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Position for Laboratory Attendant in SLS

Position for Laboratory Attendant in SLS

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School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi – 110 067

Position for a Laboratory Attendant

One position for a laboratory attendant is available under a DST sponsored position entitled “Characterization of Dictyostelium Two-pore calcium channel (TPC2) protein and its role in the progression of autophagy and Htt protein aggregate formation”.  Candidates with experience in handling Dictyostelium cultures as well as office work would be preferred. The appointment will be for an initial period of one year and may be extended on yearly basis for a further period of two years subject to satisfactory progress of the candidate. The candidates are required to attend an interview (offline or online) in School of Life Sciences at JNU at their own cost. No TA/DA will be provided for attending the interview. The position is purely temporary and the maximum duration is for 3 years.

The candidate should be a 12th pass with science.

Salary: Rs 15, 000/- per month fixed. (norms as per DST rules). There would be an increase of Rs 1000/- per year/per month.

Applications on plain paper along with a copy of biodata (Name, date of birth, postal and permanent address and certificate of the course) should reach the Project Director, Dr. Shweta Saran, Room number 301, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067 by February 15th, 2021.

Dr Shweta Saran, PhD
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110 067,India

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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.