JNU | RTI | Directory | Contact Us | Emergency Services | List of Holidays
-A A +A

CSAS organises a webinar on The Growing Promise of the India Bangladesh Relationship by Dr. Sanjay Kathuria

CSAS organises a webinar on The Growing Promise of the India Bangladesh Relationship by Dr. Sanjay Kathuria

Event From Date
Event End Date
Event Title
CSAS organises a webinar on The Growing Promise of the India Bangladesh Relationship by Dr. Sanjay Kathuria
Event Details

Centre for South Asian Studies

School of International Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi-110067

 

Cordially invites you to a Webinar

Followed by discussion

on

The Growing Promise of the India Bangladesh Relationship

By

 

Dr. Sanjay Kathuria

Dr. Sanjay Kathuria is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, India, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, and former Lead Economist, World Bank, Washington, D.C. He holds a PhD in Economics from Oxford University as an Inlaks Scholar. In 27 years at the World Bank, he worked in South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe, including field assignments in New Delhi and Dhaka. Before joining the World Bank, he was a Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations in New Delhi.  He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and did his master’s at the Delhi School of Economics. His research interests include issues relating to economic growth and development, globalization, international trade and trade policy, regional integration, competitiveness, South Asia. He also has a keen interest in gender issues. He has written extensively on these topics. Twitter handle: Sanjay_1818. 

 

19th January 2021 at 6:30 PM

webinar link: https://meet.google.com/zzz-ezmq-cuk

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.