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LEC and EOO are organising a panel discussion on "Hands That Speak: Harnessing the Potential of Tactile Signing for the Deaf-Blind"
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. Ajay K. Saxena
CHS organises a special lecture by Professor Vasant Shinde
CCUSLAS organises one day Seminar on "The Race for the White House"
SLS organises 18th Annual Science Fest BIOSPARKS 2024
SLS organises Winter Research Workshop on "Applications of Bioinformatics in Life Science Research"
CESP organises a Seminar by Prof. L C Mallaiah
CWS organises a lecture by Hemjyoti Medhi
IIC 6.0, JNU organises one day Symposium on "Biomedical Devices"
CSSP organises one day workshop on "The Role of Atal Tinkering Labs in the Promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India''
IIC 6.0, JNU organises an Expert Talk by Mr. Aryan Mishra
LASP, CCUS&LAS, SIS organises a seminar on "Celebrating 75 years of India-Chile Diplomatic Relations"
SC&IS organises a national seminar on "Ancient and Modern Indian Mathematics"
IIC 6.0, JNU organises an Expert Talk by Ms. Somya Lochan
SPS organises SPS March Meeting on "Recent Progress in Quantum Technologies"
CIL, SLL&CS organises a Seminar
JNU organises a lecture by Mr Sanjeev Sanyal
CES, SIS organises a Roundtable Discussion on "Enabling Women - Safety, Security & Empowerment"
IIC 6.0, JNU organises an Expert Talk by Dr. Krishna Kanth Pulicherla
CPS organises the Annual Nirman Foundation Lecture by Lisa Wedeen
SES organises two-talk by Prof. Łukasz Drewniak and Dr. Klaudia Dębiec-Andrzejewska
CSMCH organises a discussion on "Philosophical Realm of Kabir in Social Sciences"
SLS organises an Alumni Talk by Dr T.B.K. Reddy
CSSE&IP organises one day National Workshop
CITD, SIS organises International Conference on Recent Developments in Economics Research: Theory and Evidence
SCSNEI organises 12th Jayashree Roy Memorial Lecture
CHS organises a lecture by Dr. Baishakh Chakrabarti
CES, SIS organises Young Scholar's Conference (Hybrid Mode) on "The EU and Migration: Challenges and Responses"
CHS organises a workshop cum roundtable on "Revisiting Gender Equality Markers: Gender Justice and Empowerment Across Europe and India"
ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Lourens van Haaften

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.