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Sushil K Jha

Sushil K Jha

Sushil K Jha
Sushil K Jha
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Life Sciences
Room No
207
Off. Phone
011-26704190
Email
[email protected], [email protected]
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/sushilkjha
Personal files
CV
Qualifications

Ph.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Neuroscience

Experience

15 years 

Awards & Honours

Awards:

  • Prof. Baldev Singh Oration Award (Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, 2015)
  • Scopus Young Scientist Award (Elsevier, India, 2007)
  • Young Investigator Award (Sleep Research Society, USA, 2006)
  • Faculty Career Development Award (American Sleep Medicine Foundation, USA, 2005)
  • Trainee Merit-Based Travel Award (Sleep Research Society, USA, 2004)
  • B.K. Anand Research Award (Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, 2001)


Honors:

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Möglich, A, Kateriya, S and Jha SK. New Horizons in Cellular Optogenetics, Editorial, Front. Cell. Neurosci. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.875602, 2022.
  2. Tripathi S, Jha SK. REM Sleep Deprivation Alters Learning-Induced Cell Proliferation and Generation of Newborn Young Neurons in the Dentate Gyrus of the Dorsal Hippocampus, ACS Chem. Neurosci., 13, 2, 194–206, 2022.
  3. Mir FA, Jha SK. Proton Pump Inhibitor “Lansoprazole” Inhibits Locus Coeruleus’s Neuronal Activity and Increases Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, ACS Chem. Neurosci., 12, 22, 4265–4274, 2021.
  4. Mir FA, Jha SK. Locus Coeruleus Acid-Sensing Ion Channels Modulate Sleep–Wakefulness and State Transition from NREM to REM Sleep in the Rat. Neuroscience Bulletin 37 (5), 684-700, 2021.
  5. Chauhan A, Midha S, Kumar R, Meena R, Singh P, Jha SK, Kuanr BK. Rapid tumor inhibition via magnetic hyperthermia regulated by caspase 3 with time-dependent clearance of iron oxide nanoparticles. Biomaterials science 9 (8), 2972-2990, 2021.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • Qureshi MF and Jha SK. Proton Pump Inhibition Increases Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in the Rat. BioMed Res. Intl., 2014.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/162314
  • Kant D, Tripathi S, I Qureshi MF, Tripathi SII, Pandey S, Singh G., Kumar T, Mir FA, Jha SK. The effect of glial glutamine synthetase inhibition on recognition and temporal memories in the rat. Neurosci. Lett. 560: 98-102, 2014.
  • Madan V and Jha SK. A moderate increase of physiological CO2 in a critical range during stable NREM sleep episode: a potential gateway to REM sleep. Frontiers Neurology, 3(19): 1-6, 2012. 

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.