Monthly Archives: August 2013

Jamia Invites Applications for Free Civil Services Coaching (2013-14)

[Following notice is via Jamia Old Boys Association facebook page posted on 30 Aug. 2013] Residential Coaching Academy  (Centre for Coaching and Career Planning)  Jamia Millia Islamia Invites applications for FREE COACHING (With Hostel Facility) for CIVIL SERVICES (Preliminary-cum-Main) 2014 For Minorities, SCs, STs and Women Schedule for Civil Services (Preliminary-cum-Main) 2013-14 Coaching Programme: 1 Last date for submission of ...

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Dr. Manoj Joshi and Prof. Chintamani Mahaprata Speak on Indo-US Relations

To elucidate the students about the changing equations of the Indo-US relationship, a special lecture was organized by the Department of Political Science on the topic, “Indo-US Relations: Perspectives and challenges,” by Dr. Manoj Joshi, Distinguished Fellow, Observe Research Foundation, Delhi; and Prof. Chintamani Mahaprata, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday, 27th August 2013. Prof. Badrul Alam, Head, ...

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Book Launch: “Indo-US Relations” by Prof. Badrul Alam, HoD Pol. Sci.

Professor Badrul Alam, Head, Department of Political Science, JMI, released his book titled, ‘Indo-Us Relations: Dimensions and New Emerging Trends’ at the Department of Political Science on Tuesday, 27th August, 2013. The book is a collection of 15 essays edited by Professor Badrul Alam. Special guests for the book launch were Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru ...

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The Great Indian Shaadinama

 “Beta, bas graduation kar lo phir rishta dekhna start kardengey.” “25 plus ladkiyon ke liye bahut zaroori hai shaadi karna aur ladkon ka toh thoda bahut aagey piche chal bhi jaata hai.” Those are some of the lines from the great Indian shaadinama our parents, our rishtedaar, and more often than not our aas pados ke log start saying once ...

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Engagement with Modi is Not an Endorsement of Modi: British High Commissioner James Bevan

British High Commissioner to India, Sir James David Bevan, delivered a talk on the topic “Reasons to be cheerful: Why now is the best time to be young,” on Thursday, 22 August 2013 at the Conference hall, FTK-CIT. The event was chaired by Vice-Chancellor S. M. Sajid. [Link to Text and Audio of the speech below.] Vice-Chancellor S. M. Sajid ...

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Theatre Actor, Parnab Mukherjee, Performs at Jamia

The Outreach Programme in collaboration with Kindle Magazine hosted a theatre workshop on Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at the Conference Hall, FTK – Centre of Information Technology. The workshop titled, “A note on the journey and genesis of the text which is dedicated to the centenary of Nobel Prize for Gitanjali and Tagore’s visit to Iran” was curated by a ...

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Panel Discussion on “Our Films, Their Films” by North-Eastern Film-Makers Held at Jamia

The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research in collaboration with AJK-Mass Communication Research Centre recently conducted a two day North East Film Festival called ‘First Cut’ on 16th and 17th August, 2013 at the Tagore Conference Hall in Jamia. Over the course of two days, about 10 North-Eastern regional films were screened at the Tagore Conference Hall ranging ...

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Our High Tolerance for Age-based Discrimination

When it comes to discrimination, we are an exceptionally tolerant society; we stoically tolerate casteism, sexism, communalism, racism, regionalism, and a broad range of other diverse forms of discrimination in our society. Supposedly a cornerstone feature of our national unity made famous by the expression, “unity in diversity.” However, among the myriad forms of discrimination we tolerate, the highest level ...

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Why Girls Feel Safe on Campus

Jamia Millia Islamia is a university that contributes to society by countering several societal issues, of which gender inequality is one. As a university, it not only sets itself as an eminent educational institution, but is also among those working to empower women. As a girl studying in Jamia, I feel safe on the campus because it has an efficient ...

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