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Applications for RAs in CITD, SIS

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Jawaharlal Nehru University
Centre for International Trade and Development

Adv. No. JNU/CITD/ICSSR/RS/01/2024 
Date: 28/10/2024

Description of Position
One Research Associate or/and Research Assistant under ICSSR sanctioned project entitled ‘Indian Diaspora: Paving the Golden Path of VIKSIT BHARAT.’    

Eligibility
For Research Associate:
- Postgraduate in subject relevant to the research area of the Project or any Social Science discipline with minimum 55% with NET /M.Phil./ Ph.D. and 2 years of
research experience.

For Research Assistant:
-Ph.D./M.Phil. / Postgraduate in subject relevant to the research area of the Project or any Social Science discipline with a minimum of 55%

Desirable:
Candidate with prior knowledge in the area, a knack on statistics/econometrics and statistical packages (STATA/EVIEWS etc.) and flexible to frequent travel with good writing / publication and communication skills (in English Language) will be preferred.
The candidate must be below 40 years of age.

Duration
For Research Associate/ Research Assistant:
Initially for Three Months (Extendable as per requirement of the project on the basis of performance)

Emoluments
For Research Associate: Rs. 47000/- per month

For Research Assistant: Rs. 37000/- per month

Interested candidates may send their applications in PRESCRIBED FORMAT (given below) directly to sumandas@mail.jnu.ac.in on or before Nov 11, 2024.

The advertised post/s is/are purely temporary in nature. Only shortlisted candidates will be intimated for the personal interview via email and/or telephone only.

Any other amendments or changes or developments, if turn out, regarding this advertisement will be published in the JNU website (https://jnu.ac.in/career) only.

Note: NO TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Candidates are required to bring originals of their credentials on day of interview with a set of self-attested photocopy.

Dr. Suman Das
Project Coordinator
Assistant Project
CITD, SIS, JNU

Application Form
CITD_SDas_Project_ApplicationForm.pdf
Current Recruitment
Yes

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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.