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Critiquing the new liberal ideology that informed higher education system in the country, Prof. Krishna Kumar, an eminent educationist, bemoaned the crisis faced by the university system and said that ‘teacher’ as an ‘idea’ stood compromised. Speaking at the National Convention on “Higher Education at Crossroads” today [March 3, 2015] at Jamia Millia Islamia Prof. Krishna Kumar underlined the foreclosing ...

The Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, today [Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015] organized the XXXIIIrd Dr. M. A. Ansari Memorial on “An Overview of Ottoman Archival Sources and their Relevance for Medieval Indian History”. The lecture was delivered by Prof. N. R. Farooqi, Officiating Vice-Chancellor, University of Allahabad, at Edward Saeed hall, Jamia Millia Islamia. The lecture ...

The Subject Association, Department of Political Science Jamia Millia Islamia organized a seminar on “Two Decades after Kunan Poshpora: State Violence, Legality and Justice” in the FTK-CIT Conference Hall of the varsity on 24th February 2015. Commemorating 24 years of Kunan Poshpora mass rape, the program was chaired by Human Rights activist and journalist, Gautam Navlakha and the panelists included ...

Jamia Millia Islamia added another first to its academic profile – an “Exhibition of Innovators”. Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia inaugurated an “Exhibition of Innovators”  in the Polytechnic Park [on Jan. 28, 2015] that was organized to encourage students and faculty to think on innovative lines for creation of innovative products that could be used by people at ...

The three-day Annual Techno-Cultural Fest “ENCONMIUM XV” was inaugurated today by Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia. The annual festival, organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia every year, is the largest techno-fest organized in Jamia Millia Islamia that involves both technological and cultural events. In his inaugural address, the Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia ...

Jamia’s Outreach Programme in collaboration with Jamia Discussion Forum organized a cultural and Literary Evening on the occasion of the Birth Anniversary of the noted Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at Dayar-e Mir Taqi Mir, JMI. The Programme began with a welcome note delivered by Prof. Sonia Surabhi Gupta, Director Centre for European and Latin ...

Professor Ved Prakash, Chairperson, University Grants Commission (UGC) inaugurated a Hostel Building meant for the students of Residential Coaching Academy (RCA) in Jamia Millia Islamia in the presence of Professor Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia. This hostel is meant for Minorities, SC, ST and Women students who would be training for various competitive examinations particularly civil services examinations for ...

Prof. James Arvanitakis, a recipient of Prime Minister’s University Teacher of the Year Award – Australia’s most prestigious teaching award, delivered a Lecture on “Innovative Teaching Methodologies” in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) [on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015]. [Audio Recording] Unfolding his pedagogical approach to teaching and learning, Prof. James underlined the need for a scholar to confront the challenges people ...

A canteen run exclusively by women and operated by Ekta Self Help Group (SHG) was inaugurated in Jamia Millia Islamia today by Smt. Salma Ansari, Wife of Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India. Smt. Salma Ansari was welcomed by Ms. Nasreen Ahmad, wife of Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia as well as Prof. Talat Aziz and ...

Jamia Senior Secondary School and the Office of Dean Students Welfare, JMI in association with RankStudent Soft Solution, organized a lecture on ‘Digital Education System’ by Dr. Nazeer Ahmed, a.k.a Rank Nazeer, at the Ansari Auditorium, JMI on Dec. 19, 2014. Dr. Ahmed is an Indian-American space scientist from the city of Tumkur, Karnataka, who has worked with NASA on ...