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  Oct. 30, 2015: Career Expo-2015 was inaugurated by Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) today to promote an interface with companies and organizations offering career opportunities to students. Among those present in the Career Expo were Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Wipro, Accenture, Campus France, Anglo Eastern, NSIC, Frankfinn Management Consultant, Emirates, GateForum, The Chopras, Jatin Chawla’s, ...

Describing Jamia Millia Islamia as the ‘highest and sacred seat of learning’, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office – Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said that the institution commanded a special distinction for its contributions to the nation both in pre and post independent India. He observed that Jamia was an institution founded by the ...

The Centre for Afghanistan Studies, Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia screened a documentary on Afghanistan – 16 Days in Afghanistan – by Anwar Hajher on Wednesday 14 October, 2015 at its Ho Chi Minh Conference Room, JMI. The screening was followed by a discussion. Dr Angira Sen Sarma moderated the discussion in which participants exchanged views on general ...

Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with National Commission for Women had organised a two day National Legal Awareness Programme on the 10th and 11th of October, 2015 at the Municipal Corporation School located in Batla House, New Delhi. During the Legal Awareness Programme, quite a number of women from adjoining localities participated in the aforementioned programme overwhelmingly. ...

Oct. 9, 2015: Jamia Millia Islamia students and faculty members held a silent candlelight march Friday on campus in protest against the communal lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri, U.P. The silent march started and concluded at the central library, where students along with Dean Students Welfare, Prof. Tasneem Meenai, observed a two-minutes silence.

Oct. 8, 2015: Adding a new dimension to its educational profile, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a Central University by an Act of Parliament, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the esteemed Indian Navy to provide vertical and academic mobility to its personnel and officers. The MoU entered into by the two institutions records mutual intent for academic collaboration between ...

Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies (SNCWS) organized a two-Day International Seminar on the theme titled, “Mapping Research on Muslim Women: Retrospect and Prospects,” at the FTK-CIT hall on Sept. 22 and 23, 2015. The keynote speaker for the event was the renowned political scientist and feminist writer, Prof. Zoya Hasan. The seminar was chaired by Prof. Talat Ahmad, vice-chancellor, ...

According to a news article published in the Indian Express, dated Sept. 19, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has informed the Delhi Women’s Commission (DCW) in a letter that: “Jamia Millia Islamia is in the process of revisiting the extant guidelines in various respects to uphold gender equity on the campus.” Jamia’s letter to the DCW was in response to a ...

Sept. 18, 2015: Unhappy with the quality of the canteen food and a hike in canteen food prices, an impromptu protest by a few students turned into a major protest by hundreds of students at Jamia Millia Islamia, Friday. Protesting students alleged, on condition of anonymity, that the quality of the food has been awful for years now, which students ...

Electronics Alumni Association-JMI organized their second alumni meet on Sept. 13, 2015 in Engineering auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia. The auditorium was packed with a crowd of more than 300 including 15 entrepreneur alumni and more than 100 alumni who hold respectful positions in government sectors and multinational companies. The second alumni meet began with a recitation from the Holy Quran. This ...