Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Vice Chancellor Prof Najma Akhtar on Sunday announced the Centre has granted permission to start a medical college in JMI. She was addressing at the JMI centenary year convocation. Akhtar announced that the university plans to soon establish an international campus in the Middle East.
Jamia celebrated its centenary year convocation ceremony today at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was the Chief Guest of the celebration while the convocation was chaired by the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan.
"We have dentistry, physiotherapy, first aid health centres, but a medical college has been missing in Jamia. As a VC, I have always requested for a medical college, on behalf of my students and faculty. We requested the government of India for the same, and now I am happy to announce that JMI has been granted the permission to establish a medical college at the campus," Prof Akhtar announced.
"Our hard work has been successful. Our dream of several years has come true today. I would like to thank the Prime Minister, Education Minister, President and the Vice President of our country for helping us with this," she stated.
Around 12,500 students including gold medallists who passed in the year 2019 and 2020 would be awarded degrees and diplomas during the convocation. Speaking on the occasion, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Education is the breath of our democratic life. Look upon education as the chief informative force of life. It is education that can give us a common vision of the future and generate in us the intellectual and moral energy. Education alone can preserve the old values worth preserving."
"Zakir Husaain always said education gives us the vision about which old values are worth holding on to and which ones to let go of. Education alone can give new values to those striving for the future," he added.
Pradhan said the university had a huge role in the freedom movement of the country and that it will hold the first position in providing intellectual leadership in the next 25 years.
"Jamia was established to take the movement of our independence ahead. We have completed 75 years of independence and the leadership of Jamia had a huge contribution towards it. In the next 25 years of country's 'Amrit Kaal', I have no doubt that Jamia will hold the first position in providing intellectual leadership," he said.