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Applications for Senior Research Fellow Position

Applications for Senior Research Fellow Position

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School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University

Applications are invited for the following purely temporary position in the DBT funded project “Reviving the Abandoned Antibiotics using Analogues of Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus”

Senior Research Fellow (One position)

Salary: Rs. 28000 + 30% HRA per month

Qualifications:
•    Master’s degree in Life Sciences/Biochemistry/Biotechnology/Biophysics/Molecular Biology or related fields with strong academic record
•    Should be NET (CSIR / UGC / ICMR)/ GATE qualified
•    Minimum two years of research experience in the field of Antibacterial research
•    Candidate should have publication(s) in reputed international journal(s)

Candidates will be short-listed initially based on work experience, and only the short-listed candidates will be called for interview. The selected candidates will be appointed on purely temporary basis, initially for a period of one year or till his/her services are required by the project director or till the validity of the project, whichever is earliest.

Application on plain paper (hard copy only not by e-mail) indicating name, date of birth/age, address, technical/professional qualifications, experiences, research work, list of publications, should reach to Prof. Kasturi Mukhopadhyay, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, on or before 26th December, 2018. Please note that no TA / DA will be paid for attending the interview for the said position.

Kasturi Mukhopadhyay
Professor,
School of Environmental Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067

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.