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The winners flanked by
Julian Evans,
British Deputy High Commissioner
(Left) and
Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia
Millia Islamia
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New Delhi:
Jamia Millia
students
Saleel Chembayil
of MA Final in Conflict Analysis and Peace Building and Talha Rehman
of MA Previous in
Islamic Studies win the
Essay Competition on Multiculturalism the results of which were
declared November 30 jointly by
Julian Evans,
British Deputy High Commissioner
and
Najeeb Jung, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia
Millia Islamia.
The
essay writing competition on the theme, What are the ties that
bind in a multicultural society? was
organised by the
British High
Commission in collaboration with Jamia Millia Islamia
on November 21, 2011.
The
competition was open for both under-graduate and post-graduate
students of Jamia Millia Islamia.
Participants were expected to write a 1500-2000 word essay in
English on the spot. 55 students participated in the essay writing
competition. They subsequently made an oral presentation in
English, of five minutes each, based on their written work.
Speaking
on the occasion Julian Evans, British Deputy High Commissioner
said that existing relations with Jamia will help us in
highlighting the multi-cultural atmosphere of Jamia and the visit
by two students will give them a chance to have firsthand
experience of multicultural Britain.
VC
Najeeb Jung said that the
winners will be ambassadors of Jamia and India to the UK and
looked forward to have more strong ties with BHC particularly in
the field of education.
At
the event Prof. T.K. Oommen, formerly with JNU also gave a talk on
on the theme What are the ties that bind in a multicultural
society?. In his talk he drew attention to the genesis of
multiculturalism as a concept and the historical trajectory it
followed to assume its present shape.
The manner in which he
defined the notion of ties that bind a multicultural society
its three-layered levels the macro, the meso and the micro,
offered a model of sorts which could become the prism through
which equality, fraternity, identity, security and dignity of
citizens can be ensured.
The
prize for the winners will be a one-week study tour to the United
Kingdom sponsored fully by the British High Commission.
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