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SSS is organizing the Training Workshop on Responsible PhD: RRI and PhD Research Projects

SSS is organizing the Training Workshop on Responsible PhD: RRI and PhD Research Projects

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Training Workshop on Responsible PhD: RRI and PhD Research Projects

Date: 5th February 2018, 11 am onward

Venue: Room No. 227, CSSP, SSS-1 Building, JNU, New Delhi

About the Workshop: In this interactive workshop HEIRRI Self-Learning Module “Responsible PhD: Integrating Responsible Research and Innovation in PhD Research” will be discussed and evaluated. On completion of this workshop students will be able to (i) analyse and discuss the main characteristics of different concepts of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and their implications for research practices; (ii) apply different concepts of RRI to identify possible ways to make concrete R&I processes more responsible; and (iii) to identify possibilities to make their own research projects both on the procedural and outcome level more responsible. The workshop is open for the pre-doctoral and doctoral students, enrolled in the universities and other higher education institutions. Online Registration is prerequisite for participation. 

Register Online: http://bit.ly/2E5CihP

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.