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School of Social Sciences: Center for theStudy of Regional Development

School of Social Sciences: Center for theStudy of Regional Development

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY
School of Social Sciences
Center for theStudy of Regional Development
New Delhi -110067

Applications are invited for the following post in DST-CCP SPLICE project on "Himalayan Cryosphere: Science and Society" on purely temporary basis at the Center for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Research Associate (RA): 1 (One)

Essential Qualification: 
Ph. D. in Geography and expertise in geomorphological mapping, glacial geomorphology,remote sensing and GIS; having prior research experience on climatological and hydrological analysis. The candidates with UGC/ CSIR NET and having relevant research experience would be given preference.
Salary: As per the DST/JNU norms.

Junior Research Fellow (JRF): 2 (Two)

Essential Qualification: 
M.A./ M. Sc. in Geography with specialization in Physical Geography and knowledge of remote sensing and GIS, along with experience of working in the high altitude areas . The candidates with UGC/ CSIR NET would be given preference.

Salary:. As per the DST/JNU norms

The selected candidate will be appointed on purely temporary basis up to March 2018. Interested candidates may send their CVs, mentioning the name of post applied, directly in the address mentioned below on or before Dated 28th April, 2017. Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview by return email. No TA/DA is admissible for attending the interview.

Prof. Milap Chand Sharma
Project Director , HC: S&S
Room No. 119, CSRD, School of Social Sciences-III
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.