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Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
School of Social Sciences, JNU, New Delhi

 

Applications are invited from sincere, motivated and hardworking individuals for a post in ICSSR-IMPRESS funded Project entitled: ‘Social Inequality and Medicine. Access and utilization of medicinal substances by social and economic strata in Central India,’ which will be carried out in Betul and Hoshangabad districts in Madhya Pradesh.

 

The selected candidate will be appointed for a period of 9 months purely on temporary basis.

Position: Field Assistant (1)

Description: The Field Assistant will be required to live in or, near the area of study and collect primary data through interviews in households and health practitioners in the selected villages. The study design and tools will be provided. The field Assistant will also be required to collect data from government agencies and health centres and complete verbatim transcription of important interviews.

Qualifications: Candidate must have a MA in any one Social Science disciplines – sociology, social work, anthropology, with a minimum of 55%

Experience: Prior experience of working in rural areas and establishing rapport with the people

Salary: Rs.15000 per month. Travel costs in the field will be reimbursed

Interested candidates need to send an application along with CV and MA mark sheet  through email to the PI with the name of the project mentioned in the subject.

Last date for submitting application: 20 March 2021

Name, address, contact number and email address of at least one referee must be enclosed with the application.

Principal Investigator:
V.Sujatha
Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
JNU, New Delhi 110067
Email: sujathav@mail.jnu.ac.in

Current Recruitment
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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.