Centres Chairpersons
School of International Studies (SIS) : Chairpersons
 Prof. Ajay Kumar Dubey Chairperson Centre for African Studies (05-01-2018 to 04-01-2020) Email : akdubey@mail.jnu.ac.in akdubey1@gmail.com Phone: 011-26738718 |  Prof. Archana Upadhyay Chairperson Centre for Russian & Central Asian Studies (09-01-2017 to 08-01-2019) archana_u@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704365, 26704399 |  Prof. Bharat Desai Chairperson Centre for International Legal Studies (01-04-2017 to 31-03-2019) desai@mail.jnu.ac.in ; desai@jnu.ac.in 26704338, 26704515 |  Prof. Meeta Keswani Mehra Chairperson Centre for International Trade and Development, (11-01-2018 to 10-01-2020) Email: meetakm@mail.jnu.ac.in , meetakm@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704343 / 26704389 |
 Prof. Pradip Kumar Datta Chairperson Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory (25-09-2017 to 14-03-2018 and 11-05-2018 to 24-09-2019) pradip.pk@gmail.com 011-26704397 |  Prof. Ashwani Kumar Mohapatra Chairperson Centre for West Asian Studies (10-12-2017 to 09-12-2019) Email : akmohapatra@mail.jnu.ac.in / aswinijnu@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704372 / 26704602 |  Prof. K.P. Vijayalakshmi Chairperson Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies (06-01-2017 to 05-01-2019) kpviji@mail.jnu.ac.in ; kpviji8@gmail.com 26704333, 26704396 |  Prof. Shankari Sundararaman Chairperson Centre for Indo- Pacific Studies (25-09-2017 to 24-09-2019) Email : shankari@mail.jnu.ac.in Phone: 011-26704335 |
 Prof. Sharad Kumar Soni Chairperson Centre for Inner Asian Studies (27-08-2017 to 26-08-2019) Email : sksoni@mail.jnu.ac.in ; sharadksoni@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704378 |  Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Chairperson Centre for East Asian Studies (01-02-2018 to 31-01-2020) Email : srikanth@mail.jnu.ac.in / srikondapalli@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704346 / 26704342 |  Prof. Ummu Salma Bava Chairperson Centre for European Studies (30-11-2017 to 29-11-2019) Email : salma@mail.jnu.ac.in, usbava@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704362 / 26704148 |  Prof. Sanjay K Bhardwaj Chairperson Centre for South Asian Studies (29-01-2018 to 28-01-2020) sbhardwaj@mail.jnu.ac.in drsbhardwaj@gmail.com 011-26704376 |
 Prof. Yeshi Choedon Chairperson Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament (28-10-2017 to 27-10-2019) Email : yeshi@jnu.ac.in , yeshichoedon@yahoo.com Phone: 011-26704349 / 26704368 |
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS) : Chairpersons
 Prof. A. Basheer Ahmed Chairperson Centre for Arabic & African Studies (01-04-2018 to 31-07-2019) Email : abahmad@mail.jnu.ac.in , vbahmad@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704253 / 26704666 |  Prof. Babu Thaliath Chairperson Centre for German Studies (01-05-2017 to 30-04-2019) bthaliath@mail.jnu.ac.in ; babu.thaliath9@gmail.com 26704204, 26704214 |  Prof. Dhir Sarangi Chairperson Centre for French and Francophone Studies (06-12-2017 to 14-03-2018 and 04-05-2018 to 05-12-2019) sarangi@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704239 |  Prof. Gobind Prasad Chairperson Centre for Indian Languages (19-01-2017 - 18-01-2019) gobindprasad@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704217, 26704277 |
 Prof. P.A. George Chairperson Centre for Japanese Studies (01-08-2017 to 31-07-2019) pageorge@mail.jnu.ac.in ; georgep_a_@hotmail.com 26704215, 26704649 |  Dr. Pauthang Haokip Chairperson Centre for Linguistics (19-07-2017 to 14-03-2018 and 14-05-2018 to 18-07-2019) pauthang@mail.jnu.ac.in , pauthanghaokip@yahoo.co.in 26704217 |  Prof. Priyadarsi Mukherji Chairperson Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies (01-09-2016 to 31-8-2018) pdm@mail.jnu.ac.in / pdm1962@rediffmail.com Phone: 011-26704240 / 26704278 |  Prof. Meeta Narain Chairperson Centre for Russian studies (13-12-2016 to 13-12-2018) mnarain@mail.jnu.ac.in ; meetanarain@hotmail.com 26704237, 26704273 |
 Prof. Rajiv Saxena Chairperson Centre for Spanish, Portuguese Italian & Latin American Studies (01-02-2017 to 31-01-2019) rsaxena@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704236, 26704228 |  Prof. Syed Ainul Hasan Chairperson Centre for Persian & Central Asian Studies (01-12-2016 to 30-11-2018) sahasan@mail.jnu.ac.in ; sahasan14@hotmail.com 26704242, 26704244 |  Prof. Vyjayanti Raghavan Chairperson Centre for Korean Studies (21-08-2017 to 20-08-2019) Email : vyjayanti@mail.jnu.ac.in , jayantiraghavan@yahoo.co.in Phone: 011-26708912 / 26704649 |  Prof. Udaya Kumar Chairperson Centre for English Studies (12-01-2017 to 14-03-2018 and 04-05-2018 to 11-01-2019) udayakumar@mail.jnu.ac.in , udayaxkumar@gmail.com 26704231, 26704662 |
School of Social Science (SSS) : Chairpersons
 Prof. Bindu Puri Chairperson Centre for Philosophy (27-02-2017 to 26-02-2019) Email : bindupuri@mail.jnu.ac.in ; drbindupuri11@yahoo.com Phone: 26704580 |  Dr. Lata Singh Chairperson Centre for Women's Studies (12-11-2016 to 11-11-2018) Email : latasingh@mail.jnu.ac.in / lata_singh@hotmail.com Phone: 011-26704166 |  Prof. Pradipta K. Chaudhury Acting Chairperson Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (14-03-2018 till further order) pradipta@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704421, 26704452 |  Prof. Heeraman Tiwari Chairperson Centre for Media Studies (23-06-2017 till further order) Email : htiwari@mail.jnu.ac.in ; heeraman98@gmail.com Phone: 26704482 |
 Prof. Nilika Mehrotra Chairperson Centre for the Study of Social System (03-10-2016 to 02-10-2018) Email : nilika@mail.jnu.ac.in Phone: 011-26704408 / 26704430 |  Prof. Sachidanand Sinha Chairperson Centre for the Study of Regional Development (01-08-2017 to 31-07-2019) sachisinha@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704466, 26704577 |  Prof. Sanghamitra Sheel Acharya Chairperson Centre of Social Medicine & Community Health, SSS (25-7-2018 to 24-7-2020) Email : sanghamitra@mail.jnu.ac.in , sanghmitra.acharya@gmail.com Phone: 011-26704420 / 26704615 |  Prof. Saumen Chattopadhyay Chairperson Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (05-01-2018 to 04-01-2020) Email : saumen@mail.jnu.ac.in / saumen@jnu.ac.in Phone: 011-26704416 / 26704417 |
 Prof. Shefali Jha Chairperson Centre for Political Studies (01-07-2017 to 30-06-2019) Email : shefali@mail.jnu.ac.in ; shefalimh@yahoo.com Phone: 26704413, 26704422 |  Prof. Yagati Chinna Rao Chairperson Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (01-11-2014 to 31-10-2016) ycrao@mail.jnu.ac.in cryagati@gmail.com 26704165 |  Prof. Santosh Kumar Mehrotra Chairperson Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies (28-09-2016 to 27-09-2018) Email:chair_cisls@mail.jnu.ac.in , santoshmeh@gmail.com Phone: 011-26738863 |  Dr. Saradindu Bhaduri Chairperson Centre for Studies in Science Policy (25-01-2017 - 24-01-2019) saradindu@mail.jnu.ac.in 26704105 |
 Prof. Sucheta Mahajan Chairperson Centre for Historical Studies (24-07-2017 to 14-03-2018 and 04-05-2018 to 23-07-2019) smahajan@mail.jnu.ac.in smahajanjnu@gmail.com 26704456, 26704479 |