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The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) was established in 1960 along with other departments of Science and Engineering. With an intent to sharpen the creative talents of the students and to help them evolve as better leaders and decision- makers, the institute allocated more than fifteen percent of the total UG course credits to HSS courses.
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The Department has twenty-nine faculty members who teach a range of courses in English, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology. Many faculty members of HSS actively participate in the interdisciplinary postgraduate programme in Design (M. Des.) and co-supervise students of other departments as well. Besides teaching, the faculty members are involved in thesis supervision of Ph.D. scholars working in different areas...
-Prof. Braj Bhushan
Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
- An invited Talk (in-person) in Fine Arts by Prof. Pankaj Panwar (Professor & Principal, Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan), hosted by Prof. Ritwij Bhowmik on THURSDAY, April 28, 2022.
- IIT Kanpur’s Former Faculty Dr. Ramadhar Singh Honoured with Purdue University Distinguished Alumni Award in Psychology.
- Prof.Ritwij Bhowmik (Dept. of HSS), jointly with Prof. M. Das (Dept. of Design), organizing a day-long (in-person) workshop, "Kanpur Writers Penmanship Workshop," on SATURDAY, 9th of April 2022.
- Dr. Ritwij Bhowmik delivered an invited Talk – “My Creative Journey & The MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Art Project” as a Fulbright Visiting Artist/Faculty at the Humanities Department & Fine-Arts Program, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, New York City, 2nd December 2021.
- Dr. Ritwij Bhowmik's fourth Solo Exhibition of recent artworks, "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE," opens at the FINLEY GALLERY, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
- Dr. Ritwij Bhowmik has been awarded the prestigious “Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence Fellowships 2020-21.”
- Book illustration by Ms. Gargi Ghosh (Roll No: 19200262, Supervisor: Dr. R. Bhowmik), for the book ‘BUILD AND SUSTAIN A CARRE IN ENGINEERING’ Notion Press.
- ऑटिज्म (Autism) पीड़ित बच्चों की मदद के लिए नई तकनीक की खोज में जुटा आईआईटी-कानपुर
- The list of shortlisted candidates for Ph.D. Admissions 2022-23 I.
Written Exam on 10th May (12:30-01:30 PM); Interview Schedule: (Fine Arts & Philosophy on 10th May 2022); (English, Psychology, and Sociology on 11th May 2022). - Candidates provisionally selected for admission into PhD programme 2021-22 I sem
