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The Dr. Zakir Hussain library is holding a 3-day book exhibition starting from Monday, Feb. 2, to Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2011. It is scheduled to begin from 9 a.m. in the morning and end at 5 p.m. late in the afternoon. Besides stalls for books in English, there are few for Hindi and Urdu as well. According to a Jamia ...

Final year students in the Master of Arts in Convergent Journalism program in the AJK Mass Communication Research Center at Jamia, organized an exhibition titled “Road to Tibet.” The exhibition comprised of photos, documentaries and panel discussions. It was a two-day event starting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, and was held at the M.F. Hussain Gallery in Jamia. . The ...

Jamia Senior Secondary School celebrated India’s 62nd Republic Day with full enthusiasm and joy to commemorate the day the Indian Republic was formed. The event took place on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, on school premises. The function began with the singing of the national anthem, followed by the school tarana. It was performed by a group of girls. Professor S.M. ...

Jamia’s Outreach Programme in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, organized a stage play in Hindi on the topic of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy titled, “Yahan Se Shahar Ko Dekho,” at the Ansari Auditorium on, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. The play was presented by a group called Bahroop (No association with Jamia); and directed by ...

Jamia’s Outreach Programme, in association with the department of English organized a session of book readings, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. The readings in the session were by Tania James and H.M. Naqvi, both short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2011, from their respective novels nominated for the prize. The session was held at the Dayar-I Mir ...

In August 2010, under the instructions of the University Grant Commission (UGC), Jamia Millia Islamia, along with other universities, instituted a semester system in many of their postgraduate programs. The semester system replaced the old annual system. Although the examination for the first semester was conducted back in December and the second semester has already started — the results for ...

The department of political science organized a lecture by professor Stephen Clarkson titled, “A comprehensive economic partnership with Canada: What is in it for India?” on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. Clarkson is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Toronto, Canada. Clarkson talked about the current low level trade between India and Canada and argued ...

In an article in The Times of India titled, “Delhi Metro: Phase III to cover 105 km now” dated Jan. 19, 2011: E Sreedharan, the head of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), has announced that in the phase III extension of the Metro network, Delhi Metro will also be reaching Jamia Millia Islamia. He is quoted to have said: ...

The Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution organized a conference on Kashmir titled “Kashmir: Is peace possible?” on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2011, at the Mir Taqi Mir building on campus. The speakers on the panel consisted of Prem Shankar Jha, the former editor of Hindustan Times; Ravi Hemadri, the executive officer for The Other Media; Sukumar Murlidharan, the ...

According to a Jamia press release: a total of 58 students in diploma engineering evening courses have not been permitted to take their annual examination due to a shortage in their class attendance. Jamia requires a minimum of 75% class attendance to be eligible to appear for final exams. Below is a breakup of the number, according to branch and ...