Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology are core disciplines in the human sciences. Co-terminus with the establishment of the modern era from the 18th century onwards, these disciplines offer classical foundations, theories and methodologies for understanding society and its constitutive elements. Sociology and Anthropology have evolved in a complementary manner, sharing a deeply reciprocal relationship, and more so in the Indian context. If liberal arts, comprehensively understood, provides a grounded and holistic view into the dynamics and nuances of social life then sociology and anthropology are the primary vehicles through which this journey takes concrete shape and form. As a matter of fact, no liberal arts programme can be complete without including a rich offering of courses in both these disciplines.
In this spirit, Easwari School of Liberal Arts offers a major in Sociology-Anthropology in order to make for a strong and well embedded disciplinary portfolio for the school. Students taking this major will graduate with a B A (Hons) in Sociology/Anthropology.
Message From HOD
Dr Bikku R
Assistant Professor & Head of the Department
The programmes are designed to cultivate students with a holistic view of the dynamics and nuances of human social and cultural experiences across time and space. Sociology and Anthropology are core disciplines in the human sciences that offer unique opportunities for students to study theories and methodological foundations to understand diverse societies and cultures and their fundamental elements.
SRM University - AP
About Our Vision & Our Mission
At SRM University AP, our vision and mission are at the heart of everything we do. We envision a world where education empowers individuals to become leaders, innovators, and changemakers. Our mission is to provide students with not just academic knowledge, but the skills, creativity, and ethical grounding needed to thrive in the modern world.
Our Vision
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology aims to lead excellence in teaching and research. Its dynamic curriculum aspires to enable students to build interdisciplinary, curricular and co-curricular skills to critically examine human social and cultural experiences.
Our Mission
Provide a nurturing environment to foster students’ intellectual growth and holistic development. Empower students to develop critical and analytical skills to become socially and culturally sensitive administrators and managers. To continually strengthen the disciplines of Sociology and Anthropology with robust theoretical and empirical contributions.
Programme Objectives
Analyse social issues with depth, empathy, and academic rigour
Apply theory to real-world contexts through fieldwork and research
Develop tools to address inequality, identity, and social transformation
Advocate for inclusive policies that drive social justice
Prepare for diverse roles in research, policy, development, and beyond
Challenge norms and Disrupt Narratives
Foundational Course
- Understanding India Society(ies): Myths and Realities (school level).
Courses
- Sociology and Anthropology: An Introduction
- Classical Sociological Theories
- Anthropological Theories
- Gender, Power and Difference
- Castes, Tribes and Nomadic Communities
- Anthropology of Religion
- Urban Sociology
- Research Methodology
- Environmental Anthropology
- Nationalism and Society
- Anthropology of Kinship and Marriage
- Medical Anthropology
- Sociology of Modern India
- Advanced Research Methods
- Law and Society
- Gender and Development
- Labour Migration in India: A Social History
- Anthropology of Technology
- Research Dissertation
Electives
- Introduction to Archaeological Anthropology
- Introduction to Physical Anthropology
- Anthropology of Senses
- Conversion Politics
- Sociology of Work
- Globalization and Social Change
- Health System and Policy
- Work, Labour and Informality
- Science, Technology and Culture
- Gift Consumption and Exchange
Open Electives/Minor Courses
- Food, Culture and Society
- Visuality and Aurality in Anthropology
- Work in the Gig Economy
- Work, Health and Wellbeing
- Digital Anthropology
- Sustainable Cities and Climate Change
- Gender and Society
Current Happenings
March 31, 2025
Ghumat Stories: Exploring the Folk Legacy of the Percussion Instrument
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the varsity organised a round table talk, Ghumat Stories, as…
March 24, 2025
Bishnois Combating Climate Change
Prof. Bikku R, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, examines in his…
November 18, 2024
Challenging Norms and Expanding Perspectives with YSK Prerna
In a world where conversations around gender are evolving rapidly, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology from…
Recent Publications
Dr Bikku R, Religion and Ecology: A Study on the Religious Beliefs and Practices in Conserving Ecology and Adapting to Climate Change Among the Bishnois of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India, 2025
Dr Krishan Takhar, The Spatial Logic of Informal Urbanism: Inventraset Assemblages, 2025
Dr Krishan Takhar, The Production of Domestic Space and Gender during the COVID-19 Crisis: An Auto-ethnographic Account from a North Indian Small Town, 2025