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ZHCES organises a seminar by Mr. Pramod Sinha

ZHCES organises a seminar by Mr. Pramod Sinha

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ZHCES organises a seminar by Mr. Pramod Sinha
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ZHCES Seminar Series
 
Engaging with CPHS data
 
About the talk: CPHS encompasses a vast amount of data, which can be transformed into meaningful information through careful handling and analysis. The session is aimed to guide the researchers through the essential steps in data handling which would help them in unleashing the potential of the data within. It would touch upon -
 
1. Accessing data: Understanding the URL, Format, and Frequency of release
2. Dumping data: Manual / Automated script
3. Storing data: R Data archive system or Database (SQL / Access)
4. Basics of estimation: Comprhending key fields like weights/design
5. Generating population estimates: Step by Step execution in R

 

Mr. Pramod Sinha
Fellow, NIPFP
New Delhi
 
Bio: Pramod Sinha presently serves as a Fellow at NIPFP in New Delhi. His research experise spans various areas, including business cycles, national income accounts, and corporate finance and accounting. Notably, he has garnered recognition for his work through acclaimed publications in scopus indexed journals, particularly in the realm of measurement issues concerning national accounts and firm performance. Additionally, he has been a regular columnist and his articles/blogs have featured on prestigious platforms like Ideas for India, EPW, The Print among others. In addition to his research endeavours, he has been actively engaged in sharing knowledge and expertise. He has taught 'R' programming language at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi besides conducting workshops at IIT Kanpur, offering guidance to Ph.D. students.
 
Date: 05th July, 2023 (Wednesday)
TIME: 03.00 pm
Venue: # 207, SSS-II
 
(All are Welcome)

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.