HSS Brochure 04-04-2022
HSS Brochure 04-04-2022
HSS Brochure 04-04-2022
PHD
ADMISSION
2022
Economics
Dr. Pritee Sharma Environmental Economics, Environmental Studies, Water Governance, Food
Security.
Dr. Ruchi Sharma Economics of Innovation, International Economics, Industrial Organization
Dr. Kalandi Pradhan Development Economics, Sustainable Development, Applied Econometrics,
Migration Studies, Labour Economics, Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate
Change
Dr Mohanasundari Thangavel Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Agriculture and Climate
change studies, Farmer Producer Organization, Energy Economics.
English
Dr. Nirmala Menon Digital Humanities [a. Publishing History Research & Bibliometric Studies, b.
Augmented Reality & NLP Studies], Indigenous Knowledge Systems,
Partition Studies.
Dr Aratrika Das 19th and 20th Century British Literature, Gothic, History of the Novel,
Graphic Novel, Medical Humanities
Dr. Thapasya J. Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, English Studies, Cognitive Sociolinguistics,
Language Variation, Language and Identity
Philosophy
Dr. C. Upendra Moral-Political Philosophy, Radical Philosophy, History of Ideas.
Psychology
Dr. Sanjram Premjit K. Human Factors: Human-System Interaction, Automotive UX, HCI, User
Experience, Contracted/Protracted Attention, Mental Model, Multitasking,
Human Errors, Safety, Performance, Visuospatial Processing, Community
System, Intervention, Social Cognition.
Dr. Kedarmal Verma Cognitive Psychology; Experimental Psychology
01. Sociology
Dr. Akshaya Kumar Cultural Studies, Film Studies [Indian Cinema], Media Studies.
Dr. Ashok Kumar M. Sociology of Religion and Caste, Religion and Nationalism on University
Campuses, Faith Healing and Religious Communities
Dr. Neeraj Mishra Sociology of Development; Water Governance and SDGs; Sociology of
Wage Labour and MGNREGA; Sociological Theories; Tribal Development
Studies.
Guidelines
02.
1. You MUST select an appropriate research area in the discipline you are
applying to.
2. There will be a wri�en exam followed by an interview.
3. During the wri�en exam, applicants will have to write a Statement
of purpose explaining reasons for pursuing a doctoral research
03.
at IITI besides outlining scholarly interests.
4. The school conducts a rigorous evalua�on process and Address for Correspondance
reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates
for the wri�en test and interview.
Dr. Akshaya Kumar, DPGC Convener, School of HSS
Room No.-1D - 519 [Chromium], Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Khandwa Road Simrol, Indore-453 552 Madhya Pradesh, India
Phone No: +91 731 660 3293 Email: dpgchss@iiti.ac.in