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Shipra Hostel

Shipra Hostel

Shipra is one of the newest hostels in JNU, located in Paschimabad II. It started operating from 2011 as a girls hostel. Most rooms are dual occupancy and each room has a balcony. The Hostel is surrounded by Koyna Hostel on the north and Lohit Hostel on the west. The eastern side of the hostel is surrounded by lush green forest. The Hostel has 272 rooms and 11 dormatories with 12 beds each. The Hostel Mess offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner to all the residents. The hostel has a gym, a reading room, and a TV room for residents. There are sports facilities like badminton court, table tennis, and carom board. The Hostel provides an excellent environment for academic work of residents. Shipra has a diverse group of students representing every state in India as well as several international students.

 

Keeping with the democratic ethos of JNU, the Hostel elections are held every year at the beginning of the new academic year and presided over by the four Wardens of the hostel. The Hostel President, the Hostel Committee with six members, and the Mess Committee with six members are elected every year.

 

Employees

 

Employees  as of May 30th, 2016


Name of Staff

Designation

Rama Sharma

Office in charge

Ravi Yadav

Caretaker

Satyawan

Cashier

Pehalwan

Gardener

          

LIST OF SANITATION STAFF (SAFAI KARAMCHARI)

 

S.No.

NAME OF EMP.

DESIGNATION

1

BABITA

SAFAI  SUPERVISOR

2

GEETA

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

3

SAROJ

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

4

MUNNI

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

5

SUNITA

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

6

SONI

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

7

URMILA-I

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

8

URMILA-II

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

9

ANURADHA

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

10

PREMLATA

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

11

GIRJA

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

12

SANJEEV

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

13

PAWAN

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

14

ANUJ

SAFAI KARAMCHARI

 

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.

Wardens

  • Senior Warden
    Dr. Poonguzhali N.
  • Mess Warden
    Dr. Neha Paras
  • Warden (Maintenance and Sanitation)
    Dr. Anshu Joshi
  • Warden (Recreation and Health) 
    Dr. Veeragoni Shirisha



    Contact 
    Telephone : 26742809