[Following is a Jamia press release dated Nov 22, 2012] Jamia Millia Islamia held its Annual Convocation today i.e. on November 22, 2012 at 3 PM in the Lawns of Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) M A Zaki, Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia presided over the Annual Convocation. The convocation began with the singing of the ...
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In Solidarity with Gaza Protest March in Jamia on Nov. 23
The Outreach Programme and India Arab Culture Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia are going to hold a ‘Protest March’ against Israel’s War on Gaza and in solidarity with the People of Palestine. The Protest March will begin at 2 PM on Friday, November 23, 2012 from Jamia’s Main Campus Gate (Near Mirza Ghalib Statue) and will go through the campus and ...
Read More »Engineering Students Win Rs.100,000 in an Automotive Design Contest
In a special felicitation ceremony held in the engineering faculty auditorium on Friday Nov. 16, Jamia recognized and congratulated a team of eight mechanical engineering students who had won first place in a national automotive design competition called SAE Efficycle, which is organized under the aegis of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), a prestigious international engineering society. The competition carried ...
Read More »Students Fined Rs.3000 for Objecting to Rs.200 Hike in Mess Fee
According to a hostel resident in Jamia, who wishes to remain unnamed for fear of reprisal, the Jamia administration on Tuesday, November 20, has fined and suspended a few students for taking part in a protest against mess fee hike, that took place on-campus, on September 27. According to a student who took part in the protest, about 250 students, ...
Read More »Seminar and Exhibition on “Black Taj: Myth and Manifestation” – Nov. 21-24
[Jamia press release Nov 20, 2012] The Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a Seminar and Exhibition on “Black Taj: Myths and Manifestation” from November 21-24, 2012. This event is an attempt to explore the knowledge gap on the subject of the Black Taj Mahal. Also, various aspects of the art, architecture, sociology, brand ...
Read More »Jamia to Webcast Annual Convocation on Nov. 22 LIVE!
[Following is a Jamia press release dated Nov 20, 2012] Jamia Millia Islamia shall be holding its Annual Convocation on November 22, 2012 at 3 PM in the Lawns of Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia. For the first time the university will be streaming a video of the proceedings of the convocation live on jamia’s website www.jmi.ac.in. ...
Read More »Students Protest Against Israel’s Aggression in Gaza
Nearly four years after Israel’s military aggression on Gaza that killed 1400 Palestinians and left the infrastructure of Gaza in ruins, Israel is once again attacking Gaza with the full might of its military. The latest aggression, euphemistically termed as Operation Pillar of Defense by the Israelis, has seen the Israeli Defense Forces bombard Gaza causing scores of fatalities that ...
Read More »Protest Against Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza – Nov 19
Gaza has been under attack since Wednesday, when Israel launched a military offensive with the declared goal of deterring Gaza fighters from launching rockets into its territory. Gaza is a tiny territory where 1.7 million Palestinians, most of whom are refugees, are denied the right to return to their homes simply because they are not Jewish. Forty-eight Palestinians, about half of ...
Read More »Cozying up to Thackeray
If you live in the jungle and if you’re a deer, what would you do to avoid being feasted upon by the tiger? You would make peace with it, right? That is exactly what most celebrities had been doing with the late tiger of Maharashtra — Balasaheb Thackeray. Only a certain kind of pugnacity can spark a complete surrender of ...
Read More »Symposium on “Colombia: Contemporary Affairs” on Nov. 19
The Centre for European and Latin American Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Embassy of Colombia, in the series of Symposia on Latin American Studies, is going to organize a symposium on “Colombia: Contemporary Affairs”. Professor Sonya S. Gupta, Director of the Centre, will deliver Introductory Remarks on this occasion. Following are the details of the Lectures to be ...
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