Jamia Millia Islamia
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Jamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi
. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces
, India
in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu
and Arabic, Jamia means University, and Millia means National.
The university was established by nationalist Muslim leaders in 1920 prior to partition. Its campus is located in South Delhi
. The university provides undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses.
On 22 November 1920, Hakim Ajmal Khan was elected the first chancellor of Jamia. Mohamed Ali Jauhar became Jamia’s first Vice Chancellor, as Allama Iqbal could not accept the offer made through Mohandas K. Gandhi. It also elected a syndicate and created a syllabus subcommittee.The known freedom fighter and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan, laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh on Friday, 29 October 1920.
The first teachers of Jamia were:
, two trends contributed to the birth of Jamia. One was anti-colonial activism and the other was the pro-independence aspiration of the politically radical section of western educated Indian Muslim
intelligentsia
. In the political climate of 1920, the two trends gravitated together with Mahatma Gandhi
as a catalyst. The idea was to project Indian Muslims as nationalist and anti British. The anti-colonial activism signified by the Khilafat and the pro-independence aspirations symbolized by the Non-Cooperation Movement
of the Indian National Congress
helped to harness creative energies and the subsequent making of Jamia Millia Islamia.
Responding to Gandhi’s call to boycott all educational institutions supported or run by the colonial regime, a group of nationalist teachers and students quit Aligarh Muslim University
, protesting against its pro-British inclinations. The freedom fighter and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan
, laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh on Friday, October 29, 1920, during the meeting of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia.
On November 22, 1920, Hakim Ajmal Khan
was elected the first chancellor of Jamia. Mohamed Ali Jauhar became Jamia’s first Vice Chancellor.
declared the end of the Khilafat in 1924.
Jamia saw itself in a great crisis. Some thought it had achieved its mission, as others believed that the institution had lost its raison d’etre with the end of the non-cooperation and the Khilafat movements. Even the little financial assistance, that the Khilafat had been giving it, dried up. Jamia’s collapse became a possibility.
and Abdul Majeed Khwaja — the first trio—supported by Gandhi shifted Jamia from Aligarh to Karol Bagh
, in New Delhi in 1925. Although Gandhi’s contacts helped to secure financial help for Jamia, the risk of helping a Congress-backed institution under the British Raj dissuaded many benefactors. Some Muslims viewed Jamia as a threat to Aligarh Muslim University. During those difficult days, it was Hakim Ajmal Khan who met most of Jamia’s expenses from his own pocket. Dr. M.A. Ansari and Abdul Majeed Khwaja toured India and abroad, explaining the importance of Jamia and collecting funds for the enterprise. Their intervention averted a collapse.
, Dr. Abid Husain and Dr. Mohammed Mujeeb — decided to serve Jamia. In 1928 when Hakim Ajmal Khan died it was the beginning of the second financial crisis, as it was Hakim Sahib himself who had been meeting most of Jamia’s financial needs. The leadership of Jamia then moved into the hands of Dr. Zakir Husain, who became its Vice Chancellor in 1928.
To resolve Jamia of its financial problems, a group of young Jamia teachers, led by Dr. Zakir Hussain, took a pledge to serve Jamia for the next twenty years on a salary not more than Rs. 150. This group was called the Life Members of Jamia. (This was repeated in 1942 when a second group of Jamia teachers took a similar pledge).
Jamia’s department of Printing and Publications split in 1928 with the newly established Jamia Press at Darya Ganj
, Urdu Academy, and Maktaba Jamia under the charge of Prof. Mohammed Mujeeb, Dr. Abid Husain and Mr. Hamid Ali respectively.
, then a village on the southern outskirts of Delhi. In 1936, all institutions of Jamia, except Jamia Press, the Maktaba and the library, were shifted to the new campus. The emphasis of Jamia was on evolving education methods. This led to the establishment of a teacher’s college (Ustadon ka Madrasa) in 1938. In 1936, Dr. M.A. Ansari died. On June 4, 1939, Jamia Millia Islamia was registered as a society.
The fame of Jamia as an education movement spread and dignitaries from foreign countries began visiting Jamia. Husein Raouf Bey (1933), Dr. Behadjet Wahbi of Cairo
(1934), and Ms. Halide Edib of Turkey (1936) were some of them. Foreigners, impressed by Jamia, began working in Jamia. A German lady Ms. Gerda Philipsborn (popularly nicknamed in Jamia as Aapa Jaan) served Jamia for many years and is buried in Jamia. In 1939, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
(1872–1944), a theologian and freedom fighter, came to stay in Jamia on the invitation of Dr. Zakir Husain. He started a school of Islamic Studies in Jamia, called Baitul Hikmah, propagating the ideology of Shah Waliullah
.
In 1946, during Jamia’s silver jubilee celebration, one could see the crisis that India had to face in the following year: Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Liaquat Ali Khan
were on one side of Dr. Zakir Husain, the vice chancellor, on the dias; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
, Asaf Ali
and Sir
Rajagopalachari
were on the other side.
that shook the northern India did affect Jamia, but not its campus. Gandhiji observed that its campus remained “an oasis of peace in the Sahara” of communal violence.
After the attainment of Independence, Jamia continued to grow. Foreign dignitaries visited Jamia Millia Islamia during their visits to New Delhi. Visitors included Marshal Josip Broz Tito
of Yuoglavia(1954), King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan
(1955), Crown Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia
, King Reza Shah Pehlavi
of Iran
(1956) and Prince Mukarram Jah (1960).
In 1962, the University Grants Commission declared the Jamia a ‘Deemed to be University’. The School of Social Work was established in 1967. In 1971, Jamia started the Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, to honour Dr. Zakir Husain, who had died in 1969. BE course in Civil Engineering commenced in 1978; in 1981, the faculties of Humanities and Languages, Natural Sciences, Social Science, and the State Resource Centre were founded.
In 1983, it started the Mass Communication Research Centre and the Centre for Coaching and Career Planning. In 1985, it established the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and the University Computer Centre. Academic Staff College and the Academy of Third World Studies followed in 1987 and 1988.
In 2006 the King of Saudi Arabia
paid a visit to the university and donated a record $30 million for construction of a library.http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200606020330.htm Its scenic cricket ground (popularly known as the Bhopal Ground ) has hosted Ranji Trophy
matches and a women's cricket test match
. Besides its seven faculties, the Jamia has centres of learning and research, like the Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), and the Academy of Third World Studies (ATWS). The Jamia offers undergraduate and postgraduate information and technology courses.
Faculty of Engineering
and Technology
:
The faculty was established in 1985 and offers courses and programmes related to engineering. Its undergraduate programmes include B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) in Civil Engineering
, Electrical Engineering
, Mechanical Engineering
, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Computer Engineering
; B.Arch. (Bachelor of Architecture
); and as continuing programmes for in-service engineers, it offers BE (Bachelor of Engineering) in Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering.
It offers postgraduate programmes, M.Tech. (Master of Technology) (Electrical Power Systems Management), M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering), M.Sc. (Master of Science) (Electronics). The polytechnic offers day and evening courses for the Diploma in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering. A Ph.D.
programme is offered.
Faculty of Education
:
Its parent institution, the Teachers Training College was established by educator and patron Dr. Zakir Hussain
in 1938.
This faculty, besides offering B.Ed.(Bachelor of Education), M.Ed.(Master of Education) and M.A.(Master of Art) courses with specializations, conducts undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Fine Arts. It offers a diploma in elementary teacher education programme besides conducting research.
Faculty of Humanities
and Languages:
The faculty has eight departments — Arabic, English
and Modern European Languages,Tourism and Hospitality, Hindi
, History
and Culture
, Islamic Studies
, Persian
, and Urdu
— offering programmes in Ph.D., M.Phil. (Pre-PhD), postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma and certificate courses.
Faculty of Law
:
The Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia was established in 1989. In addition to the LLB five year integrated BA, LLB course, the faculty runs an LLM four semester course in three streams - Personal Law, Corporate Law and Criminal Law and a Ph.D. programme.
Faculty of Natural Sciences:
The faculty offers diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes. Its undergraduate programmes include B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science)/B.Sc. (Honours), B.Sc. (Vocational), B.A. (Honours). At the postgraduate level, the faculty offers postgraduate diplomas, M.Tech in Nanotechnology, M.Sc.(Physics
/ Mathematics
/ Chemistry
/ Biosciences/ Biotechnology
/ Biochemistry
/ Bioinformatics
/Geography
), M.A., Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (P.G.D.C.A.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), M.Sc.(Maths with Computer Science), a three-year M.Sc.Tech. (Industrial Mathematics with Computer Applications) courses, Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS, and Advanced Diploma course in Computer Assisted Cartography.
Faculty of Social Sciences
:
The faculty offers Bachelor programmes in Economics
, Sociology
, Social Work
, Political Science
, Psychology
, Commerce
and Computer Applications, and programmes leading to a masters degree. Diploma and Ph.D. courses are also offered.
Faculty of Architecture
and Ekistics
:
It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architecture and ekistics besides a Ph.D. programme.
Faculty of Dentistry
:
The Faculty of Dentistry was established in 2009. Students are offered a Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences (CIRBAS) is a research centre in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. It is located in the Jamia's Main Campus and is funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
FTK-Centre For Information Technology
Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala Centre for Information Technology, or FTK-CIT, is a centre of Jamia providing IT services and facilities to all its staff members and students. The centre has shifted to a new building near Ansari Auditorium.
The Computer Centre was established in 1984 with the installation of a minicomputer and some terminals, with the aim to provide computational facility to researchers and computer training to the university staff.
In 1995-1996, the University Grants Commission upgraded the centre to Level-B and provided some technical staff as well as a grant for establishing a Local Area Network, and a network with 10 Mbit/s optical fiber backbone with 50 nodes was established, connecting some of the departments and offices of the University through fiber network switch. An E-mail facility through ERNET, India was started using a dial-up "uucp" connection. Three Alpha servers were purchased by the centre and a computer lab was developed for the use of faculty members and research scholars for computational work as well as for e-mail purposes.
In 1996, the Computer Centre was given the responsibility of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate computer courses, viz., Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA), and Master of Software Systems (MSS). After the creation of the Department of Computer Science in 1999, the courses were transferred to the department. This provided the Computer Centre a better opportunity for carrying out its main activities that include increasing computer awareness in the university, extending the campus-wide network throughout the university, and computerization of offices.
The campus is interconnected with internet and intranet, with a leased line connection. A computer lab that provides computing facilities consisting of the latest configured machines linked to a wide range of software communication and print services. It consists of P-IV machines and a leased line internet connection. The labs can serve as conference halls with step-up seating to facilitate discussions. A conference hall with a capacity of 150 seats at the centre provides a platform for staff, researchers, and students to express themselves in public. A software library, audio/visual, and photo archives are available in the centre. An internet facility is also available for the faculty members, staff, research scholars, and students. For more information see http://jmi.ac.in/cit/cit.htm
Besides these faculties, there are twenty centres of learning and research. Notable among these is the M.A. in Mass Communication
offered by the AJK Mass Communication and Research Center.
After its founding, the MCRC was recognised as an autonomous unit of the university, with its own managing board. It has separate facilities and relations with other institutions, including a collaboration with York University
in Toronto
and the Canadian International Development Agency
. York provided the first generation of documentary teachers, led by James Beveridge
.
From 2004-2006 the centre was renovated with funding from the HRD Ministry and the Ford Foundation
, adding two new buildings and seven classrooms and labs and expanding its scope to cover television, radio, photography, animation and film production.
“We have no hesitation in holding that Jamia was founded by the Muslims for the benefit of the Muslims and it never lost its identity as a Muslim minority educational institution,” said the order signed by Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui, Chairperson of the Commission.
Grant of minority status would mean that Jamia Millia Islamia will no longer have to give reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students. The petition had been moved before the quasi-judicial body by Jamia Students' Union, Jamia Old Boys' Association, and Jamia Teachers' Association in 2006.
OPPOSITION
The Union Human Resource Development Ministry had opposed the move on the ground that a petition challenging the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University was pending in the Supreme Court and its judgment would have a bearing on the Jamia case.
The order can only be challenged in the High Court through a writ petition or in the Supreme Court.
“We find and hold that Jamia Milia Islamia is a minority educational institution covered under Article 30 (1) of the Constitution of India with section 2(G) of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act,” the order said, adding that the University existed even before the Constitution was in place.
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 1902 to 1947; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces, by which the province had been commonly known, and by which name it was also a province of...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
and Arabic, Jamia means University, and Millia means National.
The university was established by nationalist Muslim leaders in 1920 prior to partition. Its campus is located in South Delhi
South Delhi
South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.It is bounded by the Yamuna River to the east, the districts of New Delhi to the north, Faridabad District of Haryana state to the southeast, Gurgaon District of Haryana to the southwest, and South West...
. The university provides undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses.
History
The Foundation Committee met on 29 October 1920. Its members were:- Dr. Mukhtar AnsariMukhtar AnsariMukhtar Ansari is an Indian politician from Maunath Bhanjan or Mau in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Most recently he won the Mau seat in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, 2007 as an Independent.He is one among many such criminal-politicians in Uttar Pradesh....
(Delhi) - Mufti Kafayattullah (Delhi)
- Maulana Abdul Bari Farang Mahali (UP)
- Maulana Syed Sulaiman NadviSyed Sulaiman NadviAllama Sayyed Sulaiman Nadvi was an eminent Indian and Pakistani historian, biographer, littérateur and scholar of Islam...
(Bihar) - Maulana Shabbir Usmani (UP)
- Maulana Husain Ahmad Madni (UP)
- Chaudhury Khaleeq-uz-zaman (UP)
- Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan
- Tasadduq Husain Khan (UP)
- Dr. Mohammad Iqbal (Punjab)
- Maulana Sanaullah Khan Amritsari (Punjab)
- Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew (Punjab)
- Maulana Abul Kalam AzadMaulana Abul Kalam AzadMaulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed was an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement, who lived from 11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958. He was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders to support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on...
(Bengal and Bihar) - Dr. Syed Mehmood (Bengal and Bihar)
- Saith Abdullah Haroon Karachiwale (Sindh, Bombay and Hyderabad)
- Abbas Tyabiji (Sindh, Bombay and Hyderabad)
- Sait Miyan Mohammad Haji Jaam Chhotani (Sindh, Bombay and Hyderabad)
- Maulavi Abdul Haq (Sindh, Bombay and Hyderabad)
On 22 November 1920, Hakim Ajmal Khan was elected the first chancellor of Jamia. Mohamed Ali Jauhar became Jamia’s first Vice Chancellor, as Allama Iqbal could not accept the offer made through Mohandas K. Gandhi. It also elected a syndicate and created a syllabus subcommittee.The known freedom fighter and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan, laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh on Friday, 29 October 1920.
The first teachers of Jamia were:
- Maulana Abdul Hai (Tafseer)
- Maulana Mohammad Ali Shah (Hadith and Islamic Jurisprudence)
- Maulana Mohammad Asalam Jairajpuri (Islamic History)
- Pandit Jwala Prasad (Hindu Ethics)
- Maulana Mohammad Ali Surti (Arabic)
- Maulana Saifuddin Tonki (Urdu)
- Maulana Abdul Aziz Ansari, MA, LLB
- Syed Raouf Pasha (English)
- Moazzam Ali Khan, BA (Oxon.) History and Politics
- EJ Kellat (Cantab) History and Politics
- Wahidullah, BA (Hons) Sociology
- AM Khwaja, BA (Geography)
- Khwaja Abdul HamiedKhwaja Abdul HamiedDr. K. A. Hamied was a vehemently nationalist Indian Scientist who graduated from Allahabad University and held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Humboldt University of Berlin ; he was a disciple of M.K. Gandhi and former founder professor along with Dr. Zakir Husain of the Jamia Milia Islamia in...
(Chemistry) - LN Gupta, MSc. (Chemistry)
- DN Mukherji, MA (Mathematics)
- RN Saoom, BA (Cantab) (Physics)
- Dr. Mohammad Azim Khan, MS (Botany)
- DG Ibsen, FS Master, BA (Journalism)
- Aggarwal, BA (Commerce)
Conception
Under the the British ruleBritish Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
, two trends contributed to the birth of Jamia. One was anti-colonial activism and the other was the pro-independence aspiration of the politically radical section of western educated Indian Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
intelligentsia
Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a social class of people engaged in complex, mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them...
. In the political climate of 1920, the two trends gravitated together with Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
as a catalyst. The idea was to project Indian Muslims as nationalist and anti British. The anti-colonial activism signified by the Khilafat and the pro-independence aspirations symbolized by the Non-Cooperation Movement
Non-cooperation movement
The non-cooperation movement was a significant phase of the Indian struggle for freedom from British rule which lasted for years. This movement, which lasted from September 1920 to February 1922 and was led by Mohandas Gandhi, and supported by the Indian National Congress. It aimed to resist...
of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
helped to harness creative energies and the subsequent making of Jamia Millia Islamia.
Responding to Gandhi’s call to boycott all educational institutions supported or run by the colonial regime, a group of nationalist teachers and students quit Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...
, protesting against its pro-British inclinations. The freedom fighter and Muslim theologian, Maulana Mehmud Hasan
Maulana Mehmud Hasan
Shaykh-ul-Hind Maulana Mehmud Al-Hasan was an eminent Islamic Scholar who made tireless efforts in the freedom struggle during the British Rule in India. He was conferred upon by the title 'Shaykh-ul-Hind' which means the leading scholar of India. -Early life:Mehmud Hasan was born in the town of...
, laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh on Friday, October 29, 1920, during the meeting of the Foundation Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia.
On November 22, 1920, Hakim Ajmal Khan
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Ajmal Khan was an Indian physician specialising in the field of South Asian traditional Unani medicine as well as a Muslim nationalist politician and freedom fighter. Through his founding of the Tibbia College in Delhi, he is credited with the revival of Unani medicine in early 20th century...
was elected the first chancellor of Jamia. Mohamed Ali Jauhar became Jamia’s first Vice Chancellor.
Crisis
Born out of political crisis and as a political affront to the British, it seemed for a while, Jamia would not survive the heat of the intense political struggle for the independence of India. It participated in the Bardoli resolution and sent volunteers across the country to motivate people to fight for the freedom of the country. The colonial British government soon imprisoned many of its teachers and students. In 1922, Gandhi called off the non-cooperation movement. Even as its teachers and students were being released, Mustafa Kemal AtatürkMustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....
declared the end of the Khilafat in 1924.
Jamia saw itself in a great crisis. Some thought it had achieved its mission, as others believed that the institution had lost its raison d’etre with the end of the non-cooperation and the Khilafat movements. Even the little financial assistance, that the Khilafat had been giving it, dried up. Jamia’s collapse became a possibility.
Move to Delhi
As the crisis loomed, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed AnsariMukhtar Ahmed Ansari
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari was an Indian nationalist and political leader, and former president of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League during the Indian Independence Movement...
and Abdul Majeed Khwaja — the first trio—supported by Gandhi shifted Jamia from Aligarh to Karol Bagh
Karol Bagh
Karol Bagh, also spelled as Qarol Bagh , is a mixed residential-cum-commercial neighbourhood in Delhi, India, known for its shopping streets, like the Ghaffar Market and Ajmal Khan Road...
, in New Delhi in 1925. Although Gandhi’s contacts helped to secure financial help for Jamia, the risk of helping a Congress-backed institution under the British Raj dissuaded many benefactors. Some Muslims viewed Jamia as a threat to Aligarh Muslim University. During those difficult days, it was Hakim Ajmal Khan who met most of Jamia’s expenses from his own pocket. Dr. M.A. Ansari and Abdul Majeed Khwaja toured India and abroad, explaining the importance of Jamia and collecting funds for the enterprise. Their intervention averted a collapse.
Resurgence
In 1925 a group of three friends studying in Germany — Dr. Zakir HussainZakir Hussain (politician)
Dr. Zakir Hussain , was the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India....
, Dr. Abid Husain and Dr. Mohammed Mujeeb — decided to serve Jamia. In 1928 when Hakim Ajmal Khan died it was the beginning of the second financial crisis, as it was Hakim Sahib himself who had been meeting most of Jamia’s financial needs. The leadership of Jamia then moved into the hands of Dr. Zakir Husain, who became its Vice Chancellor in 1928.
To resolve Jamia of its financial problems, a group of young Jamia teachers, led by Dr. Zakir Hussain, took a pledge to serve Jamia for the next twenty years on a salary not more than Rs. 150. This group was called the Life Members of Jamia. (This was repeated in 1942 when a second group of Jamia teachers took a similar pledge).
Jamia’s department of Printing and Publications split in 1928 with the newly established Jamia Press at Darya Ganj
Daryaganj
Daryaganj, also called Darya Ganj , is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad . The "darya" refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city...
, Urdu Academy, and Maktaba Jamia under the charge of Prof. Mohammed Mujeeb, Dr. Abid Husain and Mr. Hamid Ali respectively.
New campus and the teachers college
On March 1, 1935, the foundation stone for a school building was laid at OkhlaOkhla
Okhla, is a neighbourhood around the old village in South Delhi district, though it is most known as the Okhla Industrial Area or Okhla Industrial Estate, an industrial suburb of New Delhi in South Delhi and mainly divided in three phases...
, then a village on the southern outskirts of Delhi. In 1936, all institutions of Jamia, except Jamia Press, the Maktaba and the library, were shifted to the new campus. The emphasis of Jamia was on evolving education methods. This led to the establishment of a teacher’s college (Ustadon ka Madrasa) in 1938. In 1936, Dr. M.A. Ansari died. On June 4, 1939, Jamia Millia Islamia was registered as a society.
The fame of Jamia as an education movement spread and dignitaries from foreign countries began visiting Jamia. Husein Raouf Bey (1933), Dr. Behadjet Wahbi of Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
(1934), and Ms. Halide Edib of Turkey (1936) were some of them. Foreigners, impressed by Jamia, began working in Jamia. A German lady Ms. Gerda Philipsborn (popularly nicknamed in Jamia as Aapa Jaan) served Jamia for many years and is buried in Jamia. In 1939, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi
Ubaidullah Sindhi
Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi was a noted pan-Islamic leader a political activist of the Indian independence movement...
(1872–1944), a theologian and freedom fighter, came to stay in Jamia on the invitation of Dr. Zakir Husain. He started a school of Islamic Studies in Jamia, called Baitul Hikmah, propagating the ideology of Shah Waliullah
Shah Waliullah
Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlvi was an Islamic scholar and reformer. He was born during the reign of Aurangzeb. He worked for the revival of Muslim rule and intellectual learning in South Asia, during a time of waning Muslim power...
.
In 1946, during Jamia’s silver jubilee celebration, one could see the crisis that India had to face in the following year: Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan
For other people with the same or similar name, see Liaqat Ali Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was a Pakistani statesman who became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Defence minister and Commonwealth, Kashmir Affairs...
were on one side of Dr. Zakir Husain, the vice chancellor, on the dias; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
, Asaf Ali
Asaf Ali
Asaf Ali was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor of Orissa....
and Sir
Sir
Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Rajagopalachari
Rajagopalachari
Rajagopalachari is a popular name in use amongst the Iyengar community of South IndiaSome prominent Rajagopalacahris are:* C. Rajagopalachari, also known as Rajaji: Indian freedom fighter, Gandhian, leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Swatantra party.* Sir Perungavur...
were on the other side.
During and after independence
The riots following partitionPartition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
that shook the northern India did affect Jamia, but not its campus. Gandhiji observed that its campus remained “an oasis of peace in the Sahara” of communal violence.
After the attainment of Independence, Jamia continued to grow. Foreign dignitaries visited Jamia Millia Islamia during their visits to New Delhi. Visitors included Marshal Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
of Yuoglavia(1954), King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
(1955), Crown Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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, King Reza Shah Pehlavi
Reza Shah
Rezā Shāh, also known as Rezā Shāh Pahlavi and Rezā Shāh Kabir , , was the Shah of the Imperial State of Iran from December 15, 1925, until he was forced to abdicate by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran on September 16, 1941.In 1925, Reza Shah overthrew Ahmad Shah Qajar, the last Shah of the Qajar...
of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
(1956) and Prince Mukarram Jah (1960).
In 1962, the University Grants Commission declared the Jamia a ‘Deemed to be University’. The School of Social Work was established in 1967. In 1971, Jamia started the Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, to honour Dr. Zakir Husain, who had died in 1969. BE course in Civil Engineering commenced in 1978; in 1981, the faculties of Humanities and Languages, Natural Sciences, Social Science, and the State Resource Centre were founded.
In 1983, it started the Mass Communication Research Centre and the Centre for Coaching and Career Planning. In 1985, it established the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and the University Computer Centre. Academic Staff College and the Academy of Third World Studies followed in 1987 and 1988.
Jamia Millia Islamia today
Jamia was accorded the status of a Central University by act of the parliament in December 1988.http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/x/7H/8M/7H8M0101.htmIn 2006 the King of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, is the King of Saudi Arabia. He succeeded to the throne on 1 August 2005 upon the death of his half-brother, King Fahd. When Crown Prince, he governed Saudi Arabia as regent from 1998 to 2005...
paid a visit to the university and donated a record $30 million for construction of a library.http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200606020330.htm Its scenic cricket ground (popularly known as the Bhopal Ground ) has hosted Ranji Trophy
Ranji Trophy
The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between different city and state sides, equivalent to the County Championship in England and the Sheffield Shield in Australia...
matches and a women's cricket test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
. Besides its seven faculties, the Jamia has centres of learning and research, like the Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), and the Academy of Third World Studies (ATWS). The Jamia offers undergraduate and postgraduate information and technology courses.
Notable alumni
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- Shahrukh KhanShahrukh KhanShahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....
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- Prabhjot Singh
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- Saad Aqueel
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Faculties and Centres
Jamia Millia Islamia offers academic and extension programs through the following faculties:Faculty of Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and Technology
Technology
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The faculty was established in 1985 and offers courses and programmes related to engineering. Its undergraduate programmes include B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) in Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
, Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
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, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Computer Engineering
Computer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
; B.Arch. (Bachelor of Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
); and as continuing programmes for in-service engineers, it offers BE (Bachelor of Engineering) in Computer Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering.
It offers postgraduate programmes, M.Tech. (Master of Technology) (Electrical Power Systems Management), M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering), M.Sc. (Master of Science) (Electronics). The polytechnic offers day and evening courses for the Diploma in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Communication Engineering. A Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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programme is offered.
Faculty of Education
Education
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Its parent institution, the Teachers Training College was established by educator and patron Dr. Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain (politician)
Dr. Zakir Hussain , was the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India....
in 1938.
This faculty, besides offering B.Ed.(Bachelor of Education), M.Ed.(Master of Education) and M.A.(Master of Art) courses with specializations, conducts undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Fine Arts. It offers a diploma in elementary teacher education programme besides conducting research.
Faculty of Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
and Languages:
The faculty has eight departments — Arabic, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
and Modern European Languages,Tourism and Hospitality, Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and Culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, Islamic Studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
, Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
, and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
— offering programmes in Ph.D., M.Phil. (Pre-PhD), postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma and certificate courses.
Faculty of Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
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The Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia was established in 1989. In addition to the LLB five year integrated BA, LLB course, the faculty runs an LLM four semester course in three streams - Personal Law, Corporate Law and Criminal Law and a Ph.D. programme.
Faculty of Natural Sciences:
The faculty offers diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes. Its undergraduate programmes include B.Sc. (Bachelor of Science)/B.Sc. (Honours), B.Sc. (Vocational), B.A. (Honours). At the postgraduate level, the faculty offers postgraduate diplomas, M.Tech in Nanotechnology, M.Sc.(Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
/ Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
/ Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
/ Biosciences/ Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
/ Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
/ Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
/Geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
), M.A., Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (P.G.D.C.A.), Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), M.Sc.(Maths with Computer Science), a three-year M.Sc.Tech. (Industrial Mathematics with Computer Applications) courses, Advanced Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS, and Advanced Diploma course in Computer Assisted Cartography.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
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The faculty offers Bachelor programmes in Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, Social Work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
, Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, Commerce
Commerce
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and Computer Applications, and programmes leading to a masters degree. Diploma and Ph.D. courses are also offered.
Faculty of Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and Ekistics
Ekistics
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It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in architecture and ekistics besides a Ph.D. programme.
Faculty of Dentistry
Dentistry
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The Faculty of Dentistry was established in 2009. Students are offered a Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences (CIRBAS) is a research centre in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. It is located in the Jamia's Main Campus and is funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
FTK-Centre For Information Technology
Fakhruddin T. Khorakiwala Centre for Information Technology, or FTK-CIT, is a centre of Jamia providing IT services and facilities to all its staff members and students. The centre has shifted to a new building near Ansari Auditorium.
The Computer Centre was established in 1984 with the installation of a minicomputer and some terminals, with the aim to provide computational facility to researchers and computer training to the university staff.
In 1995-1996, the University Grants Commission upgraded the centre to Level-B and provided some technical staff as well as a grant for establishing a Local Area Network, and a network with 10 Mbit/s optical fiber backbone with 50 nodes was established, connecting some of the departments and offices of the University through fiber network switch. An E-mail facility through ERNET, India was started using a dial-up "uucp" connection. Three Alpha servers were purchased by the centre and a computer lab was developed for the use of faculty members and research scholars for computational work as well as for e-mail purposes.
In 1996, the Computer Centre was given the responsibility of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate computer courses, viz., Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA), and Master of Software Systems (MSS). After the creation of the Department of Computer Science in 1999, the courses were transferred to the department. This provided the Computer Centre a better opportunity for carrying out its main activities that include increasing computer awareness in the university, extending the campus-wide network throughout the university, and computerization of offices.
The campus is interconnected with internet and intranet, with a leased line connection. A computer lab that provides computing facilities consisting of the latest configured machines linked to a wide range of software communication and print services. It consists of P-IV machines and a leased line internet connection. The labs can serve as conference halls with step-up seating to facilitate discussions. A conference hall with a capacity of 150 seats at the centre provides a platform for staff, researchers, and students to express themselves in public. A software library, audio/visual, and photo archives are available in the centre. An internet facility is also available for the faculty members, staff, research scholars, and students. For more information see http://jmi.ac.in/cit/cit.htm
Besides these faculties, there are twenty centres of learning and research. Notable among these is the M.A. in Mass Communication
Mass communication
Mass communication is the term used to describe the academic study of the various means by which individuals and entities relay information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time...
offered by the AJK Mass Communication and Research Center.
AJK Mass Communication Research Center
The Mass Communication Research Centre was established in 1982 by Anwar Jamal Kidwai, then vice-chancellor (later chancellor) of Jamia Millia Islamia. Jamia is today known primarily for these mass communication courses. In recognition of AJK’s contribution in giving Jamia a premium centre of learning the Centre was renamed the Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre.After its founding, the MCRC was recognised as an autonomous unit of the university, with its own managing board. It has separate facilities and relations with other institutions, including a collaboration with York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
in Toronto
Toronto
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and the Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian International Development Agency
The Canadian International Development Agency was formed in 1968 by the Canadian government. CIDA administers foreign aid programs in developing countries, and operates in partnership with other Canadian organizations in the public and private sectors as well as other international organizations...
. York provided the first generation of documentary teachers, led by James Beveridge
James Beveridge
James Beveridge was a film-maker. He co-founded the National Film Board of Canada with John Grierson, and during the Second World War he directed and produced more than eighty documentary films...
.
From 2004-2006 the centre was renovated with funding from the HRD Ministry and the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, adding two new buildings and seven classrooms and labs and expanding its scope to cover television, radio, photography, animation and film production.
Other centres
- Dr. Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies
- FTK-Centre for Information Technology
- Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy of Third World Studies
- Centre for Distance and Open Learning
- Centre for Management Studies
- Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies
- Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations
- Centre for West Asian Studies
- Dr. K. R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies
- Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Academy of Professional Development of Urdu Medium Teachers
- Academic Staff College
- Barkat Ali Firaq State Resource Centre
- Centre for Coaching and Career Planning
- Centre for Culture Media and Governance
- Centre for Gandhian Studies
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences
- Centre for Theoretical Physics]
- Child Guidance Centre
- India - Arab Cultural Centre
- Jamia's Premchand Archives and Literary Centre
- Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies
- University Counseling and Guidance Centre
- Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research
Jamia and it's minority status
In a historic order, the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) on 22nd Feb. 2011, granted minority institution status to Jamia Milia Islamia University. This allows Jamia to reserve up to 50 per cent seats for Muslims.“We have no hesitation in holding that Jamia was founded by the Muslims for the benefit of the Muslims and it never lost its identity as a Muslim minority educational institution,” said the order signed by Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui, Chairperson of the Commission.
Grant of minority status would mean that Jamia Millia Islamia will no longer have to give reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students. The petition had been moved before the quasi-judicial body by Jamia Students' Union, Jamia Old Boys' Association, and Jamia Teachers' Association in 2006.
OPPOSITION
The Union Human Resource Development Ministry had opposed the move on the ground that a petition challenging the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University was pending in the Supreme Court and its judgment would have a bearing on the Jamia case.
The order can only be challenged in the High Court through a writ petition or in the Supreme Court.
“We find and hold that Jamia Milia Islamia is a minority educational institution covered under Article 30 (1) of the Constitution of India with section 2(G) of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act,” the order said, adding that the University existed even before the Constitution was in place.
See also
- List of universities in India
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- Education in IndiaEducation in IndiaEducation in India is provided by the public sector as well as the private sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Child education is compulsory. The Nalanda University was the oldest university-system of education in the world...
- Education in DelhiEducation in DelhiEducation in Delhi is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. The city's public school system, the Delhi Directorate of Education, is one of the largest in Indian cities, and Delhi is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the South...
- Distance Education CouncilDistance Education CouncilDistance Education Council is an organisation based in New Delhi, India responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open university and distance education system and for determination of its standards in India. The Council was constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University...
- University Grants Commission (India)University Grants Commission (India)The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...