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Event End Date Event Title
JNU Facuty Club organises Independence Day celebrations
JNU organises Flag Hoisting Ceremony to celebrate Independence Day
JNU organises Partition Horrors Remembrance Day
CWAS organises Book Launch of 'The Arab-Israeli Conflict'
CSSP organises a special lecture by Prof. T. P. Singh
ABVSME organises an International Seminar on "Innovation and Intellectual Property"
Atal Incubation Centre, JNU Foundation for Innovation (AIC-JNUFI) organises an Orientation Session
ZHCES organises a conference on "Two Centuries of Education Policies in India 1823-2023"
Celebration of Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam coinciding with 3rd anniversary of NEP 2020
SSIS organises a special lecture on Satipaṭṭhāna (Mindfulness Meditation) and practice Session
SLS organises Alumni Talk by Prof. S. V. Naga Prasad
CCUS&LAS organises an International Conference on "Perspectives on Energy Politics in the Americas"
ZHCES organises a seminar by Mr. Pramod Sinha
SLS organises Summer Research Workshop 2023
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. R. P. Singh
CCUSLAS organises a panel discussion on "PM Modi's Visit to the US and Changing Equations in Indo-US Relations"
CIL organises a seminar on "Environmental Elements in Kannada Literature and Cultural Studies"
AIRF organises a Workshop on "Mass Spectrometry on Metabolomics"
JNU organises 9th International Day of Yoga
ZHCES organises a seminar by Mr. Rajeev Ranjan
ESP,SIS organises a Seminar on "Economics of the Energy Transition: Unpacking Impacts from Global to Local" by Mr. Jon Stenning
CHS organises a seminar by Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan
SCSNEI organises Book Discussion by Ashish Kundra
CHS organises a seminar by Dr. Malvika Kasturi
ZHCES organises a seminar by Dr. Gunjan Sharma
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. P. C. Rath
CSRD organises a talk on "Fighting for our Rivers and Glaciers"
Workshop on "Physical Property Measurement System(PPMS) and its applications"
CSRD organises a lecture by Prof. Atul Kumar
CESP organises a webinar on "Global Health decision-making process and evaluation methods" by Dr. Anand Sivasankara Kurup

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.