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SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI 110067

Applications are invited for ONE post of Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India sponsored research project entitled, "Functional Characterization of Novel Plasmodium falciparum Blood-Stage Genes by Genome Editing Technologies for the Identification of New Drug/Vaccine Interventions for Malaria."

Required Qualifications: A Master’s degree or equivalent in Biotechnology/Life sciences/Biochemistry or any other related area. Refer to DBT guidelines for complete qualifications. At least 2 years of research experience in cell & molecular biology and tissue culture. Highly motivated, research-oriented candidates with experience in working with Apicomplexan parasites will be preferred.

Nature and tenure of the position: The position is purely temporary in nature and will terminate with project completion (January 2025).

Salary: Salary as per DBT rules.

Last date of receiving applications: 11th May 2024.

The selection committee may select candidate at lower position for the above post depending on qualifications and work experience of the candidate. The selection committee reserves the right to relax any of the qualification(s) in case a candidate is found otherwise suitable for the post.

Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated to appear for the interview and no other communications in this regard should be expected.

How to Apply: Application consisting of a detailed CV (including details of educational and scientific accomplishments, research experience and names of three referees with emails), cover letter and reprints should reach the undersigned only as soft copy. Research work should be clearly summarized with references and published articles, if any.
Email: abhisheka@jnu.ac.in
Phone: 011-26704520

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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.