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Event End Date Event Title
GIAN course on "A Hybrid Approach to Develop Time-Space Resolved Estimates of Air Quality"
CSAS organises political economy of bangladesh: implications for india-bangladesh relations
JNU organises 4th international day of yoga-2018
JNU with SPICMACAY : Vidushi Shovana Narayan (Kathak)
SES, AAJ, and NSS JNU are organizing "World Environment Day" (Beat Plastic Pollution) awareness programme on June 5, 2018 at Sabarmati Dhaba Time 5 PM -10 PM
AAJ organises a Nationwide Massive Plantation Drive For Environmental Sustainability on World Environment Day
CIL/SLL&CS Organises a Symposium on "The Cult of Classical Studies in Odia Literature"
Summer School in "Greek Language, Culture and Civilization"
SPS organises a seminar by Prerna Gera
SPS organises a seminar by Satrajit Adhikari
A lecture by Prof. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo and Prof. Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo under DST-PURSE program
Alumni Association of JNU (AAJ) organises an Annual Alumni Meeting and a Musical Evening by prominent Bollywood Singer Shri. Amit Kumar
SES organizes a Stakeholder Workshop for the project entitled “SUNRAISE: Sustainable Natural Resource Use in Artic and High Mountainous Areas”
SES organises a talk by Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala
SES organises a workshop on 'DAAD' by Mrs. Anuroopa Dixit
IHA organises a camp on Yoga & Diet
CWS organises a seminar by Prof. Madhu Prasad
Internal Complaints Committee organises a workshop on “Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace”
CSSS organises a talk by Mukulika Banerjee
CC&SEAS organises 3-Day International Conference on "India & Southeast Asia: One Indic Belt, Shared Culture & Common Destiny"
SES organises a talk by Dr P S Roy
SPS organises a seminar by Michael A. Pope
SCDR organises a National Workshop on "Early Warning System and Community Resilience to Floods with Focus on Regional Cooperation and Instituional Coordination"
M&CEC &SC&IS are organising a Hands-on Workshop on Application of Network Theory in Social Science
SCIS, SCSS and CIS are organising a workshop on "Open Source and Cloud Technologies using Red Hat"
GSP, CSSS organises a Panel Discussion on "15 Years of Global Studies Programme (GSP) at JNU"
Vigyan Manthan Series by Office of Research & Development, JNU
SES organises Earth Day
CSRD organises a lecture by Dr Anil Kumar Roy
SAA organises a public talk and screening of the documentary

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.