ADMISSIONS ANNOUNCEMENT 2012-13 Master of Arts (Diplomacy, Law & Business) M.A. (DLB) M.A. (DLB) students of the 2011 batch with senior diplomats of India and the United States at the international conference on the Internet and a Changing World, organised by JSIA, United Nations, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly O.P. Jindal Global Univesity (JGU) and Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) O.P. Jindal Global is a multi-faculty non-profit university recognised by the Grants Commission (UGC) and established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009, at Sonipat, Haryana (NCR of Delhi). The mission of JGU is to promote global curriculum, programmes, research, collaborations and exchanges through its global faculty and world class infrastructure. Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), India s first global policy school, is situated on a 60-acre state-of-the-art residential JGU campus. In the academic year 2011-12, JSIA admitted 46 students from India and abroad in the two-year, full-time Master of Arts in Diplomacy, Law and Business programme, which has been designed as India s first inter-disciplinary social science degree that trains students for international careers and advanced learning in world affairs. JSIA has opened admissions to the M.A. (DLB) programme for the academic year 2012-13 (classes commence from August 2012).
Distinctive Features of JSIA Global curriculum and pedagogy Partnerships with the United Nations, Japan; Indiana, U.S.A.; William Paterson, U.S.A.; National Tsing Hua, Taiwan and other leading instiutions Multidisciplinary courses to train students in emerging areas of global policy studies Internationally qualified teaching and research faculty from top universities of the world International studies library with over 50,000 volumes and extensive electronic databases International student and faculty exchange programmes Fully wireless global campus with high-tech classrooms and modern halls of residence Core Courses M.A. (DLB) 301 M.A. (DLB) 302 M.A. (DLB) 303 M.A. (DLB) 304 M.A. (DLB) 305 M.A. (DLB) 306 M.A. (DLB) 307 Elective Courses Programme Modes The M.A. (DLB) is offered in two modes: Week and Weekend modes. Week Mode: It is an on-campus residential, full-time, five-day-a-week degree programme. Weekend Mode: It is a non-residential degree programme with classes held only on Saturdays and Sundays. Students in this mode come from foriegn diplomatic missions, print and electronic news media houses, corporations and non-govenmental organisations based in the National Capital Region of Delhi. Curriculum and Pedagogy The M.A. (DLB) degree requires completion of 12 courses (36 credits) over 4 semesters in 3 thematic areas of specialisation, viz. International Relations, International Business and International Law. One credit is calculated as equivalent to 1 hour of classroom instruction per week, per semester. All courses offered are worth 3 credits each, meaning that an M.A. (DLB) student can take a maximum of 4 full courses to earn 12 credits per semester. Out of total 12 courses, there will be 7 core courses spread over the first 2 semesters which are mandatory for all students. The remaining 5 elective courses can be chosen from a wide range of course offerings, depending on interests and career aspirations of students. These 5 courses involve combined faculty expertise from JSIA, the Jindal Global Business School (JGBS), Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) and the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP) and they can be taken over a duration of 4 semesters. Apart from course work, students have to fulfil a Masters Thesis Requirement (a substantial work of research that can be published in a journal); a Guided Internship Requirement (with an international organisation); and a Foreign Language Requirement (Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish or Arabic). Social Science Research Methods (1st Semester) 3 credits Interntional Relations: Theory and Praxis (1st Semester) 3 credits International Law and Organisations (1st Semester) 3 credits International Economics (1st Semester) 3 credtis International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (2nd Semester) 3 credits Global Buiness Strategies (2nd Semester) 3 credits Making of the Contemporary World: Global History since 1945 (2nd Semester) 3 credits M.A. (DLB) 308 M.A. (DLB) 309 M.A. (DLB) 310 M.A. (DLB) 311 M.A. (DLB) 312 M.A. (DLB) 313 M.A. (DLB) 314 M.A. (DLB) 315 M.A. (DLB) 316 M.A. (DLB) 317 M.A. (DLB) 318 M.A. (DLB) 319 M.A. (DLB) 320 M.A. (DLB) 321 M.A. (DLB) 322 M.A. (DLB) 323 M.A. (DLB) 324 M.A. (DLB) 325 Diplomacy and Statecraft of Great, Middle and Small Powers, 3 credits The Use of Force and its Limits in International Affairs, 3 credits Critical Security Studies, 3 credits International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 3 credits Europe and the World, 3 credits European Governance and Managment, 3 credits International Institutions and Global Governance, 3 credits Negotiating and Resolving International Conflicts, 3 credits Geopolitics and Geo-economics, 3 credits International Criminal Justice, 3 credits International Trade Law and Policy Seminar, 3 credits Emerging Economies and their Multinational Corporations, 3 credits Business and Society, 3 credits World Financial Markets, 3 credits Business in a Borderless World, 3 credits International Business Intelligence, 3 credits The International Development Sector, 3 credits Intercultural Communication and Dialogue, 3 credits
Student-Centred Learning Approach to Teaching Students will learn theories and develop analytical skills to construct informed generalisations. Students will be probed to go beyond immediate news-making events and encouraged to perform deeper thinking about the wellsprings of particular phenomena. Students will be familiarised with subtle power realities which drive political actors to violate or abide by human rights as well as domestic and international laws. Faculty members urge students to ask how and why political considerations trump legal and economic considerations, and train them to pose counter-factual what-if/why-not scenarios. Faculty members orient students to appreciate how international law, politics and the global economy have co-evolved over time. Classroom learning is supplemented by interactions with practitioners from foreign diplomatic missions, business associations and international lawyers based in or visiting Delhi. The imperative of carrying forward classroom-based debates and discussions into publications is a cornerstone of the M.A. (DLB). Research As India s first global policy school, JSIA s scholarly publications agenda is spearheaded by the following six faculty member-led and student-driven thematic research centres, which rigorously study challenges and offer solutions to contemporary world problems: Centre for Global Governance and Policy (CGGP) Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CDN) Centre for Emerging Economy Diplomacy (CEED) Centre for Study of Political Violence (CSPV) Centre for Africa, Latin America and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) Centre for European Studies (CES) Jindal Journal of International Affairs (JJIA) Jindal Journal of International Affairs (JJIA) is the main academic publication of JSIA. Its inaugural edition was published in October 2011 and has won critical acclaim. Careers for M.A. (DLB) Students a. Practitioner Track: Experienced practitioners who have profound knowledge and connections within intergovernmental and non-governmental sectors assists students in finding the right internships in the United Nations system, other intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental organisations, financial institutions, think tanks and diplomatic missions. The curriculum of the M.A. (DLB) includes a mandatory Guided Internship requirement that will go a long way into preparing outgoing graduates for careers in the multiple opportunities afforded by ever-expanding career streams like peace and conflict resolution, international justice, international economic development, humanitarian relief, human rights advocacy, political and economic risk analysis etc. Graduates of JSIA are versatile international affairs professionals. b. Research Track: M.A. (DLB) students who aim at academic careers are trained in social science theory and methods of the highest quality, so that they become eligible for admission with scholarship to Ph.D. programmes to top international universities. They will be identified early and mentored by faculty members who specialise in various thematic issues and geographical regions of the world. International Collaborations JSIA provides rare opportunties for students to be taught by world renowned professors from prestigious international institutions. JSIA was launched through a strategic partnership with the Tokyo-based United Nations (UNU) s Institute for Sustainability and Peace. JSIA s students can take credit courses through video lecture format from UNU s Masters degree in Sustainability, Development and Peace. JSIA has entered into a semester abroad student exchange programme with Indiana s School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), U.S.A. and the Department of Political Science, William Paterson U.S.A., wherein students can take credit courses at these institutions, which are ranked among the top American graduate schools in international affairs. JSIA has understandings with leading think-tanks such as The Brookings Institution, U.S.A.; Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) of the Dominican Republic; and Gateway House, India, to provide internship opportunities for M.A. (DLB) students. Taiwan Education Centre JSIA hosts India s first Taiwan Education Centre, which has been established by National Tsing Hua of Taiwan with the backing of the Ministry of Education, Government of Taiwan. The Centre is directed by a Taiwanese specialist in Mandarin Chinese language and imparts beginner s, intermediate and advanced-level Mandarin lessons to students from JGU and other institutions. The Centre is building a base of Chinese language specialists in India, whose relations with the Greater China region are increasingly crucial for world order.
Faculty JSIA has faculty members from some of the most reputed higher education insitutions of the world. The global orientation and expertise of our faculty members make the M.A. (DLB) programme one of its kind in the whole of Asia. Full-time JGU faculty teaching in the M.A. (DLB) programme Sreeram Sundar Chaulia B.A. Hons. (Delhi), B.A. (Oxford), M.Sc. (LSE), M.A. & Ph.D. (Syracuse) Professor and Vice Dean, JSIA; Executive Director of the Centre for Global Governance and Policy (CGGP), JSIA Michael J. Barnes B.Sc. (London School of Economics), MBA (Stanford Graduate School of Business); Doctor of Management (Case Western Reserve, Ohio) Professor Financial Management and Dean, Jindal Global Business School Executive Director, Centre for Applied Finance Nadra Osman Hashim B.A. (Georgetown ), M.A. (Univ. of Virginia), Ph.D. (Univ. of Virginia) Associate Professor and Assistant Dean (Academic Programmes); Executive Director of the Centre for Africa, Latin America and Caribbean Studies (CALACS), JSIA Young Chul Cho B.A. (Kyung Hee), M.A. (Essex), M.Sc. (Wales, Aberystwyth), Ph.D. (Manchester) Director of the Centre for Disarmament and Nonproliferation (CDN), JSIA Sunanda Sangwan Ph.D. (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus, The Netherlands) Professor, Marketing and Information Systems; Assistant Dean for Research; Executive Director Centre for Digital Media and Communication Pallavi Kishore B.Com. (Hons.), LL.B. (Delhi), LL.M., DEA., Ph.D. (Universite de Droit,d Economie et des Sciences d Aix-Marseille III, Aix-en- Provence, France) Director, Centre for International Trade and Economic Laws Rohee Dasgupta B.A. (Calcutta, India); M.A. (Keele Univ., UK); Ph.D. (Keele Univ., U.K.); PG Cert. (Keele Univ., U.K ) Assistant Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for European Studies (CES), JSIA Ruchira Goyal B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.), NALSAR, Hyderabad LL.M. (International Legal Studies) (NYU, USA) Director, Center for International Legal Studies Josuke Ikeda LL.B (Ritsumeikan, Japan); M.A. (Osaka, Japan); MSc.Econ. (Aberystwyth, UK); Ph.D. (Osaka, Japan) Director of the Centre for Study of Political Violence (CSPV), JSIA Jasbir Pal Singh Rakhra M.A. International Policy & Cert. in Nonproliferation Studies (Monterey Institute of International Studies, U.S.A.); M.A. Defence & Strategic Studies (Panjab, India); B.A. Defence & Strategic Studies (Pune, India) Research Associate, JSIA Mohsin Khan M.A. (International Relations, International Economics The Johns Hopkins Univ., Washington DC), M.A. (Global Political Economy, Univ. of Hull, U.K ), B.A. Economics Hons. (Delhi) Director of the Center for Emerging Economy Diplomacy (CEED), JSIA Pei-Chen Tung B.A. (National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Taiwan); M.A. (Manchester Univ., UK) Programme Administrator And Chinese Language Instructor, Taiwan Education Centre Distinguished Speakers His Excellency, President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Republic, delivering the Jindal Global Lecture Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Republic of Mozambique, Mrs. Maria Da Luz Guebuza, interacting with JSIA s students
Board of International Advisors JSIA has constituted a Board of eminent policymakers and academicians with exemplary record in international affairs to endorse and advice the School s admissions, faculty hiring, curriculum development, student career advancement, and international outreach efforts. The Board currently includes the following distinguished personalities: Harsh Bhasin Chair of the Department of Asian & Asian- American Studies, Stony Brook, and former Indian Ambassador to Botswana, South Africa and Denmark Robert O. Keohane Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton Horace Campbell Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse Mitchell Orenstein Richard Hirsch Associate Professor of European Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins Yasheng Huang Professor of International Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Stephan Richter Editor-in-Chief, The Globalist magazine, and President, The Globalist Research Centre Piers Ludlow Reader in International History, London School of Economics and Political Science Beth Simmons Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Ramesh Thakur Professor of International Relations, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National, and Adjunct Professor, Institute of Ethics, Law and Governance, Griffith C. Raja Mohan Strategic Affairs Editor, The Indian Express Vesselin Popovski Senior Academic Programme Officer, Institute for Sustainability and Peace, United Nations (UNU), Tokyo, Japan Yogesh Tyagi Dean and Professor of Law, Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian Anne-Marie Slaughter Bert G. Kerstetter 66 Univesity Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton Eligibility Applicants to the M.A. (DLB) at JSIA must have passed a Bachelor s degree (B.A., B.Sc., B.Com., B.E., B.Tech., B.B.A., LL.B., M.B.B.S., etc.) from any univesity in India or abroad that is duly recognised under law. Students who will be graduating by Summer of 2012 can apply. There are no prerequisite degrees in terms of disciplinary specialisation, i.e., it is not necessary that the Bachelor s degree of the applicant must be in Law, Business or International Relations/Political Science. M.A. (DLB) will be open to graduates from any stream of academia. There is no maximum age for applicants to the M.A. (DLB) programme. Fatima Mahdi Karan Senior News Anchor and Reporter CNN IBN, CNBC-TV18 Weekend Mode Student Batch of 2011 The M.A. (DLB) is a unique programme because of its carefully selected prospectus and the qualifications and enthusiasm of its faculty. As a news anchor and reporter with a top news channel, I appreciate the tools of analysis the programme provides; especially, when India grows further to be a key member of the global community. The programme provides a rare opportunity to leverage international experience while balancing a successful career in India. Joao Xerinda First Secretary (Political and Economic) High Commission of the Republic of Mozambique, New Delhi Weekend Mode Student Batch of 2011 JSIA is committed towards excellence in teaching and research. M.A. (DLB) is a unique programme with major components of diplomacy, law and business which prepare students to be specialists in international affairs. It proved highly beneficial to me being a diplomat, as it refined my professional skills and is a boon for my future career. Sonamika Bishnoi Week Mode Student Batch of 2011 My interest in pursuing M.A. (DLB) stems from a desire to follow a career in the international field. JSIA, with its international mix of faculty, has helped me enrich my knowledge of world affairs, and develop a broad understanding of the global political environment.
Admission Procedure All applicants need to fill the M.A. (DLB) admissions form and pay an application fee at JSIA s website. The entrance examination will be held on a rolling basis from January 2012 until July 2012. This exam will be an email-based long distance test which will cover the following aptitudes: General knowledge about the world. Analytical and problem-solving skills on pressing international issues. Results for the M.A. (DLB) entrance will be declared within two days after the end of the exam. Halls of Residence Fees Week Mode Weekend Mode Programme fee: Rs. 3 lakhs per annum; Fee for Food, Accommodation and Laundry: Rs. 1.25 lakhs per annum Total: Rs. 4.25 lakhs per annum Rs. 3 lakhs in the first year and Rs. 1 lakh in the second year Dining Hall Scholarships O.P. Jindal Outstanding Merit Scholarships The top five entrance exam test scorers who enroll in the M.A. (DLB) programme will be awarded the O.P. Jindal Outstanding Merit Scholarship of variable amount. This will be based solely on performance in the entrance test. Shallu Jindal Outstanding Women Scholarships The aim of the scholarship, which is of variable amount, is to nurture, encourage and support outstanding women to enter the field of international studies. Floodlit Tennis Courts Savitri Jindal Merit-cum-Means Fellowships To facilitate the accessiblity of meritorious students, who may not otherwise be able to afford such education due to their economic standing and inadequate financial support, JSIA offers these fellowships. Naveen Jindal Young Global Scholarships The aim of the scholarship, which is of variable amount, is to nurture, encourage and support young global leaders. It will be awarded on the basis of an independent selection process, which includes an assessment of the candidates grades in her/his Bachelors degree, extra-curricular achievements etc. Educational Loans JGU has established tie-ups with HDFC Bank and Credila to facilitate educational loans to students who are admitted to the M.A. (DLB) programme. Laundry Facility Global Library Important Dates Friday, July 27 th, 2012: Last date for submission of M.A. (DLB) admission application Sunday, July 29 th, 2012: M.A. (DLB) entrance examination Monday, July 30 th, 2012: Declaration of M.A. (DLB) entrance examination results and admission offers Wednesday, August 1 st, 2012: Commencement of M.A. (DLB) classes for Week mode batch Saturday, August 4 th, 2012: Commencement of M.A. (DLB) classes for Weekend mode batch For more information on admissions, please contact: Admissions Office O.P. Jindal Global Sonipat Narela Road, Near Jagdishpur Village, Sonipat, Haryana-131001 National Capital Region of Delhi, India Tel: (91-130) 3057911; (91-130) 3057800; (91) 8930110706 Fax: (91-130) 3057888/808 www.jsia.edu.in and www.jgu.edu.in, E-mail: admissions.jsia@gmail.com; jsia.admissions@jgu.edu.in