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Centres Chairpersons

Centres Chairpersons

School Of International Studies (SIS) : Chairpersons

Prof. Ajay Kumar Dubey

Chairperson

Centre for African Studies

(05-01-2020 to 04-01-2022)

akdubey@mail.jnu.ac.in ; ajaydubey.jnu@gmail.com

011-26738718

Prof. Amita Batra

Chairperson

Centre for South Asian Studies

(29-01-2020 to 28-01-2022)

amitabatra@mail.jnu.ac.in , batraamita@gmail.com

011-26704376

Dr. Mollica Dastider

Chairperson

Centre for Comparative Politics & Political Theory

(25-09-2019 to 24-09-2021)

mollica@mail.jnu.ac.in , mollica.dastider@gmail.com

011-26704397

Prof. Archana Upadhyay

Chairperson

Centre for Russian & Central Asian Studies

(25-01-2021 to 24-01-2023)

archana_u@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704365, 26704399

Prof. Arvind Kumar

Chairperson

Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies

(06-01-2021 to 05-01-2023)

arvindk@mail.jnu.ac.in

26704333, 26704334

Prof. Aswini Kumar Mohapatra

Chairperson

Centre for West Asian Studies

(10-12-2017 to till further orders)

akmohapatra@mail.jnu.ac.in ; aswinijnu@gmail.com

011-26704372 / 26704602

Prof. Aswini Kumar Mohapatra

Chairperson

Centre for Indo Pacific Studies

(25-09-2019 to till further order)

akmohapatra@mail.jnu.ac.in ; aswinijnu@gmail.com

011- 26704329

Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva

Chairperson

Centre for European Studies

(30-11-2019 to 29-11-2021)

gulshanjnu@gmail.com, gulshan@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704363

Prof. Sharad Kumar Soni

Chairperson

Centre for Inner Asian Studies

(27-08-2019 to 26-08-2021)

sksoni@mail.jnu.ac.in ; sharadksoni@gmail.com

011-26704378

Prof. Swaran Singh

Chairperson

Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament

(01-11-2019 to 31-10-2021)

ssingh@mail.jnu.ac.in

011- 26704368

Prof. V. G. Hegde

Chairperson

Centre for International Legal Studies

(01-04-2019 to 31-03-2021)

vghegde@mail.jnu.ac.in, vghegde@gmail.com

26704361, 26704338

Prof. Srabani Roy Choudhury

Chairperson

Centre for East Asian Studies

(01-02-2020 to 31-01-2022)

srabani@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704346 / 26704342

Prof. Sushama Maddipati Murty

Chairperson

Centre for International Trade and Development,

(11-01-2020 to 10-01-2022)

sushama@mail.jnu.ac.in ; sushama.murty1@gmail.com

011-26704343 / 26704389

      

School Of Language, Literature And Culture Studies (SLL&CS) : Chairpersons

Prof. B.R Deepak

Chairperson

Centre for Chinese & South East Asian Studies

(01-09-2020 to 31-8-2022)

bdeepak@mail.jnu.ac.in

Phone: 011-26704282

Prof. Dhananjay Singh

Chairperson

Centre for English Studies

(25-01-2021 to 24-01-2023)

dhananjay@mail.jnu.ac.in

26704216

Prof. Arunim Bandyopadhyay

Chairperson

Centre for Russian Studies

(13-12-2020 to 12-12-2022)

arunim@mail.jnu.ac.in , arunbandyo@yahoo.co.in

011-26704288, 26704235

Prof. O.P. Singh

Chairperson

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies

(25-01-2021 to 24-01-2023)

opsingh@mail.jnu.ac.in, singhop.jnu@gmail.com

011-26704251,9899446861

  

Prof. P.A. George

Chairperson

Centre for Japanese Studies

(01-08-2019 to 31-07-2021)

pageorge@mail.jnu.ac.in ; georgep_a_@hotmail.com

26704215, 26704649

Dr. Pauthang Haokip

Chairperson

Centre for Linguistics

(30-07-2019 to 29-07-2021)

pauthang@mail.jnu.ac.in , pauthanghaokip@yahoo.co.in

26704217

Prof. Mazhar Asif

Chairperson

Centre for Persian & Central Asian Studies

(01-12-2020 to 30-11-2022)

mazharasif@mail.jnu.ac.in, mazharassam@gmail.com

26704242, 26704244

Prof. Mazhar Asif

Acting Chairperson

Centre for Spanish, Portuguese Italian & Latin American Studies

(01-02-2021 till further order)

mazharasif@mail.jnu.ac.in, mazharassam@gmail.com

26704236, 26704228

Prof. Ravikesh

Chairperson

Centre for Korean Studies

(21-08-2019 to 20-08-2021)

ravikesh@mail.jnu.ac.in , ravikesh@gmail.com

011-26738912, 26704645

Prof. Sadhana Naithani

Chairperson

Centre of German Studies,

(01-05-2019 - 30-04-2021)

sadhanan@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704204 / 26704856

Prof. Sushant Kumar Mishra

Professor

Centre for French and Francophone Studies

(06-12-2019 to 05-12-2021)

sushantkmishra@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704239

Prof. Rizwanur Rahman

Chairperson

Centre of Arabic and African Studies

(01-08-2019 to 31-07-2021)

rrahman@mail.jnu.ac.in ; rrahmanjnu@gmail.com

26704217

School Of Social Science (SSS) : Chairpersons

Dr. Lata Singh

Chairperson

Centre for Womens Studies

(01-08-2019 to 31-07-2021)

latasingh@mail.jnu.ac.in ; lata_singh@hotmail.com

011-26704166

Prof. Milap Punia

Chairperson

Centre for the Study of Regional Development

(01-08-2019 to 31-07-2021)

punia@mail.jnu.ac.in ; milap.jnu@gmail.com

011-26704196

Dr. Minaketan Behera

Chairperson

Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies

(07-09-2020 to 06-09-2022)

chair_cisls@mail.jnu.ac.in , minaketan@mail.jnu.ac.in

Phone: 011-26738863

Prof. Asha Sarangi

Chairperson

Centre for Political Studies

(01-07-2019 to 30-06-2021)

ashasarangi@mail.jnu.ac.in ; ashasarangi@gmail.com

Phone: 26704413, 26704614

Prof. Bhagat Oinam

Chairperson

Centre for Philosophy

(27-02-2021 to 26-02-2023)

bhagatoinam@mail.jnu.ac.in , bhagatoinam@rediffmail.com

Phone: 26704580

Prof. Heeraman Tiwari

Chairperson

Centre for Media Studies

(23-06-2017 till further order)

htiwari@mail.jnu.ac.in ; heeraman98@gmail.com

Phone: 26704482

Prof. Madhav Govind

Chairperson

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

(25-01-2021 to 24-01-2023)

m_govind@mail.jnu.ac.in ; m_govind120@rediffmail.com

Phone: 011-26704105

Prof. Rajib Dasgupta

Chairperson

Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health

(25-7-2020 to 24-7-2022)

rdasgupta@mail.jnu.ac.in , dasgupta.jnu@gmail.com

011-26704420 / 26704615

Prof. Saumen Chattopadhyay

Chairperson

Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies

(13-02-2021 to 12-02-2023)

saumen@mail.jnu.ac.in saumen@jnu.ac.in

011-26704416 / 26704417

Prof. Vivek Kumar

Chairperson

Centre for the Study of Social System

(06-10-2020 to 05-10-2022)

vivekkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704425

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. Shakti Kumar

Chairperson

Centre for Economic Studies and Planning

(29-07-2019 to 28-07-2021)

shaktikumar@mail.jnu.ac.in ; shaktinov30@yahoo.co.in

011-2670-4421

Prof. Umesh Ashok Kadam

Chairperson

Centre for Historical Studies

(16-08-2019 to 15-08-2021)

uakadam@mail.jnu.ac.in , umeshkadam1@gmail.com

26704456, 26704479

      

 

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.