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Good news! Delhi Govt planning to supply RO treated water to Okhla, other areas with poor groundwater quality The Delhi Government said it is planning to install Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in areas where groundwater levels are shallow but not usable due to high salinity, hardness and high total dissolved solids (TDS). Water Minister and Chairman of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Satyendar Jain convened a meeting with the DJB officials and took stock of the preparations. In typical RO systems, a lot of water is wasted during the purification process. However, Delhi Government will use RO systems that will be…

Urdu and Jamia Millia You will, no doubt, be surprised to learn that everyone who participated in foundation of Jamia was also somehow associated with Urdu language and literature. By: Wasim Ahmad Alimi Jamia Millia Islamia was established on 29th October, 1920 at Aligarh, subsequently shifted to where it is now today. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru left no stone unturned to support Jamia since its   emergence. You will, no doubt, be surprised to learn that everyone who any how participated in foundation of Jamia was also somehow associated with Urdu language and literature. The founders of Jamia Maulana…

20 coached at Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Jamia Millia Islamia cracked UPSC Civil Services 2020, according to top university source. It is understood that the number might rise. The Union Public Service Commission announced the final result of the Civil Services exam 2020 on its website, upsc.gov.in. Faizan Ahmed got 58 the rank and Radhika, who came to Jamia RCA to train for facing interview got 18 th rank, said the source. Since, 2010-11 till 2019 RCA has produced 230 Civil Servants including many in IAS,IFS and IPS. Besides, more than 285 students have also been selected in various other…

Obituary: Activist Musharraf Hussain passes away Musharraf Hussain died on Monday around 8:30 pm at his house in Zakir Nagar, according to his son. Some nine months ago Musharraf Hussain, a retired school teacher, activist and highly active in local issues, had suffered a brain stroke and was hospitalised and was unable to recover from the ailment. Since then he was bed ridden in touch with his relatives and friends through phone via his son, who works at MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia. Musharraf Hussain health deteriorated in the last one month and he was in his house for the last 25…

JMI VC Prof. Najma Akhtar appointed as a member of the High-Level Committee to review NCC Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar has been appointed as a member of the High-Level Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India for a comprehensive review of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in order to make it more relevant in changing times. The committee will be headed by former MP Baijayant Panda. Besides running Jamia as its VC, she has been given a new responsibility. Former Team India Captain MS Dhoni, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, MP…

Okhla-based Athar gets important responsibility in top Central university Athar I Khan, a young and talented technocrat working for Government of India and based in Okhla, has been nominated for advisory committee of Residential Coaching Academy of AMU Aligarh, said his close associate Javed Khan. Vice-Chancellor AMU has reconstituted the advisory committee comprising of bureaucrats and experts in various fields, he said. “We do hope that Khan’s representation will be beneficial for RCA and community at large,” it said.

Documentary made by Jamia students scoop award A documentary film Ruuposh made by Jamia Millia Islamia students Al Ameen, Amit Pandey, Aqdas Sami, Aqsa Aleem, Mohammad Althaf, Mohd Fehmeed, SM Rashid Faraaz Fakhri and Zeeshan Amir Khan has scooped award. Sharing about the development, Aqdas wrote: “I was waiting for some time to share with you that our final film has been selected in many film festivals both nationally and internationally. We won awards in 8 film festivals and waiting for more!! “Mubark to all our team members for making this dream a reality. I would especially like to thank our…

A proud moment! The International Foundation of the House of Human Sciences, France, has awarded the prestigious grant, the “Directors of Associated Studies” (DEA) programme-2021 to Professor Naved Iqbal, Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia. Under this programme, Prof Iqbal has been invited for a research stay in France to understand the perspective of French Mental Health professionals on child maltreatment and child protection and subsequently compare it with Indian mental health professionals on the same issue. Prof. Catherine Belzung, University of Tours, France has also invited him to her laboratory where Prof. Iqbal will deliver lectures related to child…

2 Jamia alumni who helped people quit tobacco honoured Namit Kumar and Zuhaib Chowdhary who have a B.S.W., batch 2009-2012, from the department of social work of Jamia Millia Islamia have been conferred with the ‘Best Counselor’s Award’ this month out of 46 counselors in the department, writes Sameer Ansari. More interestingly to know, Kumar who topped his batch 2009 – 2012 during B.S.W. in Jamia, got the best counselor’s award for the last month as well. This is a prestigious award of the institution given to highly dedicated, consistent, and conscientious employees. No doubt, Kumar and Zuhaib have helped…

Jamia teachers bodies praise V-C Najma for university’s ranking in NIRF-2021 Rejoiced with the improved ranking in NIRF-2021, three staff associations of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) wrote to Vice Chancellor Prof Najma Akhtar, praising her for leadership that made it possible for the university to upgrade its rank to 6th among top 10 universities of the country and overall 13th rank from 16th last year, according to a statement issued by the university to the media. While congratulating the entire Jamia fraternity for the achievement Jamia Teachers’ Association (JTA) in the statement issued by its Secretary Dr. Mohammad Irfan…