Activities
The faculty in the department of Sociology has carried out empirical research in the areas of Urbanization and Slums, Diaspora, population, health and gender studies, dalits and social exclusion, social movements, entrepreneurship, female foeticide and drug abuse.
A number of books of the faculty members based on research have been published by International publishers like Sage, Pearsons and Cambridge. The articles on Dalits, gender and entrepreneurship have been published in internationally circulated journals with high citation such as Economic and Political weekly, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sociological Bulletin.
The studies which have drawn International and National attention are: Study of Dalits, Drug Abuse, Urbanization and Social Exclusion