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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Greetings!

As the Vice Chancellor of this premier university, I am extremely pleased to share this space to converse with all of you. The University of Madras is a post- sesquicentennial institution which has forged a glorious path for itself and has been the site for significant scientific discoveries as well as the beacon for national and regional societal transformation. It has successfully managed to hold aloft its tradition even while keeping up with the emerging trends. One reason for this is the way in which the university has kept alive its interactions with all the stakeholders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced a ‘new normal’ and its impact is felt in the workings of the university as well. The students have been attending the lectures online. While online learning has the advantage of being anytime and anywhere, it has taken away the peer group interaction and peer learning which are integral aspects of the university experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the campus very soon. Meanwhile, our faculty and administration will continue to bring the best to the virtual classrooms. As students, you need to view the restrictions posed by the pandemic as a temporary deterrent. Your focus should be to gain the competencies to conduct application oriented research in order to evolve as useful citizens of our society.

Our university boasts of faculty with a high degree of knowledge and commitment to offer the best in teaching and research. Given the context of the pandemic, we need to redefine our teaching-learning processes to offer the best pedagogic experience to our students. Similarly, the post-pandemic era demands that we hone the employment potential and entrepreneurial capacity of our learners. This necessitates that we focus on sponsored research in cutting edge areas.

Our administrative staff have been the backbone of the university. While we move towards a transparent and complete e-governance model, we need more support from you. When the teaching-learning process at our university – from admission to certification -- is moving into the digital era, your skills and competencies need to keep pace.

At our university, we are gearing up for the final round of NAAC re-accreditation. This has offered us an opportunity to assess our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges. Further, it has made us more determined to reiterate our quality benchmarks in teaching, research and extension activities. We are aware of this responsibility and fully prepared for it because, our university has always encouraged individual thinking within the established frameworks. This is echoed in the words of Tim Burners Lee, who initiated the World Wide Web: “We are forming cells within a global brain and we are excited that we might start to think collectively. What becomes of us still hangs crucially on how we think individually.” Let us unite to make the educational experience at the University of Madras a synergy of the best minds and best thoughts.

Prof.Dr.S.Gowri

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras

School of Social Sciences

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The School of Social Sciences consists of Department of Anthropology, Department of Criminology, Department of Psychology, Department of Sociology, Department of Education, and Department of Adult and Continuing Education

The Department of Anthropology was established in October,1945. Certificate and Diploma Courses were started in July,1947 and research programmes in July,1950. The department concentrates on Tribal Studies, Political Anthropology, Economic Anthropology, Physical Anthropology, Archaeological Anthropology, Folklore. It has Computer Laboratory to do researches on quantitative understanding of social problems. In 1976, the department started Masters,M.Phil, and Doctoral programmes.

At the conference of the Inspectors General of Police in 1959, a Diploma in Criminology at the University of Madras was mooted and it was instituted in October,1960. The Psychology department conducted diploma courses in Criminology to begin with. Since April,1983, the Department of Criminology became a separate and independent. The Department of Criminology focuses on Victimology, Criminal Justice Administration, Human Rights, Juvenile justice, Correctional research, Crime prevention. The Department has Computer Labarotory facilities. It offers Diploma, Masters, and Ph.D. programmes

The Department of Psychology, as instituted in 1943. In 1948, a full fledged Psychology department under the headship of Dr.G.D.Boaz. The Department concentrated exclusively on If offers Master, M.Phil, and Ph.D. Programmes.

The Department of Sociology was established in 1966.To begin with, it was the Department of Social Science and Dr.K.K.Pillai, Professor of History was in-charge of the Department. The Department had to its credit the services of Fullbright Prof.Edwin Driver, Prof.Himes, Prof.Krosowisky and Prof.Washburne in the initial period. In 1976, a separate Department of Sociology was started. The main areas of research are as follows: 1. Urban sociology, 2.Medical Sociology 3. Gender Studies 4. Water Management 5. Industrial Sociology 6. Rural Sociology and Rural Development 7. Environmental Studies 8. Total Quality Management 9. Sociology of Development. The department offers Masters and Ph.D. programmes.

The Department of Education was established in 1946, with Dr.(Miss)E.Vedanayagam as Professor and Head. The department specializes in the fields of management of Education, curriculum Development, Special Education, Educational Cost analysis, work Education, Management of Organisation, Trade Unions, Industrial Employability of differently able, Stress and Conflict resolution in work environment. The department has an Educational Lab. The department offers Masters, M.Phil, and Ph.D. programmes.

The Department of Adult and Continuing Education was was established in 1976 with Dr.R.Jayagopal as Professor and Head, to concentrate on Non-formal Education and Population Education. The department researches in the fields of Adult education, population education, industrial training, project evaluation. The department offers Masters and Ph.D. Programmes.

Chair Person : Dr.M.SRINIVASAN

Constitute Department :
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Criminology
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Adult and Continuing Education
  • Department of Women Studies
  • Department of Social Work

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