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Jamia Celebrates 92nd Foundation Day

[Following is a Jamia press release dated, Oct 29, 2012]  Jamia Millia Islamia celebrated its 92nd Foundation Day on October 29, 2012. The Foundation Day celebrations started at 9.30 AM outside the M.A. Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia where the Chief Guest Mr. I.M. Kadri, a renowned Architect and an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia and Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, ...

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Former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi to Speak at Jamia on Oct 31

[Following is a Jamia press release]  The Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize an Extension Lecture by Dr. S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India on “Governance and Democracy: Need for Electoral Reforms”. Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia will chair the Lecture. The programme is scheduled to be held on October 31, ...

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JTSA Statement on Fasih Mehmood’s Arrest

[Following is a statement by the Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association (JTSA), dated 23rd October 2012.] Fasih Mehmood’s Deportation: Déjà vu, once more In September, we brought out a report, Framed, Damned, Acquitted documenting 16 cases where trials of terror accused had resulted in acquittals for not only lack of evidence but obviously concocted evidence. Each of these cases was accompanied ...

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AISA Organizes Convention to “Save Jamia,” Off-Campus

[Following is a report by a special correspondent for Jamia Journal who wishes to remain unnamed for fear of reprisal by the administration.] A convention under the banner “Save Jamia” was organised by the All India Students Association (AISA) at Urdu Ghar, New Delhi on Thursday, 18th October. The main speakers included noted civil liberties activist, Gautam Navlakha; political scientist ...

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TRIPSTER-2012 Fest at F/o Engg. on Oct 20

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 19, 2012] The Student’s Chapter of the Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi at the Faculty of Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize its Annual Techno-Social Sojourn TRIPSTER-2012 (Tripping the Barriers, Switching the Society) along with the Annual Students Convention of Delhi Section of the Indian Society of ...

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Lecture on “Sufi Shrines in Post-Partition Punjab?” on Oct. 18

The Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a Lecture on “Sufi Shrines in Post-Partition Punjab? Dreams, Memory and Continuities” by Dr. Yogesh Snehi, faculty member at School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi. Dr. Yogesh Snehi teaches History at Ambedkar University, Delhi and offers a postgraduate course on “The Making of Modern Punjab”. He ...

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Jamia Student Wins Chess Championship

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 15, 2012]  Jamia’s Preetesh Monu, a final year student of Bachelor of Dental Studies at Faculty of Dentistry has secured the 1st Position in Chess at the recently concluded 38th Annual South Asian Socio-Cultural Literary and Sports Meet, Pulse 2012 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. ‘Pulse’ is ...

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A Talk on “Can the Judiciary save Pakistan” by Prof. Oldenburg on Oct 17

[Following is a Jamia press release dated Oct 16, 2012] Pakistan Studies Programme, Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize a Talk on “Can the Judiciary Save Pakistan?” by Prof. Philip K Oldenburg from Columbia University, New York. The Talk shall be chaired by Ambassador T.C.A. Rangachari, Director of Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. ...

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AISA Appeals to Students and Concerned Citizens to “Save Jamia”

[Following is a statement from All India Students’ Association (AISA)] An Appeal to Save Jamia From: The Bulldozer Of Massive Fee Hike, Administrative Bullying Of Students and Denial of Students Union! Friends, Imagine a place where public places are under the constant surveillance of CCTV cameras; where private security ‘bulls’ patrol the grounds, to prevent public gatherings, pasting of posters, ...

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