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School of Biotechnology: Temperature perception and signaling mechanism in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis.

School of Biotechnology: Temperature perception and signaling mechanism in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis.

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School of Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi – 110067

A Walk-in-interview was conducted on 11th of July, 2016 to select a candidate for project Assistant position in the Ramalingaswamy, DBT funded project entitled: "Temperature perception and signaling mechanism in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis” The selected candidates will be appointed purely on temporary basis, initially for 6 months that may be extended based on the performance.

Position: Project Assistant (1)

Department/Venue of interview: Room No. 102, School of Biotechnology, JNU, New Delhi 

Qualifications & Experience: M.Sc in Life Science or allied subjects with first class grades. Candidates should have practical research experience in molecular cell biology and biochemical techniques.

Salary: 8000/month consolidated.

Interview date and Time: 10:00 am, 10th July 2016

Interested candidates need to send a soft copy of their application at the email address: kajalkanchan@jnu.ac.in

The application should contain a Cover letter, a brief CV indicating name, date of birth/age, contact address, professional qualifications, research experience and the names and contact deatils of 2 referees. 
The candidates who had attended the interview on 20th of June 2016 need not apply.
No TA/DA will be given for attending the interview.

Dr. Kajal Kanchan  (Principal Investigator)               
Ramalingaswamy fellow
BSL3, School of Biotechnology
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067                 

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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.