In relation to the recent decision by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) designating Jamia Millia Islamia as a “Minority Institution,”  Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung called a meeting of all class representatives and faculty student advisors at the Ansari Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, to speak on the issue. In Jung’s words, the meeting was called to ...

[The following is an official Jamia press release.] The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) on 22 February 2011 granted “Minority Institution” status to Jamia Millia Islamia under Article 30(1) of the constitution read with Section 2(G) of the National Commission for Minorities Institutions Act. The University will make a study of the judgment in the coming days and ...

According to a Hindustan Times article titled “Jamia Millia to Delay Semester System” dated Feb. 21, 2011: Jamia has postponed for a year the implementation of the semester system at the undergraduate level The semester system was scheduled to be introduced in the upcoming academic session of 2011-2012. Jamia’s media coordinator, Simi Malhotra is quoted to have said, “”Last year, ...

On the 114 birth anniversary of Dr. Zakir Hussain on February 8, the Jamia Old Boys Association commemorated the day with a ceremonial recitation of the Holy Quran (Quran Khani) at his mausoleum on campus. Javed Alam, president of Jamia Old Boys Association, said in an interview that they hold a Quran Khani ceremony every year on Dr. Hussain’s birth ...

On the occasion of Propose Day, Feb. 8, the second day of Valentine week: students were seen observing the day by “proposing” their love to their girlfriends or boyfriends on campus. In one such instance, Devraj (Not a Jamia student) proposed his love to his longtime girlfriend: Lalita, a postgraduate student in the department of political science. In the afternoon, ...

Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring: James Franco. Music by: A.R. Rahman Genre: Drama/Adventure My Rating: 3/5 “127 Hours” is my second Danny Boyle movie. However, that does not mean “Slumdog Millionaire” was my first Boyle movie; rather it was “28 Days Later.” And one of the reasons for not watching “Slumdog Millionaire” was “28 Days Later.” So you can imagine ...

In an effort to keep our readers better informed of campus activities, we at Jamia Journal are currently looking for students who can work as correspondents for Jamia Journal in their respective departments/centers. The job does not necessarily entail writing for Jamia Journal, but being our go-to person for all news and information relating to their respective departments. If you ...

A crowd of about 200 people, consisting mostly of university students from Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University, gathered in front of the Egyptian embassy in New Delhi, chanting and holding signs demanding the ouster of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak,  on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. The demonstration was held in solidarity with the people of Egypt ...

The Dr. Zakir Hussain library is holding a 3-day book exhibition starting from Monday, Feb. 2, to Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2011. It is scheduled to begin from 9 a.m. in the morning and end at 5 p.m. late in the afternoon. Besides stalls for books in English, there are few for Hindi and Urdu as well. According to a Jamia ...

Final year students in the Master of Arts in Convergent Journalism program in the AJK Mass Communication Research Center at Jamia, organized an exhibition titled “Road to Tibet.” The exhibition comprised of photos, documentaries and panel discussions. It was a two-day event starting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, and was held at the M.F. Hussain Gallery in Jamia. . The ...