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Constitution

Constitution

 

S. No.

Composition

Full Name

Current Designation

Present Affiliation

1

Chairman

Dr. Krishnamurthy Natarajan

Professor

School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

2

Member Secretary

Dr. Mukesh Jain

Professor

School Computational and Integrative Sciences, JNU

3

DBT Nominee

Dr. Neeti Sanan-Mishra

Group Leader

ICGEB, New Delhi

4

Biosafety Officer

Dr. Govind Makaria

Professor

Dept of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, AIIMS, New Delhi

5

Outside Expert

Dr. Arnab Mukhopadhyay

Staff Scientist V

National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi

6

Outside Expert

Dr. Dhiraj Kumar

Group Leader

ICGEB, New Delhi

7

Outside Expert

Dr. Pradeep Chakraborti

Professor

Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard

8

Outside Expert

Dr. Girdhar Pandey

Professor

Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, South Campus

9

Internal Member

Dr. Suman Kumar Dhar

Professor

Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, JNU

10

Internal Member

Dr. Alok Kumar Mondal

Professor

School of Life Sciences, JNU

11

Internal Member

Dr. Ashis Kumar Nandi

Professor

School of Life Sciences, JNU

12

Internal Member

Dr. Krishan Kumar

Professor

School of Environmental Sciences, JNU

13

Internal Member

Dr. Suneel Kateriya

Professor & Director, R&D,

School of Biotechnology, JNU

 

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.