Prof. Nabin Kumar Panda

Professor of Japanese Language and Literature 

Email : nkpanda[at]eas[dot]du[dot]ac[dot]in

Nabin Kumar Panda is the Head of the department. Prof. Panda is a graduate of the Department of East Asian Studies (the then Department of Chinese and Japanese Studies) at the University of Delhi.

After finishing the M.A (Political Science) and M. Phil (Japanese Studies), he joined  the department as a Research Associate in the 1986. He has a second M.A. (Japanese Language Education) and Ph. D in ‘Policy Studies’ from the Graduate Institute of Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.

He has extensively written about Japanese language education in different journals and has published textbooks on Japanese language education for schoolchildren in collaboration with the CBSE and Japan Foundation.

He has presented papers in different institutions across the world and also has experience working as a visiting Associate Professor at the Kanazawa National University, Japan.

Address :

Department of East Asian Studies,

Faculty of Social Sciences,

University of Delhi, Delhi-110007

Publications:

Books / Monographs/Articles

1. “Nijyu seiki shoto no Indoni okeru nihongo kyouiku - Sano Jinnosuke no bunken kara (Japanese Language education in early nineteenth century India - from the writings of Sano Jinnosuke)”, Kindai Nihon Kenkyu, Vol. 34, Keio University Publication House, February, 2018, 221-241 2.
2. “Ameni mo Makezu wo odiago ni honyaku suru sai menshita mondai ten (Problems encountered while translating „ Amenimo makezu in Odia langauge‟), in George, P (ed) (2017) Japanese Literature in Indian Translations - Issues and Challenges, Northern Book Centre, New Delhi, 187-193, ISBN: 81-7211-378-1
3. “Borsa ku no dori” (Translation of Miyazawa Kenji‟s Ameni mo Makezu in to Odia language) in George, P (ed) (2017) Japanese Literature in Indian Translations - Issues and Challenges, Northern Book Centre, New Delhi, 242-3, ISBN: 81-7211-378-1
4. “Genji ro Kahani - eko sonkhipto biboroni (Story of Genji - a comprehensive note)” (Translation of Jujo Genji into Odia Language), Journal of Heian Literature Research Overseas - Indian version, March 2017, 233-241, ISSN: 2188-8035
5. “Indo Odishashu Utkoru Daigaku Ni Okeru Nihongo Kyouiku No Kokoromi (An experiment of introducing Japanese Language in Utkal University in the state of Odisha)”, Kotoba to Moji, Vol. 5, July 2016: Pp. 36-45, ISBN:978-4-87424-695-5
6. Tagore and Japanese Language: from the writings of Sano Jinnosuke‟, Banerjee et al (ed), Tagore and Japan - dialogue, exchange and encounter, 2016, Synergy Books India, New Delhi: 18-27, ISBN: 9381493065 
7. “Japani Bhasa Siksha O Odisha (Japanese Language Education and Odisha)”, The Dharitri, June 23, 2016, Registration No. 21326/74
8. Japanese Language Pilot Project 2015-6 - A Report, Utkal University, Odisha, May 2016
9. Syllabus for Certificate Course in Japanese Language, Submitted to Utkal University, Odisha, 2015
10. Project Book, Orientation Program, 71, UGC and CPDHE, University of Delhi, Feb-Mar. 2014 11.Audio program under the University of Delhi Research Grant, 2013-14

Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)

1. Grant from the Research Committee, University of Delhi to carry out a video program of Japanese language involving Japanese language learners of the department
2. Grant from Japan Foundation to take three students to Japanese Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The field trip was conducted successfully. The findings were presented in the Monday seminar of the university and submitted to the University and to Japan Foundation in written form.
3. Was the Convener of ‘Golden Jubilee Celebration’ of the department and carried out various seminars, work shops and other activities stretching over six months in 2014. The celebra