Graduate Research Meet 2024
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Guwahati is a centre for research and teaching composed of academics from eleven different disciplines: Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Geography, Development Studies. With its varied range of research interests and expertise, the department promotes interdisciplinary work in humanities and social sciences, offering projects, supervision and fellowships aimed to attract students and researchers from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. Apart from its undergraduate B.Tech taught courses which include uniquely designed content offered by members of faculty, the department offers highly interdisciplinary areas of expertise and investigation in its MA and PhD programmes.
In the Btech program the Department of HSS offers compulsory elective courses for 24 credits. Electives are offered in 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th semesters only. Each individual course is of 6 credits.
MA in Development Studies
MA in Liberal Arts
The PhD programme of the department is an area of vibrant research pursuit.
The Deptartment supports advanced scholars with the Institute Post Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) programme...
Sharma, S., Hussain, D. (forthcoming) " Exploring the experiences of raising children with Developmental Disability in India: Navigating the methodological and fieldwork-related challenges in sensitive research (Book Chapter)", Mental Health Research in India – Challenges and Practical Considerations (Book) (Springer Nature) , [2026]
Daipayan Dhar, Amarjyoti Mahanta, Bodhisattva Sengupta " "Does economic deprivation lead to property crimes?: Evidence from India"", Poverty & Public Policy (accepted) , [2026]
Dutta, Prarthana and Mithilesh Kumar Jha (Forthcoming) " Towards a limited and “quality” population: Debates on maternity benefits in mid- twentieth century India", Modern Asian Studies , [2026]
Upadhyay, Varsha and Mithilesh Kumar Jha (Forthcoming) " Developing the Nation: Re-Inscribing Women's Thinking in Planned Economy for India (1930-1940s)", Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists , [2026]
Ojha, P and Kashyap, N " When sleep doesn’t help: the role of naps and cue type in prospective memory retrieval", Current Psychology , [2026]
Rupam Bhaduri, Sumit Vij, Anamika Barua, and Arup Kumar Sarmah " What are we missing? A systemetic mapping of climate change projections research in the Brahmaputra River Basin", Climate and Development , [2026]
Vasundhara Jairath, Noihrit Gogoi " Labouring for New Lives: Negotiating Dispossession in Assam, India", Development in Practice , [2026]
Shilpa Krishnan and Sambit Mallick " Coastal erosion, enclosure and displacement: The impact of the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala", Development and Change , [2026]
B. Kharmylliem and N. Kipgen " Social Capital and the Traditional Institutions: Water Governance in the East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya", Sociological Bulletin , [2026]
Debarchana Biswas, Anamika Barua, Debarpita Banerjee, and Chayashri Basumatary " Stranded by Climate: Exploring the Complex Realities of Migration in Dhemaji, Assam.", Regional Environmental Change. , [2026]
Tushar Chaturvedi & Abhishek Kashyap " Conciliation without command", Synthese , [2026]
Congratulation to Mithilesh Kumar Jha for "Young Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award 2025" awarded by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
