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Jamia Administers Cleanliness Oath on Gandhi Jayanti

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Oct. 2, 2014] Jamia Millia Islamia has given an innovative thrust to the Clean India Drive by administering Cleanliness Oath (Swachhta Shapath) to the University’s faculty members, students and staff to sustain cleanliness drive on the campus and create a habit and culture of cleanliness to make India litter-free. Addressing a gathering ...

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Jamia Awarded Second Place in Inter-University Moot Court Competition at RGNUL

Fourth year law students representing Jamia were awarded second place in the Surana and Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition held at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, Punjab between 13 – 15 Sept. 2014. The team also won a Rs. 11,000 cash prize. One of the team members, Akashdeep Pandey, was also declared the 4th best advocate ...

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Former Information Commissioner Dr. M.M. Ansari Speaks on RTI

Dr. M.M. Ansari, former Information Commissioner CIC

The Department of Political Science organized a lecture by Dr. M.M. Ansari, former Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), Government of India,  on the topic, “Right to Information Act: Prospects and Challenges,” at the department’s seminar room on Wednesday, 10 Sept. 2014. [Link to Audio] Dr. Ansari began his lecture by stating that he will mainly speak on four main ...

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Prof. Ujjawal Singh Speaks on “Political Fasts as Mode of Resistance”

Prof. Ujjawal Kumar Singh

The Department of Political Science organized a talk by Prof. Ujjawal Kumar Singh, Head, Department of Political Science, Delhi University, on the topic: “Reclaiming Democracy: Political Fasts as Mode of Resistance,” on Sept. 2, 2014. [Link to Audio] Prof. Singh started his talk by clearly stating that his talk is going to focus on “hunger fasts” for political end, and ...

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Freshers’ Party 2014: Centre for European and Latin American Studies

French language students of the Centre for European and Latin American Studies (CELAS), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized a fresher’s party on Saturday 6 September, 2014 at Nelson Mandela House, Mujeeb Bagh, JMI. It was like a déjà-vu for students of Advanced Diploma and Diploma in French who organized the party to welcome the new entrants and to get to ...

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Two- day Conference on ‘Election 2014: Implications for Dalit and Minorities in India’

Two- day Conference on Election 2014: Implications for Dalit and Minorities in India at Jamia Millia Islamia on 2-3 September 2014

Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies (CDMS) Jamia Millia Islamia organized a two-day conference on “Election 2014: Implications for Dalit and Minorities in India” on 2nd and 3rd September 2014 in the Tagore Hall of the varsity. The Conference saw academics, journalists, members of Parliament and scholars coming together to analyze the 16th Lok Sabha elections, ...

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MBA Student Faraaz Siddiqui Cast in an Award-Winning Short-Film ‘Humsafar’

Faraaz Siddiqui, an MBA Final Year student at Jamia, was recently cast in a short film titled, ‘Humsafar,’ which got screened at several film festivals, has more than 2 lakh views on Youtube, and just last month in August, it even got screened on TV twice, according to Faraaz. Speaking about his fondness for acting, Faraz told Jamia Journal: “Since ...

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Campus Companion Releases its Fifth Issue

[Following is a press release from Campus Companion.] After a long summer vacation and Eid celebrations, Campus Companion today, Monday, released the 5th issue (September) of the magazine here at Gulistan-e-Ghalib, Jamia Millia Islamia after its last release in April 2014. “Moving ahead in its progress, Campus Companion has launched four different clubs for all round development of students and ...

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Former CBI Special Director Dr. K. Saleem Ali Appointed Hony. Director and Advisor at Jamia

According to a Jamia internal memo dated Aug. 29th, former Central Bureau of Investigation’s special director Dr K Saleem Ali, who supervised the agency’s high profile Ishrat Jahan encounter case, was appointed Honorary Director for the Centre for Coaching and Career Planning, and “counselling on vigilance matters” at Jamia. Among his other stated roles is to be an adviser to the ...

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Pro. A.S. Narang Speaks on Indian Federalism in Light of 2014 Elections

Department of Political Science, JMI, organized a lecture by Prof. A.S. Narang, a professor of Political Science at IGNOU, on the topic: “Changing Contours of Indian Federalism: Reflections from 2014 Elections,”  at the department seminar room, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Prof. Narang started by saying, “In India, federalism has become a very major issue as far as electoral politics ...

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