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AIRF is organizing a workshop on Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry : Principles and Applications
CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Rajshree Dhali
CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar
CSSS is organizing a lecture by Mr. Javed Abidi
CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Rosina Nasir
CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Kali Chitti Babu
Circular from Vice-Chancellor's office for JNU Faculty
CSLG is organizing book discussion by Anuj Bhuwania
CSSS is organizing a talk by Pankaj Jha
CHS is organizing a lecture by Ravikant
CSDE is organizing a talk by Prof. Raj Kumar
Alumni Affairs Office invites to an interaction with Women Entrepreneurs and Innovators on Entrepreneurship and Empowerment
CAAS is organizing a book release function by H.E. Hatem Tageldin
CSDE is organizing the Third Foundation Day Lecture by Professor Romila Thapar
Central Library invitation : Renaming Ceremony & Unveiling the Bust of Dr. B R Ambedkar
CESP is organizing a seminar by Prof. Arun Kumar
SPS is organizing a seminar by Madhavan Varadarajan and Malay Patra
CIPOD is organizing a seminar by Col. Vinayak Bhat
CES, SIS is organizing Young Research Scholars' Workshop
SC&IS is organizing a Panel Discussion on Big Data Science
CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Sarunas Paunksnis
Sports Office is organizing a workshop on Officiating in Athletics at 10:30am
CSRD is organizing International seminar on Mortality Analysis and Forecasting
Aadhaar Card Enrollment & Updation Camp on 7th & 8th April 2017 in, Security Office, JNU
SPS is organizing a seminar by Sibasish Banerjee and Suvankar Dutta
CSLG is organizing a seminar by Stellina Jolly
SPS is organizing a seminar by K. N. Raghavan
CSDE is organizing a talk by Dr. Sailaja Paik
CPS is organizing Nirman Foundation Workshop on Studying the State
CSSS is organizing a lecture by Bidhan Chandra Dash

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.