Centre for Online Education - MSO-004: Sociology in India

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MSO-004: Sociology in India
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Overview

Equip students with the tools to analyze and interpret social phenomena in India using a sociological lens

Duration	16 weeks
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Mode of learning	Online
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MSO-004: Sociology in India
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MSO-004: Sociology in India
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Course details

Who should do this course?

Undergraduate and graduate students studying sociology, anthropology, social sciences, or related fields with a focus on Indian society
Professionals working in development organizations, NGOs, and government agencies in India

What are the course deliverables?

Explore the historical development of sociology as a discipline in India, examining the influence of colonial and postcolonial thinkers
Analyze the major social hierarchies and inequalities present in Indian society, such as caste, class, gender, and religion
Examine the functioning and role of key social institutions in India, such as family, kinship, marriage, religion, and education
Analyze the processes of social change and modernization in India, examining their impact on traditional social structures
Explore the role of social movements in addressing social issues in India, such as poverty, gender inequality, and social justice

More about this course

This course introduces students to Indian society and to the sociological understanding of Indian society in terms of its institutions, social processes and their dynamics
Towards this endeavour besides engaging the students with the historical understanding of development of sociology in India, it engages them with the dynamics of caste, tribes, religion, gender, family marriage, kinship, social classes in the contests of fast change and transformation in the society
It also focuses on the issues of migration, industrialization, globalization, communalism, secularism and social movements in Indian society and their sociological understanding

MSO-004: Sociology in India
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Swayam
Curriculum

Week 1

Unit-1 Social Background of the Emergence of Sociology in India

Week 2

Unit-2 Emergence of the Discipline: Issues and Themes

Unit-3 Village Studies in India

Week 3

Unit-5 Brahminical Perspective

Unit-6 View from the Field

Week 4

Unit-7 Ambedkar and Lohia on Caste

Unit-8 Census Perspective

Week 5

Unit-9 The Household and the Family

Unit-10 The Household as a Cooperative—Conflicting Unit

Week 6

Unit-11 Marriage and Its Changing Patterns

Unit-12 Descent and Alliance Approaches to the Study of Kinship in India

Week 7

Unit-13 Agrarian Classes and Categories

Unit-14 The Working Class

Week 8

Unit-15 The Middle Class

Unit-16 Gender, Caste and Class

Week 9

Unit-17 Tribe, Territory and Common Property Resources

Unit-18 Tribe and Caste

Week 10

Unit-19 Elwin and Ghurye’s Perspectives on Tribes

Unit-20 Social Differentiation among Tribes

Week 11

Unit-21 Religion and Politics

Unit-22 Religion and Culture

Week 12

Unit-23 Cohesive and Divisive Dimensions of Religion

Unit-24 Secularisation

Week 13

Unit-25 Urbanization

Unit-26 Migration

Week 14

Unit-27 Industrialisation

Unit-28 Globlisation

Week 15

Unit-29 Social Movements: Meanings and Dimensions

Unit-30 Types of Social Movements

Week 16

Unit-31 Peasants Movements

Unit-32 New Social Movements

MSO-004: Sociology in India
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Swayam
Faculty details

Dr. Deepak Paliwal

Dr. Deepak Paliwal presenting working as an Associate Professor (Sociology),School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He worked as a Joint Director (Behavioral Science), in one of the prestigious Administrative Training Institute of India, Dr.R.S.Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration, Nainital ,Uttarakhand(15.12.2018-12.08.2021). He joined the Higher Education Department in the year 2007 and from the year 2008 to 2011 he worked as Lecturer in different Government Degree Colleges of Uttarakhand. He joined the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Uttarakhand Open University as Assistant Professor in August 2011. Apart from academic he worked in the different capacities as, I/C (Regional Service Directorate), Assistant Director (Research), Assistant Director (Training & Placement) and Assistant Registrar (Administration) in the University. He is the recipient of the prestigious UGC Research Award (2014-16). Dr. Paliwal completed the research project entitled “Open Schooling in Hilly Areas: A Critical Analysis of its Reach and Responsiveness” in the year 2016 funded by NIOS (Ministry of Human Resource Development, India). He has organized various Conferences, Seminar and workshop fully funded by various national and international organizations i.e. University of Sains Malaysia, ICSSR, National Commission of Women New Delhi and Uttarakhand Open University). His research interests include Research Methodology, Women Health an