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SCIS Faculties

SCIS Faculties

Number of Faculty: 17
Andrew M Lynn
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
andrew@jnu.ac.in
Anirban Chakraborti
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
anirban@mail.jnu.ac.in ; anirban@jnu.ac.in
Binod Kumar Kanaujia
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
bkkanaujia@jnu.ac.in , bkkanaujia@yahoo.co.in
Mukesh Jain
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
mjain@jnu.ac.in , mjainanid@gmail.com
Naidu Subbarao
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
nsrao@mail.jnu.ac.in nsrao.jnu@gmail.com
Pradipta Bandyopadhyay
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
pradipta_b@mail.jnu.ac.in praban07@gmail.com
R.K. Brojen Singh
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
brojen@mail.jnu.ac.in
Sapna Ratan Shah
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
sapnarshah@mail.jnu.ac.in
Shandar Ahmad
Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
shandar@jnu.ac.in
A. Krishnamachari
Associate Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
chari@mail.jnu.ac.in akchari@gmail.com
Arnab Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
arnab@mail.jnu.ac.in , arnab@jnu.ac.in
Kunwer Singh Mathur
Associate Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
ksmathur@mail.jnu.ac.in
Narinder Singh Sahni
Associate Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
narinder@mail.jnu.ac.in
Pallavi Somvanshi
Associate Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
psomvanshi@mail.jnu.ac.in
Gajendra Pratap Singh
Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
gajendra@mail.jnu.ac.in gajendraresearch@gmail.com
Jyoti Singh Kirar
Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
jyotikirar@mail.jnu.ac.in, jyotikirar@jnu.ac.in
Rakesh Kumar Saroj
Assistant Professor
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences
rakeshsaroj@mail.jnu.ac.in, rakeshsaroj@jnu.ac.in
Number of Faculty: 1
Kavita Arora
Concurrent
Assistant Professor
Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility
kavitaarora@mail.jnu.ac.in; kavitaarora@jnu.ac.in

Former / Visiting Faculty

Dr. Debasisa Mohanty
National Institute of Immunology,
New Delhi
Dr. Jean-Numa Gillet Dr. Kushal Kumar Shah
IIT, Delhi
Prof. N. Parimala
SC&SS
JNU
Prof. Rahul Roy
Indian Statistical Institute,
New Delhi
Dr. Rashi Gupta Prof Sachin Maheswari
IIT,Delhi
Dr. Supratim Sengupta 
IISER, Kolkata
Dr. Lovekesh Vig Dr. Rita Sharma
BITS Pilani, Rajasthan

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.