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Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India organized the 6th Meeting of the Project Appraisal and Monitoring Committee (PAMC) November 19 & 20, 2014 to look into new proposals related to Geosciences. The meet which saw the coming together of India’s finest Geologists and Earth Scientists considered new science proposals, examined deliverables and ...

Taking strong exception to sections of the media for playing the role of “cheerleaders” in Modi’s campaign for prime minister, one of India’s iconic TV journalists, Rajdeep Sardesai said that it was the media that made Modi the man he is today. Sardesai was speaking at a book launch organized by Penguin Books India in collaboration with the MMAJ Academy ...

The Annual Convocation of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was held today (Nov. 17, 2014) at 12.30 PM at Bhopal Ground, Jamia Sports Complex, JMI. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee was the Chief Guest and Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Human Resource Development was the Guest of Honour on this occasion. Lt. General (Retd),  Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, Chancellor, ...

Centre for Afghanistan Studies of the Academy of International Studies (AIS), Jamia Millia Islamia organized a talk on “Democratic Transition in Afghanistan, Institution-Building and Prospects for Stability” on Tuesday, 11 November, 2014 at Mir Anis Hall, Dayar-e-Mir Taqi Mir, JMI. Afghanistan is a very important country in our neghbourhood which does not receive the attention that it should, said Dr. ...

The Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organized a two-day National Seminar on “Health and Wellbeing: Recent Developments and Challenges” from November 12 & 13, 2014 with the purpose of addressing various aspects of health and wellbeing in the contemporary context. Several issues were addressed, deliberated and discussed on the state of health and wellbeing in light of recent ...

[Following is a Campus Companion press release dated Nov. 13, 2014] Campus Companion released the 6th issue (November 2014) of their magazine at their first Annual Function celebrated here at the Faculty of Humanities and Languages (FHL) on November, 13, 2014.  Prof. G. P. Sharma was the Chief Guest, while Prof. Mehtab Manzar, Dr. Mehar Fatima, Ms Rohma Javed Rashid, ...

The greatest tribute to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s memories and contributions would be to expand the frontiers of knowledge, observed Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). Unveiling Maulana Azad’s statue in the construction yard of Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, JMI on ‘National Education Day’ that is being celebrated across India on November 11, he described Maulana Azad ...

Mr. Sunil R. Parekh, Advisor, Zydus Cadilla, Founder Curator, World Economic Forum, Geneva delivered a Lecture on “Integrating Innovation in our Lives” organized by the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) today i.e. November 10, 2014 in the Auditorium of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia. The purpose of the lecture was to encourage and motivate students to ...

Delivering Jamia Millia Islamia’s first C.V. Raman Memorial Lecture, Dr. G.N. Qazi, Vice-Chancellor, Hamdard University fore-grounded the philosophy of health and introduced the diverse paradigms in respect of medical and health care. Addressing an audience that comprised of teaching faculty, research scholar and students, Dr. Qazi made an exposition of Complementary and Alternate Medicine (CAM) and emphasized that it needed ...

‘Rashtriya Ekta Divas’ celebrations in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on 31st October, 2014 to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel concluded with the Lecture by Prof. Shamsur Rehman Faruqi. The lecture was organized by the Outreach Programme in collaboration with Department of Urdu, JMI. Prof. Kum Kum Dewan, Offg. Vice-Chancellor, presided over the event while Prof. Wahajuddin Alvi, ...