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Event End Date Event Title
SCIS organises a workshop on "Enabling Technology Training"
SLLCS & SCTS organising International Young Researchers' Conference (IYRC) 2024
SIS organises Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru Memorial Lectures 2024 on "India’s Foreign Policy in a Fragmented Planet"
CMS organises a workshop on “AI For Social Scientists: How Scholars Can Now Build AI Tools?”
SBT organises lecture by Dr. Amit Kumar Rai
CSRD organises National Science Day 2024
SLS organises National Science Day 2024
ZHCES organises a seminar by Dr Catherine Montgomery
SBT organises National Science Day 2024 on "Indigenous Technology for Viksit Bharat"
CSRD organises a seminar by Prof Nihal Perera
SSIS organises Rashtriya Vaidik Sanghosthi
ZHCES organises a seminar on "Indian Higher Education: Where is it in GLobal Perspective?"
CES, SIS organises JNU Jean Monnet Chair Lecture by H. E. MR. KRIŠJĀNIS KARIŅŠ
CSRD organises a seminar by Dr. Anil Kumar Roy
CIL organises an International Seminar
ZHCES celebrating the International Mother Language Day
IIC 6.0, JNU organises an Expert Talk by Dr. Sandeep Kumar Goyal
SBT organises national conference on Nano Bio Interface - 2024
SBT organises two-day workshop
CSSEIP organises a webinar on Marginalised Women and Tech Spaces
CSRD organises a seminar by Prof. Ajay Agarwal
SCSS organises the first talk of lecture series on "Data Mining of Real World Patient Clinical outcomes for Design of Novel Drugs & Diagnostics" by Guljit Chaudhari
CSSEIP organises a talk by Dr. L. David Lal
CCUS&LAS organises a distinguished lecture by H.E. Mr. César Guillermo Castillo Reyes
SES organises talks on "Introduction to the fellowship programs/opportunities of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation" and "Higher Studies and Research Opportunity in Freie University, Berlin"
ABVSME & SITMD are organising one-day national workshop on "From Policy to Practice: Implementing NEP 2020's Vision"
SCIS organises a distinguished lecture on "The Importance of 3D Thinking in Drug Design Strategies" by Prof. Prasad V. Bharatam
ABVSME organises an industrial seminar on Viksit Bharat Vision
CHS organises film screening and discussion with Dr. Boris Hars-Tschachotin
SCIS organises a workshop on "Applications of DNA/RNA Analyzer System"

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.