Campus News

The Curious Case of Mohd. Zamal

According to a Jamia press release, a young man was caught impersonating a test candidate by the name of Mohd. Zamal at an admission entrance test in Jamia on Thursday, June 7. Although Jamia alleges a case of impersonation by the said young  man, Jamia is unclear on many of the important details pertaining to the incident. According to the ...

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Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General to UN, conferred with ‘Doctor of Letters’ at Jamia

[Following is a Jamia press release.] Jamia Millia Islamia held a ‘Special Convocation’ on April 27, 2011 at 11 AM in Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia to confer the degree of ‘Doctor of Letters’ (Honoris Causa) on Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General to United Nations. . Mr. Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United ...

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Jamia to Confer Honorary Doctorate to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

According to a Jamia press release, Jamia Millia Islamia will hold a ‘Special Convocation’ on Friday, April 27, 2012 to confer the degree of ‘Doctor of Letters’ (Honoris Causa) on Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. Mr. Ban Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. In 2011, Mr. Ban Ki-moon ran unopposed for ...

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Full-time Politician and Part-time Poet Kapil Sibal in Jamia for a Poetry Recital

Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), and an advocate for limiting freedom of speech on the Internet, Mr. Kapil Sibal, read excerpts from his latest book of poems titled “My World Within” at the Ansari Auditorium, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. . He also read from his older collection of poems titled “I Witness: Partial Observation” which was launched ...

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Nithya, Jamia Student and JJ Writer, Launches her Debut Novel

On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the Conference Hall of FTK – Centre for Information Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, witnessed the launch of the book entitled, “Treadmills and Push-up Bras” by R. Nithya, a masters’ student in the Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, and a staff writer for Jamia Journal. Published by Thames River Press, the book was released ...

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Karvan-e-Fikr 2012: Dept. of Sociology Hosts Academic Fair

The subject association of department of sociology held an inter university students’ seminar and academic fair titled, “Karvan-e-Fikr” on Wednesday and Thursday, March 14–15, 2012, on the theme “The coming of consumer society” at Dyar-e-Mir-Taqi Mir and Ansari auditorium. . The two day event saw participation from various departments of Jamia, as well as four universities, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal ...

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Jamia Hosts Nat’l Trilingual Inter Univ. Debate Competition

Bol–Jamia’s debating Society under the aegis of Office of Dean Students’ Welfare, Jamia Millia Islamia–organized a national trilingual inter university debate competition on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The three languages in which the debate was conducted were Urdu, English and Hindi. The M.A. Ansari Auditorium was the venue for the national competition. . The topic for the debate was, “Absolute ...

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AlgoRhythm 2012: F/o Engg. Celebrates Annual Techno-Cultural Festival

In an endeavor to provide students with an enjoyable and an interactive opportunity along with managerial experience, the Computer Society of India Student Chapter, Jamia Millia Islamia (CSI-JMI) held its three-day annual techo-cultural festival called “AlgoRhythm: The Rhythm of Techno Geeks” from March 2-4, 2012. . The festival was inaugurated by Mr. Shakil-uz-Zama Ansari, Member Secretary, National Commission for OBC. ...

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