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Jawaharlal Nehru University
Centre for the Study of Social Systems

Advertisement for recruitment of one Research Assistant

Adv.No.:JNU/CSSS/ICSSR/RS/01/2025                                                       Date: 06/02/2025

Description of Position

Eligibility

Duration

Emoluments

One Research Assistant under ICSSR sanctioned project titled ‘Understanding the Civil Society in Indian Context: A Study of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’

For Research Assistant:

- Postgraduate in subject relevant to the research area of the Project or any Social Science discipline with minimum 55% with NET/M.Phil./Ph.D.

Desirable:

Candidate with prior knowledge in conducting primary survey be preferred.

The candidate must be below 40 years of age.

For Research Assistant

Ten Months

For Research Assistant:

Rs. 37000/- per month

 

The position is completely temporary and co-terminus with the project.

Interested candidates may apply by sending their complete application (CV containing the details of essential and desirable qualification) along with attached attested copies of the certificates and proof of research experience (preferably in a single pdf file) through email and send to PI at icssr.civilsociety@gmail.com

The last date of receiving the applications is March 04, 2025.

Eligible candidates may further be shortlisted based on the qualification/experience depending on the total number of applications received. Finally, they will be notified through email with the date and schedule of the interview to be conducted in hybrid mode.

Note: NO TA/DA will be paid for attending the interview. Candidates are required to bring originals of their credentials on the day of interview with a set of self-attested photocopy.

Current Recruitment
Yes

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.