Centres Chairpersons

Prof._Jamal_M._Moosa

Chairperson

Centre_for_African_Studies

(05-01-2026_to_04-01-2028)

jmmoosa@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26738718

Prof._Priti_Singh

Chairperson

Centre_for_the_Study_of_the_Americas

(05-05-2024_to_till_further_orders)

pritisingh@mail.jnu.ac.in,_singhpriti@hotmail.com

011-26704333,_26704334

Prof._Amitabh_Mattoo

Chairperson

Centre_for_Comparative_Politics_&_Political_Theory

(05-01-2026_till_further_orders)

amattoo@mail.jnu.ac.in,_amitabh.mattoo@gmail.com

011-26704397

Prof._Jitendra_Uttam

Chairperson

Centre_for_East_Asian_Studies

(22-04-2025_to_21-04-2027)

juttam@mail.jnu.ac.in,_jnucampus@gmail.com

011-26704346,_26704342

Prof._Bhaswati_Sarkar

Chairperson

Centre_for_European_Studies

(28-12-2025_to_27-12-2027)

bsarkar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704363

Prof._Shankari_Sundararaman

Chairperson

Centre_for_Indo_Pacific_Studies

(20-09-2024_to_19-09-2026)

shankari@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-_26704329

Prof._Sharad_Kumar_Soni

Chairperson

Centre_for_Inner_Asian_Studies

(28-08-2025_to_27-08-2027)

sksoni@mail.jnu.ac.in,_sharadksoni@gmail.com

011-26704378

Prof._Amitabh_Mattoo

Chairperson

Centre_for_International_Legal_Studies

(01-08-2025_till_further_orders)

amattoo@mail.jnu.ac.in,_amitabh.mattoo@gmail.com

011-26704361,_26704338

Prof._Ranvijay

Chairperson

Centre_for_International_Politics,_Organisation_and_Disarmament

(01-09-2025_to_31-08-2027)

ranvijay@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-_26704368

Prof._Mandira_Sarma

Chairperson

Centre_for_the_Study_of_the_World_Economy

(04-07-2024_to_03-07-2026)

sarmam@mail.jnu.ac.in,_msarma.ms@gmail.com

011-26704343,_011-26738739

Prof._Preeti_D_Das

Chairperson

Centre_for_Russian_&_Central_Asian_Studies

(25-01-2025 to_24-01-2027)

preetidd@mail.jnu.ac.in,_ketyusha@gmail.com

011-26704365,_26704399

Prof._Kharat_Rajesh_Shrikrishna

Chairperson

Centre_for_South_Asian_Studies

(01-08-2025_to_31-07-2027)

kharat@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704376

Prof._Sameena_Hameed

Chairperson

Centre_for_West_Asian_Studies

(19-04-2024_to_18-04-2026)

sameena@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704372,_26704602

Prof._Amitabh_Mattoo

Chairperson

Chattarapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_Centre_for_Security_&_Strategic_Studies

(12-11-2024_to_11-11-2026)

amattoo@mail.jnu.ac.in,_amitabh.mattoo@gmail.com

011-26704328

Prof._Md._Qutbuddin

Chairperson

Centre_of_Arabic_and_African_Studies

(01-08-2025_to_31-07-2027)

qutbuddin@mail.jnu.ac.in,_basmaqutb@gmail.com

011-26704217

Dr._Rakesh_Kumar

Chairperson

Centre_for_Chinese_&_South_East_Asian_Studies

(25-03-2025_to_24-03-2027)

rakeshkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in,_rakesh3670@gmail.com

011-26704282

Dr._Raju_Parghi

Chairperson

Centre_for_English_Studies

(20-12-2025_to_19-12-2027)

rajuparghi@mail.jnu.ac.in,_rajuparghi@jnu.ac.in,_raju.parghi@gmail.com

011-26704216

Prof._Ajith_Kanna

Chairperson

Centre_for_French_and_Francophone_Studies

(16-10-2024_to_15-10-2026)

ajithkanna@mail.jnu.ac.in,_ajitsulo@yahoo.com

011-26704239

Prof._Sadhana_Naithani

Chairperson

Centre_of_German_Studies

(19-05-2025_to_18-05-2027)

sadhanan@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704204,_26704856

Prof._Bandana_Jha

Chairperson

Centre_of_Indian_Languages

(25-01-2025_to_24-01-2027)

jhabandana@mail.jnu.ac.in,_bandana_jnu@yahoo.co.in

011-26704210

Prof._Shoba_Sivasankaran

Chairperson

Centre_for_Japanese_Studies

(31-01-2024_to_till_further_orders)

sshobha@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704215,_26704649

Dr._Kaushal_Kumar

Chairperson

Centre_for_Korean_Studies

(26-03-2025_to_25-03-2027)

kkaushaljnu@mail.jnu.ac.in,_kkaushaljnu@jnu.ac.in

011-26738912,_26704645

Prof._Pauthang_Haokip

Chairperson

Centre_for_Linguistics

(07-09-2025_to_06-09-2027)

pauthang@mail.jnu.ac.in,_pauthanghaokip@yahoo.co.in

011-26704234

Prof._Akhlaque_Ahmad

Chairperson

Centre_for_Persian_&_Central_Asian_Studies

(01-12-2024_till_further_orders)

aahmad@mail.jnu.ac.in,_akhlaq.ahan@gmail.com

011-26704242,_26704244

Prof._Kiran_Singh_Verma

Chairperson

Centre_for_Russian_Studies

(13-12-2024_to_12-12-2026)

ksverma@mail.jnu.ac.in_,_kiransingh1@yandex.ru

011-26704288,_26704235

Prof._Rajiv_Saxena

Chairperson

Centre_for_Spanish,_Portuguese_Italian_&_Latin_American_Studies

(29-10-2025_to_28-10-2027)

rsaxena@mail.jnu.ac.in,_rsaxenajnu@gmail.com

011-26704236,_26704228

Prof._Rajendra_Prasad_Kundu

Chairperson

Centre_for_Economic_Studies_and_Planning

(23-04-2025_to_22-04-2027)

rpkundu@mail.jnu.ac.in,_rajendra.kundu@gmail.com

011-26704421

Prof._Heeraman_Tiwari

Chairperson

Centre_for_Historical_Studies

(16-08-2025_to_till_further_orders)

htiwari@mail.jnu.ac.in,_heeraman98@gmail.com

011-26704456,_26704479

Prof._Minaketan_Behera

Chairperson

Centre_for_Informal_Sector_&_Labour_Studies

(20-09-2024_to_till_further_orders)

chair_cisls@mail.jnu.ac.in,_minaketan@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26738863

Prof._Shuchi_Yadav

Chairperson

Centre_for_Media_Studies

(12-02-2024_to_11-02-2026)

shuchiyadav@mail.jnu.ac.in,_yadav.shuchi@gmail.com

011-26739187

Prof. Nataraju_Adarasupally

Chairperson

Centre_for_Philosophy

(27-02-2025_to_26-02-2027)

adinatraj@mail.jnu.ac.in,_adinatraj@gmail.com

011-26704580

Prof._Himanshu_Prasad_Roy

Chairperson

Centre_for_Political_Studies

(01-07-2025_to_30-06-2027)

himanshuroy@mail.jnu.ac.in,_himanshuroy1@yahoo.co.in

011-26704413,_26704140

Prof._Vivek_Kumar

Chairperson

Centre_for_Studies_in_Science_Policy

(10-06-2025_to_till_further_orders)

vivekkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704105

Prof._Vivek_Kumar

Chairperson

Centre_for_Womens_Studies

(10.06.2025_to_till_further_orders)

vivekkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704166

Prof._Vivek_Kumar

Chairperson

Centre_for_the_Study_of_Regional_Development

(10-06-2025_till_further_order)

vivekkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704196

Prof._Vivek_Kumar

Chairperson

Centre_for_the_Study_of_Social_Inclusion

(10-06-2025_to_till_further_orders)

vivekkumar@mail.jnu.ac.in

011-26704165

Prof._Manoj_Kumar_Jena

Chairperson

Centre_for_the_Study_of_Social_System

(02-08-2025_to_01-08-2027)

manojkjena@mail.jnu.ac.in,_manojkjenacsss@gmail.com

011-26704425

Prof._Rajib_Dasgupta

Chairperson

Centre_of_Social_Medicine_and_Community_Health

(01-11-2024_to_31-10-2026)

rdasgupta@mail.jnu.ac.in,_dasgupta.jnu@gmail.com

011-26704420,_26704615

Prof._Parimala_V_Rao

Chairperson

Zakir_Husain_Centre_for_Educational_Studies

(26-03-2024_to_25-03-2026)

parimalavrao@mail.jnu.ac.in,_parimalavrao@gmail.com

011-26704416,_26704417