Susan Visvanathan M.A. (JNU)
M.Phil, Ph.D (University of Delhi) is Professor & Chairperson at the centre. Her
areas of specialization are sociology of culture, sociology of religion
and sociological theories.
Teaching Courses :
SS 458N: Religion and Society in India (M.A. compulsory)
SS 430N: Modes of Cultural Analysis (M.A. optional)
SS 615N: Historical Method in Sociology (M. Phil optional)
SS 634N: Modes of Symbolic Communication -Belief, Ritual and Art (M. Phil
optional)
SS 635N: Themes in Gender - Culture and Society (M. Phil optional)
Tiplut Nongbri M.A., Ph.D.
(University of Delhi) is Professor at the centre. Her areas
of specialization are sociology of family and kinship, sociology of
environment and sociology of tribes.
Teaching Courses :
SS 454N: Family Life and Kinship in India (M.A. compulsory)
SS 460N: Techniques of Social Research (M.A. compulsory)
SS 421N: Tribal Sociology in India (M.A. Optional)
SS 431N: Ecology and Society (M.A. Optional)
Yogendra Singh M.A.,Ph.D. (Lucknow)
is Professor Emeritus at the centre. His specializations are sociology of
modernization and development, sociological theories.
T.K. Oommen is M.A. Ph.D. (Pune
University) Professor Emeritus at the centre. His specializations are
social movements, ethnicity, nation building and political sociology.
M.N. Panini M.A.,
Ph.D. (University of Delhi), was Professor and he has retired from the centre. His
specializations were sociology of economic life and sociological theories.
Teaching Courses :
SS 456N: Economy and Society in India (M.A. compulsory)
SS 459N: Sociological Theory (M.A. compulsory)
Dipankar Gupta, M.A. (University
of Delhi), M.Phil, Ph.D. (JNU) was Professor and has voluntarily retired from the centre. His
specializations were sociological theories, social stratification and
political sociology.
Teaching Courses :
SS 455N: Anthropological Theories (M.A. compulsory)
SS 452N: Sociological Thinkers (M.A. compulsory)
Nandu Ram, M.A. (BHU ) Ph.D. (IIT
Kanpur) is Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor at the centre. His
specializations are sociology of marginalized groups, urban sociology,
social stratification and social mobility.
Teaching Courses :
SS 457N: Sociology of Social Stratification in India ( M.A.
compulsory)
SS 423N: Sociology of Urban Life in India (M.A. optional)
Ehsanul Haq, M.A.(Aligarh),
M.Phil, Ph.D. (JNU) is Professor at the centre. His specializations are
sociology of education and social demography.
Teaching Courses :
SS 201N: Anthropological Theories of Society & Culture (B.A. optional)
SS 427N: Population and Society in India (M.A. optional)
SS 621N: Education and Society (M.A. optional)
Anand Kumar, M.A. (BHU),
M.Phil (JNU), PH.D. (Chicago, U.S.A.) is Professor at the centre. His
specializations are political sociology, media and communication, social
thought and globalization.
Teaching Courses :
SS 461N: Polity and Society in India (M.A. compulsory)
SS 435N: South Asian Social Thought and Media (M.A. optional)
SS 632N: Democracy, Mass-Media and Nation-building (M. Phil. optional)
Avijit Pathak M.A., M.Phil,
Ph.D. (JNU) is Professor at the centre. His areas of specialization are
sociology of modernization, education and sociological theories.
Teaching Courses :
SS 451N: Methodology of Social Sciences ( M.A. compulsory)
SS 420N: Sociology of Education in India (M.A. optional)
SS 429N: Modern Indian Social Thought (M.A. optional)
SS 603N: Society, Culture and Personality (M.Phil optional)
Maitrayee Chaudhuri M.A., M.Phil,
Ph.D (JNU) is Professor at the centre. Her areas of specialization are women’s
studies, globalization and media studies and sociological theories.
Teaching Courses :
SS 459N: Sociological Theories (M.A. compulsory)
SS 452N: Sociological Thinkers (M.A. compulsory)
SS 601N: Theoretical Orientations in Sociological Analysis. (M.Phil
compulsory)
Surinder S. Jodhka M.A. (Pune
University) M.Phil, Ph.D (Panjab University) is Professor at the centre.
He has been working in the fields of agrarian change, social
stratification and social identities.
Teaching Courses :
SS 457N: Sociology of Social Stratification in India ( M.A.
compulsory)
SS 438N: Rural India: Perspectives on Development and Agrarian Change
(M.A. optional)
Riyaz Punjabi,
M.A. Ph.D (Aligarh Muslim University)
is Professor at the Centre (on lien). His areas of specialization are
Kashmir studies, peace studies, youth culture, and globalization.
Teaching Courses :
SS 631N: Ethnicity, Identity and Modernity __The case of South and
South-East Asia (M.Phil optional)
Rowena Robinson, M.A., M.Phil (University of Delhi), Ph.D (CANTAB) is
Professor at the centre. Her areas of specialization are sociology of
religion, conversion and minorities.
Teaching courses:
Economy and Society in India
SS 452N: Sociological Thinkers (M.A. compulsory)
Renuka Singh, M.A., M.Phil,
Ph.D. (JNU) is Associate Professor at the Centre. Her areas of
specialization are gender studies, Buddhism and spiritualism.
Teaching Courses :
SS 453N: Culture, Personality and Society (M.A. compulsory)
SS 428N: Women and Society in India -A Comparative Perspective (M.A.
optional)
SS 620N: Youth, Identity and Social Change (M.Phil optional)
Nilika Mehrotra, M.Sc.,
Ph.D. (University of Delhi) is Associate Professor at the Centre. Her areas
of interest are anthropology of gender, disability studies and
ethnographic methods.
Teaching Courses :
SS 454N: Family Life and Kinship in India (M.A. compulsory)
SS 455N: Anthropological Theories (M.A. compulsory)
SS 421N: Tribal Sociology in India (M.A. optional)
SS 425N: Themes in Social Anthropology -Analysis of Monographs (M.A.
optional)
SS 607N: Methods of Social Sciences (M.Phil compulsory)
SS 635N: Themes in Gender - Culture and Society (M.Phil optional)
V. Sujatha, M.A. (Madras
University), Ph.D. (Bangalore University) is Associate Professor at the
Centre. Her areas are of specialization are medical sociology, environment
and ecology.
Teaching Courses :
SS 452N: Sociological Thinkers (M.A. compulsory)
SS 414N: Sociology of Knowledge (M.A. optional)
SS 431N: Ecology and Society (M.A. optional)
SS 460N: Techniques of Social Research (M.A. compulsory)
SS 636N: Health, Culture and society (M.Phil optional)
Vivek Kumar M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D.
(JNU) is Associate Professor at the Centre. His areas of specialization
are social stratification, dalit movements and diaspora.
Teaching Courses :
SS 451N: Methodology of Social Sciences ( M.A. compulsory)
SS 202N: Themes in Indian Society: Structure and Change (B.A. optional)
SS 462N: Indian Society - Structure and Process (M.A. optional)
SS 619N: Migration, Adaptation and Change - Overseas Indian Communities (M.Phil
optional)
SS 436N: Modernization and Development: Perspectives from South Asia (M.A. optional)
Harish Naraindas, M.A., M.Phil,
Ph.D. (University of Delhi) is Associate Professor at the Centre. His
areas of specialization are sociology of medicine and sociology of
science.
Teaching Courses:
SS 416N: Sociology of Medicine (M.A. optional)
SS 437N: Globalization, International Institutions and Society (M.A.
optional)
SS 607N: Methods of Social Sciences (M.Phil compulsory)
SS 609N: Interviewing in Social Research. (M.Phil optional)
Bimol Akoijam, M.A. and Ph.D.
(University of Delhi) is Associate Professor at the Centre. His areas of
specialization are identity politics, ethnic conflict and violence and
gender relations.
Teaching courses:
SS 453N: Culture, Personality and Society (M.A. compulsory)
SS 626N: Ethnic Groups and Communities: Problems of Identity and Nation-Building (M.Phil optional)
SS 418N: Sociology of Minorities and Ethnic Groups (M.A. optional)
Amit Kumar Sharma
M.A. (University of Delhi), M.Phil, Ph.D. (JNU) is Assistant Professor at
the Centre. His areas of specialization are sociology of religion and
sociological theory.
Teaching Courses :
SS 451N: Methodology of Social Sciences (M.A. compulsory)
SS 429N: Modern Indian Social Thought (M.A. optional)
SS 463N: Cinema and Culture in India (M.A. optional)
SS 601N: Theoretical Orientations in Sociological Analysis (M.Phil
compulsory)
SS 622N: Social Structure, Values and Religious Systems (M.Phil optional)
SS 630N: Textual Analysis in Cultural Context-The Social Anthropology of
Civilization (M.Phil optional)
G. Srinivas, M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D.
(University of Hyderabad) is Assistant Professor at the Centre. His areas
of specialization are Social Stratification, Dalit Studies, Sociology of
Development and Environment and Ecology.
Teaching Courses :
SS 457N: Sociology of Social Stratification in India (M.A. compulsory)
SS 431N: Ecology and Society (M.A. optional)
SS
202N:Themes in Indian Society - Structure and Change (Undergraduate
Course optional for students of the School of Languages, Literature
and Cultural Studies
SS 607N: Methods of Social Sciences (M.Phil compulsory)
Office Staff
1. Suman Sharma , Personal Assistant
2. Anita, Jr. Assistant-cum-Typist
3. Bhupinder Kumar, Peon-cum-Farash
4. S.C. Sharma, Professional Assistant(library)
5. Bharat Kumar, Assistant