Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FOHSS) plays a critical role in the overall development of society, which helps students and researchers to study human behavior and social phenomenon. The Faculty covers a wide range of sub-disciplines, Economics, Political Science, Public Policy and Administration, International Relations, Statistics, Sociology, fall under the scope of social sciences. There are a number of other sub-disciplines like History and Archeology, Women and Gender Studies, Film Studies Education, Culture Studies which cut across both Humanities and Social Sciences, while Education is interdisciplinary in nature.

The FOHSS is known to offer a variety of well curated, innovative and rigorous programmes at the undergraduate and postgraduate level at the Constituent Institutes and Research Centres:

• Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune
• Symbiosis School of International Studies, Pune
• Symbiosis Statistics Institute, Pune
• Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune

Besides the FOHSS has three Research Centers:

1. i) Symbiosis Centre for Urban Studies (SCUS), which drives development through an interdisciplinary framework to create sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urbanization. https://scus.siu.edu.in/about-us.html
2. ii) Symbiosis Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability (SCCCS) envisions contributing to the creation of knowledge and research, supporting our national efforts of climate action and assisting in the shift to sustainable pathways. https://scccs.siu.edu.in/about-scccs/
3. iii) Symbiosis Centre for Ambedkar Studies (SCAS) envisions contributing to the knowledge and research on Dr, Ambedkar’s throughs on Education

The PhD Programme under FoHSS, offers the following sub-streams:

1. i) Economics - wherein till date research has been pursued in the area of Agriculture Economics, Rural Development, Urban Development, Urban Finance, Urban Mobility, Land Economics, Environment Economics, Financial Inclusion, Education and Economics of Education, Financial Economics, Money and Banking, to name a few.
2. ii) International Relations - Nuclear Non-Proliferation, International Migration, International Trade, Economic Cooperation, Global Development Agenda and Governance and many more
3. iii) Statistics - Bio-statistics - Detriment Index based Ranking Technique and Demonstration of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool for Early Signal Detection in Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD’s), Applied Statistics - Functional Data Analysis Technique for the Assessment of Temporal Measurements in Climate Change and others.

A number of PhD guides from the constituent institutes and research centers having vast knowledge and expertise, are available to mentor and guide the research scholars, to commence their research journey on a subject matter or an area they are passionate about. The well-designed PhD coursework helps the student commence their passage to discover new insights and perspectives in the chosen areas. A team of quantitative and qualitative experts along with data sets and software such as SPSS, SAS, STATA, R, EViews, GRETL and Python are available at the university to assist the students in their onward research journey.

About the Dean: Dr Jyoti Chandiramani

Dr Jyoti Chandiramani has been the Director of Symbiosis School of Economics and Dean Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – Symbiosis International Deemed University (SIU) since 2010. She has played a significant role in establishing one of India’s leading schools of Economics, committed to provide students an educational journey – of academic excellence and lifelong learning.

Her research areas include topics associated with Urban Economic Development (urban poverty, urban infrastructure, urban mobility, urban policy, etc.), Besides she keenly studies and follows contemporary trends in International Development Cooperation – from the MDGs to the SDGs. She is presently working on Pune centric cases which include Census Towns of Pune District, Calculating Pune Cities GDP and Economic Planning for Pune City. She has been guiding a number of PhD scholars and has also undertaken various research projects and consultancy in collaboration with NABARD, ITDP, Sulochana Thapar Foundation and with reputed think tanks in India.