Pullarikunnu, Malloosserry P O,
Kottayam-686041.Tl:0481-2392383, e-mail: sss@mgu.ac.in ,sssmgu@gmail.com
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The School of Social Sciences (SSS) was established in 1989 as an interdisciplinary department in accordance with the directives of the University Grants Commission to facilitate teaching and research beyond the conventional disciplinary boundaries. The interdisciplinary structure, composition and academic practices of SSS have enabled it in securing several international recognitions.
Physical Infrastructure
SSS is situated in a complex of buildings at its own Campus of 4.8 acres. The School has currently a space of about 14,000 sq ft., lecture halls, conference hall,library, reading halls, archaeological museum, faculty conference hall, administrative office, project office, faculty rooms and research scholars apartments.
Faculty
The faculty has specializations in frontier areas like Social History, Social Theory, Human Ecology, Political Economy, Socio-linguistic Philosophy, Economic Anthropology, Ethnography, Social History, Social Theory, Social Anthropology, Archaeology and Human Ecology, Political Economy, Socioeconomic History and Culture Study, Poiitical Philosophy and Social Theory, Mathematical Economics and Social Theory and Economic Anthropology.
Library
There is an interdisciplinary departmental library with books and journals numbering 14,200.
Computer Lab
The School has a well-equipped computer lab with broadband internet connectivity. The students get trained in special social sciences software.
Courses Offered
MPhil Programmes (Total Intake 23)
MA Programmes (Total Intake 1 5)
PhD Programme
49 researchers have been registered as PhD students studying various interdisciplinary topics. So far ten have been awarded PhD.
Publications
Faculty Achievements
Student Achievements
PROGRAMMES
School of Social Sciences
Mphil Programmes
Mphil in Anthropology
Mphil in Economics
Mphil in History
Mphil in Sociology
Mphil In human Ecology/natural history
Mphil in Social Transformation and Empowerment
Mphil in Social Science Policy
(Total Intake 23)
MA Programmes
MA in Anthropology
MA in Economics
MA in History
(Total Intake 15)
PhD Programmes
49 researchers have been registered as PhD students studying various interdisciplinary themes. So far the have been awarded PhD.
FACULTY MEMBERS
Associate Professor and HOD:
Dr.P. Sanal Mohan Mob: 9497087668, email:sanalmohangmail.com
Area of specialization : Ethno-methodology, New Social Movements, Subaltern History
Associate Professor:
Dr.Raju.S. Mob:9895215593, email- rajurengini@gmail.com
Area of specialization : Research Methodology, Man-Nature relations. Philosophy of Science
Assistant Professors:
Smt. Radhika.P Mob: 9447015664, email: radhikaprakkat@gmail.com
Medieval Social History, New Religious Movements,Gender studies
Dr. Rajesh Komath, Mob: 9961402105, email: komathrajesh@gmail.com
Development Economics, Sociology of Development, Sociology of Religion .
ACHIEVEMENTS
School of Social Sciences
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RESEARCH
School of Social Sciences
Publications
Social Records Series (Durate Barbosa’s Accounts on Malabar and three compilations of medieval palm leaf-records)Lateral Studies Series numbering fourteen mainly consisting of the occasional research papers by the faculty.
Seven Mimeographs (Making of modern Kerala, Sabarimala Enclave management, socio-economic Profile of the Fringe Area of Periyar Tiger Reserve and Socio-economic Impact of the Eco Development Project, Economic Sustainability of PTR, Process Documentation Research Neyyar / Peppara, Chinnar and Parambikualam: Socio-ecological Evaluation Study of the kerala Forestry Project.
FACILITIES
School of Social Sciences
Library
There is an interdisciplinary departmental library with books and journals numbering about fourteen thousand two hundread
Computer lab:
The School has a well- equipped computer lab with a carrying capacity of twenty students at a time. It provides broadband internet connectivity. The students get trained in special social sciences software.