to teaching at REC Kozhikode and TKM Engineering College Kollam, Professor Abdul Gaffar served as the principal of the Anjuman Engineering College in Bhatkal, Karnataka.
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Deccan Herald
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