Humanities & Social Sciences
Research » Humanities & Social Sciences
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences has a vibrant research community. Research topics encompass fields as diverse as Agricultural Policy, Linguistics, German Studies, African / American / English / Indian Literature, Discourse Analysis, English Language Teaching, Economics, Health Care Policy, Philosophy, Sociology, Indian History and Theatre and Film Studies.
Specific areas of research and teaching of our Faculty members are shown below.
| Faculty | Area of Research and Teaching |
|---|---|
| Shreesh Chaudhary | Cognitive aspects of language learning and multilingualism |
| Evangeline Manickam | American Studies, South Asian (expatriate) Literature, French |
| Devaki Reddy | Sociolinguistics and English Language Teaching |
| K Srilata | Women's writing, literature in translation and creative writing |
| S Mohan | Freshman English,Indian Fiction in English, Science Fiction and Technical/Business Communication |
| Jyotirmaya Tripathy | Postcolonial historiography, Political history, Cultural Studies and Alternative Development |
| John Bosco Lou | Religion & Science, Technology & Rural Participation and History of Science |
| D Veeraraghavan | Social nad economic history of modern South Indian, and impact of technology on society and economy |
| V R Muraleedharan | Healthcare Economics, History of Healthcare in South India and Environmental Health Policy |
| D Malathy | Applied Econometrics, Industrial Economics, Economics of Gender, Economics of Human Resources and Money, Banking & Finance |
| Debashis Acharya | Macro-Monetary Economics, International Economics and Health Policy |
| Suresh Babu | Industrial Economics and Applied Macroeconomics |
| Umakant Dash | Financial Economics, Health Economics, and application of quantitative tools for policy analysis |
| N Sreekumar | Philosophy of language, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, Indian Philosophy |
| Sudarsan Padmanabhan | Critical Social theory, Comparative Social Systems |
| Milind Brahme | Modern German, Marathi Literature and Comparative Literature |
| Prema Rajagopalan | Sociology of science and technology, technology transfer, Built Environment and Society |
| Aysha Iqbal | World Drama, Theatre and Culture |
| Sudhir Chella Rajan | Political Theory and the Environment |
| Sonika Gupta | Chinese Foreign Policy and Politics, International Relations theory, Human Security, Nuclearization of South Asia |
| Tabraz Ahmed | International Relations Theory, US Involvement in West Asia, Israel-Palestinian Conflict |
The Department encourages inter-disciplinary research and admits students with diverse educational qualifications to the Doctoral Programme.
The Department is also engaged in a number of externally funded research projects. In the past, several agencies including the Central and State Governments, Indian Council of Social Sciences Research, the Wellcome Trust (UK), World Health Organisation, Department of International Development (UK), Green Peace, the World Bank, UNICEF, have sponsored research projects.
A noteworthy feature of a recent research effort is the formation of Development Studies Group by the Institute. The Group’s primary aim is to promote interdisciplinary collaborative research among faculty members within and across Departments in the Institute. Subjects of research should direct relevance to current development challenges, at regional or global level.
