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Training programme on Handling Infectious Pathogens in BSL-3 Facility

Training programme on Handling Infectious Pathogens in BSL-3 Facility

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All selected candidates have been sent the acceptance letters. No more application will be taken as slots are full

 

BSL-3 Facility, School of Biotechnology, JNU

 

is organizing a three-day Hands-on training-cum-lecture symposium on Bio-Safety Level 3 techniques

 

TRAINING PROGRAMME ON HANDLING INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS IN BSL-3 FACILITY

April 17-19, 2018

BSL-3 Facility, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067, INDIA

 

North-East Participants will be reimbursed for airfare by economy class through the most direct route to New Delhi and complimentary accommodation at JNU.

 

Venue for training : BSL-3 Facility, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067, INDIA

 

Date :17th April to 19th April 2018

 

Timings: 10.00 AM to 6.00PM

 

Registration Fee  - Rs. 2000

(Registrations fee waived for North-East participants)

 

Eligibility: Preference will be given to doctoral students (final year students) and young scientists from North-eastern part of India and the course will contain a maximum of 10 students.

The selection for the training will be purely based on first-cum-first serve basis.

 

Last date for application - 3rd April 2018

 

Contact Details: Landline:   011-26704079

Email:  rakeshbhatnagar@jnu.ac.in

 

Selection: Only selected candidates will be notified by 4th-5th  April, 2018. Others won’t be notified. Decision of selection committee will be considered final as seats are limited.

 

Reimbursement of Airfare: AirIndia only.

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.