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[Following is a Jamia press release dated Sept. 4, 2012] The flash floods that devastated parts of Ladakh in 2010 drew the attention of the Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia. The Faculty has now decided to conduct an investigative field study in the region. The intent of the field study would be to investigate the causes behind ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Aug. 30, 2012) The Centre for North East Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, the only such centre of its kind in a Central University, has received a grant of Rs. 14 crore from the University Grant Commission for building a permanent building to house the Centre, funding for staff appointments and recurring expenses. ...

The Pakistan Studies Programme, part of the Academy of International Studies, recently conducted an India-China dialogue with visiting Chinese delegates from Sichuan University, China. The programme titled “Second India-China Dialogue on Evolving Security Environment in the AF-PAK region” was conducted at the Dayar-I-Mir-Taqi-Mir Building on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The two-day programme ended with a valedictory address by Member of ...

According to a PTI report dated Aug. 17, 2012, Delhi Metro on Friday shifted the proposed Jamia Nagar Metro station from the main gardens to one end of the university. Prof Khalid Moin, Dean Faculty of Engineering and Technology, is reported to have said, the station would now come up near Naom Chomsky Centre and that no buildings will have ...

Network 18’s popular online news portal Firstpost.com, has published a long lauding article on Hamidur Rahman’s battle with Jamia over his demand for student democracy at Jamia. The article titled “A 22-year-old rank-holder takes on mighty Jamia University over democracy” dated Aug. 15,  talks about Rahman’s activism, legal battle with Jamia, and Jamia’s attempt to harass and malign his good ...

(Following is a Jamia press release dated Aug. 16, 2012.)  The Centre for Coaching & Career Planning at Jamia Millia Islamia invites Applications for Free Coaching (with Hostel Facility) to those who wish to appear in Civil Services (Prelims cum Mains) 2013 and belong to the category of Minorities, SC, ST and Women candidates. Scholarship to 20% admitted students @ ...

The Brazilian Ambassador to India, Mr. Carlos Duarte, delivered the inaugural address to a symposium on Brazil conducted by the Centre for European and Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Academy Of International Studies. The symposium titled “Understanding Contemporary Brazil” was held at the Dayar-I-Mir-Taqi-Mir building on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2012. In his address, Ambassador Duarte said that it ...

The Jamia Outreach Programme organized a talk by Prof. Gauri Viswanathan, professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, New York, who spoke on the topic “Edward Said, Dissent and Post-colonialism” at the Dayar-I-Mir–Taqi-Mir building on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Prof. Viswanathan has published widely on topics such as education, religion, and culture; nineteenth-century British and colonial cultural studies; ...

[Following is a Jamia press release dated June 12] It is a matter of great pride and pleasure for Jamia Millia Islamia that Ms. Anupama Kumari, a student of M.F.A. Final Semester at the Department of Applied Art, Jamia Millia Islamia has bagged the Krishnakriti Foundation Fellowship (in Association with the Embassy of France in India) for the year 2012-13 ...

According to a Jamia press release dated June 11, interviews conducted for admission to  courses in the AJK Mass Communication Research Center will be video recorded starting this academic session of 2012-13. The stated objective for this practice is “to ensure greater transparency and accountability in the process of selection.” Although the recordings are to ensure greater transparency in the ...