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[Editor’s Note: Following is a Jamia press release.] A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Jamia Milia Islamia, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Jammu & Kashmir Government for the construction of hostels to accommodate students from the State of J&K at Jamia Milia Islamia today i.e. 9 February 2012. The Registrar, Jamia Milia Islamia, Professor S.M. Sajid signed ...

A written statement to the press by the Forum for Student Democracy (FSD) — of which Afroz Alam Sahil is the convener — states that in a meeting with the Vice Chancellor, held on January 27, Sahil has offered an “unconditional apology” to Jamia for his statement made on TV, accusing Jamia of embezzling funds meant for the victims of ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release.] In a singular judgment today the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi asked the three petitioners, who had filed a case against Jamia Millia Islamia, to withdraw their case against the university.” The three petitioners, who had filed a Writ Petition in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in December 2011, were seeking directions ...

In a bizarre turn of events in Afroz Alam Sahil’s fight for student democracy at Jamia — Jamia’s Public Information Officer (PIO), Prof. Mini S. Thomas, has denied a formal request for information by Sahil, filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005. In response to Sahil’s application, Jamia’s PIO, Prof. Thomas wrote in a letter (Link to a copy ...

According to a Jamia press release, Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung has been appointed to the central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Reserve Bank of India, as the central banking institution of India, controls the monetary policy of the country and also maintains the country’s reserves. The Central Board is the apex body of the RBI. The general ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release] Application forms with Guidelines for Private Candidates and Ex-Students/Compartment/Division Improvement for appearing in the Annual Examinations-2012 at Jamia Millia Islamia will be available from 20th September, 2011 from the counter of Maktaba Jamia, Bhopal Ground, Near Indian Bank, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. The forms can also be downloaded from Jamia’s website www.jmi.ac.in. The ...

Jamia Journal has come in possession of a copy of a faxed letter written by Professor P.K. Basu which is addressed to the Acting Director of Center for Management Studies (CMS), Professor U.M. Amin. The letter is dated Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, three days after his students had accused him of using offensive and defamatory remarks in class against Jamia ...

[Note: Following is a Jamia press release.] Keeping in view the increasing number of queries and in order to avoid any inconvenience to candidates seeking admission to Jamia Millia Islamia, the university has made available an Admission Helpline through its website. Through this facility, the candidates seeking admission to various faculties, centres, departments and schools at Jamia can directly contact ...

[Note: Following is a Jamia press release.] Starting this year, Jamia Millia Islamia will be conducting a common entrance test for some of the undergraduate courses on offer in its Faculty of Humanities and Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences. The Common Entrance Test in Faculty of Social Sciences will be conducted across two clusters. One group/cluster ...

In relation to the recent decision by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) designating Jamia Millia Islamia as a “Minority Institution,”  Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung called a meeting of all class representatives and faculty student advisors at the Ansari Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, to speak on the issue. In Jung’s words, the meeting was called to ...