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Jawaharlal Nehru University
School of Physical Sciences

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Applications are invited from highly competent candidates for a temporary research position funded by SERB (India) under the Core Research Grant project of Prof. Brijesh Kumar at the School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The successful candidate will be hired either as a Research Associate or as a Research Fellow, according to the work experience and suitability required for this project titled "Investigations on the problem of quantum oscillations in Kondo and other insulators”.

Eligibility:
1. To be considered for the Research Fellow position, it is essential for the candidate to have passed MSc in Physics with no less than 60% marks (and not earlier than 2015), qualified CSIR-UGC NET (lectureship), and to have at least two years of research experience in doing quantum many-body theory with strong computational skills.
2. To be considered for the Research Associate position, it is essential for the candidate to have a PhD degree based on theoretical research in strongly correlated systems, and to also satisfy the eligibility as given above for Research Fellow position.
3. Candidates with a research experience on Kondo problems and quantum oscillations will be given preference.

To apply for this position, the applicants are required to send the following documents (merged into a single pdf file) to Prof. Brijesh Kumar on his email (bkumar@jnu.ac.in) :
1. Cover letter
2. Detailed CV
3. Copies of MSc mark-sheet, NET certificate, research experience/PhD degree
4. Brief statement of research interests.

Application deadline:05 March 2022.

Current Recruitment
Yes

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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.