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The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a Central University with a NAAC grade of 3.91, the highest in India, is a premier institution of teaching and research. JNU’s mandate is to engage methodologies that cut across disciplines, whose intersections are expected to cross discipline boundaries, evolve complexities and innovate. Based on a combination of financial and technical parameters, set by a duly appointed Committee of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, JNU has been successful to take up operations, management and conduct of animal welfare programmes at the National Institute of Animal Welfare (NIAW).


Animal awareness in JNU

JNU is part of the Southern Ridge of Aravali Hills and houses various species of wild fauna. These range from Common Palm Civets, Small Indian Civet, Indian Golden Jackal, Indian Crested Porcupine, Blue Bulls, Rufus Tailed Hare, various lizards & varieties of snakes, birds & butterflies etc.

Support for animals in communities

Various feeding spots and watering holes for dogs, birds and other animals are identified. Campus residents, as well visitors, place items for the benefit of the animals

Support for laboratory animals

To provide support for research where animal models are employed, JNU has its own animal handling mechanism [Central Laboratory Animal Resources (CLAR), JNU] The infrastructure is registered under the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environment and Forest, GOI (Reg. No 19/GO/ReBi/S/CPCSEA dated: 10.03.1999) which provides professional and technical services for conduct of animal research. 

 

JNU Central Library

Forest inside JNU Campus

A Nilgai inside JNU campus

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.