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A think tank by the name of South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), with the proclaimed objective “to advance strategic analysis and contribute to the expansion of knowledge of Indian and International security and promote public understanding,” has published a research paper on Jamia Millia Islamia titled “JAMIA MILIA ISLAMIA – Its history and the current trends,” dated Dec. 27, 2011 ...

According to an article titled “Virender Sehwag’s statue to be put up in Jamia Millia Islamia,” dated Dec. 23, 2011, published in India Today: Virender Sehwag, a Jamia alumnus and a cricket player for the Indian national team, will be honored by Jamia by having a brass statue of him installed on Jamia campus. The statue is reported to cost ...

In an official ceremony, Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung laid the foundation stone for a Residential IAS Coaching Academy on campus at a site behind the Academy for International Studies, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.   The academy is meant to help prepare students for the Indian civil services exam from among the minorities, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and women. The ...

On a cold December night a few days ago, I walked a narrow and pebbled passage way that headed to a group of homeless people sitting around a campfire at a night shelter near Delhi’s Bangla Sahib Gurudwara. Helpless, they fought the furious cold weather of Delhi in their scant apparels. I was part of a group of students who ...

We here at Jamia Journal have yet to publish any article by anyone other than a Jamia student from within the Jamia community. Although we did not place any restrictions on anyone else from within the Jamia community, namely, the Jamia faculty or alumni, neither did we  actively seek their participation. However, we now feel, the time has come to ...

According to an article titled, “Jamia Students Poll: HC Judge Recuses From Hearing,” dated Dec. 21, 2011 in the magazine Outlook: Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri of the Delhi High Court today recused himself from a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) hearing seeking directions to Jamia authorities to hold students’ union elections. He cited conflict of interest as the reason, ...

According to an article titled “Student alleges victimisation due to RTI applications” published in The Hindu, dated Dec. 20, 2011, a seventeen-year-old Mohammed Mobashshir, a student of Jamia Senior Secondary School, was expelled from school a year ago for, “‘unending misbehaviour and indiscipline,” in the words of the school officials. The gist of the article is: when Mobashir questioned the ways of ...

[Editor’s note: Following is a Jamia press release.] Jamia Millia Islamia held a ‘Special Convocation’ on December 16, 2011 at 3 PM in Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia to confer the degree of ‘Doctor of Letters’ (Honoris Causa) on Prof. Amartya Sen. Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia presided over the ‘Special Convocation’.   The citation presented ...

According to a report in The Hindu titled “Jamia to honor Amartya Sen,” dated Dec. 14, 2011: Jamia Millia Islamia is going to confer an honorary doctorate  on the Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, on Friday, Dec. 16, in a special convocation ceremony. Reportedly, the University wanted to award the doctorate at its annual convocation last month; however, Dr. Sen was ...

Hindustan Times; December 09, 2011: “JNU fire ignites hopes for Jamia students” Link: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/JNU-fire-ignites-hopes-for-Jamia-students/Article1-779742.aspx Summary:  In light of the recent supreme court decision to lift the stay order off from JNU student union elections [Link], the article talks about what this decision could mean for student union elections at Jamia.