DAMODAR HOSTEL

The Damodar Hostel was started in July, 2012. It is situated in the old CRS Building. It has four blocks (A to D). The construction work in A block 2nd Floor is under construction. It is hoped that from the Monsoon Semester (From July, 2016 ) it will be functional. At present near about 100 residents are living in this hostel. The Mess is working in this hostel with 10 workers in both the shifts. Two Mess Managers are running the Mess. In this hostel there is one office. One Section Officer, One Cashier and One Caretaker are working in this hostel. Two Wardens are supervising the hostel. Six Sanitation workers are available in the hostel for cleaning purpose. One Gardener is also working in the hostel.

Employees:

List of office staff

1. Ms. Pushpa	Office Incharge
2. Mr. Amit Kumar	Cashier
3. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar	Caretaker

List of Mess staff

Jay Narayan	Mess Supervisor on Contract
Abhishek	Mess Supervisor on Contract
Sant Kumar	Cook on Contract
Samahan Prasad	Cook on Contract
Ananga Layak	Cook on Contract
Shiv Kumar	Helper on Contract
Rahul Kumar	Helper on Contract
Dinesh Kumar	Helper on Contract
Vinod Kumar	Helper on Contract
Akhilesh Kumar	Helper on Contract
Kalicharan	Helper on Contract
Dindyal Kumar	Helper on Contract
Ravinder Yadav	Helper on Contract
Raish Agamad	Helper on Contract
Rajender Yadav	Helper on Contract
Nand Kumar	Helper on Contract
Gopal Singh	Helper on Contract
Waseem	Helper on Contract
Jag Ram	Helper on Contract
Susil Kumar	Helper on Contract
Vinod Singh	Helper on Contract

List of sanitation staff

Varun Pandey	Supervisor on Contract
Lakshmi	H.K on Contract
Shri Kishan	H.K on Contract
Sikandar	H.K on Contract
Rakesh	H.K on Contract
Sahil	H.K on Contract
Deepak	H.K on Contract
Komal	H.K on Contract
Soni	H.K on Contract

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.

Wardens

Senior Warden

Prof. Suneel Kateriya

Mess Warden

Dr. Anamika Gulati