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Application for Field Investigator positions in CCPPT, SIS

Application for Field Investigator positions in CCPPT, SIS

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Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory (CCPPT),
School of International Studies (SIS),
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067

Applications are invited for the position of Field Investigator/Project Staff in the ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research) funded project “The Role of Fests in Shaping of Spiritual and Cultural Nationalism of Bharat: A Study of Kumbha and Magh Mela (Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik)”.

Interested candidates may kindly send their CV to the following email id latest by 2ndJanuary 2025 – ccppticssrproject@gmail.com

1.    Name of the Position: Field Investigator -04

Essential Qualification: Post graduate in Social Science discipline (55%)

Desirable Qualification: Candidate with adequate skills in field survey, data collection and data organization.

Salary: 20,000/- per month

*Tenure: Initial appointment tenure, as decided by the competent authority, may be curtailed/extended on the basis of assessment of the candidate's performance and project funding availability and it is at the discretion of the Competent Authority. SIS/JNU reserves the right to select the candidate against the above posts depending upon the qualification and experience of the candidate. The appointment may be terminated any time by giving one month notice by either side. The applicants will have no claim implicit or explicit for consideration against any regular position of the University.

End Date for Apply: Thursday, January 02, 2025

Dr. Ravi Rameshchandra Shukla
Chairperson, CPPPT, SIS, JNU

Current Recruitment
Yes

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.