Jamia Millia Islamia and C-NES collaboration

JMI and C-NES have signed a MOU to promote and develop studies of North East India. The Centre at Jamia, the first of its kind in any central University, will work like a Think Tank on the North-East. The Jamia Centre will draw upon the expertise that the C- NES already has in the field of research, publications and study on issues of connectivity of the North-East with other regions of South East Asia, migration, demographics, women in conflict situations, participatory planning and governance. The Center at Jamia will focus on ways and means of strengthening academic research and develop policy alternatives on the geographical entity of northeastern India (covering Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim) as well as the neighbouring state of West Bengal and neighbouring countries of Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Tibet and China. In this context, apart from the areas listed above, it will also look into issues of environmental and sustainable development, river studies, history, culture, gender, social sector development and infrastructural challenges. To begin with the Centre will focus on research, conducting workshops and setting up a library and resource pool; it shall later introduce graduate and undergraduate courses.