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School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

Applications are invited for the following listed posts for a MeitY-funded Project entitled: “VIDYAAPATI: Bidirectional Machine Translation Involving Bengali, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi and Hindi”. Under the Project titled, “National Language Translation Mission (NLTM): BHASHINI” " (Project Ref: PAC/SSIS/GNJ/MeitY/1568) at School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, JNU.

The selected candidate will be appointed purely on temporary basis, initially for one year that may be extended based on the performance on yearly basis till the completion of project.

Interested candidates may send their latest updated CV to this email latest by 5th of July 2024: vidyaapati.jnu@gmail.com. The subject line of the email should be “vidyaapati-recruitment”. The email body must mention name of the position that the candidate is applying for.

S. No Designation Opening Educational Qualification

Desired Qualification

 
1.

Senior Research
Assistant
(Language
Technology)

Salary=55,000/-
pm (consolidated)

 ONE

1)M.A. in Language or
2) M.A. in Linguistics or
3)M.Phil. or Ph.D. in Language or
4) M.Phil. or Ph.D. in Linguistics with courses of computational
linguistics or with specialisation in computational linguistics

Age: Maximum 40 years

 (a) Experience in translation
(b) Experience in data annotation,
(c) Experience in machine translation evaluation
(d) exposure to programming will be a significant advantage
2.

Junior Research
Assistant
(Language)

Salary=33,000/-
pm (consolidated)

 TWO

1) Native Maithili Speaker with good command over spoken and written
standard Maithili
2) MA in Linguistics with very good academic record


Age: Maximum 40 years

 (a) Experience in translation
(b) Experience in data annotation
(c)Exposure to computational linguistics and Machine translation
3.

Liaison Officer
(Language
Technology)

Salary=55,000/-
pm (consolidated)

 ONE

1) M.A. in Language or
2) M.A. in Linguistics or
3) M.Phil. or Ph.D. in Language or
4) M.Phil. or Ph.D. in Linguistics with courses of computational linguistics or
with specialisation in computational linguistics


Age: Maximum 40 years

 a) Excellent spoken and written communication skills
b) Experience in Computational Linguistics and data/tools management

Dr. Jyoti (Co-PI)
Assistant Professor
School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067
Email: jyotiraj.2009@gmail.com

  1. Above mentioned positions are purely temporary in nature and may be extended till the duration of the project.
  2. Applications in response to the advertisement will be scrutinized and shortlisted. Merely fulfilling the requirements prescribed in the advertisement does not automatically entitle an application to be taken forward in the selection process.
  3. Applicants should ensure at their end that they possess the essential qualification(s) and experience laid down for the post. The qualification degree(s) must be from a recognized University /Institute.
  4. Incomplete applications shall be summarily rejected.
  5. Decision of the Institute in all matters relating to the eligibility of the applicants shall be final and binding on all the applicants
  6. Initially the post would be for 1 year. The performance of the selected/ appointed staff member shall be assessed before expiry of the contract and only those found suitable will be offered extension after the completion of 1 year.
  7. The Institute/employer reserves the right not to fill any of the advertised posts.
  8. The selection committee may offer lower or higher designation and lower or higher salary depending on the experience and performance of the candidate in the interview.
  9. No correspondence or personal inquiries shall be entertained.
  10. No correspondence shall be entertained from applicants regarding conduct and result of reasons thereof for not being called.
  11. In case of any inadvertent error in the process of selection which may get detected at any stage, even after the issuance of an appointment letter, the Institute reserves the right to modify/withdraw/cancel any communication made to the candidate.
  12. In case of any dispute/ambiguity that may occur in the process of selection, the decision of the Institute shall be final.
  13. No TA/DA shall be paid to the applicants for attending the interview.
  14. Canvassing in any form shall lead to disqualification.
  15. Applicants should provide their correct and active e-mail address as all future correspondences like issuance of call letter or any other information will be communicated through e-mail only.
  16. Addendum/corrigendum, if any, in respect of this advertisement, shall be notified through the Institute’s website.
  17. Any resultant dispute arising out of this advertisement shall be subject to the sole jurisdiction of the Courts situated at Delhi only.
Current Recruitment
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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.