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ਸਮਾਜ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ ਤੇ ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਮਾਨਵ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਭਾਗ (Sociology And Social Anthropology) http://SOCIOLOGY.punjabiuniversity.ac.in

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About The Department

The department of Sociology and Social Anthropology was established in 1969. It is unique insofar as it brings together two disciplines, or two intellectual orientations, in its teaching and research. This is indeed rare in the context of Indian universities, where social anthropology is usually assigned to the Department of Anthropology. At present, the Department has four Assistant Professors on its faculty. All the members are well-qualified and experienced with a wide range of publications in the fields of social theory, research methods, women studies, environment sociology, political sociology, information and technology, rural sociology. The Department has devised a unique combination of field work and classroom teaching. Latest UGC syllabi, dedicated and helpful faculty and staff, basic infrastructural facilities including a rich departmental library and a seminar room along with congenial atmosphere for research are the Departments forte.


Thrust Areas

  • Women's Studies
  • Rural Sociology
  • Sociology of Environment
  • Medical Sociology

Syllabus

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Courses Offered and Faculty

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Significant Achievements

  • Latest UGC syllabi for the M. A. Courses.
  • 30 books and 200 research papers and articles have been produced by the faculty so far.
  • Distinguished sociologists and social scientists like John Barnes, S.C. Dube, T.N. Madan, J.P.S. Uberoi, Andre Beteille, Yogesh Atal, David Turner, Richard Buttny and many others have visited the Department and delivered talks.
  • Members of the departmental faculty have presented papers abroad- in Italy, UK, US, Canada, Australia, Libya, Germany.
  • The Department has recently been assigned a major research project by the Punjab Government (see item VI above)
  • 30 M. Phil. and an equal number of the Ph.D. students have successfully completed their research projects.
  • Several students have cleared NET and civil services competitive exams; many others have become college or university teachers.

Research Projects Ongoing and Completed

  • UGC Minor Research Project completed by Prof Malkit Kaur. She worked on 'the Socio-Cultural Correlates of Low Sex Ratio in Punjab'
  • Dr H.S. Bhatti conducted an ethnographic study of Rai Sikhs for the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Punjab, in 2001.
  • Dr H.S.Bhatti prepared a project report on the socio-economic profile of the students of Yadvindra College of Engineering that was later on published by Punjabi University, Patiala.
  • The department has been assigned a research project 'An Ethnographic Study of Denotified and Nomadic Tribes of Punjab' by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Punjab.
  • The department is also collaborating with the International Water Management Institute(IWMI), Colombo, on the implementation of the training and research program on Groundwater in Theory and Practice, within the project Groundwater Governance in Asia: Capacity Building through Action Research in the Indo-Gangetic (IGB) and Yellow River (YRB) Basins, being supported by the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water for Food as Project Number 42
  • Research Project 'A Sociological Study of Namdharis A Sikh Sect' is being handled by Dr H.S.Bhatti.

Infrastructure Facilities

  • Department Library
  • Department Seminar Room
  • Computer Room with Internet Facility
  • CTV-VCP-DVD (one set)

  • Special Activities

    • Special committee for periodical review of the syllabi to keep it in tune with the changing trends in the discipline.
    • Regular interactive sessions with the sociology faculty in various affiliated colleges of the university.
    • Regular field-work for MA students in all the semesters to give them first hand experience of the field survey and help them in honing their methodological skills and theoretical understanding of the discipline.


    Contact Us

    Dr. Namarta Vadhera
    9463476831
    sociologypatiala@gmail.com
    0175-5136482, 6483

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    Last Updated on: 02-07-2020

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