By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia will soon have a Museum of Independence. To be called ‘The Independence Experience’ this will be the first of its kind museum in the country. Union Minister for HRD, Arjun Singh, shall lay the foundation stone for the museum on 9th August.
The Vice Chancellor of Jamia, Prof Mushirul Hasan, shall address a Press Conference to announce the details of this mega project on Monday 4 August in the Arafat Hall, near the Vice Chancellor’s Office, says a release from the university. The Project is being backed by Zee TV and the Maison des Science de l’Homme in Paris. The HRD Ministry has recommended a grant of Rs 60 crore, to be released through the UGC, to the Jamia. The proposed Museum shall be built from scratch over a five acre plot of land on the Jamia campus.