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JNU Faculty Club organises 75th Republic Day

JNU Faculty Club organises 75th Republic Day

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JNU Faculty Club organises 75th Republic Day
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JNU Faculty Club
 
is celebrating
 
our nation’s 75th Republic Day
 
on 26th January, 2024 
in JNU stadium from 10.00 am onwards
 
In view of this, Cricket match for faculty and painting/drawing/sports activities for children of JNU faculty members/ musical chair and many more activities are planned. The JNU faculty members along with their family members are cordially invited to attend and participate in the Republic Day celebrations.

We look forward to your active presence and active participation



Prof. Sudesh Yadav President, Faculty Club 9968077736
Dr. Ramovatar Meena (General Secretary) SES  81306304374
Prof. Manuradha Chaudhary (Vice President) SLLCS 8447732381
Dr.  Khurshid Imam (Vice President) 9810786638
Dr. Anuja (Joint Secretary) SSS anuja@mail.jnu.ac.in
Dr. Sandesha Rayapa (Joint Secretary) LEC 9811162299
Dr. Md Ajmal (Treasurer) SLLCS  9818483985
Email Id: facultyclub@jnu.ac.in

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.