On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung unveiled a bust of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar in front of the Vice Chancellor’s office, more formally known as the Khayban-e-Ajmal (Administrative Block).   Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar was one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, who later also became its first vice chancellor. After the unveiling of the sculpture, ...

The subject association, department of political science, will be screening a documentary titled “Izzatnagri Ki Asabhya Betiyan” (The Immoral Daughters in the Land of Honour) by documentary film-maker Nakul Sawhney. Film screening will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the seminar room, department of political science. All are cordially invited. The documentary is 93 minutes ...

[Editor’s Note: Following is a press release by the Indian Youth for Palestine (IYP).] The Indian Youth for Palestine (IYP), in collaboration with the  Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, observed Palestine Solidarity Week  on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir Building, JMI.   Students from the Centre for West Asian Studies, Center for Conflict ...

According to an article titled “Jamia to confer doctorate on Aung San Suu Kyi” in the IndiaEducationReview.com dated Jan. 30, 2012 — Jamia plans to confer an honorary doctorate to Myanmar’s noted political leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her over two-decade fight for democracy in the country. The Vice Chancellor, Najeeb Jung, is quoted to have said: “We at Jamia ...

[Editor’s Note: Following is a Jamia Press Release.] On Monday, January 30, 2012, Nasreen Munni Kabir delivered the Annual Anwar Jamal Kidwai Memorial Lecture to a packed auditorium in Jamia Millia Islamia. Based in London, Kabir’s body of work over 30 years include TV programmes for Channel 4, documentaries and books that have preserved the legacy of Indian cinema and ...

Hamidur Rahman, a B.A. final year student in the department of political science, has decided to withdraw his legal petition against Jamia from the Delhi High Court.   In an interview with Jamia Journal, Rahman said that he had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012, demanding a directive from the court for the ...

A written statement to the press by the Forum for Student Democracy (FSD) — of which Afroz Alam Sahil is the convener — states that in a meeting with the Vice Chancellor, held on January 27, Sahil has offered an “unconditional apology” to Jamia for his statement made on TV, accusing Jamia of embezzling funds meant for the victims of ...

Elections in the Jamia Boys’ Hostel was held on January, 22, 2012. Students vying for the posts of Senior House Monitor and Food Monitor contested and the following were elected as per their hostels of residence: Allamma Iqbal Hostel: Food Monitor – Mohd. Shahid Senior House Monitor – Mohd. Faraz Obaidullah Sindhi Hostel & SRK (New) Hostel: Senior House Monitor ...

Controversy has been dogging Salman Rushdie and his book “Satanic Verses” since the time the book was published. And again on the eve of Jaipur Literature Festival this month, it initiated a debate within various social, political and literary circles, as some Muslim organizations and clerics voiced their protest against the invitation of Rushdie for the festival. When, on January ...

The President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama on military intervention in Libya said, “Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries but United States of America is different. Wherever people want to be free they will find a friend in the United States.” I wonder what happened to the ...