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Applications for Junior Researcher and Consultant

Applications for Junior Researcher and Consultant

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Centre for the Study of Regional Development

School of Social Sciences

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY,  NEW DELHI-110067

Dated: 13th January 2022

Temporary junior researcher’s position and consultant

Project Title:  BIRAC (“Developing district forecast of vaccination coverage and inferring vaccine confidence across India using large public health datasets”).

Applications were invited for the post of one Junior Researcher @ INR 22000 p.m. for five months and one consultant @ INR @15000 for two months.

No of position: 1) One Junior Researcher (01/02/2022 to 31/06/2022). One consultant (01/02/2022 to 31/03/2022). Both are temporary.

Qualification: MSc in Statistics/Master in Population Studies with a minimum of three months experience on quantitative and qualitative data on population, Health, or immunization studies.

Applicants are requested to send their CV to Dr. Nandita Saikia (nanditasts@gmail.com), Centre of Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – 110067, within ten days i.e. 23rd Jan 2022 from the date of this advertisement.

N.B.: The interview will be done in an online mood.

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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.