HALL OF GIRLS RESIDENCE - Jamia Millia Islamia

HALL OF GIRLS RESIDENCE
JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA
NEW DELHI 110025
Administrative Structure
Jamia Millia Islamia offers Hostel facilities to its students coming from different parts of
the country and the world. Each year limited number of seats (this year only 130 vacancy
exist) are available in student hostels; in working women hostel applications are invited
twice in a year or whenever there are vacancies. Admission in student’s hostels shall be
granted to the most meritorious ones across various Faculties, Departments and
Centers. A Hostel Welfare Association comprising of residents help the administration in
maintaining clean, healthy, vibrant atmosphere on the campus. Residents actively
participate in various Cultural activities, games/ sports, seminars, debates and
discussion etc, which are organized by them or in Jamia. In the past, number of Hostel
residents visited Germany, USA, Pakistan & other countries as part of Cultural Exchange
program/ debate teams etc. Special attention is given to inculcate secular and liberal
thinking among the residents. In real sense, Jamia hostel nurtures unity in diversity, as
foreign students from different countries and students from North East States, J&K &
from all sections of society share residential facility. Moreover, after completing their
studies in Jamia, these young women at the start of their career need safe
accommodation & that too is available on Jamia Girls hostel campus. They can apply for
working women hostel seat & admission granted on the basis of job/academic profile. In
recent years, the demand for working women hostel has increased sharply. These
hostels are:
S. No. NAME OF THE HOSTEL NO. OF ROOMS TOTAL CAPACITY
1. Gerda Philipsborn Hostel (GP) 52 148
2. Aruna Asaf Ali Hostel (AAA) 23 69
3. Begum Anis Kidwai Hostel (BAK) 66 198
4. Mirdula Sarabai Working Women Hostel
(MSWW)
50 100
Total 191 515

GERDA PHILIPSBORN GIRLS HOSTEL
The Hostel is named after a German woman, M.Gerda Philipsborn, who played a
pioneering role in laying a strong foundation for the Jamia. Since her youth she was an
active social worker who took it upon herself to establish a training center for orphans in
Berlin.
In the 1920s she came in contact with Dr. Zakir Husain and his two friends, Dr. Abid
Husain and Professor M. Mujeeb, when they were in Germany for higher studies. She was
greatly enthused by them when she heard them talk about returning to India and
contributing their mite to nurturing a nascent Jamia.
Forsaking her homeland, she came to jamia in December, 1932, and was given the
charge of the Nursery and Primary Schools established a year after her return. Her
motherly and affectionate treatment towards her wards made them call her "Apajan" or
her sister and for these youngsters she became a nurse, mentor and guide. Gradually,
this form of address came to be used by one and all whenever they talked to or about
her.
Ms. Philipsborn took a special interest in the activities of women and children in Jamia.
She was instrumental in involving these women in activities that brought them out from
the seclusion of their homes and succeeded in establishing a familial atmosphere among
them. To her goes the credit for organizing the "National Week" in commemoration of
the Jallianwalla Bagh tragedy and introducing a new section., "Payam-e-Biradari". In the
weekly Jamia children’s magazine " Payame-Taleem". The purpose of this action was to
inculcate a sense of community among its readers who were encouraged to correspond
with each other.
The last ten years of her life were devoted to the service of Jamia and she died here on
April 14, 1942.
BEGUM ANIS KIDWAI HOSTEL
Begum Anis Kidwai (1906 – 1982), a Rajya Sabha member and social activist, came from
a family with nationalistic commitment. In 1947, after the violent murder of her
husband, she took Gandhiji’s advice and gave herself to social work, working with
Partition victims at the camps at Purana Quila and Humayun’s Tomb. In that period, she
kept a diary in which she inscribed her thoughts and her experiences. This record was
later published under the title Azaddi ki Chaon Mein (In the Shadow of Freedom). In
recognition of her literary contribution, she received the Sahitya kala Parishad award for
Urdu in 1981.
Anis Kidwai was a woman of immense courage and honesty, commitment to whose

unflinching gaze at the horrors of Partition never diverted her from her democracy,
secularism, women’s education, and their economic emancipation. Her home was a
sanctuary to a succession of women in distress-women struggling with choices about
work, love and marriage, or recovering from violence and abuse.
MIRDULA SARABAI HOSTEL
Born in 1911 into the Sarabai family of Ahmedabad, Mridula came under the spell of
Gandhi and left her home to join the salt Satyagraha. She was imprisoned several times
between 1930 and 1944. Deeply influenced by Nehru’s ideas on socialism and
secularism, and a close associate of his, Mridula Sarabai was involved not only in the
freedom struggle but also in the fight for women’s right to equality, civil liberty, and the
individual’s right to dissent. She worked fearlessly during communal riots to protect the
right of minorities and restore communal peace and harmony. Her work for the recovery
of abducted women in the Punjab in the aftermath of the Partition of India is well known.
The last twenty years of her life were devoted to Kashmir and championing the cause of
Sheikh Abdullah.
Mridula Sarabai worked for women, the freedom of the country, and Hindu-Muslim
unity. A non spurned offers of high office in the political arena of national government.
Facilities available: Girls Hostels are equipped with following facilities:
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Triple/double seater rooms furnished with bed, almirah, bookrack,
study table & chair for each resident
Solar water heating system
Internet facility is available in 60 rooms for students
Common room
Reading room
TV, magazines & news paper
Indoor/outdoor games/ gym facility
STD & Internet Café
Canteen
Washerwoman

Admission process will start on 23 July and the last date of submission of
application forms is 31 July 2007, other details are available on Jamia
Website. The applicants are required to appear along with their
parents/LGs for personal interview to verify their addresses and contact
numbers and to submit an undertaking for not indulging ragging or any
other anti social activity. The entry time in each hostel is strictly followed
by daily roll call system at specified timings i.e. 6.30 pm in winter and
7.30 pm in summer. However, there is flexibility in incoming time for
MCRC/PhD students or those attending lab work/field training. Manual
containing the details of Rules / Regulations and Fee structure along with
application form may be collected from the following address.
Contact Address:
Dr. Arvinder A. Ansari, Provost
Hall of Girls’Residence
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi 110025.
Phone No: 91-11-26931865
Tel EPBX: 26981717/26984075 Ext. 1750, 1752 & 1754
e-mail: provost.g@jmi.ac.in