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CSRD is organising two lectures and one workshop

CSRD is organising two lectures and one workshop

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Centre for the Study of Regional Development

 

Cordially invites all to lecture on

 

Groundwater:   Its evolution of use, current issues and future challenges

 

Date: September 11, 2017  
Time 2:30-4:00 p.m.

 

The Business of Waste: Sanitation and the challenge of sustainability in India

 

Date: September 12, 2017  
Time 2:30-4:00 p.m.

 

And
Interactive Workshop on
Integrated Urban Water Management including Rainwater harvesting

 

Date: September 13, 2017
Time: 2:00 p.m. onwards.

 

By
Sri S. Vishwanath,  
Director, Biome Environmental Solutions, Bengaluru

 

Venue : Room Number 135, CSRD, 1st floor, SSS III, JNU, New Delhi

 


Mr  Vishwanath  is  a  Civil  Engineer  and  Urban  Planner  by  training  but environmentalist  by  passion.  He  worked  with  HUDCO  for  fourteen  years  on various urban development projects before he went on to dirty his hand in the
field.  He  has  extensively  worked  on  the  issue  of  sustainable  development especially water and sanitation. He has also been instrumental in documenting traditional  water  harvesting  systems  in  India  and  also  their  revival.
He  has designed  several  hundred  rainwater  harvesting,  groundwater  recharge,  eco-sanitation,   wastewater   recycling   systems.   He   was   Ex-Secretary   General  International Rainwater Catchment Systems  Association and at present holds various   positions   including   Director   and   Trustee,   Biome   International; Advisor,   Arghyam;   Trustee,   Gram   Vikas   and   Policy   Advisor   for      the Government  of  Karnataka  and Bengaluru City  on  Rainwater  Harvesting,
Waste  Water  and  Faecal    sludge  management.  He  also  enjoys  teaching  and immersive research and at present is an Adjunct Professor at the Asim Premji University and is actively engaged in Planning and Design Schools including
CEPT University Ahmedabad. 

 

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.