DEPARTMENT OF
LIBERAL ARTS
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD
About UsApplications invited for the post of THREE Research Assistants, on a time-limited contract, for ICSSR funded project as part of special collaborative research project on ‘Vision Viksit Bharat@2047’
Applications invited for the post of one field investigator, on a time-limited contract, for ICSSR funded project as part of a special collaborative research project on ‘Vision Viksit Bharat@2047’
Applications invited for the post of one Research Assistant, on a time-limited contract, for ICSSR funded project as part of special collaborative research project on ‘Vision Viksit Bharat@2047’
Dr. Shweta Chawak, PhD student of Prof Mahati Chittem, has Joined as Assistant Professor in the Dept of HSS at IIT Bombay.
Dr. Kumar Shaurav, PhD student of Prof. Badri Narayan Rath, has Joined as Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Ranchi.
Dr. Aswathi V Anand, PhD student of Dr. Srirupa Chatterjee, has Joined as Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Indore.
Dr. Aswini S., PhD student of Dr. Amrita Deb, was awarded a Postdoc fellowship at University of Dalhousie in September 2023 and joined BITS Goa as Assistant Professor in December 2023.
Shankar Gugoloth, PhD student with Dr. Haripriya Narasimhan, has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru doctoral fellowship for 2024-2025. Prof. Sangeeta Kamat at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA, will be his mentor
Shema Abraham, PhD student working with Dr. Shubha Ranganathan, has received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Social Science and Humanities (ICIRSSH), Chandigarh University.
See below the two articles published in ToI highlighting the research work on Climate Change and Heat Action Plan by Aalok Khandekar
The editorial team of the diamond open access journal, 'Engaging Science, Technology, and Society (ESTS)' led by Dr. Aalok has been awarded the STS Infrastructure Award 2024 by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).
Dr. Prakash Mondal recently published a book titled "The Cognitive Variation of Semantic Structures"
Mr. Kumar Shaurav, a PhD student working with Prof. Badri has received an offer of Assistant Professor Grade II at Indian Institute of Management Ranchi. He will be joining IIM Ranchi after successfully completing his viva voce.
Dinabandhu Sethi has been awarded a research project by ICSSR for Empirical Research 2023-24. The project's title is "Jan Dhan Yojana and Affordable Access to Financial Services in Aspirational Districts of India".
Prakash Mondal has been admitted as a Fellow of the RSA, London, established in 1754, and the goal of whose charter is to "embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine art, improve our manufacturers and extend our commerce"
Adolescent Sexual Health Education through Picture Books: Designing and Disseminating Picture Books on Sexual Health - Taking the Conversation to Children, Doctors, Teachers.
Organized by Department of Liberal Arts, IITH, in collaboration with the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi
Paper entitled 'On the implementation of the algorithm for representation of discontinuity in natural language' in 5th International Conference on Natural Language Processing
KirIITH Climate Change Issue published by IITH
The Department of Liberal Arts at IITH Hyderabad is a leading centre for the study of a highly diverse range of subjects including Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Cultural Studies, Development Studies, Economics, English (Literature and Language), Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology, and Science and Technology Studies. The department is deeply committed to teaching innovative and intellectually stimulating courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as to world-class research in cutting-edge areas. In addition, Liberal Arts at IIT Hyderabad places a lot of importance on interdisciplinary collaborations through projects and other academic collaborations of national and international importance. If the department boasts of a team of excellent faculty members, it also houses young students and scholars who deeply contribute to the department’s academic growth. Further, Liberal Arts at IIT Hyderabad is very proud of its alumni many amongst who are currently serving as faculty members in various national institutes and universities of repute or pursuing higher academics and socially relevant projects. Simply put, the department of Liberal Arts enriches the academic and creative life of the institute, encourages cutting-edge scholarship, and cultivates a deeper understanding of humanity at large.
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