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JNIAS organises a lecture on "Evolving India’s Image in World Affairs and Role of the Soft Power" by Shri. Ravi Kumar

JNIAS organises a lecture on "Evolving India’s Image in World Affairs and Role of the Soft Power" by Shri. Ravi Kumar

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Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies (JNIAS) 

 

organises a lecture on

 

"Evolving India’s Image in World Affairs and Role of the Soft Power"

 

by

Shri. Ravi Kumar

Scholar in Vedic Mathematics and Yoga

 

Date: Tuesday, 1st October, 2019 at 3.00PM

Venue: Seminar Hall, School of Computer and Systems Sciences, JNU.

 

About the speaker: Shri. Ravi Kumar is known for his contribution on Vedic Mathematics and Yoga. Since 1982, he has been traveling in Asia Pacific regions of Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Gulf Countries. He has conducted more than 200 Yoga camps and 200 youth motivational camps in 40 countries and has conducted over 500 workshops on Vedic Mathematics at many prestigious universities in 20 countries. He has written more than 15 Books in this subject area.

 

Vedic Mathematics deals with numerous smart formulas and tricks to perform calculations amazingly fast. These ideas have received increasing attention because of the close connection between Computer Sciences and Mathematics. Shri. Ravi Kumar described some of the 16 sutras from Vedic Mathematics in a simple, easy-to-understand fashion. He emphasized the need for further research in this area to unravel more of such hidden gems from Vedic literature.

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.