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SIS Faculties

SIS Faculties

Number of Faculty: 122
Sushmita Rajwar
Associate Professor
Centre for African Studies,
School of International Studies
Titli Basu
Associate Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Venkataraman Manickam
Associate Professor
Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
School of International Studies
Vinai Kumar Singh
Associate Professor
Centre for International Legal Studies,
School of International Studies
Vineet Prakash
Associate Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies,
School of International Studies
Abhishek Srivastava
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Amit Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre for West Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Ananta Swarup Bijendra De Gurung
Assistant Professor
Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
School of International Studies
Ankita Dutta
Assistant Professor
Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies
Anshu Joshi
Assistant Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies,
School of International Studies
Aprajita Kashyap
Assistant Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies,
School of International Studies
Asma Kouser
Assistant Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Deepa Kansra
Assistant Professor
Human Rights Studies Programme,
School of International Studies
Fazil Jamal
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Legal Studies,
School of International Studies
Gayettri Dixit
Assistant Professor
Centre for African Studies,
School of International Studies
J. Madhan Mohan
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Jaikhlong Basumatary
Assistant Professor
Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
School of International Studies
Jyoti D Bhosale
Assistant Professor
Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory,
School of International Studies
Milind Dhaware
Assistant Professor
Centre for South Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Mohinder Singh
Assistant Professor
Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory,
School of International Studies
Nalin Kumar Mohapatra
Assistant Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Pravesh Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory,
School of International Studies
Raj Yadav
Assistant Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Rashmi Barua
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Rashmi Rani Anand
Assistant Professor
Centre for African Studies,
School of International Studies
Rashmini Anil Koparkar
Assistant Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Renu Sain
Assistant Professor
Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Sakti Prasad Srichandan
Assistant Professor
Centre for European Studies
School of International Studies
Sandip Kumar Singh
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Santana Khanikar
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Saumyajit Ray
Assistant Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies,
School of International Studies
Sheetal Sharma
Assistant Professor
Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies
Shivaji Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Politics, Organisation & Disarmament,
School of International Studies
Shubhamitra Das
Assistant Professor
Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies
School of International Studies
Sima Baidya
Assistant Professor
Centre for West Asian Studies,
School of International Studies
Sneha Bhagat
Assistant Professor
Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies,
School of International Studies
Sudhakar Vaddi
Assistant Professor
Centre for East Asian Studies
School of International Studies
Suman Das
Assistant Professor
Centre for International Trade & Development
School of International Studies
Teiborlang T. Kharsyntiew
Assistant Professor
Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies
Tsetan Namgyal
Assistant Professor
Centre for Inner Asian Studies,
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.