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 ...

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 ...

The Center for Afghanistan Studies, MMAJ Academy of International Studies (AIS), Jamia Millia Islamia screened the well-known film “The Kite Runner,” adapted into a film by Marc Foster from the best-seller novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini, at the Tagore Hall, Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir on Wednesday, 18 Sept. 2013. The screening was following by a lively discussion around ...

The MMAJ Academy of International Studies and the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia organized a talk on the topic “Negotiating a New World Order in the Middle East and North Africa” by renowned economist and social scientist, Dr. Huricihan İslamoğlu, Professor of Economic History, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul at the Ho Chi Minh Conference Hall, Academy of International ...

The Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) under the M K Gandhi Chair Lecture Series organized a public lecture on the topic “India: Transitional Puzzles and Pains” by author and editor B.G. Verghese at Dayar-e Mir Taqi Mir on Thursday, April 11, 2013. Verghese, a senior journalist, discussed a wide range of issues confronting ...

Pakistan Studies Programme, Academy of International Studies (AIS), Jamia Millia Islamia organized a two-day “International Seminar on Pakistan’s Governance Challenges” that began at the Academy’s Ho Chi Minh Conference Hall on Thursday 21 March 2013. Prof. Shri Prakash, Officiating Director of AIS welcomed the guests. The inaugural session was chaired by Vice-Chancellor Najeeb Jung, and the keynote address was delivered ...

The Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia organized a lecture on “The Shahbagh Uprising and its Implications for Bangladesh” at the Academy of International Studies on Monday, 18th March 2013. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Veena Sikri, a former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Prof. Sikri, who is a Ford Foundation endowed Chair of Bangladesh Studies Programme at ...

The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (CNESPR), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized the Fourth Annual Saifuddin Kitchlew Lecture on March 7, 2013 at the India-Arab Cultural Centre, JMI.  The theme of the lecture was “Building a New Asia: India, China and ASEAN” and the lecture was delivered by Dr. Surin Abdul Halim bin Ismail Pitsuwan, an accomplished ...

The MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia under its Pakistan Studies Programme organized a talk by Husain Haqqani, a former ambassador of Pakistan to the USA, on the topic “Democratic Pakistan: Vision and Reality” on Wednesday, February, 27 2013 at the Edward Said Hall. [Link to Audio] Haqqani, who is also a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment ...

Anger and angst were writ large on the faces of students, especially those from the state of Jammu and Kashmir, during the brief question and answer session following a “Public Meeting on Capital Punishment and the State of Indian Democracy” organized by Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) here at FTK-CIT, JMI on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The hall was full ...