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JNU Achievements

JNU Achievements

Prof. Ranjana Banerjee, CRS/SLL&CS has been conferred Pushkin Medal

Prof. Ranjana Banerjee, Centre of Russian Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, JNU has been conferred Pushkin Medal for the contribution in the field of Russian Language and Literature.

 

Dr. Sonu Saini, CRS, SLL&CS has been awarded II prize "Moi Tolstoy" for creative writing on Tolstoy and Gandhi

Dr. Sonu Saini, CRS, SLL&CS has been awarded II prize "Moi Tolstoy" for creative writing on Tolstoy and Gandhi

 

Prof. Babu Thaliath, CGS, SLL&CS selected for the "François Chevalier" fellwoship at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS)

Prof. Babu Thaliath, CGS, SLL&CS selected for the “François Chevalier” fellwoship at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (MIAS) in Madrid, Spain. MIAS is one of the most prestigious Institutes for Advanced Studies in Europe.

 

Prof. Mujeebur Rahman, CAAS, SLL&CS appointed as Member of Board of Trustee  of the King Salman Global Academy of Arabic Language in Riyadh

Prof Mujeebur Rahman appointed as Member of Board of Trustee  of the King Salman Global Academy of Arabic Language in Riyadh. It's a very prestigious academy and its  Board of Trustees is chaired by the Saudi Minister of Culture. There are 11 members of the board from around the world.

 

Dr. Arnab Bhattacherjee, Associate Professor at SC&IS has received the prestigious INSA Young Scientist Award 2023

Dr. Arnab Bhattacherjee, Associate Professor at SC&IS has received the prestigious INSA Young Scientist Award 2023 for his significant contribution to developing a multiscale simulation technique to unravel the physical and molecular factors that modulate the accessibility of genes within compact genome assemblies. Recently, Dr. Bhattacherjee has also been awarded prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from Germany.

 

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.