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The School of Social Sciences has the broad objective of studying the two-way interaction between society and culture on the one hand and with science and technology on the other. The current research interests of the faculty include the areas related to education, sociology and social anthropology, gender, science and technology and issues related to water. Faculty is also engaged in the study of social and cultural transformations in India, especially consequences of globalisation and the economic development. Sociology and Social Anthropology at NIAS

Faculty

• Prof. Narendar Pani
  Professor and Dean
  
  
• Prof. A R Vasavi
  Professor
  
  
• Prof. N.Shantha Mohan
  Professor
  
  
• Prof. Dilip Ahuja
  ISRO Professor
  
  
• Prof. Carol Upadhya
  Professor
  
  
• Dr. Anitha B K
  Associate Professor
  
  
• Dr.Solomon Benjamin
  Associate Professor
  Urban Reserach and Policy Program
  
  
• Dr. Amarjeet Singh
  Assistant Professor
  Conflict Resolution Programme
  
  
• Dr. Chidambaran G. Iyer
  Assistant Professor
  RBI Programme on Interdisciplinary approaches to Economic issues
  
  
• Dr. Shivali Tukdeo
  Education Portfolio Programme
  
  
• Dr. Puja Guha
  Research Economist
  Provincial Globalization Programme
  
  
• Prof. D P Sen Gupta
  Visiting Professor
  
  
• Anu Joy
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Indira Jayaram
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Leena Pascal
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Rahul Mukhopadhyay
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Sailen Routray
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Sahana Udupa
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Sowjanya Peddi
  Research Scholar
  
  
• Asha K G.
  Research Scholar
  
  
• K Jafar
  Research Scholar