The department of political science will be conducting a symposium on the upcoming 2012 US elections for president. Details below: Topic: Panorama of 2012 US Election: Making Sense of It Speakers: Prof.K.P.Vijayalakshmi, Head, Center for American, Canadian and Latin American Studies, SIS, JNU; Prof.Mohammed Badrul Alam, Political Science, JMI; and Dr.Uma Purushothaman, Observer Research Foundation, Delhi Welcome Address by: Prof. ...

According to a PTI report dated Aug. 17, 2012, Delhi Metro on Friday shifted the proposed Jamia Nagar Metro station from the main gardens to one end of the university. Prof Khalid Moin, Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology, is reported to have said, the station would now come up near Naom Chomsky Centre and that no buildings will have ...

Network 18’s popular online news portal Firstpost.com, has published a long lauding article on Hamidur Rahman’s battle with Jamia over his demand for student democracy at Jamia. The article titled “A 22-year-old rank-holder takes on mighty Jamia University over democracy” dated Aug. 15,  talks about Rahman’s activism, legal battle with Jamia, and Jamia’s attempt to harass and malign his good ...

According to a Jamia press release dated June 11, interviews conducted for admission to  courses in the AJK Mass Communication Research Center will be video recorded starting this academic session of 2012-13. The stated objective for this practice is “to ensure greater transparency and accountability in the process of selection.” Although the recordings are to ensure greater transparency in the ...

According to a Jamia press release, a young man was caught impersonating a test candidate by the name of Mohd. Zamal at an admission entrance test in Jamia on Thursday, June 7. Although Jamia alleges a case of impersonation by the said young  man, Jamia is unclear on many of the important details pertaining to the incident. According to the ...

Mukul Kesavan, a professor in the department of history at Jamia, offers us an interesting explanation to why Bollywood movies are so “trashy,” in his latest article titled “Attitude Bollytude” for Outlook. In his opinion, the reason why Indian cinema is so “trashy” is because the only way to create popular art for such a culturally diverse country like India, ...

According to a Hindustan Times report titled “HC allows jamia student to take exams” dated June 4 — Mohamed Asadullah, a second year dentistry student, was debarred from taking his final exams on account of not having the required percentage of class attendance. He reportedly had a good reason to miss class. During the course of his semester, Asadullah’s sister ...

According to a Jamia press release, Jamia Millia Islamia will hold a ‘Special Convocation’ on Friday, April 27, 2012 to confer the degree of ‘Doctor of Letters’ (Honoris Causa) on Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. Mr. Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2011, Mr. Ban Ki-moon ran unopposed for ...

According to a report in the Times Of India titled, “Delhi high court asks Jamia to set up poll panel,” dated April 19, 2012 — the Delhi High Court, in a hearing on  April 18,  instructed Jamia to form a committee of academicians to explore the possibility of conducting a students’ union election in Jamia. A court prescribed five member ...

I believe the greatest fear for any authority figure — from the people he/she/it has authority over — is the freedom they may have to challenge that very authority.   And although, theoretically speaking, we accept the authority of the state over us in order to be free — which it does make us in many respects — it however, ...