Applications Are Invited For Research Officer position in National Commission for Women sponsored Project.

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Applications Are Invited For Research Officer position in National Commission for Women sponsored Project.

Start Date for Apply

Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 12:00

End Date for Apply

Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 12:00

For advertising Research Officer position in National Commission for Women sponsored Project.

Please find attached the desired qualifications for the post of Research Officer (01) in the National Commission for Women sponsored Project titled “Live-in” Relations and Its Impact on Fertility Behaviour, Rights, and Entitlements of Women in India: A Perspective Study of Future of the Institutions of Marriage and Family and Its Dynamics in Two Mega Cities of India. Kindly advertise above said position on the University website.

Thanking you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,

(Dr. Srinivas Goli)
Project Director

Assistant Professor

Population Studies

Center for Studies in Regional Development (CSRD)

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

New Delhi

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

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.