By TCN News,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia will celebrate its 94th Foundation Day on October 29. Traditionally, this is the occasion for the entire Jamia biradari to congregate and celebrate together.
The Foundation Day celebration of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will begin at 10.30 AM in the Forecourt of Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI where the Chief Guest Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) along with Prof. Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia shall receive the Guard of Honour by the NCC Cadets of Jamia.
This will be followed by a Flag Hoisting Ceremony by the Chief Guest Dr. Karan Singh and a Foundation Day Function at Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium which is traditionally organized by the Jamia Middle School. Apart from other programmes, the Chief Guest and the Vice-Chancellor will address the audience as well.
On this occasion, the Chief Guest Dr. Karan Singh will inaugurate ‘Talimi Mela’ in the lawns of Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI at 12.00 Noon.
Talimi Mela used to be a big event during the tenure of Prof Mushirul Hassan, but was stopped all together during the regime of IAS Najeeb Jung. With new Vice Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad, the annual event is back to the calendar.
The other programmes on October 29 are as under:
12.00 Noon
Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Photography and Printmaking
Venue: M.F. Husain Art Gallery, JMI
Courtesy: Faculty of Fine Arts
12.00 Noon to 04.00 PM
Gandhi Trophy
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium Lawns, JMI
Courtesy: Syed Abid Husain Sr. Sec. School
12.00 Noon
Poster Making Competition
Venue: Castro Café adjacent to M.F. Husain Art Gallery, JMI
Courtesy: Faculty of Fine Arts
12.30 PM
Exhibition : “Making of a University, Jamia Millia Islamia, 1920-1988”
Venue: Premchand Archive & Literary Centre, Al-Beruni Block, JMI
Courtesy: Premchand Archive & Literary Centre
12.30 PM to 02.00 PM
Quiz Competition
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI
Courtesy: Jamia Cultural Committee & Faculty of Dentistry
12.45 PM
Exhibition on Jamia and Faculty Publications
Venue: Dr. Zakir Husain Library
Courtesy: Dr. Zakir Husian Library
04.00 PM to 07.00 PM
Variety Programme
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium Lawns, JMI
Courtesy: Jamia Cultural Committee
04.00 PM to 06.00 PM
NCC Show of Activities
Venue: Jamia School Ground
Courtesy: NCC
07.00 PM to 09.00 PM
A session of ‘Dastangoi’ by renowned dastangoes Mahmood Farooqui and Darain Shahidi
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI
Courtesy: Outreach Programme
The celebrations on October 30, 2014 will include the following:
09.00 AM to 02.00 PM
Nehru Trophy
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium Lawns, JMI
Courtesy: Jamia Middle School
10.30 AM to 12.00 Noon
C.V. Raman Memorial Lecture on “Complementary and Alternate Medicine-An Unmet Need for Contemporary India” by Dr. G.N. Qazi, Vice-Chancellor, Hamdard University
Venue: FTK-Centre for Information Technology, JMI
Courtesy: Outreach Programme & Faculty of Natural Sciences
10.30 AM to 01.00 PM
‘Baitbazi’
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI
Courtesy: Jamia Cultural Committee
11.30 AM
Mohammad Mujeeb Memorial Lecture on “Interrogating Wit and Humour in Colonial India” by Prof. Mushirul Hasan, former Vice-Chancellor, JMI
Venue: Edward Said Hall, Administrative Block, JMI
Courtesy: Z.H. Institute of Islamic Studies
02.00 PM to 08.00 PM
Variety Programmes
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium Lawns
Courtesy: Jamia Cultural Committee
02.30 PM to 04.30 PM
Nukkad Natak
Venue: Safdar Hashmi Amphitheatre
Courtesy: Jamia Cultural Committee
02.30 PM to 04.30 PM
Documentary Film Show
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI
Courtesy: Foundation Day Committee
07.00 PM
Play “Chacha Chakkan Ke Karname”
Written by Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj
Directed by Danish Iqbal
Venue: Dr. M.A. Ansari Auditorium, JMI
Courtesy: Jamia Cultural Committee and Urdu Academy, Delhi
The celebrations on October 31, 2014 will include the following:
The third-day of the celebrations will have a series of lectures. Shri Prabhat Kumar, former Governor of Jharkhand and a Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India will deliver a lecture on “Contributions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’ at10.30 A.M. in the CIT Conference Hall, JMI. The Faculty of Humanities & Languages has organized special lectures onSardar Patel’s Contribution by eminent scholars and literary figures.