Jamia Millia Islamia: manifesting democratic values and secular ideologies

Jamia Millia Islamia will celebrate its centenary in 2020. Jamia Millia Islamia had made a modest beginning in 1920 at Aligarh, with the resolute determination of its founding members–Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Jenab Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, Jenab Abdul Majeed Khwaja, and Dr Zakir Hussain. The emergence of Jamia was supported by Gandhiji and Tagore.

It is an institution which manifests democratic values and secular ideologies along with the Islamic and religious ethos. The institution which reminds of freedom struggle was given the status of deemed university in 1963. With a staff of 1400, the Jamia has 7 schools, 9 faculties, 38 departments, 29 centres and 23000 students.

Jamia’s development is marked by sacrifices made by the staff and students and a host of individuals who contributed through myriad efforts. Living up to the promises of the founding fathers Jamia got NAAC Accreditation with Grade ‘A’ in 2015. The MHRD’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) placed it at the 19th position in the “Overall Ranking” for 2018.