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JNU Faculty Club celebrates 76th Republic Day

JNU Faculty Club celebrates 76th Republic Day

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JNU Faculty Club celebrates 76th Republic Day
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JNU Faculty Club
 
is inviting all of you to celebrate our nation’s 76th Republic Day
 
on 26th January, 2025 
in the JNU stadium from 10.00 am onwards
 
In view of this, various activities for JNU faculty members and their families are planned as detailed below:
Ø  Fancy Dress Competition- kids less than 5 years old (only).
Ø  Painting and Drawing Competition- kids of different age group (5-8yrs , 9-12 yr, 13-15 yrs) Theme will be given at the venue
Ø  Oil Painting- kids of different age group (5-8 yrs, 9-12 yrs, 13-15 yrs)
 
Theme will be given at the venue
Ø  Slogan Writing kids of different age group (5-8 yrs, 9-12 yrs, 13-15 yrs)
 
Theme will be given at the venue
Ø  Sports activities for kids, Football match, Races: boys and girls
Ø  Cricket/football match among faculties
Ø  Musical chair and other fun activities …….

 

Please bring drawing sheets/papers and colors for above activities at your own.

 

The faculty club humbly requests the faculties to make one time contribution of Rs 600/- for this financial year 2024-2025 either through cheque or NEFT transfer or Paytm at the number 9818483985 (Dr. Md Ajmal). Please share the receipt on this email in reply mode.
Name of account holder:  JNU Faculty Club,
Acc no: 10596549547, IFSC code: SBIN10441, SBI JNU New Campus Branch

 

Light Refreshment and food will be served during the day.

 

We look forward to your presence and active participation.

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.