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Jitendra Uttam

Jitendra Uttam

Jitendra Uttam
Jitendra Uttam
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Room No
134
Off. Phone
011-26704377
Residence
011-6167598/09891380011
Email
juttam@mail.jnu.ac.in , jnucampus@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/juttam
Qualifications

M.Phil (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
PhD (Seoul National University, South Korea) 

Areas of Interest/Specialization
Korean Studies/International Political Economy (IPE) 
Experience

Daewoo Management Development Center, 1997-1999; Research Associate, 2003-2005; Assistant Professor, 2005 onwards

Awards & Honours

Korean Government Scholarship, 1993 

International Collaboration/Consultancy
"Caste, Capitalism and Culture in India" Project awarded/completed for 2009-2010 by POSCO-TJ Park Foundation, Seoul, Korea.

"Political Economy of Korea", Project awarded/completed for 2009-2010 by Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, Korea. 
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
"Korea’s New Techno-Scientific State: Mapping a Strategic Change in the Developmental State", China Report (Sage Publication), Vol. 43, No. 3, 2006.

"The Political Economy of Regulatory Challenges and Reforms in the MENA Region: An East Asian Perspective," in Limam, Imed (ed.) Challenges and Reforms of Economic Regulation in MENA Countries, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2002.

"Economic Growth in India and China: A Comparative Study" International Studies (Sage Publication), Vol. 40, No.4, (Oct-Nov. 2003): 319-347.

"Convergence of Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Liberal Financial System in the Making of India’s New Economic Growth Regime (NEGR)". Journal of International and Area Studies (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea) Vol. 12, No.1 (June 2005): 111-138. 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
"Korea’s New Techno-Scientific Strategy: Realigning State, Market and Society to Move beyond Technological Catch-up" in Mahlich, Jörg & Werner (Eds.), Korean Science and Technology in an International Perspective, Springer, Physica-Verlag, 2012.

"Fractured Strategic Alliance, Restructured Economic Cooperation: Korea at the Helm of the Emerging Northeast Asian Order" in Werner Pascha and Bernhard Seliger (ed.), Towards a Northeast Asian Security Community: Implications for Korea’s Growth and Economic Development, New York: Springer, 2011.

"Economics of Converging Theoretical Paradigms: Evidence from Indo-Korean Bilateral Economic Cooperation", Journal of International and Area Studies (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea) Vol. 16, No. 2 (December 2009): 1-33. 
Patents (if any)

NA

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.