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Shubhamitra Das

Shubhamitra Das

Shubhamitra
Shubhamitra Das
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
School of International Studies
Room No
331
Off. Phone
011-26708922
Email
shubhamitra@mail.jnu.ac.in, shubhamitra70@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications
MPhil, PhD 
Areas of Interest/Specialization
Australia, South Pacific 
International Collaboration/Consultancy
* Conducted a research study on BPL survey in Kalahandi and Koraput (Orissa) in 2010-11 supported by Indo Global Social Service Society, New Delhi
* Conducted a pre-funding evaluation at Navajeevan Bala Bhavan, Vijayawada funded by SKN in March 2011
* Conducted a pre-funding evaluation on Child Labour in Tourist Places, Puri, Orissa through SKN in 2009
* Investigative study of two NGOs in Orissa funded by Misereor, Germany in 2010
* SNEHAL Project for an End-Line Evaluation with GFK-Mode for Care India in February 2009 
* STEP Programme of Care India for an End-Line Evaluation in November, 2008.
* Mid Term Review for Plan International on “Combating Child Labour in Coastal Andhra Pradesh” in coastal Andhra Pradesh. 
* Alliance India, CHAHA in November 2007 for a base line survey 
* Alliance-India, Base-Line Survey on the levels of awareness and occurrence of HIV-AIDS in Andhra Pradesh, India, May-June 2006. 
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
1. Book published on “Australia’ Defense Policy and Southeast Asia” with the National Book Organization, New Delhi in March 2004.

2. Paper published in Business and Political Observer Newspaper- Titled “Will White Australia Apologize to the Aboriginals?” in 1999.

3. Article published Subba Rao , P and Siva Rama Krishna, B (ed) (2013) “Social Exclusion and Inclusive Growth” on “Poverty and Governance: Adivasis in the Fifth Scheduled Areas”, The Associated Publishers, Ambala City, India

4. Article published, titled “Gender and Local Self-Governance” in an edited book by Dr.Rameshwari Pandya, titled “Women: Issues, Perspectives and Solutions” published by New Century Publishers, New Delhi 2007.

5. Research Article titled “Women and Empowerment: Predicament or Affirmative Action” published in a Quarterly Journal The Indian Journal of Political Science, Volume LXVIII, Number 1, January-March 2007. 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
1. Article published in edited by Subba Rao , P and Siva Rama Krishna, B (2013) “Social Exclusion and Inclusive Growth” on “Poverty and Governance: Adivasis in the Fifth Scheduled Areas”, The Associated Publishers, Ambala City, India

2. Article in “India’s Relation with Australia within the Indo-Pacific Dynamics” in the edited book of Manmouni Kaul and Anushree Dutta, titled “India’s Look East to Act East Policy: Tracking the Opportunities and Challenges in the Indo-Pacific" “ Pentagon Press, 2015

3. Article in “India’s Energy Security: Lacunae in Foreign Policy” Arun Kumar Dixit and Pankaj Kumar Verma’s (Ed) “India’s National Security & Energy Scenario”, 2015 Satyam Publishing House, New Delhi 

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.