A national seminar in the memory of world renowned writer and author Professor Abdul Qavi Desnavi was held on Sunday. The seminar was organised by Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy at State Museum.
On the occasion, Former MP Kailash Narayan Sarang and Najmunnisa Desanvi were present as the chief guests. The seminar began with a speech by Ali Mutaqi Desnavi. later, Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy Nusrat Mehdi welcomed all the guests and speakers in the first session the seminar. The seminar was then conducted by Iqbal Masood.
To begin with the seminar Mehdi talked about the personality of Professor Abdul Qavi Desnavi. Speakers like Hakim Sayed Zillurehman from Aligarh, Muzzafar Hanfi from Delhi, Afaq Hussain Siddiqui and Atiq Ullah Khan from Delhi, Umer Ur Siddiq Azamgarh, Mehtab Alam from Bhopal, Ajurmand Bano from Bhopal and Saifi Sironji from Sironj spoke about Desanvi.
Abdul Qavi Desnavi was an Indian Urdu language writer, critic, bibliographer and linguist.
He wrote many books on Urdu literature. His work included about Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Mirza Ghalib and Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
He was awarded with several awards for his literary work. Born in Desna, a small village in Bihar, into the family of Syed Mohammed Saeed Raza, Desnavi graduated from St. Xavier's college. He went on to join Saifia Post Graduate College's Urdu department as a professor in 1961.