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Department of Sociology & Anthropology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology builds on the unique relationship between Sociology and Social anthropology as it has developed and flourished over time. We emphasise the critical empiricism, theoretical engagement and comparative approach central to our best disciplinary traditions. Our department encourages interdisciplinary explorations with allied fields of social thought and inquiry, including history, economics, political science, geography, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, environmental studies, computer science, planning and design, natural sciences, arts and aesthetics, law and media. Some of the areas and themes the faculty work on are contested borderlands, agricultural markets and exchange, mental health clinics, regional cinema audiences, political economy of water, food, hazards and disasters, rivers and islands, infrastructure and informality, anthropology of literature, philosophical anthropology, cities and environment, and the state, bureaucracy, law and violence.

Our department acknowledges the similarities between the disciplines of Sociology and Anthropology. Going beyond stereotypes of the sociologist conducting surveys in a city and the anthropologist doing fieldwork in a remote village, we recognize that both Sociology and Anthropology study relations between the personal and the
political, the micro and the macro, and the individual and the institutional. Sociology and Anthropology teach us to challenge and refine our taken-for-granted cultural assumptions by attempting to understand those of others.

We offer both undergraduate and graduate programmes of study. Our undergraduate programme consists of a major, minor and concentration in Sociology and Anthropology. Our graduate programme consists of a five-year Ph.D. programme with two years of coursework included.

Programmes

Undergraduate Programme in Sociology and Anthropology

The Sociology and Anthropology Programme at Ashoka will train future scholars and professionals to be engaged observers, attentive…

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Ashoka Scholars Programme in Sociology and Anthropology

Ashoka University offers a year-long Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research (DipASR) to students who have completed…

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Ph.D. Programme in Sociology and Anthropology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ashoka University invites applications for its PhD programme for the academic…

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Faculty at Sociology & Anthropology

Mitul Baruah

Head of the Department, Environmental Studies. Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, PhD Coordinator, Sociology and Anthropology

Ph.D. Syracuse University

Amita Baviskar

Dean, Faculty and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Cornell University

Swargajyoti Gohain

Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Assistant Dean of Faculty, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Emory University

Kathryn Hardy

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Mekhala Krishnamurthy

Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University College, London

Deepak Mehta

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Delhi University

Bhrigupati Singh

Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

Ravindran Sriramachandran

Head of the Department, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Columbia University

Nishita Trisal

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Michigan

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Patrick Beckhorn

Visiting Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh

Rita Brara Mukhopadhyay

Visiting Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Univesrity of Delhi

Harish Naraindas

Visiting Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Delhi

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Conference Report – The Himalayas from Its Edges: Mobilities, Networks, Geographies

Feb 06 , 2023 11:02

Ashoka University in collaboration with the University of Westminster organised a two-day interdisciplinary conference on 27th and 28th January, 2023

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SOA Colloquium Series

September 19 @ 6:30 pm

The Industrial Ephemeral: Labor and Love in Indian Architecture and Construction

November 25 @ 6:30 pm

Trust Matters: Parsi Endowments in Mumbai and the Horoscope of a City

November 8 @ 5:30 pm

The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution

October 18 @ 6:30 pm
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Contact Us

For any queries regarding Sociology & Anthropology programmes, please contact: -

Ravindran Sriramachandran

Head of Department

ravindran.sriramachandran@ashoka.edu.in

Mitul Baruah

Ph.D. Coordinator

mitul.baruah@ashoka.edu.in

Kathryn Hardy

ASP Coordinator

kathryn.hardy@ashoka.edu.in

Bhrigupati Singh

Undergraduate Coordinator

bhrigupati.singh@ashoka.edu.in

Nishita Trisal

Seminar Coordinator

nishita.trisal@ashoka.edu.in

Pratima Kadian

Department Manager

pratima.kadian@ashoka.edu.in

Sophia Noble

Student Representative

soa.rep@ashoka.edu.in

Fiza Mishra

Student Representative

soa.rep@ashoka.edu.in

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