Sociology Departments
Sociology Department
Much of the challenge and excitement in pursuing an academic programme in sociology comes from the fact that it demands proficiency in a diverse set of skills. A good training in sociology combines a good theoretical knowledge of the discipline, observational skills, skills of studying the field, and an appreciation of complex societal functioning. At the University, the innovative course structure of the undergraduate programme is designed to provide students with both the requisite breadth and depth when it comes to mastering sociology.
The department places emphasis on integrated learning based on classroom lectures, interactive tutorials, use of audio-visual material, seminars, extension lectures and coordinated-multipronged internal assessment. We work with a five-point pedagogic philosophy: rigor of learning, engaged learning, learning in groups, democratization of knowledge, and egalitarian ethos.
The Department has a coordinated programme of teaching and research covering a variety of fields, including some developed for the first time in the country. Studies have been published or prepared on community power structures, local-level politics, trade unions, co-operatives, textual and contextual studies of Hinduism, religious symbolism, family and kinship, and social and religious movements. Studies have also been conducted in the fields of stratification, gender, environment, the sociology of development, historical sociology, urban sociology, and medical sociology. The sociology of masculinity, demography, popular culture, education, migration, the sociology of violence and documentary practices of the state are some of the new areas that faculty members are working on at present.