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NSS is celebrating NSS Day

NSS is celebrating NSS Day

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National Service Scheme (NSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Cordially invites you to celebrate 'NSS DAY', themed as

 

"Youth for National Integration and Social Harmony”

 

on Sunday, 24th September 2017

at JNU Convention Center, Auditorium-1,

from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
 

The objective of the celebration is to showcase the one-year work of NSS JNU, exchange the ideas, and building a productive network of volunteers. 

There will also be a poster exhibition from NSS units of different colleges of their work or project achievements.

NSS JNU invites all students to participate in the competition of Theater or Group Dance on any social issues. Top two performance will be awarded and all participants will be given participation certificate. Send your confirmation and entries before 22nd September 2017 on gaurav37_scs@jnu.ac.in  (Gaurav, NSS Volunteer Executive 8586968801)

 

Kindly encourage all your friends, colleagues, juniors and seniors to participate and witness this unique celebration.

 

To confirm your participation, you need to register here: Registration for NSS Day Celebration on Sept 24th, 2017

Note: Lunch and Tea breaks will be provided at the venue.

 Any query contact: Priteesh, NSS Convenor (8826904807), Ambika, NSS Co-Convenor (9910424383)
 

You can also enroll yourself as NSS Volunteer by filling this Online NSS Volunteer Enrollment Form : Online NSS Volunteer Enrollment Form (Last Date is Sept 21, 2017)

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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.