NAGPUR UNIVERSITY :- DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY


About Us

Year of Establishment 1964
Sanctioned teaching post 05
Existing teaching post 02
Intake Capacity 100
Medium of Instruction English
Post Graduate Degrees produced 1360
M. Phil Degrees produced till 1995 300
Doctorate Degrees produced 40
Duration of teaching 10. 30 a.m to 3. 30 p.m
Books available in the departments Library 536
Other reference material M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Dissertations


Courses


M.A. Sociology
Subjects Available at present:

M.A. Part I

  1. Classical Sociological Tradition

  2. Methodology of Social research

  3. Urban Society in India

  4. Sociology of Religion

  5. Rural Society in India

  6. Social Movements in India

  7. Gender and Society

  8. Sociology of Kinship, Marriage and Family

M.A. Part II

  1. Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

  2. Sociology of Change and Development

  3. Industry and Society in India

  4. Sociology of Aging

  5. Criminology

  6. Globalization and Society

  7. Political Sociology

  8. Dissertation

M.Phil likely to commence
Note: Some subjects are likely to be dropped and some included. Modification is likely to
be made in most of the subjects.


Teaching Faculty :

Name Dr. B.K. Swain

Designation Reader & Head, Dept. of Sociology, RTM Nagpur
University, Nagpur.

Date of Birth 15th March, 1961

Educational Qualification M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D. (Soc), M.A. Eco, DIRPM.
Teaching Experience 19 years
Research Experience 15 years

Research Publications Books - two
i)Changing Occupational Structure in Vidarbha, India.
ii)Child Labour in India
Papers - three
i) Education and Occupational Mobility in Vidarbha
ii)Women in Fiftieth Year of Independent India : Some Observations
iii). A study of Child Labor in Nagpur.

All India conference attended : 04
i) At Hyderabad in 1997, ii) At Udaipur in 2003,
iii) At Gorakhpur in 2004, iv) At Jammu in 2005

Seminars attended at Nagpur : three
Papers presented : five
i) Industrialization, Urbanization and Change of Values in Society
ii) Population and Development,
iii) Aging in Different Socio-Economic Strata and
iv)Aged in the Old Age Home: A Case Study of Panchawati Brudhashram in Nagpur.
v)Impact of Mass Media on Parents’ Choice for Children’s Career and Future


A Sociological Study of Different Socio-Economic Strata in Nagpur City
Chaired a paper presentation session on the theme “Aging and Social Structure” at the All India Sociological Conference held in Jammu in 2005.
Chaired a session of the seminar on “Role of Social Sciences in the Scenario of Job opportunities”, held on 27th February, 2005, by Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur.
Refresher courses attended four
Refresher Courses organized four



Research Guidance

M.A. Dissertations More than twenty

Ph.D.
Awarded two
Submitted two
Number of scholars working ten
Research Project completed one
Organized National Seminar on Globalization and Indian Society
Delivered a key note address on “ Women’s Empowerment” in a state level seminar arranged by P.W.S. College, Nagpur, on 8th October, 2005.
Delivered a talk on “Female Foeticide” in a seminar arranged by S.F.S. College, Nagpur, on 11th October, 2005.

Address for correspondence
160, C-2, Godavari Apartment, Hill top, Ram Nagar,
Nagpur - 440 033, ( 0712 – 2238651, (M) 9422823634

Dr. Ashok T. Borkar


(A) Name Dr. Ashok T. Borkar

(B) Residential Address S-3, Meera Complex,
Dambhare Layout
Trimurti Nagar Ring Road
Nagpur 440022

(C) Telephone No. 2222790, 9423105784

(D) Designation Lecturer

(E) Date of Joining 1.12.2004

(F) Department Department of SOCIOLOGY
PGTD, MJF Campus, RTM Nagpur University,
Nagpur 440033

(G)Area of Specialization (1) Tribal Development
(2) Modernization
(3) Globalization
(4) Social Change

(H) E-mail ID at_borkar @ yahoo.com.in

2. ACADAMIC QUALIFICATION:
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Sr. No. Examination University / Subject Year Division
Qualified Board
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1. S.S.C. Maharashtra Board --- 1984 2nd
2. H.S.S.C. --do-- Arts 1988 3rd
3. M.C.V.C. --do-- Electric 1990 1st
4. B.A. Nagpur University Arts 1992 3rd
5. M.A. --do-- Sociology 1994 2nd
6. SET Maharashtra --do-- January 1995

7. Ph.D. RTM Nagpur Uni -------2nd Aug.2005------
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3. TEACHING EXPERIENCE :

(A) Course Taught University / Collage Duration
1. Weaker Section PGTD Nagpur University 2 year
2. Gender and Society --do-- 3 -do-
3. Globalization &Society --do-- 3 -do-
4. Contemporary Sociological PGTD Hislop College 1 -do-
Theory
5. Family, Kinship & Marriage --do-- 1 -do-
6. Research Guidance In both above mentioned institutes 4 -do-

(B) Teaching Experience
1. Under Graduate 7 years
2. Post Graduate 4 years
TOTAL TEACHING EXPEARENCE 10 YEARS

4. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE :

(1) Ph.D. Awarded
Topic –Korkus of Melghat : A Case Study.
(2) Research Guidance
P.G. four years of dissertation guidance (29 students)
(3) Research Project
Title – Modernization in Tribal Setting
Funding agency –UGC
Duration – 1999 to 2002
Post – PROJECT ASSOCIATE
(4) Assist in two Minor Research Projects
(5) Working on one Minor R.P. with Prof. S. Lanjewar of PGTD of
Hislop Collage Nagpur (2005 – 2007)
(6) Applied for a MAJOR R. P. entitled ‘IMPACT OF INDUSTRILIZATION ,
URBANIZATION &MODERNIZATION ON ADAVASI WOMEN
IN SLUMS OF NAGPURCITY’ dt 22.5.06 to the UGC.

5. OTHER ACTIVITYS :

(1) Seminars attended - 9
(2) Conferences - 4
(3) Workshop - 4
(4) Refresher course - 1

6. PAPER PUBLICATION :

(1) ‘Michel Foucault’ an essay approved for publication by ‘Vicharshalaka’,June 2006.

7. PARTICIPATION IN CORPORATE LIFE :

(1) Founding member of ISSS an NGO from Jan. 2005 in Educational
Development with interdisciplinary approach.
(2) Faculty of HISSAR an NGO from 1997 to 2004.

8. PAPER PRESENTATION :

  1. ‘Role of rationality in theorizing & social research’ – a paper presented in Marathi Samajshatre Parished 2006.

  2. ‘Farmers sucide – A latent function of globalization’, - a paper presented in the seminar conducted by PGTD of Economics ,Nagpur Uni. Nagpur.

  3. ‘Sustainable Development in Tribal Society’, (2005), Conference conducted by Shri Binzani City College Nagpur.

  4. ‘Sustainable Development – Theory & Practice’, (2005), Refresher cource in Political Science Department

9. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION :

  1. Life member of ‘Indian Sociological Society’, from 2.8.05, No. LMI 2899.

  2. Life member of ‘SOCIAL ACTION QUARTERLY REVIEW’.

  3. Yearly member of ‘Hum Dalit’

  4. Yearly member of ‘Women’s Link’

  5. Yearly member of ‘Samaj Prabodhan Patrika’

Publications
Books 07
Papers 10

Seminars organized 06

Projects completed: 02
Proposals for major project sent to UGC 02
Refresher courses organized 04