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Applications for a Postdoctoral Position in SPS

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Jawaharlal Nehru University
School of Physical Sciences

 

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Applications are invited from highly motivated candidates for an open postdoctoral position in the research group of Prof. Brijesh Kumar working on Correlated and Frustrated Quantum Systems at the School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. This is a temporary research position funded by SERB (India) under the Core Research Grant project titled "Investigations on the problem of quantum oscillations in Kondo and other insulators" of Prof. Brijesh Kumar. The initial offer of this position to a successful candidate will be made for a period of one year, which may suitably be extended upon further evaluation at a later stage.

Eligibility:  PhD degree in the area of theoretical quantum condensed matter physics.  Applicants are desired to have strong computational skills and a keen and  active interest in quantum many-body theory and correlated systems.

Emoluments (per month):       Salary (Rs. 47000) + House Rent Allowance (Rs. 11280).

                                                No accommodation will be provided by JNU.

To apply for this position, the applicants are required to send the following documents (merged into a single pdf file) to Prof. Brijesh Kumar on his email(bkumar@jnu.ac.in) :

  1. Cover letter
  2. Detailed CV with a complete list of publications
  3. Brief statement of research interests

Applicants are also required to arrange for two recommendation letters to be sent directly to bkumar@jnu.ac.in .

It is desired to fill this postdoctoral position at the earliest. Therefore, interested eligible candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, preferably by 15 March 2020.

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.