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AIRF is organising a workshop on Combined Confocal Raman – AFM System from 2-3 February 2017

AIRF is organising a workshop on Combined Confocal Raman – AFM System from 2-3 February 2017

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AIRF is organising a workshop on Combined Confocal Raman – AFM System from 2-3 February 2017
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<strong>Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY</strong> Tel: 91-11- 26704600, 26704560; Fax: 011-26741966 E-mail: directorairf@mail.jnu.ac.in   <strong>Workshop</strong> on "<strong>Combined Confocal Raman – AFM System</strong>" <strong>to be held on 2nd – 3rd February, 2017</strong>   organized by AIRF &amp; Toshniwal Brothers (Representing WITec GmbH, Germany)  NOTICE In order to provide the highest level of services to scientific community a series of workshop / training program on different sophisticated instruments in biological / chemical/ physical sciences are organized by AIRF throughout the year.   In this series, the next workshop will be on "Combined Confocal Raman – AFM System" to be held on 2nd – 3rd February, 2017. The workshop shall have lectures and practical sessions by application specialists.   Applications are invited from registered research students / scholars from an Academic Institution. Class size shall be limited to 20 participants. The workshop is open to all research students and scholars. Depending upon availability not more than one research students / scholars from each lab will be allowed. Decision of the screening committee shall be final and only selected candidates will be allowed to participate the workshop. <a href="/sites/default/fiels/Events/AIRF_ApplicationFormAFMSystem.docx">Application forms are available</a> at AIRF reception.   <strong>PRE – REGISTRATION </strong> The training is free and open to all registered research Students and Scholars. Application has to be sent to Director's Office on or before 27th January, 2017. The selected/shortlisted candidate's will be informed by email. No TA / DA will be paid.

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.