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. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills.

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. 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. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. 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. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well.

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. 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.

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