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

Vice-Dean (Research)

Joanna Pereira Coelho

Associate Professor of Sociology

Year of Establishment : 2022

Office Phone : +91-8669609144(History); -152(Political Sci.); -156(Sociology); -094(CSSEIP); -7030966402(Library & Info. Sci.)

Email : [email protected]

Other Information

Publications

Ph.D Students (current)

Projects

Thrust areas

Preamble:

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), Geography, Psychology, Education (Education, Physical Education, Special Education) Library and Information Science, 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.

Thrust areas:

Indo-Portuguese history

Maritime history

History of Goa

Democracy

Decentralization

Electoral Politics

Goa Studies

South Asian Political Economy

Social Theory and Research

Refugee Studies

Tribes in Transition

Diaspora Studies

Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies

Library and Society

Library Reference and Management Services

Information processing systems

Information Technology in Libraries

Digital content development

Digital Information Management

Library Automation and networks

Research Methodology

Webometrics, Informatics and Scientometrics

Academic programmes leading to a Degree / Diploma / Certificate :

Programme		Programme Director	Intake
Bachelor of Library and Information Science (B.L.I.Sc.)	Time Table \| Syllabus	Carlos M. Fernandes	31
M.A. History	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Seema S. Risbud	69
M.A. Political Science	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Prakash Desai	38
M.A. Sociology	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Arvind N. Haldankar	25
Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.Sc.)	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Carlos M. Fernandes	25
Ph.D. History		-	-
Ph.D. Political Science		-	-
Ph.D. Sociology		-	-

Faculty:

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Joanna Pereira Coelho	Associate Professor	Sociology of Indian Society, Sociology of Language, Environment and Society
Prakash Desai	Assistant Professor	Political Theory, Modern Indian Political Thought, Democracy and Civil Society, West Asia with reference to Contemporary Political Discourses
Favita Rochelle Dias	Assistant Professor	Caste, gender and sexuality
Mozinha Fernandes	Assistant Professor	Tribal culture, Gender studies
Carlos M. Fernandes	Assistant Professor	Library Consortia
Ravaji Vasant Gaunkar	Assistant Professor	Goan Society and Politics, Political Sociology of India
Vijay M. Gawas	Assistant Professor (Tenure)	Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Tribal Rights, Child and Disabilities Rights, Women Rights, Labour Rights, Legal aid, Consumer protection and environmental aspects.
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
Milind C. Mhamal	Assistant Professor	Library History, Book History, Book trade, Library Classification, Bibliography, Translations
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.
Rohan L. Parab	Assistant Professor	Library Classification, Library Automation, Use of web-based services in libraries
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
Shamin Pereira	Assistant Professor	Information literacy, User studies
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
Alaknanda P. Shringare	Assistant Professor	Democratic Governance, Public Administration, Rural Development
Ganesha Somayaji	Professor	Social Theory, Sociology of Language, Food and Society
Sangeeta Tate	Assistant Professor	Tribes, Migration, Gender
Rahul Tripathi	Professor	International Political Economy/ South Asia
Novelty R. Volvaikar	Assistant Professor	Library Automation, Digital Libraries, Information Technology, Informetrics and Scientometrics