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Prof. Kedar Singh Director Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility (05-01-2024 to 04-01-2026) kedar@mail.jnu.ac.in, kedarbhp@rediffmail.com, directorairf@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26738838 / 26704560 / 26704600 |
Prof. Pawan Kumar Kulriya Associate Director Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility (29-01-2024 to 28-01-2026) pkkulriya@mail.jnu.ac.in, pawaniuac@gmail.com 011-26738838 / 26704560 / 26704600 |
Mr. Sanjeev kumar Director Communication & Information Services sanjeev@mail.jnu.ac.in, director_cis@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26704116 |
Prof. Amitabh Mattoo Director (26-03-2024 to till further orders) amattoo@mail.jnu.ac.in, amitabh.mattoo@gmail.com 011-26708948 |
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Prof. Vivek Kumar Director (10.06.2025 to till further order) vivekkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26704570 / 26704470 |
Prof. Brajesh Kumar Pandey Director Hindi Madhyam Karyanvayan Nideshalay (w.e.f. 08-03-2021) brajeshkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in, brajeshvka@gmail.com |
Dr. Malkhan Singh Assistant Director Hindi Madhyam Karyanvayan Nideshalay (w.e.f. 08-03-2021) malkhansingh@mail.jnu.ac.in |
Prof. Shantesh Kumar Singh Director Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS (20-10-2023 to 19-10-2025) directorhrsp@jnu.ac.in, shantesh@mail.jnu.ac.in, shantesh@jnu.ac.in,shanteshsbsc@gmail.com 011-26704375 |
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Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy Director Internal Quality Assurance Cell (06-03-2023 to till further orders) kumaraswamy@mail.jnu.ac.in, kumaraswamy.pr@gmail.com, director_iqac@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26704034 |
Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy Director (23-11-2024 to 30-09-2026) kumaraswamy@mail.jnu.ac.in, kumaraswamy.pr@gmail.com 011-26738845 |
Prof. Suneel Kateriya Director Intellectual Property Management Cell (05-05-2024 to 04-05-2026) skateriya@jnu.ac.in 011-26704589 |
Dr. Pushpendra Kumar Deputy Director Intellectual Property Management Cell (26-11-2024 to 25-11-2026) pushpendra@mail.jnu.ac.in, pushpendra@jnu.ac.in 011-26704589 |
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Dr. Sangmesh Deputy Director Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study (19-03-2024 to till further orders) sangmesh@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26741132/31 |
Prof. Arvind Kumar Director (31-01-2025 to 30-01-2027) kumararvind@mail.jnu.ac.in, kumararvind@jnu.ac.in, placement@jnu.ac.in |
Prof. Shoba Sivasankaran Director Legal Cell (11-08-2023 to 10-08-2025) sshobha@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26704104 |
Prof. Shweta Saran Director (07-10-2024 to till further orders) ssaran@mail.jnu.ac.in, shweta_saran@hotmail.com 011-26704758 |
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Prof. Arun Sidram Kharat Director Security Department (13-02-2024 to 12-02-2026) askharat@mail.jnu.ac.in, arunkharat2007@gmail.com |
Prof. Sharad Kumar Soni Deputy Director Security Department (13-02-2024 to 12-02-2026) sksoni@mail.jnu.ac.in, sharadksoni@gmail.com |
Prof. Md. Qutbuddin Deputy Director Security Department (13-02-2024 to 12-02-2026) qutbuddin@mail.jnu.ac.in, basmaqutb@gmail.com td> |
Prof. Sudhir Kumar Director Swachha JNU (w.e.f.23-12-2024) sudhirkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26704323 |
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Prof. Rajesh Kumar Jangir Deputy Director Swachha JNU (w.e.f.23-12-2024) rkjangir@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26743022 |
Prof. Ravi Shekhar Director UGC - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (19-10-2023 to 18-10-2025) ravishekhar@mail.jnu.ac.in, ravishekharsbs@gmail.com, directormmttc@jnu.ac.in 011-26742532 / 26742566 |
Dr. Ravi Rameshchandra Shukla Assistant Director UGC - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (19-10-2023 to 18-10-2025) ravirshukla@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26742532 / 26742566 |
Mr. Sanjeev kumar Director University Science Instrumentation Center (17-04-2023 to till further orders) sanjeev@mail.jnu.ac.in, director_cis@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26704116 |
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Prof. Brajesh Kumar Pandey Director Vidyaranya Institute of Knowledge and Advanced Studies rector@mail.jnu.ac.in, brajeshkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in 011-26741132/31 |
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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.