FACILITIES, LAB ETC.

Facilities

The Department has its own specialised library for the benefit of the students and the members of the faculty. The library is developed with a special grant from UGC-SAP programme since 2004. It has collection of around 2000 books and is open on weekdays from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
The Department has a Seminar Room equipped with the requisite technologies for audio-visual presentation. There is a separate Research Room in the Department equipped with computers, photocopy machine and internet facilities. These facilities can be availed of by Masters, MPhil and PhD students.

ACTIVITIES 

The Department has an active academic calendar with a range of activities happening throughout the academic year. Students have many opportunities to hear and interact with distinguished teachers and researchers as well as students from other universities both national and international.  

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS 

Every fortnight, a seminar is held for students, conducted by an eminent person from the field of Social Sciences or current affairs. Screening of relevant films and documentaries takes place on a regular basis, often followed by discussions with the directors of such films. In addition the students can also attend the fortnightly faculty seminars wherein faculty members of the university as also visiting scholars from Indian and abroad make presentations of their on-going work. Every academic year, the department either on its own or in collaboration with other organizations, holds workshops, national seminars, international conferences, public debates and memorial lectures.  

PhD COLLOQUIUM 

Every year the Department organizes a PhD colloquium where ongoing research of doctoral students is presented to the Faculty and the student community. This has turned out to be a fruitful exercise for the PhD students to fine tune the arguments in their work.  

FIELD TRIP 

The Department emphasises the fact that Sociology and Anthropology are field based sciences and training in empirical research is integral to teaching and learning processes. With a view to developing propensities and skills for field work among the postgraduate students the Department organises an annual field trip under faculty supervision to places outside Mumbai/Maharashtra. Students are familiarised with the techniques of data collection and prepare group reports and presentations at the end of the field trip.  

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS 

Under the Interuniversity Agreement for Cooperation with Otto-von-Guerike-Universitat Magdeburg, Germany operational since the year 2000, there is a regular exchange of faculty between the two respective departments of Sociology. Graduate students from Magdeburg University can take courses in the MA programme of our department which earns them credits in their own University. A letter of intent has been signed between the University and Mumbai and Bonn in 2003 for exchange and collaboration. As part of the preparation towards a formal MoU, the two Departments of Sociology have commenced formal interaction.