On my way to Jamia one day, Delhi was on my mind. The city I had lived in for about four years. Of course, that’s no match to people who had been born here and spent their whole life in the capital. The last time I set some time aside to think of this city was perhaps in 2007. The ...
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Workshop on Android OS Application Development in Jamia
On the 24th and the 25th of September, a 2-day workshop on “Android OS based Application Development” was held in the faculty of engineering and technology. The session was organized by the Computer Society of India Student Chapter in collaboration with ARK Technosolutions, a Mumbai based company which imparts training to professionals and students in the fields of mobile ...
Read More »OPINION: Nature Nurtures, So Why Can’t We?
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. — Jane Howard Have you ever thought of who was there with you when you opened your eyes for the first time in this world? The one who is your truest friend, when trials ...
Read More »Dept. of Pol. Sci. Organizes a Lecture by Prof. Anuradha Chenoy on “The Three Naratives on Armed Conflicts in India”
The Department of Political Science organized a lecture by Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, titled ...
Read More »FASHION: Be the Fashionable Kid On Campus
Fashion is a word which makes our brain focus on whatever is considered to be latest. It signifies a trend which is mostly popular among youngsters, college students, celebrities, models, superstar etc. Fashion is a term commonly used to describe a style of clothing worn by most people in a country. Fashion is dynamic, it keeps on changing with time. ...
Read More »Intra-Faculty Football Tournament Conducted by the Faculty of Engg. and Tech.
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology organized a three-day long intra-faculty football tournament which was held in the sports complex from Sept. 9 to 11, 2011. It saw 20 teams from the faculty, from different departments, playing with one another on a knockout basis. On the First Day Professor Masood Alam spoke to the players before the commencement of the ...
Read More »Dept. of Pol. Sci. Organizes a Lecture by Aditya Nigam on ‘Democracy and Mass Politics’
It was the emergence and grandness of mass movements that Dr. Aditya Nigam highlighted in a lecture organized by the Department of Political Science, titled “Democracy and Mass Politics: Thinking about Contemporary India” on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2011. Dr. Nigam is the Joint Director at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for the Programme in Social and ...
Read More »OPINION: The Day They Tried to Take My Brother Away
It was a lovely morning that day. The cheerful girl in me woke up to the vibrant rays of the sun and the merry chirping of birds. It was a perfect start hinting that a beautiful day was just waiting to greet me. But little did I know that it would not turn out to be as expected, but was ...
Read More »Teachers Association Organizes a Talk on “Kashmir: Politics of Disappearance”
On the third anniversary of the Batla House Encounter, the Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association (JTSA) organized a program on the topic of “Kashmir: Politics of Disappearance” in the FTK Auditorium, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. Sanjay Kak, film maker; and Praveena Ahanger, chairperson for the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), were the invited speakers on the occasion. Acquainting ...
Read More »VC Jung Appointed to the Central Board of RBI
According to a Jamia press release, Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung has been appointed to the central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Reserve Bank of India, as the central banking institution of India, controls the monetary policy of the country and also maintains the country’s reserves. The Central Board is the apex body of the RBI. The general ...
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