Talks

The Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized a special lecture on “Public Administration in South Asia” on Thursday, October 03, 2013 by Dr. Meghna Sabharwal, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, USA. [Audio Link] Dr. Sabharwal spoke on a wide range of issues confronting public administration in the South Asian region, which ...

Recent incidents of crime against women have engaged young men and women in the ongoing discourse on political and social change in the country. To channelize the energy of this young generation of protestors and campaigners in a productive manner by spreading legal awareness and understanding about violence against women, Jamia Millia Islamia’s Outreach Programme in collaboration with the Indian ...

The Department of Political Science organized a special lecture by ambassador of Sudan to India, Dr Hassan E. EL Talib, on the topic “India-Sudan Relations: Emerging Trends,” at the Department of Political Science, on 5 September 2013. Prof. Badrul Alam introduced Dr. Talib in which he mentioned that the ambassador had a special connection with Jamia. He said Dr. Talib ...

British High Commissioner to India, Sir James David Bevan, delivered a talk on the topic “Reasons to be cheerful: Why now is the best time to be young,” on Thursday, 22 August 2013 at the Conference hall, FTK-CIT. The event was chaired by Vice-Chancellor S. M. Sajid. [Link to Text and Audio of the speech below.] Vice-Chancellor S. M. Sajid ...

The Pakistan Studies Programme at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the Jinnah Institute, Islamabad and the Australia-India Institute, Melbourne conducted a lecture by Ms. Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States and former Federal Minister of Information & Broadcasting, as part of a series of lectures by distinguished speakers in which eminent ...

The Department of English organized the sixth Ahmed Ali Memorial Lecture on the topic, “Ahmed Ali and British Censorship” by Prof. Harish Trivedi at the India Arab Cultural Center on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. [Link to Audio] About Harish Trivedi: Harish Trivedi is former Professor of English, University of Delhi and has been visiting Professor at many universities in India and ...

To commemorate International Women’s day on March 8th, the Afghanistan Studies programme, Academy of International Studies, and the Outreach Programme in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission, New Delhi organized a panel discussion on the topic, “Women and Development: Challenges Ahead in Afghanistan” at the M.F. Husain Art Gallery. Along with the panel discussion, a photo exhibition was also held ...

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 ...

The Department of Political Science held an extension lecture by Prof. Srdjan Vucetic on “The United States in the World: Chronicles of a Decline Foretold” on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Prof. Srdjan Vucetic is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. Vucetic is the author of “The Anglosphere: a Genealogy ...

The Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution organized a lecture by Dipankar Gupta titled “Town and Country: the Changing Face of India Today” at the Yasser Arafat Hall on Thursday, February 21, 2013. [Audio] Dipankar Gupta is a well-known sociologist and author of “Mistaken Modernity: India between Worlds,” “The Caged Phoenix: Can India fly?” and several others. As ...