[Following information been provided by Zahid Anwar, vice-president, subject Association, Department of Islamic Studies, JMI.] The Subject Association, Department of Islamic Studies conducted a “Naat Khwani competition on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013.  Many students from various departments of the university participated. Competition Results: First: Wahajuddin, (B.A. 3rd sem. Deptt. of Urdu) and Tabassum Hasan. (M.A. 1st sem Deptt. of Islamic ...

French language students of the Centre for European and Latin American Studies (CELAS), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized a freshers’ party on Saturday 5 October, 2013 at Nelson Mandela House, Mujeeb Bagh, JMI. Students of Advanced Diploma, Diploma and Certificate in French took part in the get-together and showcased their talent by singing, dancing, poetry recitation and other activities. One ...

Through how many such ray less nights While scratching corroded wounds Have I been writing to You In obscure, blurry ink By the shade of an onerous yellow moon That hangs by my window Like an antique vapory lamp While air crinkles into paper And oceans cleave Transpiring One colossal roll of undeciphered whispers Then, axe these epochs, O Companion ...

A signboard outside the Jamia school gate reads “Gerda Philipsborn Day Care Centre.” For those who are unaware, Jamia facilitates, on its school campus, a crèche for the young children of Jamia students and staff. The building of Gerda Philipsborn Day Care Centre also houses the Mushir Fatma Jamia Nursery School, which occupies the major portion of the building. The ...

[Note: Following is a promotional advertisement from “ABC… Campaign”] If you are a student of Jamia, you can easily find the children of the construction workers roaming around in the campus, especially during evening hours. The irony is that the children’s parents construct the buildings in which we are educated, but these children have very limited or no educational opportunities. ...

In August,  Muzaffarnagar, a district in western Uttar Pradesh, experienced violent communal clashes between Hindu and Muslim communities, eventually leading to one of the worst riots in India in recent history. It is in the wake of this gripping communal violence, that the Department of Sociology, in collaboration with ‘Aman Ekta Manch’ — a citizen initiative — organized a lecture ...

The Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized a special lecture on “Public Administration in South Asia” on Thursday, October 03, 2013 by Dr. Meghna Sabharwal, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, USA. [Audio Link] Dr. Sabharwal spoke on a wide range of issues confronting public administration in the South Asian region, which ...

According to Zahid Anwar, vice-president, Subject Association, Deptartment of Islamic Studies, JMI, the Department of Islamic Studies conducted a lecture by Professor Ishtiyaque Danish, Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Hamdard, on the topic “Islam and Pluralism”  on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. In attendance were Professor Razi Ahmad Kamal, Dr. Mufti Mushtak Tijarwi, teachers and students of the department.

The Gulf Studies Programme of India Arab Cultural Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia organized a talk on “Islamic Finance & Banking: Progress in the Gulf and Prospects in India” on Tuesday, 1st October 2013 at the Centre’s Conference Hall. H. Abdur Raqeeb, General Secretary of Indian Centre for Islamic Finance (ICIF) delivered the talk which was followed by comments, questions and ...

Observing Teachers’ day in Faculty of Education on 6th September 2013, an extempore speech competition was organized by the Subject Association, IASE in three languages, i.e, Urdu, English, Hindi. The topic for the speech competition was: “Dr. Radha Krishnan and Teachers.” As the students in the department of Teachers Training & Non Formal Education (IASE) are divided into eight houses ...