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TRCFS and CSSP organises a talk by Ms Carolina Mye Saito

TRCFS and CSSP organises a talk by Ms Carolina Mye Saito

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TRCFS and CSSP organises a talk by Ms Carolina Mye Saito
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A Special Talk
 
on
 
Science Diplomacy in the Global South: A Brazilian Perspective
 
by
Ms Carolina Mye Saito
[Head of the Science, Technology, Innovation, Energy and Environment Section, Embassy of Brazil, New Delhi, India]
 
 
Date: 30th September 2022
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Venue: Committee Room, School of Social Sciences-1, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
 
 
(Jointly organised by Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Frugality Studies (TRCFS) and Centre for Studies in Science Policy (CSSP), JNU)
 
 

Bio-Note: Ms Carolina Mye Saito holds a degree in Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco. In University she also participated in language programmes in France and Canada and attended Law School at the University of Sevilla, Spain. She joined the diplomatic service in 2018 and worked at the Space, Sea and Antarctic Division and the Division of Europe. At the Division of Europe, Carolina was deputy head, and worked closely with countries like Spain and Portugal and also with international bodies as the European Union and the Ibero-American General Secretariat, having joined negotiations of the Mercosur-EU agreement. In India since 2021, Carolina has been working as the head of the Science, Technology, Innovation, Energy and Environment Section, supporting events, ministerial visits and promoting cooperation between India and Brazil.

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.