Jamia Millia Islamia’s administration has agreed to set a formal process for drafting and approving the students’ union constitution, prompting protesters to call off an 18-day agitation and allowing academic activity to return to campus. The university said the constitution will be drafted and approved by May 15, 2027.
Vice-Chancellor Mazhar Asif and Registrar Mahtab Alam Rizvi approached protesting students near Gate No. 7 at the Gulistan-e-Ghalib lawns on Thursday and announced the administration’s decision. The announcement was followed by celebrations across the campus, which had remained closed during the protest.
The students had been demanding the reinstatement of the students’ union and a defined process for holding elections. According to the Registrar’s order, the administration has now agreed to establish dates for drafting and approving the union constitution and conducting the election process. The report did not specify a separate date for the election itself.
The Registrar said the drafting committee would include faculty members, legal experts and student representatives. “The drafting committee will not only have faculty members and legal experts but also student representatives so that their views come to us in a democratic manner,” Mr. Rizvi said, according to The Hindu. The draft will be sent to stakeholders for consideration, he added.
The decision also sets out the immediate academic arrangements following the end of the agitation. Classes that had shifted online the previous week are scheduled to resume in person on November 2. Departments have been asked to conduct offline examinations according to their existing timetables.
The university has directed students to follow academic rules and regulations and said physical attendance would be mandatory. The return to classroom teaching and offline examinations will require departments to restore regular campus operations after the disruption caused by the protest.
The development took place on Jamia’s 106th Foundation Day, which was marked separately by the administration and the protesters. The timing linked the dispute over student representation with the institution’s wider campus identity, while the administration’s order provided a defined milestone for the next stage of the process.
The immediate outcome is the end of the protest and the reopening of academic activity. The next formal milestone is the drafting and approval of the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, alongside the administration’s stated plan to resume in-person classes and offline examinations from November 2.
