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[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Oct, 29, 2013] Jamia Millia Islamia is celebrating its 93rd Foundation Day today, i.e. on October 29. The Foundation Day celebrations began at 9.30 AM outside the Dr. M A Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia where the Chief Guest of the day, Dr. Mohammad Zakir, Retired Professor from the Department of Urdu ...

The Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, in collaboration with Aspen Institute India organized a special lecture on the topic, “Rise Of China In The Global Order: Perspectives From US & India,” by Prof. James Mann, the author of, “The China Fantasy” and Author-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. [Audio Link] Addressing students in ...

The National Service Scheme, Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Rotary Club of Indraprastha, Okhla came together to organize a “Blood Donation Camp” on October 24, 2013. According to a Jamia press statement, by 2.30 p.m., they had collected 250 units of blood. The aim of the drive was to collect 500 units of blood by 5 p.m.

The “ABC… Campaign” held an orientation meeting for its volunteers on campus in the lawns next to the Department of English, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. The ABC… Campaign is a student initiative to provide basic education to the children of construction workers presently working and residing on Jamia campus. This was ABC… Campaign’s first meeting for this year, for ...

Well, we did it people. Jamia Journal has turned three-years-old today, Oct.20, 2013; and we are continuing on, stronger than ever before.  Our growth over the last three years has been truly staggering.  Our readership in this period has grown from a few hundred page views every month to a close to 8,000 every month. This, however, pales in comparison ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release dated Oct. 11, 2013] It is a matter of great pride and pleasure that the students of Jamia Millia Islamia have won two major Moot Court Competitions held recently. Jamia won First Prize in the National Moot Court Competition held at FYLC Ranka Law College, Rajasthan University last month. The follwing students of Jamia ...

The Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia organised a series of events to mark the International Mental Health Day on campus, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. The students and staff of the Department took out a rally in the campus to propagate the idea of mental health and also performed street plays on the issue. Dr Sheema Aleem, the Advisor to ...

[Following information been provided by Zahid Anwar, vice-president, subject Association, Department of Islamic Studies, JMI.] The Subject Association, Department of Islamic Studies conducted a “Naat Khwani competition on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013.  Many students from various departments of the university participated. Competition Results: First: Wahajuddin, (B.A. 3rd sem. Deptt. of Urdu) and Tabassum Hasan. (M.A. 1st sem Deptt. of Islamic ...

In August,  Muzaffarnagar, a district in western Uttar Pradesh, experienced violent communal clashes between Hindu and Muslim communities, eventually leading to one of the worst riots in India in recent history. It is in the wake of this gripping communal violence, that the Department of Sociology, in collaboration with ‘Aman Ekta Manch’ — a citizen initiative — organized a lecture ...

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 ...