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CSSP organises Condolence Meeting Remembering Professor Ashok Parthasarathi

CSSP organises Condolence Meeting Remembering Professor Ashok Parthasarathi

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Centre for Studies in Science Policy 
Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Invites you to a Condolence Meeting Remembering

Professor Ashok Parthasarathi 

 

Venue: Room No. 227, 2nd Floor, SSS-1 Building, JNU

Date: Wednesday, 21st August 2019 | Time: 11:30 AM

 

 

About Professor Ashok Parthasarathi

Professor Ashok Parthasarathi, a physicist, electronics engineer, S&T policy researcher and S&T policymaker, served the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University as a Professor during Feb. 2000 - July 2005.  His commitment to the promotion of S&T and their application to the development of security of the nation have been acknowledged by many and has led him to hold important posi­tions in the Government of India – former Secretary in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), the Department of Electronics (DoE) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). He also served as S&T Adviser to late Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi, work­ing from the Prime Minister's Secretariat for about a decade. He was involved in establishment of different public sector companies in electronics sector making hi-tech electronic products ranging from microchips to optic fibre and satellite-based communication systems. Professor Parthasarathi's contri­bution to the development of the defence electronics sector has been widely acknowledged as has been his contribution to solar electric systems. His work to build up (jointly with other faculty members) the Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP) at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) – the only such centre in South Asia during that period – was path breaking in establishing teaching and research capacity in the country in this key area.

 

 

CSSP Fraternity and All Others are welcome to attend the Meeting.

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.