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Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant/Associate (2)

Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant/Associate (2)

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Jawaharlal Nehru University is looking for highly motivated, hard-working competent research professional for an ICSSR sponsored research project “Urban Future: An Assessment of Performance of the Selected Smart Cities in India”
Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant/Associate (2) to be filled on purely contractual basis with consolidated salary of Rs. 20,000/ (If NET qualified, otherwise Rs. 15000/) per month for the period of six months (extendable upto 1 year if candidate found satisfactory in his/her performance). If the performance is unsatisfactory, the tenure of the appointed candidate can be terminated at any time without showing reasons by the project director.


Essential Qualifications: Post Graduation in Geography, Remote Sensing, Urban Planning/studies with M.A./M.Sc./NET/M.Phil/Ph.D.) 


Desirable Qualifications: 


1. Sound knowledge in research related to Urban Studies/Planning
2. Knowledge of remote sensing and data analysis and GIS
3. Good command in English language (communication and report writing)

Interested candidates may apply to the project director with their complete CV as an attachment to projecticssr.csrd@gmail.com on or before 4th March, 2019. The shortlisted candidates will be called to appear for a Personal interview at JNU, Delhi (no TA/DA will be paid for appearing the interview). Selected candidate is required to join immediately.

 

Principal Investigator
Prof. Dipendra Nath Das
CSRD/SSS, JNU

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.