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Hiring Researchers For Special Centre for Disaster Research

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SPECIAL CENTRE FOR DISASTER RESEARCH

Research and Office Level Appointments

Dated:11-07-2018

Last date for submitting applications with Photo, CV: 17th July, Monday

Interview of shortlisted candidates:  3rdAugust, Friday

In supersession of the previous advertisement of SCDR, fresh applications are invited for the following positions. These appointments are being made till the end of the project or August 2019, whichever is earlier.

1: Five Junior Project Assistants:(Rs.25,000/-pm)

(specialization in Public Administration, Political Science, Law, Sociology, Ethics, Anthropology and in IT, data base systems, Geospatial Studies) 

2: One Senior Economist/Administrator(IAS) (preferably retired Rs.50,000/-pm) experience of working at the state level with SDMAs. 

3: One Finance, Accounts, Office Assistant( Rs.20,000/-pm)

(ability to understand JNU System of project accounts, budgetting, bill preparations, maintenance of accounts/record registers etc) 

4:Office Attendant (Rs.15,000/-pm) experience of JNU system of work

5: Three ad-hoc research positions for 3 months, can be extended.

Preferable qualities:

Optimistic, happy, hard working, forward looking, possibility personalities, Willingness to work on holidays and long hours whenever required.

Essential Qualities:

Computer and internet savvy, ability to design project ideas, innovative planning and basic mathematical skills.

THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY APPLIED NEED NOT APPLY AGAIN.

CHAIRPERSON

SCDR

09-07-2018

Contact: 011-26741964/ 26741978. Email: jnu.scdr@gmail.com

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.