Humanities & Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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Fatihah Fajar Sari
M.A in Linguistics, The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad
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  Indonesia

Research Area/ Supervisor

Research Area: Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics

Supervisor: Prof. C. Puttaswamy

Fransiska Anggun Arumsari
MA in English (TESL), The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
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  Indonesia

Research Area/ Supervisor

Research Area: Language Teaching Methodology, Evaluating and Adapting Materials in ELT, Material Development

Supervisor: Prof. N P Sudharshana

Arman Ovla
MA in Design and production (Handicrafts), University of Art
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  Iran

Research Area/ Supervisor

Research Area: Ageless Pottery and Terracotta Sculpture in Kurdistan, Iran and India

Supervisor: Prof. Satyaki Roy

S.No.Name of HODYear
1 Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1967-1970
2 Dr. K. K. Singh 1970-1973
3 Dr. Kamta Prasad 1973-1976
4 Dr. K. N. Sharma March 1976-March 1979
5 Dr. P. N. Rastogi April 1979-March 1982
6 Dr. Rajendra Prasad April 1982-March 1985
7 Dr. Prajapati Shah April 1985-March 1988
8 Dr. S.A. Shaida April 1988-March 1991
9 Dr. B.N. Pattnaik April 1991-March 1994
10 Dr. R. R. Barthwal April 1994-March 1997
11 Dr. K. K. Saxena April 1997-March 2000
12 Dr. A. K. Sinha April 2000-March 2003
13 Dr. A. K. Sharma April 2003-March 2006
14 Dr. G. Neelakantan April 2006-March 2009
15 Dr. Lilavati Krishnan May 2009-April 2012
16 Dr. Munmun Jha May 2012-April 2014
17 Dr. Surajit Sinha May 2014-April 2017
18 Dr. Shikha Dixit May 2017-April 2020
19 Dr. Braj Bhushan May 2020-April 2022

List of all Former faculty is given below.

Welcome Message

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.
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...

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-Prof. Pradip Swarnakar

Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

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