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Circular and Notices

Circular and Notices

S.No. Notice-Title Date Notice File
51 Final Seniority List single seater 2023-24 (Boys) BPH/DAMODAR Final seniority List of single seater 2023-24.pdf
52 3rd Allotment list single seater 2023-24 (Boys) 3rd list of single seater allotment list 2023-24.pdf
53 Tentative list of single seater boys for BPH/Damodar Tentative list of single seater for boys BPH.pdf
54 4th list of single seater for girls 2023-24 4th list of single seater for Girls.pdf
55 Advisory - 100 meters radius rule advisory.pdf
56 Circular - PG Boys dorm. allotment CIRCULAR (4).pdf
57 Appeal for cooperation by the students during construction of RCC Appeal for cooperation by the students during construction of RCC.pdf
58 Office order - extension of warden extension of warden..-compressed.pdf
59 Office order no 13 .- appoint new wardens Office Order No. 13.pdf
60 3rd list hostel allotment PhD Boys 2023-24 PhD Boys Hostel allotment list 2023-24.pdf

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.