HISTORY
The history of Jamia Hamdard begins with the establishment
of a small Unani clinic in the year 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, one of
the well-known practitioners of Unani System of Medicine of his time. Hakeem
Hafiz Abdul Majeed had a vision of making the practice of Unani Medicine into a
scientific discipline so that Unani medicines could be dispensed in a more
efficacious manner to patients. He gave the name "Hamdard" to his
venture which means "sympathy for all and sharing of pain". His
illustrious son, Hakeem Abdul Hameed, carried forward the philosophy and
objectives of Hamdard in independent India. Even at the time of partition of
India in 1947, Hakeem Abdul Hameed was dreaming of setting up a complex of
educational institutions which would concentrate on highlighting the
contribution of Islam and Islamic culture to Indian civilization and
development of Unani medicines for curing diseases
On 22 Shawwal, 1367 Hijri, corresponding to 28 August 1948,
Hamdard, which was a commercial enterprise at that time, was converted into a
Wakf, with the object of giving effect to Islamic teachings of public charity
including health and education. In 1964, Hamdard National Foundation was
created with a view to receive and disburse the profits earned by Hamdard
(Wakf) Laboratories. Hamdard National Foundation was to take up charitable
causes in the areas of education, medical relief and the advancement of knowledge,
consistent with the principles of the true teachings of Islam.
For setting up a complex of research and educational
institutions, Hakeem Abdul Hameed purchased a piece of land in Tughlaqabad area
of South Delhi which was hardly inhabited in those times. In order to implement
and execute the objects of Wakf as enshrined in the Wakf deed, Hakeem Abdul
Hameed and his Muslim associates, established several institutions for teaching
and research as given below.
In 1962, Hakeem Abdul Hameed set up the Institute of History
of Medicine and Medical Research with the object of promoting education and
research in the history of medicine, besides appraising the principles of
medicine.
In 1963, Hakeem Abdul Hameed and his Muslim friends and
associates set up Indian Institute of Islamic Studies with a view to promote
the study of Islamic Culture and Civilization especially its contribution to
Indian society and culture.
In 1963, Hamdard Tibbi College was set up in Gali Qasim
Jaan, Old Delhi. It was later shifted to Jamia Hamdard Campus in 1980 to
provide education in Unani Medicine to students so that the heritage of Unani
Medicine largely available in Arabic and Persian is passed on to the students
of next generation.
In 1972, Hamdard College of Pharmacy was set up with the
objective of providing education and training in all branches of pharmacy. The
year 1989 saw the fulfilment of the dream of Hakeem Abdul Hameed when Jamia
Hamdard was given the status of Deemed to be University by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development on 10 May 1989. All the above named institutions set
up by Hakeem Abdul Hameed and his friends and associates were amalgamated into
Jamia Hamdard. In a brief period of only ten years, Jamia Hamdard has evolved
into an institution fulfilling the objects of the wakf, which has funded it.
Jamia Hamdard was inaugurated by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi on
August 1, 1989. In his impressive speech, the Prime Minister lauded the efforts
of Hakeem Abdul Hameed in setting up institutions of learning which were
emerging in the form of a "Deemed to be University". He said,
"This will enable (the Muslim) minority to go forward and help India to
march forward".
Contribution of Hakeem Abdul Hameed to promote the cause of
education, health and social service was acknowledged by the Government of
India in 1965 when he was awarded Padma Shri for his valuable contribution and
for his personal qualities of sacrifice, devotion and commitment to the cause
of education. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1991.The services rendered
by Hakeem Abdul Hameed to the cause of education of Muslims have been
acknowledged not only in India but in other countries too.
Jamia Hamdard was conceived as a seat of higher learning in
Unani Medicine, Islamic Studies, Biosciences, Pharmacy, Nursing and other areas
of knowledge by its founder as a means of fulfilling the objects of the wakf.
Over a period of last ten years, Jamia Hamdard has emerged as an outstanding
institution of higher learning with distinct and focused academic programmes.
Graduate programme in Information Technology and Computer Applications and
Post-graduate programmes in Information Technology, Computer Applications,
Business Management, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have been started
in the last few years. Undergraduate programmes in Physiotherapy and
Occupational Therapy are being introduced from this year. Jamia Hamdard offers
postgraduate and doctoral programmes in several disciplines for which advanced
facilities are available.
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Founder and
philosophy
The Revered Founder Janab Hakeem Abdul Hameed Saheb, a true
Gandhian in spirit and simplicity was born in Delhi on September 14, 1908. His
illustrious father, Janab Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, received and improved the
ancient system of Unani medicine and therapeutics. Hakeem Abdul Majeed wanted a
large number of people to benefit from its efficacy and therefore gave the name
“Hamdard” to his fledging venture.
The Unani system introduced by the father was rejuvenated
all over the world by the illustrious son Hakeem Abdul Hameed Saheb, and true
to the name "Hamdard", he grew up to be an epitome of sympathy. Hakim
Sahib lost his father when he was just fourteen, but he proved to the world
that he had nerves of steel and muscles of iron and thus carried out the task
of his father.
Hakim Sahib had his early education in Madarsa Rehmani and
in 1915 was admitted in a school. He obtained knowledge of English from an
English teacher of the Anglo Arabic School named Aziz Ullah Begh and Persian
from Maulvi Naseeruddin. In 1925 he was admitted in Tibia College from where he
completed his education. Simplicity was the hallmark of his personality. He was
a man of great poise who took every adversity in its stride, bearing a smiling
face. He led an austere and disciplined life. All through he woke up before
dawn, prayed and went for long walks. He ate simple food and led a simple life,
sleeping on a plain cot. Even as India's one of the top 50 rich men, he
continued with the same lifestyle. He imbibed Islamic values in his life
completely and was a model par excellence of Islamic code of conduct. He
dedicated himself to the cause of Education, which alone, he thought, was the
way to betterment of society. He founded many institutions including Hamdard
Dawakhana, Hamdard National Foundation, Majeedia Hospital, Hamdard University,
Hamdard Education Society, Hamdard Public School, Rabea Girls Public School and
Ghalib Academy.
Status
The school is accredited by NAAC in 'A' grade.
Faculties
Graduate programmes in Information Technology and Computer
Applications and post-graduate programmes in Information Technology, Computer
Applications, Business Management, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have
been started in the last few years. Undergraduate programmes in Physiotherapy
and Occupational Therapy are being introduced from this year.
Faculties include:
Pharmacy
Science
Medicine (Unani)
Nursing
Allied Health
Sciences
Management Studies
& IT
Islamic Studies &
Social Sciences.
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Campus
facilities
Library
The library system consists of 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.
Computer
centre
The university's has a computer centre which works as lab of
the Department of Computer Science, computing facilities, and system analysis
units, as well as all necessary peripherals and requisite software. There are
five laboratories in the computer centre, with facilities for their respective
development fields.
Scholars'
House
The Scholars' House is a guest house for scholars,
university guests, outside examiners, members of the selection board, and
residential conferences.
It has 12 double-bed air-conditioned rooms, 18 single-bed
air-conditioned rooms, 9 single-bed air-cooled rooms, and 4 flats with 4
air-conditioned rooms, living room, dining room and a small lounge equipped
with telephone, TV, fridge, kitchenette, and an attendant.
The kitchen also serves doctors of Majeedia Hospital and
outsiders upon request.
Majeedia
Hospital
Majeedia Hospital (HAH cenetary hospital) is a recognised
hospital in the modern and the Unani system of medicine. It houses 150 beds for
the patients. Free OPD facilities are provided to University students, and to
the teaching and non-teaching staff and their family members. The hospital also
caters to the training of the students of Faculty of Medicine (Unani), faculty
of pharmacy and Faculty of Nursing.
Central
Instrumentation Facility (CIF)
Central Instrumentation Facility was established 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 year 1992,
gamma-counter, beta-counter and DNA Electrophoresis systems were added to the
CIF. Recently, 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 have been included in CIF.
The objective of CIF is to provide state-of-art
sophisticated 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. This training strengthens their theoretical concept and makes them
confident in facing interviews for jobs and carryout post doctoral research
work. Many Ph.D. students, use CIF during late hours and on week ends to
complete their experiments. Nearly 50 Ph.D. students and more than 150 M.Pharm.
students have used CIF during 1990-1999.
Residential
facilities
Jamia Hamdard is giving full residential facilities for the
staff and students.
Staff
Jamia Hamdard is providing residential facilities to its
teaching and non-teaching staff, both in and outside campus.
There are nine residential blocks in the campus which are
meant for residence of all categories of the teaching and non-teaching
employees.
Hostel
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
2 PG boys hostels
1 International boys hostel
However not all boy students can get admission to hostel on
account of shortage of accommodation.
Sports
A gymnasium has been constructed with the assistance of
University Grants Commission and Hamdard National Foundation in 1999. Besides,
playgrounds for cricket, volleyball, basketball and badminton (both for girls
and boys) are available.
Canteen
The university has five canteens which are partially
subsidised and are run by contractors. They provide tea, coffee and light
snacks.
Mosque
The campus of Jamia Hamdard has a grand mosque named as
Masjid-Rabia. Local people also observe prayers there on Friday and other
occasions. In order to facilitate worshipers, water supply, electric fans, loud
speakers etc. are provided. About 1200 people can perform prayers under the
covered area of the mosque.and apart from this more than 5000 people worship
out side the mosque area on Friday and eid Beside Rabia Mosque there are three
separate mosques under three hostels are available.
Foreign
nationals
The university welcomes foreign nationals who are good in
academics and have secured good marks in equivalent qualifying examinations.
Preference will be given to candidates who have secured good percentile in
SAT/GMAT/GRE examinations.
Foreign
Student’s Cell
The Foreign Student Cell looks after their rights and
benefits. The Foreign Students' advisor looks after the affairs of foreign
students. Cultural and social event are organized by the cell every year.
