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Dear Jamia Journal reader, As you might already know, we at Jamia Journal have a section on the sidebar called “Jamia In The Press.” In this section we link to articles in the press that have something do with our university.  Articles we feel a Jamia student should be aware of. However, since new links replace the old ones, they ...

The Jamia Cultural Committee in collaboration with the British High Commission had organized a Jamia-wide essay writing competition on the theme, “What are the ties that bind in a multicultural society?” on November 21, 2011. The names of the winners (one female and one male) on the basis of the essay writing competition and oral presentation were announced in a ...

In a bizarre turn of events in Afroz Alam Sahil’s fight for student democracy at Jamia — Jamia’s Public Information Officer (PIO), Prof. Mini S. Thomas, has denied a formal request for information by Sahil, filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005. In response to Sahil’s application, Jamia’s PIO, Prof. Thomas wrote in a letter (Link to a copy ...

In a two-day long seminar organized by the Department of Political Science, titled “Human Rights & Social Inclusion: Contemporary Concerns,” notable journalist and the managing editor of the weekly news magazine Tehelka, Shoma Chaudhary, delivered a lecture titled “Blowing Bubbles, and Living in them” on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 at the Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir building. She talked about human rights, ...

Jamia Millia Islamia administration has finally confessed that there is no ban on students organization activities on Jamia campus. In a response to an RTI filed by the Forum for Students Democracy, Jamia PIO has replied that student organizations can publicly circulate their handbills and posters freely. However, the reality is, Jamia has imposed an emergency type situation on student ...

The department of English conducted a discussion on the topic, “The Semiotics of Literary Discourse,” on Friday, November 17, 2011. The keynote speaker was Mr. H.S. Gill, professor emeritus in the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). About the Speaker Prof. H.S. Gill first started teaching in Punjab University, Patiala in 1968. Then ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release] Jamia Millia Islamia held its Annual Convocation on November 16, 2011 at 3.00 pm in the Lawns of Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia.   The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Shri Tajendra Khanna was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia presided over the Annual Convocation. ...

Jamia Journal wishes all its readers a Happy and Wonderful Eid-ul-Adha!

Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with TEDx organized an event called TEDxJMI on Friday, October 21, 2011 in the Dr. M A Ansari Auditorium.   About TED TED, an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate “ideas worth spreading.” TED was founded in 1984 as ...

[Following is an official Jamia press release.] It is a matter of immense pride and honour for Jamia Millia Islamia that one of the research papers by Prof. Mohammad Sami at the Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, written in collaboration with Edmund J Copeland and Shinji Tsujikawa, has been included in the Nobel Prize Committee Document, 2011. The ...