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JNU Achievements

JNU Achievements

 

Dr. Gajendra Pratap Singh, SCIS is honored with Soft Computing Research Society Fellow Award

Dr. Gajendra Pratap Singh, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences (SCIS) is honored with Soft Computing Research Society Fellow Award for an outstanding work in the field of Graph Theory and Petri Nets, ML based Mathematical Modelling and Data Analytics. This award celebrates Dr. Singh’s outstanding contributions to the field of Petri Nets and Graph Theory Modelling and Computing, acknowledging his significant research and advancements.

 

Prof. Seema Bathla, CSRD, SSS is conferred Fellow Award by the Agricultural Economics Research Association, India 

Professor Seema Bathla, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences is conferred prestigious "Fellow Award" by The Agricultural Economics Research Association, India.

 

Prof. Sangeeta Bansal, CITD, SIS awarded Levenick Resident Scholar academic year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Professor Sangeeta Bansal, Centre for International Trade and Development, School of International Studies, has been awarded Levenick Resident Scholar in the Sustainability Leadership Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with an invitation to visit the University of Illinois from 1 April 2025 to 31 July 2025.

 

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.