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IHA organises an online debate competition on "Is a U.S. University Degree Worth It?"

IHA organises an online debate competition on "Is a U.S. University Degree Worth It?"

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Office of the Dean of Students
Inter-Hall Administration
University Cultural Activities Committees

 

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The registered students of the university are encouraged to participate in an online debate competition as detailed out below.

The American debate over whether a college education is worth the cost began when the colonists arrived from Europe and founded “New College” (later renamed Harvard University) in 1636. For the more than 20 million college students in the U.S., the debate continues today.

The  iHub @ ACND brings to you an online debate competition

Topic: Is a U.S. University Degree Worth It?

The program will be organized in two phases:

Participants have to prepare write up to 150 words only.

Launch date :   September 25, 2020

Article Submission: Participants can upload the write-up via google form or submit to ihub2@state.gov

Last date for registration and submission of article/ write-up: October 5, 2020

For Phase - II: The Review Panel reviews the articles to shortlist and select the participants for the Online debate competition to be organized on October 15, 2020.

8 participants are selected in total, 4 for the motion and 4 against the motion.

Online Debate Competition       :      October 15, 2020

Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/y63bqvfc 

Special prizes for the first 10 early bird registrations!
For the details check out this link: https://www.facebook.com/americancenternewdelhi/

Contact: Ahmad, Istayaque, US embassy, New Delhi M: 8130830353

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.