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Event End Date Event Title
NITI AYOG: Ek Betal Katha
Spinoza and the Mark of the Mental
From Physical Organic to Materials Chemistry: A Small Tour
Readings by Poets from SLOVENIA in Slovene& English followed by a discussion
On the Necessity, Joy, and Anxiety of (Re) Translating Tulsidas' Ramcaritmanas
National Youth Day and 153rd Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda
Religious Freedom in Canada
Confronting China: The Balance of Asymmetric Relationship
Film Screening and Discussion with the Filmmaker
The XXIV Krishna Bharadwaj Memorial Lecture
Patterning Rho-GTPase signaling at the epithelial cadherin-junctions: a tale of feedback loops.
The USe of Recent Advances in Electron Microscopy to Study Ribosome Structure
Twenty Second International Congress of Vedanta
Past and Present Geochemical Processes - Impacts on Climate Change
JNU-UMA Joint Faculty Retreat in the area of Climate Change
XXXV INCA International Congress on Spatial Governance for Development, Planning Smart Cities and Disaster Managemen
'Slow Descent into Digital Hell': How the Moving Image is Coping with Digital India
International Plant Physiology Congress 2015
Mathematical & Computational Empowerment Cell (M&CEC)
The Labor Market Penalty of Indian Muslims
Hundred Vedic Lecture Series Programme (Only for JNU Students)
Major gene influxes in prokaryote genome evolution - Lateral gene transfer and origin of archaeal higher taxa
Among the Believers
Training Program on X-Ray Diffraction
Development of Potential Strategies from Traditional Understandings
Experimental Governance, Advanced Therapy and Wound Care Innovation Policy in UK and India
Nineteenth Century German Indology
The debate on R2P and the importance of southern perspectives in norm contestation (with special regard to India)
The Euro, the Crisis and the Future of the European Union
Kazakhstan – India Relations

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.