About the department

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) houses the disciplines of English Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, CISTS (Sanskrit) and History with a strength of Thirty-Eight faculty members at present. The Department commands an independent space within the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay by offering MA-PhD programme in Philosophy, MA by Research programme in Sociology/Language, Literature and Performance studies/ Human Sciences and a Ph.D. Programme which has been running since 1973 and currently there are 200+ students.
The Department, apart from the production and dissemination of its disciplinary concerns, also plays a unique and distinctive role within the vision of the Institute, which seeks to promote a holistic science and technology education. The inclusion of the study of the Humanities and other social and behavioural sciences ensures that our quest within the frontiers of the science and technology takes place in an informed manner and attends to humanitarian and social concerns. Towards this end, the Department offers a number of core and elective courses for the B. Tech., M. Tech., and the MBA Programmes of the Institute.
Apart from the facilities made available to all students at the Institute-level, the department houses the Psychology Lab, the Linguistics Lab, the Cognitive Psychology Lab and the Computer Lab. Along with the fulfilment of teaching and research goals, the Department faculty members engage in various diverse outreach activities like CEP, Workshops, Editor and Review Boards of Journals. 
R&D Activities: The department faculties are involved in a number of research projects independently, in collaboration with faculty members from other departments of IIT Bombay, and as part of international research networks and partnerships. Faculty members and student researchers of the department carry out research in several cutting-edge areas and emerging sub disciplines as well as trans-disciplinary themes such as computational linguistics, climate studies, organizational justice, digital media, innovation, gender and environmental change. 

Head Of the Department

Prof.  Pooja Purang

Email: head[dot]hss[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact: (022) 2576 7350