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SIS Faculties

SIS Faculties

Number of Faculty: 124
A.K. Mohapatra
Professor
Centre for West Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Ajay Kumar Dubey
Professor
Centre for African Studies,
School of International Studies
Alka Acharya
Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Ambrish Dhaka
Professor
Centre for Inner Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Amit Shovon Ray
Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Amita Batra
Professor
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Amitabh Mattoo
Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Aparna Sawhney
Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Archana Upadhyay
Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Arvind Kumar
Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies
School of International Studies
Atul Kumar
Professor
Energy Studies Programme
School of International Studies
Bhaswati Sarkar
Professor
Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies
Gulshan Sachdeva
Professor
Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies
Hriday Narayan
Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
J.M. Moosa
Professor
Centre for African Studies,
School of International Studies
Jayati Srivastava
Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Jitendra Uttam
Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Kharat Rajesh Shrikrishna
Professor
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Mahendra P. Lama
Professor
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Mahendra Pratap Rana
Professor
Centre for West Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Mandira Sarma
Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Meeta Keswani Mehra
Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Nivedita Menon
Professor
Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory,
School of International Studies
P. Sahadevan
Professor
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
P.R. Kumaraswamy
Professor
Centre for West Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Phool Badan
Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Priti Singh
Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies,
School of International Studies
Rajesh Rajagopalan
Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Sameena Hameed
Professor
Centre for West Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Sandip Kumar Mishra
Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Sangeeta Thapliyal
Professor
Centre for Inner Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Sangeeta Bansal
Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Sanjay K Bhardwaj
Professor
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Sanjay Kumar Pandey
Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Shankari Sundararaman
Professor
Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
School of International Studies
Shantesh Kumar Singh
Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Sharad Kumar Soni
Professor
Centre for Inner Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Srabani Roy Choudhury
Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Srikanth Kondapalli
Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Sushama Murty
Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies

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.