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Why JNU

Why JNU

WHY @ JNU

Jawaharlal Nehru University, established in 1969, is a vibrant campus. The university have an area of about 1000 acres and currently 7300 students are residing in 17 hostels and studying under around 550 reputed faculties. JNU is a university which believes in creating new heights in every field of education and in nurturing social awareness in society. JNU have 10 different schools including 4 special centres to provide quality education and social awareness. School of Language Literature and Cultural studies (SLL&Cs) is responsible to provide education not only of language but also the cultural and social aspects of other society/country. School of International studies (SIS) is responsible for providing an overview on world politics and their influence on world society, this school is very much engaged in providing members in advisory committee of national and international organisations. JNU is well known for research in sciences also, and always encouraging students to improvise and research in different sectors so we have different schools for environment, physics and etc. School of Physical Sciences (SPS), School of Life Sciences (SLS), Special centre for Microbiology, School of Environmental Sciences (SES), School of computer and systems sciences, School of Biotechnology (SBT), Centre for Molecular Medicine and Nanoscience.

Goal

The goal of Training & Placement Cell is to provide employment opportunities for students. Objectives: why student should register in placement cell

1. The primary objective of placement cell of JNU is to provide campus placements in best organizations of their fields, and government institutions for our UG, PG, M. Phil and PhD students.

2. It aims at imparting right training in students to enable them for employment and provide opportunity to do internships in government and other organizations.

3. The goal of Training & Placement Cell is to provide employment opportunities and skill students to meet the technical difficulties.

Activities

. Registration of students for internships / placements

. The cell conducts Counselling sessions / Career guidance for the registered students

. Enable different organizations to present their pre-placement talks and conduct tests and interviews on the College Campus.

. Engage different organizations to conduct workshops for the students for interview.

. The Placement Cell also conducts Basic English classes to help the students to develop communication skill.

. Different institutions will also extend their support by training the students in various skills, helping the cell with resource persons and conducting courses for students.

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.