 About
Department
The department of Sociology came into existence in the year 1955 as an integral
part of the
Institute of Social Sciences (the then: Agra University, Agra) now Dr.Bhim Rao
Ambedkar
University, Agra. It was aimed to impart postgraduate teaching and research in
Sociology
along with social work and social psychology. However, the social work course
became and
independent or separate department in 1983. Initially the department had adopted
the annual
examination system but since 1970 it switched over to the semester system along
with
adopting an alternative course of study, that is an alternative to the
university run course,
which is pursued by the P.G. Colleges affiliated to the university. The
department is
regarded as a role model for teaching and research in sociology due to its high
standards.
Research is an essential aspect of the activities of the members of the
department. These
activities are undertaken at different levels. The collective work of the
members of the
department express itself in four ways:
· Planning and execution of research projects on behalf of the department.
· Organization of and participation in research seminars of the Institute.
· Production of the institute research journal “The Journal of Social Sciences”
(Discontinued).
· Supervision and guidance of the work of numerous research students working for
their research degree.
The number of students in department limit to only one section of 30 to 40
students for
M.A. and 15 seats for M.Phil course. The admission of students is based on the
test-cummerit
rule. At present 15 students are actively pursuing their Ph.D. The department
has had
the unique distinction of organizing many conferences for both Indian
Sociological
Association and Uttar Pradesh Sociological Association. Besides, this one
conference of the
World Sociological Conference was organized under the convenership of Lt. Prof.
R.N.Saxena, Head, Department of Sociology, who was also the founder Director of
the
institute.
Distinguished sociologist of international repute like Prof. Yogendra Singh,
Prof.
D.N.Dhanagra, Prof. Yogesh Atal, Prof. Indra Dev, Prof. R.N.Saxena, Prof.
P.K.Srivastava,
Prof. S.L.Sharma and Prof. S.V.Pande had been members of the department and at
one or
other stage of its development.
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