About Department

The Department of Sociology was established in 1971-72. This subject is very much popular and hence the students offer the same on a large scale. Many teachers’ as well as students’ contribution enriched the Department of Sociology.

The Department of Sociology was headed by Prof. N. R. Joshi, Prof. Lad , Prof. S. I. Thorat , Prof. Dr. J. V. Rahate , Prof. Dhangan, Prof. N. S. Vaidya , B. N. Gaikwad and also they contributed their valuable services to the Department of Sociology.

Presently Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhukarrao Ingole is working as H.O.D. of Sociology & Dr. Pramila Bhujade (Ganvir), Asst. Prof. Surekha A. Dandare-Vasekar are working as Asst. Professors in the Department.

Department of Sociology have taken keen interest in providing guidance to the students in all respect such as Academic Guidance, Personality Development & Career Guidance, etc. Department of Sociology provides teaching facility to both Marathi and English medium for students of 11th Arts to B.A.3rd year.

Student Strength

Class	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
B.A. I	56	30	42
B.A. II	18	38	13
B.A. III	11	21	26

Average Result for the last 3 years

Year	Average result of Department
2018-19	83.33%
2019-20	70.70%
2020-21	73.48%

Co-Curricular Activities

Alumni of the Department

Sr No.	Name	Current Position
1	Dr. Shruti Shrikant Tambe	Department of Sociology, Head and Professor , Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
2	Dr. Pratibha Ahire	Director, Tarabai Shinde woman’s Study Centre, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.
3	Dr. Yennawar Sarita	Assistant Registrar, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
4	Dr. P.P.Kalawant	Deputy Registrar (Examination) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.
5	Datta Bharaskar	District Supply Officer
6	Madhuri Kakde	Lawyer at High Court Bombay Bench, Aurangabad
7	Ms. Almaz Anjum Ahefaj Khan Khan	SET exam passed and CHB Assistant professor at Vasantrao Naik College , Aurangabad.
8	Tanmay P. Bhavsar	M.A.M.phil., SET, NET and CHB Assistant professor at Govt. College of Arts & Science, Aurangabad.
9	Ms. Puja Ganesh Kalbhile	Railway Police Department at Mumbai as a Police.
10	Dr. Smita Awachar	Former Head and Professor, Department of Sociology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada university, Aurangbad.
11	Mr. Motiram Nimbalkar	SET Exam PASSED in Sociology

Organized Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and Symposia

Title of Conference / Seminar	Organized by	Whether International/National/State /Regional/College or University level
Micro and Macro Issues of Research Design in Social Science Research	Department of Sociology	Online National (ICSSR Funding 25,000/)
Workshop- Quantitative Research Analysis in Social Sciences (20th January, 2018.)	Department of Sociology	National (ICSSR Funding -70,000/-)
Workshop- Data Analysis and Data Interpretations in Social Sciences. (04th Dec.2019)	Department of Sociology	National (ICSSR Funding-50,000/-)
Seminar- Opportunities in Sociology. (11th August 2018)	Department of Sociology	Regional Seminar
Value Added Certificate course on “ How to Prepare Project in Social Science at UG level” ( 27/07/2019 to 10/08/2019)	Department of Sociology	Inter-College Level
Digital Literacy Training Programme for Women ( 27th December,2019)	Department of Sociology	one
Digital Literacy Training Programme for Women ( 27th December,2019)	Department of Sociology, Department of Sanskrit & Psychology	State level (Maharashtra State women Commission Sponsored Funding 50,000/-)
Importance of Hypothesis in Social Sciences: Formulation and Testing	Department of Sociology	National (ICSSR Funding-25000/-)