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APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF 04 GUEST FACULTY IN PERSIAN & 01 IN PASHTO (PURELY ON LECTURE BASIS).

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF 04 GUEST FACULTY IN PERSIAN & 01 IN PASHTO (PURELY ON LECTURE BASIS).

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GUEST FACULTY
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Centre for Persian & Central Asian Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University

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January 03, 2017

APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF 04 GUEST FACULTY   IN PERSIAN & 01 IN PASHTO (PURELY ON LECTURE BASIS). THE DESIRING CANDIDATES MAY PLEASE SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION ALONG WITH THEIR COMPLETE BIO-DATA LATEST BY JANUARY 13, 2017 IN THE OFFICE OF THE CENTRE.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY FOR PERSIAN GUEST FACULTY

Must have completed Ph.D. in Persian

NATIVE SPEAKERS ENROLED IN PHD PROGRAMME MAY ALSO APPLY

 MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY FOR PASHTO GUEST FACULTY

Must have completed Ph.D. in Persian/Dari + Advance diploma in Pashto                              

NOTE:   1. The Existing Guest Faculty members already teaching in the Centre need not apply again.

                2. Applicants if working in government/ semi-government/private institutions even    on contract basis and drawing a monthly salary higher than the amount of JRF/UGC can apply along with NOC from their organization.

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.

DATE OF INTERIVEW WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

NOTE: BIO-DATA MUST INCLUDE NAME, ADDRESS, EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (WITH DETAILS OF MARKS OBTAINED) AND THE COPY OF PH.D DEGREE, TEACHING EXPERIENCE, RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ETC WITH PHOTO COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AND CONTACT NUMBER.

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.