Latest Jamia Millia Islamia News & Updates

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia’s (JMI) Residential Coaching Academy (RCA), Centre of Coaching and Career Planning (CCCP), hosted its first-ever alumni meet in its 15-year history and celebrated 120 selections in civil services and other competitive exams in 2025-26, an official said on Monday. Titled “Ek Shaam RCA Ke Naam,” the event held last week brought together more than 30 alumni from across the country while celebrating the academy’s highest-ever annual achievement of 120 s…

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has achieved significant recognition in a media group’s university rankings for 2026, with its Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management securing first rank nationally, an official said on Tuesday. The first rank was achieved in the Best Value-for-Money Hotel Management Colleges category, said Chief Public Relations Officer Saima Saeed in a statement.The University ranked 3rd nationally among the Best Emerging Hotel Management Colleges…

New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice-Chancellor Professor Mazhar Asif on Sunday led the university’s celebrations to mark the 12th International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2026 at the Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Sports Complex, an official said. The participants joined the nationwide celebration by listening to the live address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, broadcast on a giant screen at the venue, said the official in a statement.Energised by the Prime Minister’s inspiring m…

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) has approved a series of major administrative and structural reforms during its Apex Council meeting held on Sunday, with decisions ranging from abolishing the long-standing culture of complimentary passes to introducing equal prize money in women’s cricket and upgrading infrastructure for players and fans.Among the headline decisions taken during the meeting was a proposal moved by DDCA president Rohan Jaitley that t…

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Aiming to nurture women entrepreneurs, the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), completed the training of the first batch of the ‘Basics of Leadership Development’ programme under the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan Scheme (PM VIKAS), an official said on Monday.​ The JMI project, fully funded by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, aims to organise training of 450 women on leadership and entrepreneurship development under the …

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Translation studies, cultural mediation and language politics topped the agenda at a National Young Researchers’ Seminar organised by the Department of Foreign Languages, Jamia Millia Islamia, an official said on Friday.​ Held at the India-Arab Cultural Centre (IACC), the seminar brought together over 48 young researchers from various prestigious institutions, including Jawaharlal Nehru University, the University of Delhi, Panjab University, Amity University, SRM Univ…

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Thirty early-career faculty members from universities and research institutes across India joined a two-week capacity building programme on “Geopolitics in the 21st Century: Global Trends, Regional Dynamics, and Implications for India”, at the Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday, an official said. “The programme inaugurated at the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy of International Studies is sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and aims to cover…

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Girls outshone boys as Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Monday announced the results of its own Class XII Board examination for the academic year 2025-26, an official said. Out of all the students who participated in the exam, the overall pass percentage stood at 92 per cent with girls outperforming boys in all three streams — Science, Arts, and Commerce for which the results were declared.The JMI conducts its own Senior Secondary (Class XII) school examinations for its own…

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) commemorated the 57th death anniversary of late Zakir Husain, former President of India and former Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, late last week, an official said on Monday. “JMI Vice Chancellor, Mazhar Asif, along with university officials, students, non-teaching staff, and family members of late Zakir Husain, visited his mausoleum on the university campus to offer floral tributes,” an official statement said.A special prayer meeting was also …

Quetta, May 1 (IANS) Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Friday strongly condemned Pakistan’s remarks over a recent protest at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, describing them as “smear propaganda”. During a weekly media briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi had made some comments on a protest that took place at the Indian university earlier this week during an event associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).Slamming the Pakis…