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Circular and Notices

Circular and Notices

S.No. Notice-Title Date Notice File
231 single seater allotment Order BP-1 March22-Extension Single seater order-BP March22-extension.pdf
232 single seater allotment Order BP-1 March22 Single seater order-BP March22.pdf
233 Guidelines for Holi Celebrations Guidelines for Holi celebration.pdf
234 Brahmaputra-eligibility list-March22 Brahmaputra eligibility list March22.pdf
235 Notification for Single Seater-BPH - Feb-2022 Notification Feb22.pdf
236 Functioning of hostel dining hall Functioning of dining hall.pdf
237 Notice reg. Public/Private Function and Gathering in the Hostel Premises Notice_FunctionGathering_inHostel.pdf
238 Single seater allotment Order-1-2022 Brahmaputra Hostel Order-1-Single seater allotment Brahmaputra 2022.pdf
239 Revised schedule- Single seater Brahmaputra Revised schedule-Single seater Brahmaputra.pdf
240 Single seater allotment Order-3- 2021

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.