Jamia Hamdard is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in Delhi, India.[2] Founded in 1963 as Hamdard Tibbi College by Hakim Abdul Hameed, it was given the status of deemed to be university in 1989. Its origins can be traced back to a clinic specializing in Unani medicine that was set up in Delhi in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed.[3] In 2019, it was awarded Institute of Eminence status by Ministry of Human Resource Development.[4]
The library system consists of a central library and six faculty libraries: the faculties of science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, Islamic studies, and management studies and information technology. The central library is named ‘Hakim Mohammed Said Central Library’, after the younger brother of the founder. He also founded Hamdard University in Pakistan.
It was the great effort of Sayyid Ausaf Ali ( The pioneer Director) under the overall guidance of Hakim Abdul Hamid and great efforts of its first Public Relations Director, Mr Muhsin Ahmad Dadarkar that the University firstly became a deemed University. It took more than ten years of constant follow up with Education Ministry that the Hamdad Institute was recognised as a full fledged University under the banner of Jamia Hamdard.
The library has a manuscript division which has many original Arabic documents including a rare copy of the Holy Quran.
The university has a computer centre which serves as a lab for the Department of Computer Science, containing computing facilities, system analysis units, and all necessary peripherals and requisite software. There are five laboratories in the computer centre, with facilities for their respective development fields.
Pharmacy: The School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (erstwhile Faculty of Pharmacy) is one of the oldest pharmacy institutes in India. It was awarded the number one rank in India in the year 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India via its National Institute Ranking Framework.[5][6] The school offers diploma, undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. programs in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. The institute is research intensive and has numerous notable alumni in the pharmaceutical industry in both India and abroad. The School retained its top position amongst Indian Pharmacy Colleges for the year 2022 in NIRF rankings.[7]
Hamdard Institute of Legal Studies and Research: which offers BA.LLB(5 years integrated course) for undergraduates.[8]
Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology: which offers the Food technology program for undergraduate and postgraduate students
Management Studies & Information Technology
Engineering Sciences and technology
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research ( HIMSR ) & Associated Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital
School of Unani Medical Education and Research (Unani)
Central Instrumentation Facility was established in the Faculty of Pharmacy in July 1990 with the installation of L7 Backman Ultra-centrifuge, Sorval Rt-6000 low-speed centrifuge, DU-64 Backman UV-VIS Spectrometer, Perkin-Elmer 8700 Gas Chromatograph, Perkin-Elmer HPLC and Mettler electronic balance. In the year 1992, gamma-counter, beta-counter and DNA Electrophoresis systems were added to the CIF. Perkin-Elmer Lambda-20 Double-beam UV-VIS spectrophotometer, Perkin-Elmer LS-50 luminescence spectrometer, Bio-rad FT-IR spectrometers and mini-computer facility comprising eight computers, Internet and e-mail facilities are also available in CIF.
The objective of CIF is to provide an instrumentation facility to the researchers of Jamia Hamdard, in addition, to train the Ph.D. and M.Pharm/M.Sc. students on various equipment. Jamia Hamdard research students operate instruments themselves for their experiments. Ph.D. students, use CIF during late hours and on weekends to complete their experiments. Several M.Pharm. and Ph.D. scholars have used the CIF for their research.
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) & Hakim Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital
Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR) and Associated Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital is a private medical school and a teaching hospital in Delhi, India.[9][10][11][12] Established in 2012, it is affiliated to Jamia Hamdard.[13] It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and post-doctoral courses in medical subjects and is ranked among the most prestigious medical schools in India.[14][15][16]
A depiction of Operation Theatre at HAHC Hospital
It was established through a resolution adopted by the Executive Council of Jamia Hamdard in its 60th meeting held in March 2010.[17] In June 2012, the Medical Council of India approved the intake of students for the academic year 2012-13[18][19] and the institute graduated its first batch of MBBS students in 2017.[20] The Hakeem Abdul Hameed Centenary Hospital (originally Majeedia Hospital) was subsequently attached to the institute, whose current building was inaugurated in 2016.[21]
In 2020, Hamdard Laboratories announced that it is planning to conduct clinical trial of its immunity booster medicines to assess their effectiveness against COVID-19.[24] In 2021, Serum Institute of India selected Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research as one of the clinical trial sites for Covovax COVID-19 vaccine.[25][26][27][28]
The institute conducts research in cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The Institute started a one-year postgraduate diploma in Preventive Cardiology in collaboration with All India Heart Foundation and the National Heart Institute, New Delhi. The Hamdard Imaging Centre has been established to provide medical imaging under one roof. Free OPD facilities are provided to University students, teaching and non-teaching staff, their family members and very poor people.
The School of Open and Distance Learning (SODL) of Jamia Hamdard was established in 2004 to promote education through an open and distance learning system. Its flexible and innovative methods of education to ensure 'independent learning' to anyone, anytime and anywhere.
Jamia Hamdard has introduced three online degree courses for students all over India and World. The three online courses are:
1 BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) Eligibility: A Candidates Must have passed 10+2 examination from a recognized board/institute/ university. Duration: Six Semester Admission Fee: Rs. 14, 000.00 per Semester Examination Fee: Rs. 2000.00 per Semester Fee for Foreign Students: USD 600 Per Semester.
2 BCA (Bachelor of Computer Application) Eligibility: A Candidates Must have passed 10+2 examination from a recognized board/institute/ university. Duration: Six Semester Admission Fee: Rs. 16,000.00 per Semester Examination Fee: Rs. 2000.00 per Semester Fee for Foreign Students: USD 600 Per Semester.
3 B.Com. H. (Bachelor of Commerce- (Honors) Eligibility: A Candidates seeking admission to B.Com(H.) The program must have passed the 10+2 examination from a recognized board/institute/university Admission Fee: Rs. 14,000.00 per Semester Examination Fee: Rs. 2000.00 per Semester Fee for Foreign Students: USD 600 Per Semester.
The university offers graduate and post-graduate programs in Modern Medicine, Unani Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Chemical and Life Sciences,Law, Information Technology, Computer Applications, Business Management, Islamic Studies, Human Rights, federal studies, Paramedical Sciences, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy,Journalism and Media.[29]
It recently launched a new course in Medical Virology to cater to demands for trained virologists in India in Covid Times.[30]
Jamia Hamdard provides residential facilities for its staff and students, both in and outside the campus. There are nine residential blocks in the campus which are meant for the residence of all categories of the teaching and non-teaching employees.
Jamia Hamdard has separate girls' and boys' hostels. Every hostel has a common room, reading room, dining hall, and visitors’ room. Number of hostels are as follows:
2 UG girls hostels
1 PG girls hostel.
1 UG boys hostel.
1 Ibn-e-Batuta P.G. Boys hostel. (For MBBS Students and Ph.D. Students).
Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu at Convocation ceremony of Jamia Hamdard1 International boy's hostel. (Jawahar Lal Nehru Hostel)
1 P.G. Boys hostel for all stream students
A gymnasium, basketball ground. Playgrounds for cricket and football(5-A side) are also available.
The university has three canteens which are partially subsidized and are run by contractors.
^Ullah, Mohammed (2018). The Contribution of Deoband School to Hanafi Fiqh A Study of Its Response to Modern Issues and Challenges (PhD thesis). India: Centre for Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard. hdl:10603/326073.
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