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CSRD organises a seminar by Prof Pratyush Shankar

CSRD organises a seminar by Prof Pratyush Shankar

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Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences


Invites you all to a lecture on

Historicizing Urban Form of Indian Cities


Prof Pratyush Shankar
Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, Ahmedabad


Date :   February 21, 2019 (Thursday),
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Cartographic Lab, CSRD, SSS III (Ist Floor)

 

Abstract : The talk is based on the forthcoming book by the speaker, titled "History of Urban Form: India" by Oxford University Press. The talk will introduce the conceptual framework that has been used to understand the historical evolution of Urban from in Indian cities. Abstract drawings and diagrams of many different cities will be used to illustrate the unique patterns of urban form in a particular time and space. The talk gives a historical perspective to the questions of the "imagination of cities and its public places" in the Indian context.

About Prof. Pratyush Shankar: Pratyush is an Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Architecture at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, where he has taught for almost two decades. He was the Acting Dean of Architecture and headed the Undergraduate office. Pratyush received the Asia Fellowship in 2008 for the study of Himalayan Cities. He was awarded the Senior Fellowship by Alexander Humboldt Foundation, Germany in 2015 at the University of Bonn. Also, he was bestowed with the 22nd J K Cement Award in the best Residence Design category. In 2014 he published a book titled "Himalayan Cities", Niyogi Press, New Delhi. He has an architectural design practice and has recently built his own studio in Baroda. Pratyush is extremely passionate about drawings and uses them as an important tool in his research and design.

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.