Jamia Millia Islamia signs a MoU with Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses

Jamia Millia Islamia entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 14 January with the Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses, (SPYM). The signatories were Prof Md Mahtab Alam Rizvi, Registrar, JMI and Dr Rajesh Kumar, Executive Director, SPYM.

A Mental Health and Wellness Cell (MHWC) has been set up in the university, recognising the importance of mental health and in pursuance of the guidelines of the Supreme Court in the Sukhdeb Saha Case (25th July 2025). The Cell is mandated to facilitate and implement the Students’ Mental Health and Wellness Policy, 2025, ensure compliance with various directions, directives, advisories of Education, UGC, Supreme Court.

It will also engage with the government and non-government initiatives of mental health, provide direction and professional supervision to various departments and centres, coordinate and supervise various mental health related activities on the campus, prepare a calendar of mental health related activities on the campus on an annual basis and keep a record of the activities conducted for the purpose, jointly with the IQAC.

The programme was introduced by the Chairperson of the Mental Health and Wellness Cell, Prof Zubair Meenai, who mentioned how the seeds of this programme and partnership was sown at the workshop conducted with the Talimi Mela, 2025. Prof Md Mahtab Alam Rizvi, Registrar, JMI, emphasised the fact that the signing of the MoU is just the initiation that would go into an extremely constructive programme. He also highlighted the need for such an initiative where there were thousands of students in both the university and school, not to mention the faculty and staff.

Dr Rajesh Kumar, introduced the members who were present there - Dr Nimesh Desai, a renowned psychiatrist with an expertise to deal with substance abuse, Gary Reid, who has has been the technical officer for World Health Organisation for substance abuse, and K Narayan, who was earlier with the Ministry of Railways and also with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

This Memorandum of Understanding aims to explore, extend and strengthen the functional relationship between JMI and Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses, and establish collaboration in areas of mutual interest in sharing knowledge, facilities, infrastructure and research on mutually agreed terms.Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”