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SSS Faculties

SSS Faculties

Number of Faculty: 163
Ajay Kumar Verma
Professor
Centre for Philosophy,
School of Social Sciences
Amit Kumar Sharma
Professor
Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
School of Social Sciences
Anupama Roy
Professor
Centre for Political Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Anuradha Banerjee
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Archana Prasad
Professor
Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Arvind Kumar Mishra
Professor
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Asha Sarangi
Professor
Centre for Political Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Atul Sood
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Bhagat Oinam
Professor
Centre for Philosophy,
School of Social Sciences
Bindu Puri
Professor
Centre for Philosophy,
School of Social Sciences
D.N. Das
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Deepak K. Mishra
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
Professor
Centre for Political Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Elumalai Kannan
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
G. Arunima
Professor
Centre for Women's Studies
School of Social Sciences
Heeraman Tiwari
Professor
Centre for Historical Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Himanshu Prasad Roy
Professor
Centre for Political Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Indrani Roy Chowdhury
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Joy L.K. Pachuau
Professor
Centre for Historical Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Kaushal Kumar Sharma
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Komol Singha
Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences
Krishnendra Meena
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar
Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences
Madan Mohan
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Madhav Govind
Professor
Centre for Studies in Science Policy,
School of Social Sciences
Manoj Kumar Jena
Professor
Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
School of Social Sciences
Manukonda Rabindranath
Professor
Centre for Media Studies
School of Social Sciences
Milap Chand Sharma
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Milap Punia
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Minaketan Behera
Professor
Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Minati Panda
Professor
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Najaf Haider
Professor
Centre for Historical Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Narender Kumar
Professor
Centre for Political Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Nataraju Adarasupally
Professor
Centre for Philosophy,
School of Social Sciences
Nilika Mehrotra
Professor
Centre for the Study of Social Systems,
School of Social Sciences
Padmini Pani
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences
Pardeep S. Chauhan
Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences
Parimala V Rao
Professor
Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Praveen Jha
Professor
Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences
Praveen Kumar Pathak
Professor
Centre for the Study of Regional Development,
School of Social Sciences

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.