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invites applications for the post of Chair Professor in Rajiv Gandhi Chair

invites applications for the post of Chair Professor in Rajiv Gandhi Chair

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Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi

 

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JNU has established a Chair Professor position in the University in Peace and Disarmament studies in the memory of Late Prime Minister of India Shri Rajiv Gandhi entitled "Rajiv Gandhi Chair" in the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies with the support of the UGC/MHRD, Govt. of India. The thrust area of academic responsibilities of the Chair will be teaching and research in fields of Peace and Disarmament.

 

JNU invites applications for the post of Chair Professor in "Rajiv Gandhi Chair", as it "seeks to appoint  an internationally acknowledged expert in Disarmament issues or issues related to Peace, more generally, who has a distinguished record as an academic or practitioner in the field, as the Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor in Disarmament & Peace Studies. Applications from distinguished scholars and practitioners, who have worked in areas of Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control, Non-Violence, Gandhian approaches to Peace (including but not limited to concepts such Ahimsa and Satyagraha) and other Indian traditions of peace, are invited. The Chair/Professor is expected to have a demonstrated track record of expertise in the area through publications or policy engagements at the highest level."

 

The post of Chair-Professor shall be in the scale of pay of Rs. 144200 - 218200 Level 14 and the appointment shall be made as per the Revised E.C. guidelines for an initial period of 2 years extendable up to a maximum of 5 years.

 

All those who wish to be considered for the Chair Professorship should send in their applications with detailed Bio-Data by soft copy to rector@mail.jnu.ac.in and also through hard copy to the office of Rector-I, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-I 10067, latest by 1st July, 2019.

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.