[Following is a Jamia press release dated Nov 8, 2012] The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sanctioned a sum of Rs.26 Crores to Jamia Millia Islamia under the General Development Scheme (under the XIIth Plan) for the purpose of building Girls Hostel on the campus of Jamia Millia Islamia. This is by far one of the biggest grants that the ...
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Dr K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, under its B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series, is going to organize a Lecture on “Candidate Nomination Processes in Indian Parties” by Mr. Adnan Farooqui. Mr. Adnan Farooqui is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia. His primary areas of interests are electoral studies and ...
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Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace & Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, under M.K. Gandhi Chair, is going to organize a two-day International Conference on “South Asia: Dynamics of Conflict and Paths to Peace” on November 8-9, 2012. The Inaugural Session of the Conference is scheduled to be held on November 8, 2012 at 10 AM in Tagore Hall, Dayar-I Mir ...
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About the Picture: I saw this student wearing an Arabian garment, called Thawb in Arabic, on-campus in front of the department of political science on Monday, Nov. 6. Though I did not know him, I had seen him around and I knew he was in my department. So I thought I’d stop and talk to him. The student’s name is ...
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The army is an organisation that is build primarily for defense against external aggression. Hence it is an instrument that is used entirely for a different set of activities. For the army to be involved in internal disturbances requires a great degree of doctrinal, tactical, operational and strategic changes. The Indian army has been swift in evolving and equipping itself ...
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On Monday, November 5, Irom Sharmila completed 12 years of her hunger fast that she went on in protest against the draconian law known as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Her demand is simple — repeal AFSPA, a law that provides impunity to armed forces from all human rights violations. Sharmila went on a hunger fast in the ...
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The elections in the Boys’ hostels for the posts of Senior House Monitor and Food Monitor were contested on 4th November and the results were declared a short while later. The elected candidates are as follows: Allama Iqbal Hostel: Senior House Monitor – Farique Mannan (B.D.S) Food Monitor – Farooque Azam (B.Tech Computers) B.R. Ambedkar Hostel: Senior House Monitor – ...
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About the Picture: This electric car is a common sight on campus. The owner of this car is a faculty member, though I don’t know which department. And what’s interesting about the car, besides the fact it is the only electric car on campus, and that is the owner of the car. I’m not going to tell you what makes him ...
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The Department of Political Science organized an extension lecture by the former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr. S.Y. Quraishi on “Governance and Democracy: Need for electoral reforms.” The lecture was held at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir Building, on Wednesday, 31 October 2012. [Link to Audio] Dr. Quraishi began his talk with the importance of governance in a democracy and ...
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The Landscape Foundation India is going to organize a Students’ Design Competition 2012 on “Landscape & Memory” which has been supported by Jamia Millia Islamia among other partners. On this occasion, an Exhibition would be inaugurated by Prof. S.M. Akhtar, Dean, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia. The competition is scheduled to be held on November 1, 2012 ...
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