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Directors

Directors

Prof. Kedar Singh

Director

Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility

(05-01-2024 to 04-01-2026)

kedar@mail.jnu.ac.in, kedarbhp@rediffmail.com, directorairf@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26738838 / 26704560 / 26704600

Mr. Sanjeev kumar

Director

Communication & Information Services

sanjeev@mail.jnu.ac.in, director_cis@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704116

Prof. Amitabh Mattoo

Director

Energy Studies Programme, SIS

(26-03-2024 to till further orders)

amattoo@mail.jnu.ac.in, amitabh.mattoo@gmail.com

011-26708948

Prof. Kaushal Kumar Sharma

Director

Group of Adult Education, SSS

(10.02.2022 to till further order)

kaushalkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704570 / 26704470

Prof. Brajesh Kumar Pandey

Director

Hindi Madhyam Karyanvayan Nideshalay

(w.e.f. 08-03-2021)

brajeshkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in, brajeshvka@gmail.com

Dr. Malkhan Singh

Assistant Director

Hindi Madhyam Karyanvayan Nideshalay

(w.e.f. 08-03-2021)

malkhansingh@mail.jnu.ac.in

Prof. Shantesh Kumar Singh

Director

Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS

(20-10-2023 to 19-10-2025)

directorhrsp@jnu.ac.in, shantesh@mail.jnu.ac.in, shantesh@jnu.ac.in,shanteshsbsc@gmail.com

011-26704375

Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy

Director

Internal Quality Assurance Cell

(06-03-2023 to till further orders)

kumaraswamy@mail.jnu.ac.in, kumaraswamy.pr@gmail.com, director_iqac@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704034

Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy

Director

International Collaboration

(23-11-2022 to 22-11-2024)

kumaraswamy@mail.jnu.ac.in, kumaraswamy.pr@gmail.com

011-26738845

Prof. Brajesh Kumar Pandey

Director

Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study

rector@mail.jnu.ac.in, brajeshkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26741132/31

Dr. Sangmesh

Deputy Director

Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study

(19-03-2024 to till further orders)

sangmesh@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26741132/31

Prof. Shoba Sivasankaran

Director

Legal Cell

(11-08-2023 to 10-08-2025)

sshobha@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704104

Dr. Abhijeet Dwivedi

Deputy Director

Legal Cell

(26-08-2021 to 25-08-2023)

abhijit@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704104

Dr. Reeta Sony A.L.

Deputy Director

Legal Cell

(13-06-2022 to 12-06-2024)

reetasony@mail.jnu.ac.in,  aalsony@gmail.com

011-26704104

Prof. Shweta Saran

Director

Research & Development

(07-10-2024 to till further orders)

ssaran@mail.jnu.ac.in, shweta_saran@hotmail.com

011-26704758

Prof. P K Joshi

Director

Swachha JNU

(w.e.f.13-09-2018)

pkjoshi@mail.jnu.ac.in, pkjoshi27@hotmail.com

011-26704323

Prof. Gopal Lal Meena

Deputy Director

Swachha JNU

(w.e.f.13-09-2018)

glmeena@mail.jnu.ac.in, gmeena28@yahoo.com

011-26743022

Prof. Ravi Shekhar

Director

UGC - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre

(19-10-2023 to 18-10-2025)

ravishekhar@mail.jnu.ac.in, ravishekharsbs@gmail.com, directormmttc@jnu.ac.in

011-26742532 / 26742566

Dr. Ravi Rameshchandra Shukla

Assistant Director

UGC - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre

(19-10-2023 to 18-10-2025)

ravirshukla@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26742532 / 26742566

Mr. Sanjeev kumar

Director

University Science Instrumentation Center

(17-04-2023 to till further orders)

sanjeev@mail.jnu.ac.in, director_cis@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704116

Prof. Vir Bahadur Singh

Director

JNU Placement Cell

(31-01-2023 to 30-01-2025)

vbsingh@mail.jnu.ac.in, placement@jnu.ac.in

Prof. Arun Sidram Kharat

Director

Security Department

(13-02-2024 to 12-02-2026)

askharat@mail.jnu.ac.in, arunkharat2007@gmail.com

Prof. Sharad Kumar Soni

Dy. Director

Security Department

(13-02-2024 to 12-02-2026)

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

Prof. Md. Qutbuddin

Dy. Director

Security Department

(13-02-2024 to 12-02-2026)

qutbuddin@mail.jnu.ac.in, basmaqutb@gmail.com

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.