Widely recognized as a research and teaching department, the Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, was established in 2004. Since its inception the department, which also hosted the management stream but was later merged into the department of Economics, has long been known for its innovations and excellence in teaching and research. The department is dedicated to recruiting faculty members from newer research areas alongside traditional disciplines. It provides support and autonomy to the individual teachers to develop their areas and introduce new courses, particularly in interdisciplinary areas. The expertise of the faculty members range from Shakespearean studies, literary theory, ecocriticism, film studies, meta-cognitive studies, tourism studies to developmental studies, disaster management, environmental social sciences, maritime studies, qualitative psychology, mental health and professional ethics.
The department aims at enriching the knowledge and awareness of students in various areas of humanistic and socio-scientific studies and enhancing their creative and critical thinking skills thereby enabling them to become well-rounded human beings, committed to the society, and to excel in their professional and personal lives.
The strength of the Research Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Goa, is in the diversity of expertise of the faculty members. The faculty members are engaged in cutting edge research that are socially, culturally and politically relevant and contemporary. The publications of the faculty members are evidence for their research.
Ph.D. Topic - "Examining AI Adoption in Tourism Service Encounters: A Specific Case of Goa Tourism,"
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shalini Upadhyay,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Review and Analysis of India's Free Trade Agreements
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. R P Pradhan,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Prof. Arfat Ahmad Sofi
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Solano Jose Savio Da Silva,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Dr. Sayantani Sarkar and Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Solano Jose Savio Da Silva,
Ph.D. Topic - Fiscal Decentralisation as a strategy of improving Ecnomic and political Governance in Botswana
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Mohan Kumar Bera,
Ph.D. Topic - Antecedents and outcomes of artificial intelligence adoption for crisis and issue management: the socio-technical system theory perspective
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shalini Upadhyay,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - Vulnarablity and Resilience in Rural Agricultural Communities
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Nilanjana Goswami,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. K.A.Geetha,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Nilak Datta,
DAC Members - K A GEETHA & Dr.Sayantan Chakraborty
Ph.D. Topic - Negotiating Nation and Citizenship: An Ethnographic Study of Tibetan Youth-in-Exile in India
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. R P Pradhan,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Dr. Mohan Kumar Bera and Dr. Shalini Upadhyay
Ph.D. Topic - The Performative Politics of Ethnocultural Nationalism in India
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. K.A.Geetha,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Dr. Anitendu Bhattacharya & Dr. Rayson K Alex
Ph.D. Topic - Unearthing Silenced Histories: A Reinterpretation of Enslavement and Freedom in Colonial Goa Through the Lens of the Poskim
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. K.A.Geetha,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Dr. Nilak Datta & Dr. Solano Da Silva
Ph.D. Topic - The Politics of Performance in the Goan Mando
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Nilak Datta,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Solano Jose Savio Da Silva,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Lakshmi Subramanian,
Ph.D. Topic - Unalike Minds: Indian Narratives of Mental Illness
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Amitendu Bhattacharya,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Prof. Shilpa Anand & Prof. Bidisha Banerjee
Ph.D. Topic - Urban Literary Culture of 1950-60’s India: Mohan Rakesh & the Nayi Kahani Movement
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Nilak Datta,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Dr Sayantani Sarkar, Dr Shalini Upadhayay
Ph.D. Topic - Livelihood Diversification amidst Economic Insecurity: Kaibartas of Assam
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Solano Jose Savio Da Silva,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Sayantani Sarkar,
DAC Members - Prof Lakshmi Subramanian & Dr Mohan Kumar Bera
Ph.D. Topic - Health Risks of Flood Disasters in Murshidabad District
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Mohan Kumar Bera,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Prof. R Raghunathan & Dr. Sayantani Sarkar
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Sayantani Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Solano Jose Savio Da Silva,
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Topic - An inquiry into the effects of regimes of morality on the experience of freedom as an authentic self-expression among queer individuals in India
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Reena Cheruvalath,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Prabhu Venkataraman
DAC Members - Dr. Solana Jose Savio Da Silva and Prof. Sailaja Nandigama
Ph.D. Topic - Crisis Communication Strategies in Tourism: A Case of Goa Tourism during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Shalini Upadhyay,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Prof. Sangeeta Sharma (Pilani), Prof. R P Pradhan
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bidisha Banerjee,
Co. Supervisor -
Prof. Punit Parmananda (IIT Bombay)
Ph.D. Topic - Maritime Governance & Blue Economy: Framework Analysis for India’s Comprehensive National Maritime Policy & Prospects
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. R P Pradhan,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Dr.Mohan Bera & Dr.Arafat Sofi
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. Reena Cheruvalath,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Bidisha Banerjee,
Ph.D. Topic - Literary and Cultural Studies
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Geetha Bakilapadavu,
Co. Supervisor -
Workshop on Collaborative Teaching-Learning Process
An International Workshop onTheorizing Future Ethics of Technology:Can Morals be Determined?
Guest lecture by Dr. Maria Fatima D’Costa
Guest lecture by Mamata Volvoikar on Digital Art
YOUNG RESEACHER’S CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP ON ACADEMIC WRITING
Environment, Development and Climate Change ( GS F212 ) Special Public Lecture – Harnessing Space Technology for Humanity
A One-Day Symposium on Museum Studies
Guest lecture by Professor R. Raj Rao – Title of lecture: The Pen as Camera and Paintbrush: A Creative Writing Pedagogy
Workshop on Epistemic Community of the Mhadei River Project on Time and Just Transitions
All are cordially invited for Art Exhibition
Workshop on Collaborative Teaching-Learning Process
7 November, 2024An International Workshop onTheorizing Future Ethics of Technology:Can Morals be Determined?
30 October, 2024Guest lecture by Dr. Maria Fatima D’Costa
28 October, 2024Guest lecture by Mamata Volvoikar on Digital Art
15 October, 2024YOUNG RESEACHER’S CONFERENCE & WORKSHOP ON ACADEMIC WRITING
28 September, 2024A One-Day Symposium on Museum Studies
20 September, 2024Workshop on Epistemic Community of the Mhadei River Project on Time and Just Transitions
29 August, 2024All are cordially invited for Art Exhibition
30 April, 2024Workshop on “Collaborative Teaching-Learning Process” on May 9th and 10th 2024
30 April, 2024Inauguration of the HSS Media Lab.
20 April, 2024BITS Pilani – RMIT PhD Recruitments
17 April, 2024Ph.D. Admission Open for Second Semester, Academic Year 2024-25
5 April, 2024Research Methodology Workshop Series on Conducting Qualitative interviews
22 March, 2024Research Methodology Workshop Series on Action Research
17 March, 2024Research Methodology Workshop Series on Ethnography
17 March, 2024International conference on Wit, Humour, and the Carnivalesque in Literature and Performance
13 February, 2024Research Methodology Workshop Series Topic – Data Analytics for HSS
6 February, 2024Talk on: River of life, The Struggle to Save Narmada
30 January, 2024A Conceptual Model: Multisensory Marketing and Destination Branding
DEPTH, SURFACE AND MOVEMENT: THE INDIAN OCEAN ENVIRONMENT, HISTORY AND HUMAN AGENCY
Conference on Role of forest ecosystems in meeting SDGs and Climate Goals in South Asia
International Conference on ‘Region/Nation/Trans-Nation: Literature-Cinema Interface’
Climate Resilience Planning in the Forest Sector in Meghalaya
Rethinking Popular Genres: Technology, Class Radicalism and Biopower
Who owns Minerals? How could they be managed? The Goenchi Mati Proposal
The “Frontier” and the American Imagination: A Retrospective View
Interpersonal communication as a tool for effective hospital administration
Universities at the Crossroads and the Humanities at a Dead-End: What is the Way Forward?
Superfunds Fictionalized: An Eco-cosmopolitan Approach to Animal’s People by Indra Sinhaa
Research Fellow positions
Junior Research Fellow(JRF)
PhD Scholar Position
Field Assistant/ Sr. Office Assistant
Research Fellow Positions (4 Positions)
Junior Project Fellow position for the ISRO- IGBP sponsored project
Field Assistant/Office Assistant position
Research Assistant position under NFSG
Research Associate
Akanksha N. Padmakumar
Area: Philosophy
Supervisor: Prof. Reena Cheruvalath
E-mail: h20190900@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Mitra Gireesh
Area: Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi
E-mail: h20190903@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Akash Sadanand Naik Salgaonkar
Area: Philosophy
Supervisor: Dr.Hareesh A.G.
E-mail: h20200188@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Aparna Sharma
Area: Gender studies
Supervisor: Prof. Lakshmi Subramanian
E-mail: h20200187@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Harsha S
Area: Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Bidisha Banerjee
E-mail: h20200190@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Srishti
Area: Education
Supervisor: Prof. Geetha B
E-mail: h20200189@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Mr. Vijay Lamani
Office Assistant
Tel: +91-832-2580-224
Email: vijay@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in & humanities.office@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Office address: A-304, Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar - 403726. Goa.
Mr. Sameer Shivram Redkar
Technician
Tel: +91-832-2580-224 / +91 9930076897
Media Lab (Language lab): CC-122/1
Email: sameerr@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, NH 17B, Zuarinagar, Goa - 403726
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