Eligibility for Admission

   i. M.Phil. (awarded by IIT Bombay or equivalent 2-year degree) in any of the disciplines pertaining to the research areas in the Department, with First Class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) as specified in the General Eligibility Criterion. 
  ii.  M.A. or equivalent degree in Humanities & Social Sciences subjects, with 55% marks (50% for SC/ST). 
OR 
Master’s degree in Commerce with 55% marks (50% for SC/ST).  
OR  
M.Sc. or equivalent degree in Science, with First Class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) as specified in the General Eligibility Criterion.  
OR  
B.Tech./B.E. or equivalent degree in Engineering/Technology, with First Class or 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) as specified in the General Eligibility Criterion.

Candidates with degrees in Science, Commerce, Design, Architecture, Management and Engineering/ Technology or candidates with two years of PGDM from recognised Govt. Institution will be considered for research areas consistent with their academic background. Candidates having UGC-NET Lectureship (LS)/ GATE are also eligible for Teaching Assistantship in addition to other academic qualifications.

A minimum of 2 years of professional work experience for Sponsored or External Category (EX) and Self Financing Category (SF) is mandatory. To be considered for the Institute Teaching Assistant-ship (TA), the applicant must possess a valid GATE score or have qualified the CSIR/ UGC/ ICSSR/ ICPR/ MET/ an equivalent qualifying examination.

 Research Areas : 

Psychology ­:- Only in Autumn Semester 2024: Organizational Psychology, Health Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Social Psychology

Sociology :-  ­only in Autumn Semester 2024 : Urban Studies; Development Studies; Rural/Agrarian Sociology; Law and Governance; Legal Pluralism; Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change; Gender and Development; Disaster Studies; Ethnicity and Multiculturalism; Sociological Theory; Anthropology of corruption; Constitutional Law; Sociology of Higher Education; Sociology of Religion and Kinship; Conversion; Christianity in India; Caste today; Religious Institutions; Hierarchy/Stratification; Sociology in/of India; Contemporary Karnataka; Sociology of Development and Environment; Natural Resource Conflicts; Issues of Livelihoods and Problems of Marginalized Class; Resource Rights; Subaltern Resistance and Movements and Political Ecology; Sociology and political economy of Finance; Political Economy of Development; Indian Political Economy; Theories of Money; Classical Political Economy; New and Old Institutionalism and History of Economic Thought; Issues of Gender and Sexuality; Medical Anthropology; Anthropology of the Body and Embodiment; PostColonial Studies; Post-Modern Feminist Studies and Southern Theories; Caste: Civility and Democracy; Civil Society, Ethnography Studies; Inclusion and Exclusion; Environmental Sociology; Social and Environmental Movements; Environmental Politics with a focus on Social inequality and Natural Resource Conflicts especially in Rural India; Issues of Livelihood and Problems of Marginalized Class and Political Ecology; Science and Technology Studies; Sociology of Medicine and Public Health.

 Philosophy:-  ­ Only in Autumn Semester 2024 : Classical Indian philosophy (orthodox and heterodox systems), Abhinavagupta, Non-dual Śaivism, Philosophy of Indian Aesthetics, Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, AI Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language.

Cell for Indian Science and Technology in Sanskrit ­­  :-  Autumn and Spring Semester 2024 : Indian Science and Technology; Indian Philosophy; Logic and Epistemology; Sanskrit language; Panini and Grammar; Philosophy of Language. 

History : Archeology :-  Only in Autumn  Semester 2024 : Archaeology, Modern History- Subaltern history, migration history, maritime history and histories of anticolonialism and decolonization.

Linguistic- Autumn and Spring Semester 2024 : Applicants are required to submit a Research Proposal along with the application. The format, content and other details needed for the proposal is available here.

English – No intake in all areas of Literature and Performance Studies.