phd sociology from iit

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Indian institute of technology madras.

Announcements

List of Candidates Provisionally Selected for Admission to PhD Programme

International Conference on Memory, Security, and Sustainability (16-18 September)

2 Years M.A. Programme

2 year M.A. Programmes across the three streams of

• Development Studies
• English Studies

For more details Click here Queries relating to 2 year M.A. programme Click here

About the Department

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) is one of the oldest departments at IIT Madras. Offering both Master’s and Doctoral programmes, as well as electives for B.Tech and M.Tech students, the department boasts a well-balanced student-teacher ratio and comprises faculty from a wide range of related fields.

Message from the Office of the Head

Welcome to the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences! This Department is one of the constitutive units of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras at Chennai. We are proud of our inter and intra disciplinary diversity. As an academic unit, we come from a diverse range of disciplinary training. We work on wide range of courses in our teaching. We supervise scholars and engage with colleagues from equally wide or wider range of disciplines. We work and focus on scientific temper in our work. We feel enriched to have a group of young and motivated students who believe that their understanding must help them build their capacity. We work on building scholastic achievements, developing cognitive flexibility, and practicing social tolerance.

The Department offers 2-year M.A. programs in Development Studies, Economics, and English Studies besides a robust PhD program and a huge basket of elective courses drawn from various domains of humanities and social sciences. Our elective courses are open to students from all Department of the Institute. These courses are open to our MA students as well. Our students have options to credit open electives courses from other Departments too.

Prof. Rajesh Kumar

60th Convocation 2023

Our centers, centre for indian knowledge systems, center for technology and policy, centre for memory studies, iitm-kenyon writing workshop.

Srimathi Marti Annapurna Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching’ 2024

Dr Joe Thomas Karackattu, Associate Professor, has been awarded the ‘Srimathi Marti Annapurna Gurunath Award for Excellence in Teaching’ 2024 (in the pic: Dr. V. Sumantran, Chairman of the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (IndiGo Airlines) and Prof V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras).

Our Alumnus Siddharth Sareen winning 2024’s Nils Klim Prize

Siddharth Sareen is Professor of Energy and Environment in the Department of Media and Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger in Norway.He also holds a position as Professor II within the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen.

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Room No.: HSB 333 Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. PIN Code: 600036

Tel-Phone::+91 44 2257 4500 Email: hsoffice[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

• Search Result
• Welcome Message from HOD
• Former Faculty
• Ph.D Students
• Current International Students
• Former PhD Students
• Current Post Docs
• Former Post Docs
• Office Staff
• Distinguished Alumni
• Psychology Laboratory
• Fine Arts Laboratory
• HSS Research Laboratory
• Language Laboratory
• Research Areas
• Projects list
• Seminar and Research Committee Manual
• Latest News
• Panelist - Identity of Women
• Fellow of IAMMS
• Distinguished Alumnus Award
• Acceptance Speech for the EMMI Award 2015
• Dr. G. Neelakantan's Visit to University College, Dublin, Ireland
• Distinguished Teacher Award 2013
• Academic Articles/Journal Papers
• Popular Writing
• Conference Presentations/Webinars/Talks
• Art Exhibitions/Book Illustration
• RKL Memorial Lecture
• News Archive
• Announcements Archive
• Images from Exhibition of Dr. Ritwij Bhowmik
• List of selected candidates for December 2016 PhD selection round
• Research Scholars' Day
• Research Scholars' Day 2020
• Prabha and Ramadhar Singh Distinguished Lecture in Psychology
• Ramadhar Singh Honoured with Purdue University
• COVID-19 Related
• Disciplines
• Memorial/ Distinguished Lectures
• Seminar Archives
• Conference Archives
• HSS Research Scholar Conference 2024 (Anviksha)

Humanities & Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Admission to PhD Programmes in HSS

Eligibility criteria for PhD Admissions in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Applications to the PhD programme in HSS are screened on the basis of a written exam and, if shortlisted based on your performance in the exam, an interview.

The following are the eligibility criteria for appearing in the entrance exam. If you meet these criteria, you will be invited to appear for the exam in the discipline to which you have applied.

• A master’s degree in any subject
• Minimum 55% marks or a minimum CPI of 6 on a 10-point scale in the master’s degree
• JRF/NET certification in the discipline to which you are applying. The NET certificate should be less than five years old at the time of application.
• A valid GATE (Humanities and Social Sciences) score in the discipline to which you are applying
• You do not require NET or GATE certification if you have a master’s degree from the IITs in any subject with a CPI of at least 8.
• Those applying under the SC/ST and OBC-NCL categories require only passing marks in their master’s degrees. In addition, they must have NET certification (less than five years old at the time of applying) or a valid GATE (X/H) score in the discipline to which they are applying.

You can find the link to the online application portal here: http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/pgadmission.htm

+91-361-258-2600 /2594

• [email protected]

Welcome to our Department

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Guwahati is a centre for research and teaching composed of academics from eleven different disciplines: Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Geography, Development Studies. With its varied range of research interests and expertise, the department promotes interdisciplinary work in humanities and social sciences, offering projects, supervision and fellowships aimed to attract students and researchers from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. Apart from its undergraduate B.Tech taught courses which include uniquely designed content offered by members of faculty, the department offers highly interdisciplinary areas of expertise and investigation in its MA and PhD programmes.

Notifications

Document verification for the phd entrance exam will start from 08:30 am to 09:50 am on 30/05/2024 at core 5(5g1, 5g2, 5001, 5002), academic complex.   new, call letter for written test and interview for admission in to phd programme of the department of humanities and social sciences for the session july 2024   new, admission to ma and ph.d. programmes for july 2024 session   new, news & events.

• No Current News & Events Available!

Undergraduate

In the Btech program the Department of HSS offers compulsory elective courses for 24 credits. Electives are offered in 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th semesters only. Each individual course is of 6 credits.

MA in Development Studies

The MA in Development Studies programme offers dynamic multidisciplinary training...

The PhD programme of the department is an area of vibrant research pursuit.

Post Doctoral

The Deptartment supports advanced scholars with the Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) programme...

MA in Liberal Arts

The programme offers a unique combination of training in theoretical analysis and abstract thinking with the practical application of these skills through rigorous coursework and mentored projects.

Our Streams

Archaeology

Development studies, linguistics, political science, publications.

Vasundhara Jairath " Special Issue on Dispossession and Resistance in India and Mexico: Introduction", Journal of Developing Societies , [2024]

Jnana Ranjan Prusty and Sambit Mallick " Powerloom in textile industry: A study of Siminoi powerloom cluster of Dhenkanal District in Odisha", Journal of Asian and African Studies , [2024]

Deka, Chayasmita; Mrinal Kanti Dutta; Masoud Yazdanpanah and Nadejda Komendantova " When ‘Fear Factors’ Motivate People to Adopt Electric Vehicles in India: An Empirical Investigation of the Protection Motivation Theory (In Press)", Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, Elsevier , [2024]

Sukanya Sharma " CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGERS: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE", Legal News and Views , [2024]

Deepen Naorem, Sanasam Ranbir Singh, Priyankoo Sarmah " Improving linear orthogonal mapping based cross-lingual representation using ridge regression and graph centrality", Computer Speech & Language , [2024]

Sarthak Kumar Das and Sambit Mallick " Repossession through community participation: A study of Vrihi community seed bank in Odisha", Social Change , [2024]

Sumit Vij, Jeroen Warner, PhD; Anusha Mehta; Anamika Barua " Status quo in transboundary waters: unpacking non-decision making and non-action", Global Environmental Change , [2024]

Priyankoo Sarmah, Caroline R Wiltshire " Acoustic properties of the monophthongs of Assamese Indian English speakers", World Englishes , [2024]

Debapriya Basu " “Here doth Shee Mourne:” Epitaphic Compulsion in Isabella Whitney’s Lament upon William Gruffith’s Death", Women's Writing , [2024]

Hemanta Baruah, Sanasam Ranbir Singh, Priyankoo Sarmah " Transliteration Characteristics in Romanized Assamese Language Social Media Text and Machine Transliteration", ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing , [2024]

Prabhu Venkataraman, Upamita Mukherjee " Re-evaluating the Alignment of Omnivorous Choice and Animal Farming with Sustainable Development: Insights from Care Ethics", Problems of Sustainable Development , [2024]

Rohit, Sukanya Sharma " Identifying anthropogenic and palaeoenvironmental markers of Holocene prehistoric assemblages of Northeast India: A case study of Khasi Hills (Meghalaya)", Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports , [2024]

Award & Achievements

Congratulation to Rituparna Patgiri for " Zubaan-Sasakawa Peace Foundation Grants for Young Researchers from the Northeast for 2020-2021." awarded by .

Congratulation to Rituparna Patgiri for "Krishna Raj Fellowship (KRF) by the Centre for Development Economics (CDE), Delhi School of Economics (DSE) in June 2013 for a research project entitled Negotiating Traditions: Maiyyas of Vrindavana." awarded by .

Congratulation to Visakh Madhusoodanan Subha for "Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex" awarded by University of Sussex.

Congratulation to Visakh Madhusoodanan Subha for "Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex (March 2020- October 2022)" awarded by University of Sussex.

Congratulation to Visakh Madhusoodanan Subha for "Fulbright- Nehru Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley (August 2016- May 2017) " awarded by US Department of State.

Quick Links

• All Undergraduate Courses (HSS)
• BTech Renumbering
• BTech Timetable, Jan-May 2024
• MA DS Timetable, Jan-May 2024
• MA LA Timetable, Jan-May 2024
• New Room Reservation
• Room Reservation

Academic Complex Block F Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati, Assam, 781039 India

Important Links

• BROCHURE 2022-23 - IITG DS
• IITG Admission
• IITG Webmail
• MA Placement Brochure 2019-21
• Student Login

© Copyright 2020 Department of HSS, IIT Guwahati. All Rights Reserved. Developed By Techmantra

PhD Program in Humanities and Social Sciences at IITs

• April 5, 2022
• PhD Program

  The Department of Humanities & Social Sciences at various IITs offers a Ph.D. program in different academic disciplines such as English, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology, Fine Arts, Linguistics, Policy, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Geography, Development Studies, etc. The Department’s curricula aligned with its academic vision aim to cultivate critical and innovative thinking and impart training required to carry out the highest level of multi-disciplinary research. To fulfill its teaching and research goals, the Department has competent faculty members in diverse areas who keep pace with the current developments in their fields of specialization.

Apart from the facilities made available to all students at the Institute level, at the department level, the students have access to the resources available in the Department’s Library, Computer Labs, etc. The departments also house teaching laboratories such as Language laboratory, Behavioural and Cognitive Science laboratory, Econometrics laboratory, Psychology laboratory, and more. These laboratories help students improve their language and communication skills, train students in subjects like psychology and other allied behavioral sciences, etc. A good library is always the nucleus of a vibrant research ethos. These Departments have their own library with an outstanding collection of books and journals that help strengthen the research of students and faculty members.

Research Areas in Humanities & Social Sciences at IITs

Research in Humanities & Social Sciences at IITs covers all the areas of English, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Fine Arts, etc. The core areas of research are:

Cognitive Linguistics, Pragmatics, American Literature, Critical and Literary Theory, Postcolonial Theory and Literature, Indian literature and literary theory, Translation Studies, Literary Censorship, Postmodern Theory and Literature, The Anthropocene Literature, Climate Fiction, and Cli-Fi Films, Cyberpunk and Biopunk, Critical Theory, Cybercriticism, Ecocriticism, Language Documentation And Description, Linguistic Typology, Historical Linguistics, Postcolonial Literature, Indian Writings in English, Life Writings, English Language Teaching, Applied Cognitive Linguistics, Curriculum, and Syllabus Design, Linguistics, Language Variation, History of Film Theory, Aesthetic Politics, World Cinema, Critical Theory

Visual and Media Arts, Design, Visual Culture, Frugal Innovation, Visual thinking, Art history, Graphic Art, Painting, Studio Art practices, Art History, Art Appreciation, Visual Culture, Cinema Studies, New-Media & Mixed-Media Art, Calligraphy, Oil Painting, Sculpture

  Philosophy

Logic, Formal Epistemology, General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Aesthetics, Philosophy and Literature, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Hermeneutics, Gandhi Studies, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Evolutionary Epistemology, Philosophy of Science (Biology), Cognition, Creativity

Health Psychology, Social Representations, Illness Narratives, Social Cognition, Organizational Cognition, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Affective Processes, Psychological Assessment, Trauma Psychology, Applied Social Psychology, Disaster Mental Health, Qualitative Methodology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science, Embodied Cognition, Action, Agency, and Self

Social Demography, Rural Development, Social Statistics, Sociology of Science and Technology, Sociology of Development, Social Movements, Human Rights, Social Movements, Law and Governance, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Law, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Work, New Media Studies (identification, everyday use), Social Geography, Sociology of Money, Environmental Sociology, Social Network Analysis

The Department of Humanities & Social Sciences at the Indian Institutes of Technology in Delhi , Bombay , Madras , Kanpur , Kharagpur , Roorkee , and Guwahati provides an outstanding research environment complemented by excellence in teaching. All other IITs also offer excellent research programs in Humanities & Social Sciences.

Related Articles

Everything You Need To Know About Doctoral fellowship in India for ASEAN

• December 14, 2020
• Study in India

Thousands of students every year aspire to do their doctoral programme from the best universities around the world. Research shows 16% of students from ASEAN countries go outside their home country for their PhD research studies.  To inspire students from ASEAN countries and to enable access to the best university education and research, the Government […]

Why Choose India to Pursue Your PhD Programme

• December 7, 2020

A country with a rich history, religious diversity, and hundreds of languages, India is a perfect destination for international students to pursue a PhD programme.  India is also the birthplace of an ancient system of education. The education system in India empowers every student to achieve academic excellence and become knowledgeable in their chosen fields […]

• Research Articles
• Student Life

Recent posts

• Research opportunities in Textile Engineering at IITs June 6, 2022
• Energy Science and Engineering Research at IITs April 27, 2022
• PhD Program in Humanities and Social Sciences at IITs April 5, 2022
• Doctoral Research Program in Management at IITs April 5, 2022
• Research Opportunities in Basic Sciences at IITs March 16, 2022

Apply for a PhD at IITs

Apply for a PhD at IITs — the best technology institutions of India

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Sign up to get the latest news about the ASEAN PhD Fellowship Programme and PhD In India.

Announcement

"The Results for the fourth round of DIA are out."

• Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India

Description 1

Description 2

Description 3

Description 4

Humanities and Social Sciences

Integrating human values and social concerns with technical education

Prof. S. P. Singh

Welcome to the department! The department is involved in several teaching and research activities all round the year. We encourage motivated students and faculty members to join our department.

Events & Announcements

• Selected Ph.D. Candidates for 2024-25 Autumn Session
• REVISED Shortlisted Ph.D. Candidates for Interview (2024-25 Autumn)
• Call for Book Chapters: Transformations and the Politics of Environmental Change in India
• Workshop: Social Determinants of Lifestyle Related Chronic and Non-Communicable Diseases Among Adult Women in India (10 Jan, 2024)
• Accommodation during PhD Interviews
• PhD Interviews (2023-24 Spring Session) -- Schedule & Candidates
• Digitalisation and Inclusive Banking: Vision for the Next 25 Years (Aug 3-4, 2023)
• Advertisement: Project Associate (Economics)
• National Seminar on Revamping Indian Tradition and Culture Through NEP 2020 (Aug 18-19, 2023)
• National Conference on Tribal Development in India: Prospect and Retrospect (Feb 03-04)
• End Semester Exam Schedule for 2021-22 Autumn Session (UG Yr-I)
• Department Lecture Series (Jan 31, 2022 - 3pm) Speaker: Padma Shree Prof. Michel Danino (IIT Gandhinagar), Topic: The Harappan civilization and the problem of sustainability
• Congratulations to Mr. Vaibhav Mohare (M.Sc. Economics, 2017-19) for being selected for Indian Economic Service.
• 62nd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics (Apr 11-13, 2022)
• Timetable for 2021-22 Spring Session
• Capacity Building Programme on Quantitative and Qualitative Methods for Research in Social Sciences (Postponed due to COVID)
• Celebrating Unheard Voices of Charismatic Women in Indian Writing in English (Dec 3-4, 2021)
• Workshop on Econometric Methods for Economic and Business Research
• Prospectus of newly launched BS-MS (Economics) Programme
• Approved Program Structure of BS-MS (Economics) Programme
• Ph.D Admission for 2021-22 Spring Session - Guidelines

Disciplines

The department is broadly organized into following discipline areas, and encourages inter-disciplinary studies.

Agriculture, Banking & Finance, Development, Ecology, Health, Labor, Migration, Productivity, ...

Culture & Gender, Indian writing in English, Linguistics, Literature (British, Folk, Postcolonial, South Asian), Translation Studies, ...

Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior-Quality of Work, Social Psychology, Visual Attention & Memory, ...

Agrarian Studies, Gerontology, Political Ecology, Political Sociology, Sociology of Health & Work, Sociology of Tribes, ...

Faculty Members

Research Scholars

Courses (UG, PG, Pre-Ph.D)

Students' Satisfaction

A vibrant community

Situated in a green campus, the department encourages various activities for students' all-round development.

Explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and we will give you a complete account of the system.

Documents & Opportunities

Admissions Necessary forms, during admissions and other general purposes, will either be sent by email or be made available on the department/institute homepage (check for updates). Forms for any specific purposes can be collected from the department office .

M.Sc. Economics Semester 3 Seminar Paper Form , Guide Master Project Form , Guide

Internships IIT Roorkee offers SPARK fellowships ↗ for summer internships to students from IIT Roorkee and other universities and institutes.

Scholarships The website of the Senate Committee for Scholarships and Prizes ↗ contains information on awards, scholarships, and fee waivers by IIT Roorkee.

• हिन्दी │ Eng

Doctoral Programme

The Ph.D. Programme in the Department is generally discipline oriented and runs in five disciplines (Economics, English, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology) and areas related to the Cell for Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit. There is also ample provision to do research in interdisciplinary areas. 58 regular, 22 external, 15 college teachers, 27 self-financing, and 1 project staff candidates are currently enrolled in the Ph.D. programme.

In the year under review, seven students of this Department will be awarded Ph.D. degree.  Since the inception of the Ph.D. Programme in the Department, one hundred thirty eight students have already obtained their Ph.D. degree from the Department and are well-placed in institutions like Reserve Bank of India, IIM Calcutta, Bombay University, Central University, Hyderabad, and other IITs. They have made their presence felt as excellent academicians and professionals in their respective fields of specializations.

• Post-doc Fellows
• Lang. Instructors
• Admin. Staff
• Linguistics
• Areas of Specialisation (PhD)
• M.A. Culture Society Thought
• M.Sc. in Cognitive Science
• M.Sc. in Economics
• Indian and Foreign Languages Learning Programme

Search form

Latest news & announcements

The candidates with the following application numbers have been shortlisted for interviews for admission to the MA programme in Culture Society Thought for Sem 1 2024-25.

Candidates who have appeared for the MA Culture Society Thought Admission Test on 18 May 2024 can challenge the answer key for the examination.

Please check this webpage

The following is a list of the applications that have been shortlisted for the PhD Admission Test for Admission to the HSS Phd Programme for Semester 1 2024-25.

• Course Highlights
• Featured Articles

• Follow us on social media

Copyright © Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. All rights Reserved.

• Disciplines
• Publications

Ph.D in Sociology at IIT Delhi

• Seminar Jointly organized by the Dept. of Sociology, IIT Indore and Baha'i Chair, DAVV, Indore on "Science, Religion and Development" at Indian Institute of Technology Indore.

The department of Sociology and Development Studies at IIT Indore was founded in January 2013 with the objective of conducting research and teaching on the problems of social transformation and change in the modern world. The focus of this department is on the analysis and critique of global inequalities, based on the premise that sociology of development can only be taught and analyzed from an interdisciplinary perspective. The study programs and research activities of this department focus on the integration of social, political, historical, cultural and economic approaches to developmental issues and to global and regional disparities. The core thematic concerns of this department include questions of inclusive national development, the everyday problems of the marginalized social groups and the developmental challenges faced by people in the global South. It also provides training and research skills to undergraduate and PhD students to understand and explore the theoretical and practical dimensions of different developmental issues such as poverty reduction, sustainable natural resource governance and conflict prevention. Along with these goals, the departmental teaching and research also focuses on social change and transformation of norms and values, and new forms of socio-political and economic structures that have emerged in South Asia in the 21st century. Such studies are geographically limited due to an overall absence of good quality research 'institutions of national importance' in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh (except IIT Indore) and specific absence of dedicated institutions that studies water sciences. The studies are thematically limited due to the confinement of water research into the domain of civil and environmental engineering, which has led to the redressal of water scarcity and river governance only partially.

• Sociology Lecture Series (1): A lecture by Mr.Tufail Ahmad on 9th December, 2016 on “Secularism in India- Issues and Challenges”
• Sociology Lecture Series (2): Lecture on December 14th, 2016 by Dr, Arash Fazli on “Science, Religion and Development: Seeking a Nexus”