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Year of Establishment                                               1964
Sanctioned teaching post                                           05
Existing teaching post                                                02
Intake Capacity                                                        100
Medium of Instruction                                                English
Post Graduate Degrees produced                               1360
M. Phil Degrees produced till 1995                              300
Doctorate Degrees produced                                      40
Duration of teaching                                                 10. 30 a.m  to 3. 30 p.m
Books available in the departments Library                 536
Other reference material                                           M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 
                                                                               Dissertations

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M.A. Sociology
Subjects Available at present:

M.A. Part I

  1. Classical Sociological Tradition

  2. Methodology of Social research

  3. Urban Society in India

  4. Sociology of Religion

  5. Rural Society in India

  6. Social Movements in India

  7. Gender and Society

  8. Sociology of Kinship, Marriage and Family

M.A. Part II

  1. Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

  2. Sociology of Change and Development

  3. Industry and Society in India

  4. Sociology of Aging

  5. Criminology

  6. Globalization and Society

  7. Political Sociology

  8. Dissertation

M.Phil likely to commence
Note: Some subjects are likely to be dropped and some included. Modification is likely to
           be made in most of the subjects.

 

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Teaching Faculty :  

Name                                          Dr. B.K. Swain

Designation                                 Reader & Head, Dept. of Sociology, RTM Nagpur
                                                  University,  Nagpur.

Date of Birth                                15th March, 1961 

Educational Qualification               M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D. (Soc), M.A. Eco, DIRPM.
Teaching Experience                    19 years
Research Experience                   15 years

Research Publications Books - two    
i)Changing Occupational Structure in Vidarbha, India.
ii)Child Labour in India
Papers - three
i) Education and Occupational Mobility in Vidarbha
ii)Women in Fiftieth Year of Independent India : Some Observations 
iii).  A study of Child  Labor in Nagpur.

All India conference attended     :     04
i)    At Hyderabad in 1997,  ii)  At Udaipur in 2003,
iii)  At Gorakhpur in 2004, iv)   At Jammu in 2005

Seminars attended at Nagpur     :    three
Papers presented                      :    five
i) Industrialization, Urbanization and Change of Values in Society
ii) Population and Development,
iii) Aging in Different Socio-Economic Strata and
iv)Aged in the Old Age Home: A Case Study of Panchawati Brudhashram in Nagpur.
v)Impact of Mass Media on Parents’ Choice for Children’s Career and Future

 


 

A Sociological Study of Different Socio-Economic Strata in Nagpur City
Chaired a paper presentation session on the theme “Aging and Social Structure” at the All India Sociological Conference held in Jammu in 2005.
Chaired a session of the seminar on “Role of Social Sciences in the Scenario of Job opportunities”, held on 27th February, 2005, by Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur.
Refresher courses attended           four
Refresher Courses organized         four
 

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Research Guidance

M.A. Dissertations                           More than twenty

Ph.D.              
Awarded                                          two 
Submitted                                        two
Number of scholars working               ten
Research Project completed               one
Organized National Seminar on Globalization and Indian Society
Delivered a key note address on “ Women’s Empowerment” in a state level seminar arranged by P.W.S. College, Nagpur, on  8th October, 2005.
Delivered a talk on “Female Foeticide” in a seminar arranged by S.F.S. College, Nagpur, on 11th  October, 2005.

Address for correspondence        
160, C-2, Godavari Apartment, Hill top, Ram Nagar, 
Nagpur - 440 033, ( 0712 – 2238651, (M) 9422823634

 

 

  Dr. Ashok T. Borkar
 


            (A) Name                               Dr. Ashok T. Borkar

            (B) Residential Address           S-3, Meera Complex,
                                                         Dambhare Layout
                                                         Trimurti Nagar Ring Road
                                                         Nagpur 440022

            (C) Telephone No.                 2222790, 9423105784

            (D) Designation                     Lecturer

            (E) Date of Joining                 1.12.2004

            (F) Department                      Department of SOCIOLOGY
                                                        PGTD, MJF Campus, RTM Nagpur University,
                                                        Nagpur 440033

            (G)Area of Specialization        (1) Tribal Development
                                                        (2) Modernization
                                                        (3) Globalization
                                                        (4) Social Change

            (H) E-mail ID                       at_borkar @ yahoo.com.in

 

 2. ACADAMIC QUALIFICATION:
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Sr. No.   Examination  University /                     Subject        Year         Division
               Qualified      Board  
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1.           S.S.C.            Maharashtra Board          ---             1984         2nd
2.           H.S.S.C.             --do--                        Arts            1988         3rd
3.           M.C.V.C.            --do--                         Electric       1990         1st
4.           B.A.              Nagpur University            Arts            1992         3rd
5.           M.A.                   --do--                    Sociology        1994         2nd
6.           SET            Maharashtra                  --do--       January  1995

7.           Ph.D.            RTM Nagpur Uni                -------2nd Aug.2005------
________________________________________________________________

3. TEACHING  EXPERIENCE :

(A) Course Taught                               University / Collage                                             Duration
      1. Weaker Section                             PGTD Nagpur University                                    2 year
      2. Gender and Society                                     --do--                                                3  -do-
      3. Globalization &Society                                 --do--                                                 3  -do-
      4. Contemporary Sociological           PGTD Hislop College                                           1  -do-
          Theory
      5. Family, Kinship & Marriage                         --do--                                                  1   -do-
      6. Research Guidance                       In both above mentioned institutes                     4   -do-

 

(B) Teaching Experience
      1. Under Graduate                         7 years
      2. Post Graduate                            4 years
     TOTAL TEACHING EXPEARENCE   10 YEARS

 

4. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE :

(1) Ph.D. Awarded
      Topic –Korkus of Melghat : A Case Study.
(2) Research Guidance
            P.G. four years of dissertation guidance (29 students)
(3) Research Project
      Title                      – Modernization in Tribal Setting
      Funding agency   –UGC
      Duration               – 1999 to 2002
      Post                      – PROJECT ASSOCIATE
(4) Assist in two Minor Research Projects
(5) Working on one Minor R.P. with Prof. S. Lanjewar of  PGTD of
     Hislop Collage Nagpur (2005 – 2007)
(6) Applied for a MAJOR R. P. entitled ‘IMPACT OF INDUSTRILIZATION ,
                URBANIZATION &MODERNIZATION ON ADAVASI WOMEN
                IN SLUMS OF NAGPURCITY’ dt 22.5.06 to the UGC.

5. OTHER ACTIVITYS :

  (1) Seminars attended               - 9
  (2) Conferences                         - 4
  (3) Workshop                            - 4
  (4) Refresher course                  - 1

 

6. PAPER PUBLICATION :

  (1)  ‘Michel Foucault’ an essay approved for publication by ‘Vicharshalaka’,June 2006.

7. PARTICIPATION IN CORPORATE LIFE :

  (1) Founding member of ISSS an NGO from Jan. 2005 in Educational
        Development with interdisciplinary approach.
  (2) Faculty of HISSAR an NGO from 1997 to 2004.

8. PAPER PRESENTATION :

  1. ‘Role of rationality in theorizing & social research’ – a paper presented in Marathi Samajshatre Parished 2006.

  2. ‘Farmers sucide – A latent function of globalization’, - a paper presented in the seminar conducted by PGTD of  Economics ,Nagpur Uni. Nagpur.

  3. ‘Sustainable Development in Tribal Society’, (2005), Conference conducted by Shri Binzani City College Nagpur.

  4. ‘Sustainable Development – Theory & Practice’, (2005), Refresher cource in Political Science Department

9. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION :

  1. Life member of ‘Indian Sociological Society’, from 2.8.05, No. LMI 2899.

  2. Life member of  ‘SOCIAL ACTION QUARTERLY REVIEW’.

  3. Yearly member of  ‘Hum Dalit’

  4. Yearly member of  ‘Women’s Link’

  5. Yearly member of  ‘Samaj Prabodhan Patrika’

Publications
Books         07
Papers       10

Seminars organized           06
  
Projects completed:                                                                     02 
Proposals for major project sent to UGC                                        02
Refresher courses organized                                                         04

 

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