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ZHCES organises a talk by Prof. Babu P. Remesh

ZHCES organises a talk by Prof. Babu P. Remesh

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ZHCES Seminar Series

 

Does a Journalist Need a Degree?

Job Insecurities of Media Workers and the Questions of Skill, Training and 
Qualifications

 

Prof. Babu P. Remesh

School of Development Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD)

 

Brief Bio-note : Babu P. Remesh is a Professor at the School of Development Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD). Prior to joining AUD, he was Director, School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU. During 1998-2009, he was a faculty member at the V.V.Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA. His broader research interest lies on labour, informal sector and development studies. He has also been actively working on various research methodologies – qualitative, quantitative and interdisciplinary. 

 

Abstract : In the broader context of growing job insecurities of journalists, the talk will focus on the skill; training and educational aspects of media work in India. It will provide an overview of the ongoing dilemmas in the field of journalism including mismatch and obsolescence of skills; intensified worker-redundancy and the issues related to lack of certified qualifications (especially for those who are at higher age brackets). All these problems, it will be explained that, add to the job insecurity of journalists and force many of them to continue with the same firms with stagnated career options and let down self-esteem.  The discussions will be mainly based on the findings of an ongoing research study supported by ICSSR, which focuses on the job insecurities of print journalists in India.  

 

DATE: 3rd October, 2018 (Wednesday)
TIME: 3:00 pm
Room No. 207, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES II
(All are Welcome)

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.