Academic

Violence per se is not negative. Government, media, academia and society must act to address the issues of injustice and violation of rights. These views were expressed by rights activists, members of the academia and other participants at a Valedictory Function here at Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir on 21 December 2012. The function was jointly organized by Nelson Mandela Centre for ...

[Following is Jamia press release dated Dec. 10, 2012]  The Society for Participatory Research in Asia (SPRI) in collaboration with the Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia organized the launch of UNESCO Chair on community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and a symposium on this theme on December 10, 2012. The purpose of the event was to ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Nov. 30]  BOL – The Debating Club working under Jamia Cultural Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia had organized a Tri Lingual Debate Competition on the topic “Peoples’ Movement are a Threat to Parliamentary Democracy” on November 29, 2012. The students of the University took part in the competition in large numbers. The results ...

Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, on Friday, November 30, organised the 6th Dr. K. R. Narayanan Memorial lecture on “Democracy in Exile: The Case of Tibet”. The lecture was delivered by Honourable Sikyong (Prime Minister), Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Central Tibetan Administration (Government-in-Exile), Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh in the Edward Said Hall. (Link to Audio) ...

The Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy of International Studies organized a panel discussion on “India’s National Report to the UN Human Rights Council” at the Academy’s Hu Chi Minh Conference Hall on Tuesday Nov.  20, 2012. Besides the director of the Academy, T.C.A. Rangachari, and the panel convener Prof. Jamal M. Moosa, the other three panelists where  Ravi Nair, the ...

In a special felicitation ceremony held in the engineering faculty auditorium on Friday Nov. 16, Jamia recognized and congratulated a team of eight mechanical engineering students who had won first place in a national automotive design competition called SAE Efficycle, which is organized under the aegis of  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), a prestigious international engineering society. The competition carried ...

Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, organized a lecture, as a part of its’ B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series, by Professor Adnan Farooqui on the topic “Candidate Nomination Processes in Indian Parties” on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. [Link to Audio] Mr. Farooqui, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political ...

The Department of Political Science organized an extension lecture by the former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr. S.Y. Quraishi on “Governance and Democracy: Need for electoral reforms.” The lecture was held at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir Building, on Wednesday, 31 October 2012. [Link to Audio] Dr. Quraishi began his talk with the importance of governance in a democracy and ...

The Department of Political Science, organized a lecture by Prof. Patrick Heller on “Indian Cities in Comparative Perspective” on Oct. 17, 2012. Prof. Heller is a visiting senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and a professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University, USA. He is the co-author of the book, “Social Democracy in the Global Periphery: ...

For the first time, the Subject Association of MMAJ Academy of International Studies, held a “Student-Faculty Interaction Programme” on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The programme was semi-academic in nature and was attended by a good number of teaching and non-teaching staff and M Phil and PhD students. Dr. Shri Prakash, a senior professor and former honorary director of the Academy ...