Department of Political Science will be organizing an extension lecture by Professor Patrick Heller, Director, Graduate Programme in Development, Watson Institute for International Affairs & Professor of Sociology and International Studies, Brown University, USA, on the topic of “Indian Cities in Comparative Perspective” on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 at 2 pm in the Seminar Room, Department of Political Science. The ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 12, 2012) The English Literary Association of Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a three-day Literary Festival from 15th to 17th October, 2012 to commemorate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens and the Centenary of Saadat Hassan Manto – called the Pickwick Fest. The festival will provide a forum ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct. 3, 2012] Ms Ningombam Chandrachani Devi, a senior research fellow at Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia has been awarded a Post Doctrol Fellowship of R$ 4000 per month by Coordenação de Astronomia e Astrofísica – COAA- BRAZIL.  She will join this prestigious institute for Post-Doctoral studies very soon. Ms. Chandrachani ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct. 5, 2012] Jamia Millia Islamia and ‘Citizens for Justice & Peace’ are jointly organizing a series of programmes around “Memorial to a Genocide: Gulberg Gujarat 2002-2012” from October 9-13, 2012 on Jamia campus. The programmes will include a Photo Retrospective, Statistics, Missing Person’s Wall, Acknowledgements and Survivor’s Conversations among other things. The ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct. 5, 2012] The Outreach Programme and Jamia Discussion Forum, Jamia Millia Islamia are going to organize a Talk on “Communal Riots and Women: A Perspective from the Democratic Movement” by Ms. Subhashini Ali, former Member of Parliament and Women’s Rights Activist. Ms. Subhashini Ali’s talk will cover the gender dimension of communal ...

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(Following is Jamia press release dated Oct. 1, 2012) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and the York University (Canada) to pave the way of educational tie ups between various faculties and departments of the two universities. On behalf of Jamia, the agreement was signed by the Registrar of the University Prof. ...

The Indian Society Technical Education (ISTE) – Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Students Chapter is organizing a mini marathon on October 20, 2012 on the occasion of TRIPSTER’12, an ISTE Festival in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The details for the marathon are as follows : Marathon on: Saturday, October 20, 2012 Total Distance : 1.5 Km Track : Starting from (BIKE) ...

To emphasize the need for a sensitized democratic society, especially in the wake of disturbing trends in terms of violence including terrorism across and within nation states and the recent conflagration in Assam, JMI’s Centre for North East Studies along with the Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies is organizing a peace walk for Human Rights in the North East ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct.1, 2012, received on Sept 28.)  In the wake of disturbing trends in terms of violence including terrorism across and within nation states & the recent conflagration in Assam and the countrywide repercussions, the need for a sensitized democratic society to play a positive role in facing the new challenges and channelizing creative ...