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Special centre for the study of North East India (SCSNEI)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067

Advertisement for Research Associate (RA & Part time Project Support Staff)

No. of positions: 1 (R.A), 1 (Part time Project Support Staff)

Applications are invited for one positions of Research Associate(@25000/- p.m) and one part time Project Support Staff(@5000/-p.m) in an Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS) project funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). The title of the research project is: “Mysticism and spirituality in the ethnic religions of North East India”.

The selected candidates will be appointed on purely temporary basis initially for a period of 20 months or till his/her services are required by the Project Director.

Essential qualification for R.A: Post graduate in any social science discipline with minimum 55% marks and Ph.D.

Essential qualification for support staff: graduate in any social science discipline or above and have more than 5 years of work experience.

How to apply: Interested candidates may apply for the position by sending their detailed Curriculum Vitae through email (bhagatoinam@mail.jnu.ac.in or scsnei@jnu.ac.in). The mail must include name, date of birth, contact address, essential/technical/professional qualifications, details of research experience in their CV. The applications should reach on or before September 07, 2019, (5 p.m) mentioning the name of the project and post applied for on the subject of the email. Interview will be held on September 10, 2019.

Note:-

  1. Candidates will be shortlisted based on qualification and suitability for the project. Only the short-listed candidates will be called for the interview.
  2. No TA/DA will be paid for appearing in the interview.
  3.  Interview can be held in Skype.

Prof. Bhagat Oinam (Project Director)
Professor & Chairperson
SCSNEI, 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.