[Editor’s Note: Following reportage on the MiRAAS festival is courtesy the official MiRAAS blog run by students of Jamia. We reproduce it here as it is.]  Inauguration of MiRAAS Text by Wafia Kissa, Photos by Nabeel Khalid On, 26 February, Jamia Millia Islamia, inaugurated MiRAAS 2013, a three day inter university festival with grandeur. Mr Najeeb Jung, Vice Chancellor, presided over ...

What seemed like a last minute cancellation by Shashi Tharoor of his scheduled speaking engagement at Jamia today, Monday, Feb 25, turned out to be a not-so-last minute cancellation after all. As you can see in the accompanied image of Shashi Tharoor’s tweets below, the time stamp on it indicates that the organizers of the event were notified by Tharoor ...

Jamia’s Northern Stars beat Mumbai University’s Western Wolves with 5 wickets and won their first match in the University Cricket Championship (UCC) played at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Feb. 23rd. The final score was: Mumbai Univ: 172/8 (20.0); Jamia: 176/5 (19.5) Parveen Yadav (Captain Northern Stars) was declared Man of the Match. Next Match: Jamia will play their next match against Madras ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Feb. 13, 2013] A Public Awareness Campaign by the Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia was held on 13 February, 2013, from 2.30 – 4.30 P.M, at the Amphitheatre behind the Ansari auditorium, JMI. As a precursor to the global ONE BILLION RISING, a movement started by Eve Ensler, which ...

In what was clearly a show of protest, a group of few dozen students that mostly comprised students from Kashmir, along with a few others, offered Namaaz-e-Janaza (funeral prayers) for Afzal Guru after Dhuhr (afternoon) prayers in the lawns of Jamia’s Jama Masjid on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. The general sentiment among the students who took part in the funeral ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Feb. 7] For the second successive year, Jamia Millia Islamia is participating in the New Delhi World Book Fair with its own independent pavilion. The India Arab Cultural Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is showcasing its publications in the main hall of the Book ...

The Department of Tourism, Hotel, Hospitality and Heritage Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a Lecture on “Marketing Challenges in Tourism” by Prof. Kapil Kumar, Director in School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. Prof. Nisar-ul-Haq, Coordinator of the Department of Tourism, Hotel, Hospitality and Heritage Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia shall Chair the session. ...

Campus Chat – Episode 01 Topic: Justice Verma committee report on amendments to criminal law [Link to report] Guests: Manzar Imam, MPhil International Studies; Samreen Mushtaq, MA Political Science; and R. Nithya, MA Political Science Summary: Justice Verma Committee comprising Retired Justice J.S. Verma, Retired Justice Leila Seth and Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, was constituted on December 23, 2012, to ...

The Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize an Extension Lecture on “The Rise and Fall of the Indian New Wave Cinema” by Professor Rashmi Doraiswamy. Professor Doraiswamy teaches at the MMAJ-Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. Her writings on literature and cinema have been published in prestigious Indian and foreign publications. She was the recipient ...

The book titled “Introduction to Wavelets with Applications” authored by  Prof. Khalil Ahmad, Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia shall be released by Prof. H.P. Dikshit, an eminent Mathematician and Former Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in a Book Release Function at Jamia. Prof. H.P. Dikshit shall be the Chief Guest of the function and ...