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Application for Junior Research Fellow post

Application for Junior Research Fellow post

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School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi 110067

Applications are invited for a purely temporary post of Junior Research Fellow in a project funded by DBT-NERBPMC entitled “Study of Virome, RNAome and leaf curl disease manifestation in Bhut jolokia(C. chinense) and C. frutescens of North East India

Eligibility /Qualification required: M.Sc in any branch of biological sciences/ Bioinformatics

The candidate should be CSIR/UGC/NET/GATE qualified. However candidates graduated with subjects in which no NET exam is conducted and with professional degrees are exempted for NET/GATE (As per DST/DBT rule)

Desirable: Candidates with prior experience of working in transcriptomes /non coding RNAs analysis, marker genotyping (SSRs/SNP), plant metabolite analysis, Protein extraction and analysis, Basic molecular Biology and plant pathology areas.

Fellowship amount: Rs 25,000/ + Permissible House Rent Allowance

Tenure: The position is purely temporary, renewable after every one year and will continue until July 2021 (the end of project) based on satisfactory performance.

Application Deadline: Application will be accepted till 28th December, 2018

The hard copy of the applications along with the copy of Biodata and prior publications (if any) should reach to Dr. Nirala Ramchiary, Room No 229, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, INDIA. Soft copy of the application will not be accepted.

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.