Head of the Department
Priyankoo Sarmah
Professor,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact Address
Academic Complex Block F
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahati, Assam, 781039 India
+91 361 258 2600 / 2594
hssoff @ iitg.ac.in
Website : https://www.iitg.ac.in/hss/
About Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Guwahati is a centre for research and teaching composed of academics from eleven different disciplines: Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, History, Archaeology, Political Science, Geography, Development Studies. With its varied range of research interests and expertise, the department promotes interdisciplinary work in humanities and social sciences, offering projects, supervision and fellowships aimed to attract students and researchers from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. Apart from its undergraduate B.Tech taught courses which include uniquely designed content offered by members of faculty, the department offers highly interdisciplinary areas of expertise and investigation in its MA and PhD programmes.
