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Applications for Junior Research Fellow post in SPS

Applications for Junior Research Fellow post in SPS

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School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

Advertisement for the Post of Junior Research Fellow (Purely Temporary)

Applications are invited for the post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) to work in the ISRO funded research project No. ISRO/RES/2/427/21-22 “Low Frequency Waves and Fluid Instabilities in Dusty Space Plasmas” under the supervision of Dr. Ram Prasad Prajapati, Associate Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi 110067.

Qualifications: M.Sc. in Physics and qualified National Eligibility Tests - CSIR-UGC-NET including lectureship (Assistant professorship) or GATE.

Desirable Qualifications: The applicant must be having computational skill and good command to work in Linux OS.  

Salary: Rs. 31000/- + HRA per month, as per norms of the funding agency.

Duration: Up to July 2022. Likely to be extended for maximum 2 years.

Interested candidates may send their application along with the brief resume (clearly mentioning the essential qualifications and desired qualification) and testimonial (preferably a single PDF file) to the email address given below mentioning the name of the post applied for in the subject of the email. Please don’t send hard copy.

The email application with name, photo, Father’s Name, Date of birth, Age, Category, address of Communication, email ID, mobile no., essential/technical/professional/ desirable qualification, experience and research work should be reach the undersigned on or before   31st December 2021. 

Dr. Ram Prasad Prajapati
(Principal Investigator)
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi – 110067
Email: rpprajapati@mail.jnu.ac.in

Note: The date of interview will be informed later on to the short listed candidates through email/phone. Due to unforeseen circumstances arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the interview will be conducted online.

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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.