Head - Department of Sociology  and Political Science

 
Prof. Bandana Gaur
Professor
 
Educational Qualification - M.A., Ph. D (Sociology)
CONTACT
Department of Sociology & political Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Dayalbagh Educational Institute, (Deemed
 to be University)
Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005, (UP) India
Tel.: (0562) 280 1545
 
 

Dr. Bandana Gaur is M.A. in Sociology and also holds a Ph.D. degree. She has 14 years of Professional Experience. Her teaching interests are Gender & Society, and her research interests are Women's Studies. She has 17 publications to her credit.

About The Department:

  • The department of Sociology and Political Science have been in existence as independent unit since the inception of Women's Training College in 1947.
  • These were part of the erstwhile Faculty of Arts up till May1994.
  • In July 1994, when the Faculty of Social Sciences assumed its independent status, the two departments were merged to form a new Department of Sociology and Political Science to make it organizationally more viable.
  • Since 1994 the department has been running under the auspices of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
  • Since 1995-96 Honours courses were introduced in both the disciplines. There has been a phenomenal growth in the number of students in both the disciplines.
  • The other significant developments has been the extension of Work Experience Course titled, "Construction and Administration of Research Tools" up to VI semester .
  • The above course is open to both the disciplines.
  • Since 2009-10 Post Graduation in Sociology & Political Science have been started.
  • Research has been initiated in the department.
  • 45 scholars have been registered since 2009-2010 and 13 awarded  Ph.D and 3 submitted their thesis.
  • Out of these 13 are UGC Net qualified.