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School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi

Applications are invited from interested and motivated candidates for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in a time bound research project for a temporary period, purely on a contractual basis as per the following details.

Position: Junior Research Fellow (JRF)

Number of Vacancy: 1

Project Title:    Generation And Quantification Of Multimode Continuous-Variable (Cv) Entanglement With Long- Range Couplings ln Two-Dimensional Waveguide Arrays With Quadratic Nonlinearity

Project Tenure:    3 years (36 months)

Job Description:    The  candidate  must    perform    research related    tasks    for  the    above mentioned project title in a timely manner.

Essential Qualification    As per CSIR Guidelines for Sponsored Schemes Pl. refer to CSIR-HRDG website: www.csirhrdg.res.in

Age Limit    JRF-28Yrs.

Age relaxation:    The upper age limit is relax-able up-to 5 years in the case of candidates belonging to scheduled castes/tribes/OBC, women and physically handicapped candidates.

Fellowship:    Junior Research Fellow (JRF)- Rs. 37,000/-p.m.

Desirable qualification: Candidate with background in quantum optics and knowledge of programming languages.

How to Apply: Interested candidates must apply with the following documents:

(l)   CV
(2)  Scanned copies of educational certificates, Date of Birth Proof
(3)  CSIR-UGC NET or GATE-qualification certificate
(4)  Soft copies of publications, if any.

Soft copies of all of the aforementioned documents (PDF format) must be emailed to the Principal Investigator (Dr. Amit Rai, Email id: amitrai@jnu.ac.in) with the subject line "Application for JRF under CSIR project" on or before 28-03-2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email for an interview.

Dr. Amit Rai
School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Current Recruitment
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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.