Campus News

Aug. 13, 2015: Adding a new dimension to its educational profile, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), a Central University by an Act of Parliament, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the esteemed Indian Air Force (IAF) to provide vertical and academic mobility to its personnel and officers. The MoU entered into by the two institutions records mutual intent for academic ...

On their return from home for the new academic year, Jamia girls hostel residents were shocked to find a new hostel policy forbidding them from taking any “Late Night Out” from now on. Late Night Out is a rare privilege Jamia girl hostellers are allowed to avail twice a month if they ever wish to stay out a couple of ...

The Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, in collaboration with Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) today [Aug. 10, 2015] organized the First A.M. Khwaja Memorial Lecture in the Edward Said Hall, JMI. The lecture was delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India. It was presided over by Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, JMI. A.M. Khwaja’s ...

After last week’s successful conclusion of a collection drive for the quake-hit people of Nepal by a Jamia student organization of law students called Youth for People, another student organization by the name of Jamia Students Forum (JSF) have concluded their own collection drive and dispatched their collection to Nepal on May 4, 2015 through the ongoing rescue and relief ...

SIO launched ‘Save the Internet’ Campaign in Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi on Saturday, 18th April 2015. National President of the Students’ Islamic Organisation of India (SIO), Iqbal Hussain said that Net Neutrality – the principle that all data should be treated equally on the Internet, is something that we should not compromise on. He called the attempts to thwart Net ...

Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association (JTSA) and Jamia Teachers’ Association (JTA) organized a public meeting on the topic, “State Violence and the (Im)possibility of Justice Lessons from Hashimpura,” at the JTA office, JMI on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. [Listen to the complete session here.] Speakers for the event were Advocate Ms. Rebecca John, lawyer for the Hashimpura victims; Mr. V.N.Rai (Retd. IPS); Prof. ...

A two-day SAARC Conference on “Gender, Community and Violence: Changing Mindsets for Empowering the women of South Asia” was inaugurated by Ms. Rula Ghani, the First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, [at Faculty of Engineering Auditorium, JMI, Wednesday, April 15, 2015.] Delivering her Keynote Address, Ms. Rula Ghani, who is known for her social service in Afghanistan, said ...

Students of the first graduating batch (batch of 2013-15) of M.A. in Visual Effects and Animation course at AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia organized an exhibit titled, “Drawing Room,” which showcased their work produced over the past two years of their course, held at the Animation Lab, AJK-MCRC, on Friday, 10 April 2015. The exhibit included, about 40 ...

On Thursday, March 26th, Afghan  students of Jamia Millia Islamia organized a demonstration and candle-light vigil on-campus in memory of Farkhunda, a 27-year-old Afghan girl who was killed by a mob in Kabul a week ago on March 19th. Saeeda Shirzad, an Afghan student Jamia Journal spoke to about the demonstration, said: “The manner in which she (Farkhunda) was killed ...

Bharat Ratna Prof. C.N.R. Rao, D.Litt. (HC) FRS, FNA, FASc. Hon. FRSC said that Science was very essential for India’s future. Giving a Public Lecture on “Celebration of Science”,  Prof. Rao spoke of its importance and said that application of Science was imperative for creation of technologies. If India has to have a bright future, it was essential that due ...