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Application for RA and Project Support Staff in CES, SLL&CS

Application for RA and Project Support Staff in CES, SLL&CS

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Centre for English Studies (CES)
SLL&CS, 
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
 New Delhi-110067

No. of positions: 2 Research Assistant  and 1 Part time Project Support Staff)

Applications are invited for two positions of Research Assistants(@37000/- p.m) and one part time Project Support  Staff(@s000/-p.m) under ICSSR Major Research Project funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). The title of the research project is: "Cultural Lives of Women with Visual Disabilities: A Cross-Regional Study".

The selected candidates will be appointed for purely temporary basis initially for a period of 6 months or till his/her services are required by the Project Director. 

Essential qualification for R.A: Post graduate in any social science discipline with minimum 55% marks and NET/SLET/M.Phil/Ph.D. The candidate having research experience in the disability field will be preferred.

Essential qualification for Project Part-time support staff: B.A. with at least 5 years of Work experience.

How to apply: Interested candidates may apply for the position by sending their detailed Curriculum Vitae through email (icssrclwvd2025@gmail.com or jnuces@gmail.com). The Curriculum Vitae must necessarily include full name, date of birth, contact address, Email ID, mobile No.,  academic/essential/technical/professional qualifications, details of research experience and any other information that the candidate feels relevant in her/his selection for the said position. The applications should reach on or before 17 July 2025, (5 p.m) mentioning the name of the project and post applied for on the subject of the email. Interview will be held on 05 August 2025 from 10.30 AM onwards on Google Meet.

Note:
1, Candidates will be shortlisted based on qualification and suitability for the project.
Only the short-listed candidates will be called for the interview.
2. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the interview.
3. Interview will be held on Google Meet. Google Meet link to appear for the interview will be shared on the given Email ID.

Dr. BR Alamelu (Project Director)
Assistant Professor
Room no. 46, CES/SLL&CS-I
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi -110067.

Current Recruitment
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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.

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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.