Jamia Millia Islamia is a public and research university located in Delhi,India. Originally established at Aligarh,United Provinces during the British Raj in 1920,it moved to its current location in Okhla in 1935. It was given the deemed status by the University Grants Commission in 1962. Jamia Millia Islamia became a central university by an act of the Indian parliament which was passed on 26 December 1988.
Saifuddin Kitchlew was an Indian independence activist,barrister,politician and later a leader of the peace movement. A member of Indian National Congress,he first became Punjab Provincial Congress Committee head and later the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee in 1924. He is most remembered for the protests in Punjab after the implementation of Rowlatt Act in March 1919,after which on 10 April,he and another leader Satyapal,were secretly sent to Dharamsala. A public protest rally against their arrest and that of Gandhi,on 13 April 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh,Amritsar,led to the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was also a founding member of Jamia Millia Islamia. He was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1952.
Mushirul Hasan was a historian of modern India. He wrote on the partition of India,communalism,and on the history of Islam in South Asia.
Tejendra Khanna is the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi twice,from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of Delhi Technological University,Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology,Delhi,Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Ambedkar University.
Okhla is an urban neighbourhood located near the Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Okhla has lent its name to the nearby planned township of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority or NOIDA. Okhla is also an assembly constituency.
Najeeb Jung is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from July 2013 to December 2016. He previously served as the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia from 2009 to 2013.
Abdul Majeed Khwaja was an Indian lawyer,educationist,social reformer and freedom fighter from Aligarh. In 1920,he along with others founded Jamia Millia Islamia and later served its vice chancellor and chancellor.
Education is based on three-tier model which includes primary schools,followed by secondary schools and tertiary education at universities or other institutes of same level. Education Department of the Government of Delhi is a premier body which looks into the educational affairs. The RTE right to education states that children from the age of 6 to 14 have to compulsorily be educated. 25% of the seats in all private schools are also reserved for the under-privileged children. Tertiary education is administrated by the Directorate of Higher Education.
Latika Katt is an Indian sculptor who specializes in stone carving,metal casting and bronze sculpting. She is notable for winning the Beijing Art Biennale Award for her bronze work titled "Makar Sankranti at Dashawmeth Ghat,Varanasi.
Akhtarul Wasey is an Indian scholar and academician,who serves as the president of Maulana Azad University,in Jodhpur,India. He formerly served as professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi,where he remains professor emeritus in the Department of Islamic Studies.
The Faculty of Engineering and Technology,Jamia Millia Islamia (JMIFET) was established in 1985 in Delhi,India to provide engineering education. All courses of the faculty are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). JMI FET is one of the top ranked engineering colleges in the country.
Mohammad Mujeeb (1902–1985) was an Indian writer of English and Urdu literature,educationist,scholar and the vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia,Delhi.
The Jamia Millia Islamia metro station is located on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro which was inaugurated on 25 December 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Najma Akhtar is an Indian academic and academic administrator. She served as the Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia from 12 April 2019 until 12 November 2023. She is also the first woman to hold the post in JMI. In 2022,she was awarded with Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Zafar Ahmad Nizami was an Indian author,poet and writer. He served the Jamia Millia Islamia as Professor of Political Science for about 30 years and authored books like Memarān-e-Jamia,Hindustān ke chand Siyasi Rahnuma,Maulana Azad Ki Kahani and Tarīkh-e-Hind:Ahd-e-Jadeed.
Partha Sarathi Gupta was an Indian professor of British and European history at Delhi University and president of the Indian History Congress. He was firstborn son of Ashoka Gupta and Saibal Gupta,an Indian Civil Services officer in Bengal state of British India. His childhood memory of watching Mahatma Gandhi's walk through riot-torn Noakhali in 1946 where his mother joined in the walk had a long-lasting impact. He was awarded Eshan scholarship for the highest marks in West Bengal in Presidency College,Calcutta. Fellow students included Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner Amartya Sen and member of planning commission Sukhamoy Chakravarty in 1953.
Nuzhat Parveen Khan is an Indian academic and author who served as the dean of Bennett University's School of Law. She has formerly served as the dean of Jamia Millia Islamia's Faculty of Law and is now a professor at the university. She has authored dozen of books including Women and Child related Laws,Comparative Constitutional Law and Globalisation of Professional Legal Education Constitutional Conspectus.
Gerda Philipsborn was a German-born educator who made significant contributions to the early development of Jamia Millia Islamia,a central university in Delhi,India. Known for her commitment to youth education and social reform,she is called as the "Aapa Jaan" of Jamia.
Syed Shahid Mahdi is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. He has made significant contributions to both academia and public administration.
