Goa University: D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies

Vice-Dean (Research)

Joanna Pereira Coelho

Professor of Sociology

Year of Establishment : 2022

Office Phone : +91-8669609144 (History); -152 (Political Sci.); -156 (Sociology); -165 (Women's Studies, Social Work); -094 (CSSEIP)

Email : [email protected]

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The D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies (DDKSSSBS) is named after Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907–1966), the prominent Goan multi-faceted intellectual usually remembered as a historian, mathematician, statistician, Indologist, philologist and polymath. The DDKSSSBS is established in 2022 by integrating the existing Departments on the Goa University campus and the affiliated Colleges. It covers a wide range of disciplines with differing methodologies, and includes History (1965 Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction & Research at Goa – CPIR affiliated to the then University of Bombay) Political Science (1973 – CPIR), Sociology (1974 – CPIR), Women's Studies, Social Work, Geography, Psychology, Education (Education, Physical Education, Special Education), Journalism, Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Logic, and Minority Studies.

With the spirit of integration, the school aims to build on vibrant pluralistic ethos and the intellectual diversity that has been the hallmark of the state. The DDKSSSBS is highly multidisciplinary and focuses on developing strong teaching and research programmes that advance our understanding of Goa and production of new knowledge.

Programme		Programme Director	Intake
M.A. History	Time Table \| Syllabus \| 22-23 Syllabus \| 25-26 Syllabus	Vinod O. Kankonkar	69
M.A. Political Science	Time Table \| Syllabus \| 22-23 Syllabus \| 25-26 Syllabus	Ravaji Vasant Gaunkar	38
M.A. Sociology	Time Table \| Syllabus \| 22-23 Syllabus \| 25-26 Syllabus	Mozinha Fernandes	25
M.A. Women's Studies	Time Table \| Syllabus \| 22-23 Syllabus	Sulochana Suresh Pednekar	-
Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)	Time Table \| Syllabus \| 22-23 Syllabus	Prachi Prabhu	-
Ph.D. History		-	-
Ph.D. Political Science		-	-
Ph.D. Social Work		-	-
Ph.D. Sociology		-	-
Ph.D. Women's Studies		-	-

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Prajot P. Asolkar	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Sociology of migration, entrepreneurship
Peter Floriano Borges	Assistant Professor	Child Rights, Welfare, and Protection, Youth Development, Health and Development, Disability Rights and Inclusion, Substance Abuse – Prevention and Rehabilitation, Cyber Safety, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Public Policy
Joanna Pereira Coelho	Professor	Sociology of Indian Society, Sociology of Language, Environment and Society
Prakash Desai	Associate Professor	Political Theory, Modern Indian Political Thought, Democracy and Civil Society, West Asia with reference to Contemporary Political Discourses
Shaila Desouza	Professor	Gender, Health, Development, Law and Violence
Favita Rochelle Dias	Assistant Professor	Caste, gender and sexuality
Alisha Gracy Fatima Dias	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Community Health, Mental Health, Human Development and Environment
Mozinha Fernandes	Assistant Professor	Tribal culture, Gender studies
Gargee P. Gaonkar	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Cultural History of Goa, Ethnography, Oral History, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Archaeology, Ancient History
Ballika Gaonkar	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Political Economy of India, Government and Politics of South Asia, Theory of Democracy
Ravaji Vasant Gaunkar	Assistant Professor	Goan Society and Politics, Political Sociology of India
Sneha Babi Ghadi	Assistant Professor	Colonial History, Ancient Indian History, Medieval Indian History, Indian Diaspora Studies, Gender Studies
Arvind N. Haldankar	Associate Professor	Sociology of Tribes, Ethnography & Environmental concerns
Pratima P. Kamat	Professor	Indo-Portuguese History and Maritime Studies, Gender Studies, History of Goa
Vinod O. Kankonkar	Assistant Professor	History of Goa, Medieval India, Modern India, History of Indian Cinema
Ninotchka Mendes	Assistant Professor	Sociology of tourism and Social stratification
Shraddha Shrikant Naik	Assistant Professor	International Relations, India's Foreign Policy, Interregionalism and BRICS
Prachi Satyawan Naik	Assistant Professor	Political Theory, Language Politics, Cultural Politics, Electoral Politics
Nalini C. Naik	Assistant Professor	Political, Social and Economic History of Ancient India, History of Goa, Art and Architecture, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Museum studies.
Vidhita K. Naik	Assistant Professor	Mental Health, Cultural perspective on mental health, Challenges faced by differentially abled population and their care givers, Challenges faced by children's of psychotic parents
Keval K. Naik	Assistant Professor	Gender Studies, Migration and Transnationalism, Technology and Advanced Society, Community Development and Empowerment, Child Welfare
Divya Parmar	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Constitutional Law and Public Policy, Postmodern Discourses, Feminist Thought, Power and Sexuality
Parag D. Parobo	Associate Professor	History of Goa and historiography; Intellectual history; Comparative history of empires with reference to South Asia; Social and cultural history of Portuguese colonialism in India; Political economy of Goa
Sulochana Suresh Pednekar	Assistant Professor	Global Health with special emphasis on Reproductive health of Women, Education, Sanitation and Environment
Prachi Prabhu	Assistant Professor	Gender, Community, Social reform and Feminist history
Nagendra Rao	Professor	State Formation, Transcultural Trade, Urbanization, Indo-Portuguese History, Historiography, Maritime History of India, History of Goa
Seema S. Risbud	Assistant Professor	Indo-Portuguese History, Decolonisation Movements, Social movements, Gender Studies and Studies in Indian Culture and Heritage
Kajal Rivankar	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Gender & Health, Gender & Environment, Family and Child Welfare
Vasudha Sawaiker	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Higher Education, Ethics, Pedagogy, Exclusion, Caste
Sangeeta Tate	Assistant Professor	Tribes, Migration, Gender
Rahul Tripathi	Professor	International Political Economy/ South Asia
Vithai Zaraunker	Assistant Professor	Gender, Caste and Tribe

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
N. Shyam Bhat	Professor	Modern Indian History, History of South Kanara, Indo-Portuguese History and Environmental History of Western India
Nishtha Desai	Assistant Professor	Women's Studies, Feminist literature, Laws and policies relating to children's rights
Ganesha Somayaji	Senior Professor	Social Theory, Sociology of Language, Food and Society

D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies

Erstwhile Departments of (i) History, (ii) Political Science, (iii) Sociology, (iv) Women's Studies, (v) Social Work, and (iv) Centre for Study of Social Inclusion

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Nagendra Rao

Professor of History

Vice-Dean (Academic)

Arvind N. Haldankar

Associate Professor of Sociology

Vice-Dean (Research)

Joanna Pereira Coelho

Professor of Sociology

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