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Jawaharlal Nehru University

Date: 26.03.2019

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Applications  are  invited  from  the  meritorious  and  interested  candidates for  the  position of  Research  Associate in Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)Funded IMPRESSProject titled  “Livelihood Pattern, Skill levels and Potential Income Generating Opportunities for Tribal Upliftment: A Study on PVTGs of Odisha” at theCentre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, School of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. The position is contractual in nature, for a period of tenmonths.

Name of the Post: Research Associate

Position:One

Tenure of the Assignment:  Ten Months

Consolidated monthly Salary: As per ICSSR norms Rs. 25,000/- per month(Consolidated).

Essential Qualification:Post graduate in any social science disciplinewith minimum 55%marks and NET/SLET/M.Phil/Ph.D.

Desirable Qualification:Working Experience on Tribes

Job Description: Collect Field data in tribal areas of Odisha as well as secondary data,Data compilationand coding,Involves Library and Archival Work, Data analysisusing some statistical package, Report writing

Interested candidates may apply for the position by sending their detailed Curriculum vitae through e-mail (with Subject Line “Research Associate”) to Dr.Minaketan Behera at minaketan@mail.jnu.ac.in by 9thApril 2019.Candidates will be short-listed initially based on qualification and work experience, and only the short-listed candidates will be called for interview. No TA or DA will be paid for the shortlisted candidates for attending the interview.

Dr. Minaketan Behera
Associate Professor of Economics
Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies (CIS&LS)
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

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.