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The Entrance Test for admission to M.A. in Political Science for the session 2013-14 at Jamia Millia Islamia was held on June 18, 2013. As is the practice in the university, there were four sets of Question Papers for the Entrance Test for MA in Political Science as well. However, upon completion of the Entrance Test it was pointed out ...

Visit any university or college and you’ll find students huddled together- in lawns and in corridors, in canteen and outside the library- participating actively in the discussions of national and international matters. They carry themselves with intelligence and confidence as youth should carry. Not just that, they have a world of their own. This world, in Jamia Millia Islamia, becomes ...

By Syufra Malina It is less than two months before I leave India. A friend of mine asked me, do you feel sad that you’re leaving next month? I smiled, and told him that I didn’t know. I could have answered in the affirmative that I was sad, but that would have been a lie. I feel neither sad nor ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated June 3, 2013] Prof. S.M. Sajid, a Professor in the Department of Social Work at Jamia Millia Islamia, who till recently was serving as the Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia, has been appointed as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. His new appointment takes effect from 1st June, 2013. Prof S.M. Sajid replaces ...

If you have been in Jamia for a while, chances are that you have heard or seen your friends, acquaintances and even yourself acting frugal at times. If you are not a native of Delhi, and have come here only for your Bachelors or Masters degree, you would know by now that money is tight and that Delhi is hell ...

By Samreen Mushtaq and Hilal Rather Over-crowded and noisy with a huge rush of people, motorcycles and rickshaws blocking ways of walking through the already narrow lanes and by lanes — such is the spectacle that the locality of Batla House, adjoining Jamia Millia Islamia presents. With a population that is predominantly Muslim, the name rings a bell. It is ...

[The following article was first published in the 2013 edition of ‘Episteme’ — Dept. of Political Science’s annual student magazine — under the title “The Story So Far…” We republish it here with permission.]  — By Sampurnaa Dutta A mesmerizing campus bustling with energy. Warm welcoming people and a cordial ambience. That’s Jamia for you! It all happened once graduation was ...

Former vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Professor Mushirul Hasan, has joined the Department of History and Culture, JMI, according Tehelka. This news can be corroborated by visiting Jamia’s official website where Prof. Hasan is listed as a professor in the department. Before rejoining Jamia, Prof. Hasan served as the Director-General of National Archives of India.

Following Tuesday’s protest by Jamia Polytechnic students (evening shift) against tuition fee hike, the administration rolled back on the fee hike for currently enrolled students of Diploma Engineering evening self-financed program. An official circular posted on the Polytechnic notice board read: “It is hereby notified for all concerned that any major enhancement of fee will only be applicable with prospective ...

Around 8 o’clock in the evening on Tuesday, May 7th, about 200 Jamia Polytechnic students gathered at the entrance to the Admin block, which leads to the vice-chancellor’s office, to protest against the tuition fee hike for the Diploma Engineering evening program. According to the students protesting at the scene, Jamia — without any notification — increased their tuition fee ...