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Applications for Research Associate position in SLS

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School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

Applications are invited for a post of Research Associate in the DBT-funded Indo-Australian project “Functional Genomics of Chickpea to Enhance Drought Tolerance" at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. The selected candidate will be appointed for one year extendable to the duration of the project (3 years, 2025-2027).

Position: Research Associate – III (01 post)

Essential Qualifications: Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, or a related field. The candidate should have a good academic record as evidenced from published papers in standard refereed journals.

Desirable: Minimum 05-years research experience in the field of plant stress biology with thorough knowledge of techniques related to plant molecular biology, genetic engineering and plant tissue culture. Preference will be given to the candidate having good publications related to plant stress biology and plant tissue culture.

Salary: As per DBT norms

The position is completely temporary and co-terminus with the project.

Interested candidates may apply by sending their complete application (CV containing the details of essential and desirable qualification) along with attached attested copies of the certificates and proof of research experience (preferably in a single pdf file) through email and send to PI (spmbsls@gmail.com).

The last date of receiving the applications is February 10, 2025.

Eligible candidates may further be shortlisted based on the qualification/experience depending on the total number of applications received. Finally, they will be notified through email with the date and schedule of the interview to be conducted on hybrid mode.

Prof. Ashwani Pareek (Principal Investigator)
School of Life Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi – 110067
E-mail: ashwanipareek@gmail.com

PS: Note that short listed candidates invited for the interview will not be paid any TA/DA for attending the same.

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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.