School of Social Sciences

The School of Social Sciences is engaged in activities that include research, teaching, outreach, advocacy and consultancy. The faculty are drawn from sociology and social anthropology, gender studies, educational studies, economics, and energy studies, and have conducted several research-cum-outreach projects in the fields of education, gender, governance and development. Current areas of interest are in forging inter-disciplinary work to understand and address issues in the areas of water, energy, and education. The school also seeks to contribute to work on globalisation, organisations, development and economic sociology.

Faculty of School of Social Sciences

Narendar Pani Professor	Carol Upadhya Professor	B. K. Anitha Professor	M. Amarjeet Singh Assistant Professor

Chidambaran Iyer Assistant Professor	Shivali Tukdeo Assistant Professor	S. S. Meenakshisundaram Visiting Professor	N. Shantha Mohan Visiting Professor

Current Programmes

• Conflict Resolution Programme
  
• Education Portfolio/Programme
  
• Urban Research and Policy Programme
  
• Water Programme
  
• Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse Transnational Flows in India's Regional Towns
  
• RBI Programme on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Economic Issues

Completed Programmes

• Vidyankura - District Quality Education Project

Continuing Work

• Sociology and Social Anthropology

Publications

• Summary Report: National Level Consultation on Mobility of Indian Scientists and Technologists. NIAS, February 1-2, 2011 PDF

Openings

• ICGC – NIAS Collaborative Research Project

• Education Programme-Gifted Education

• Water Programme

Conference

• International Conference on Regional Towns and Migration: Interrogating Transnationalism and Development in South Asia - Call for Abstracts

Past Faculty of School of Social Sciences