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Former Deans

Former Deans

FACULTY WHO SERVED AS DEAN

S. No.
NAME OF THE DEAN/FACULTY
TENURE

FROM TO
1.
Prof. (Late) Sivatosh Mukherji
05.07.1972
04.06.1975
2.
Prof. (Late) P.N. Srivastava
01.01.1975
31.12.1977
3.
Prof. (Late) Sivatosh Mukherji
17.09.1977
21.01.1980
4.
Prof. P.C. Kesavan
22.01.1980
24.01.1983
5.
Prof. Asis Datta
04.01.1983
31.01.1985
6.
Prof. (Late) G.S. Singhal
04.01.1985
31.01.1987
7.
Prof. (Late) P.K. Mohanty
04.01.1987
03.01.1989
8.
Prof. M. Habibulla
04.01.1989
03.01.1991
9.
Prof. P.C. Kesavan
04.01.1991
03.01.1993
10.
Prof. (Late) Sipra Guha Mukherjee
04.01.1993
03.01.1995
11.
Prof. (Late) N.Z. Baquer
04.01.1995
03.01.1997
12.
Prof. Rajendra Prasad
04.01.1997
03.01.1999
13.
Prof. K.C. Upadhyaya
04.01.1999
03.01.2001
14.
Prof. R.K. Saxena
04.01.2001
31.07.2002
15.
Prof. Alok Bhattacharya
01.08.2002
31.07.2004
16.
Prof. R.N.K. Bamezai
01.08.2004
31.07.2006
17.
Prof. P.K. Yadava
01.08.2006
31.07.2008
18.
Prof. R.K. Kale
01.08.2008
02.03.2009
19.
Prof. R. Madhubala
03.03.2009
02.03.2011
20.
Prof. N.B. Sarin
03.03.2011
02.03.2013
21.
Prof. B.N. Mallick
03.03.2013
02.03.2015
22.
Prof. B.C. Tripathy
03.03.2015
31.01.2017
23.
Prof. S.K. Goswami
01.02.2017
31.01.2019
24.
Prof. K. Natarajan
01.02.2019
31.01.2021
25.
Prof. Shweta Saran
01.02.2021
31.01.2023
26.
Prof. Supriya Chakraborty
01.02.2023
 

 

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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.