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Applications for the post of Research Assistant

Applications for the post of Research Assistant

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Centre for the Study of Regional Development
School of Social Sciences

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Applications are invited for a post of Research Assistant in an ICSSR sponsored major research project on Consequences of Male Out migration from Rural West Bengal with a fixed salary of Rs.20,000/-p.m.

Qualifications:

Essential: At least Master’s Degree in any discipline of Social Science with a minimum of 55% marks along with NET/SLET. Candidate must be ready to lead field work in remote areas of West Bengal. Knowledge of Bengali will be an added advantage.

Desirable: M.Phil in Population and Development related issues. Acquaintance with GIS will be an added advantage.

Duration: Initially for six months, extendable up to six more months.

Application along with a detailed bio-data should reach the under signed person in hard and soft copy on or before 15 September 2019. Candidates must indicate their quick links (mobile number, e-mail address). Date of interview will be notified to the short listed candidates only. Shortlisted candidates should bring their mark sheets, certificates supporting their claims in original.

No TA/DA will be paid to the candidate.

Bhaswati Das
Principal Investigator
Centre for the Study of Regional Development
School of Social Sciences JawaharlalNehruUniversity
New Delhi 110 067
Email id: mailto_bhaswati@yahoo.co.in

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.