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Humanities and Social Sciences

 

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
 
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Head of the Department

Lilavati Krishnan, PhD, McMaster University, 1978
Experimental Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology
lk@iitk.ac.in

 

Prashant Bagad, PhD, University of Southampton, 2008
Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature, Continental Philosophy, Plato, Wittgenstein
pbagad@iitk.ac.in

Sarani Saha Bhattacharya, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007
Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics
sarani@iitk.ac.in

Braj Bhushan , PhD, BRAB University, 1999
Cognitive Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Engineering
brajb@iitk.ac.in
Anindita Chakrabarti, PhD, Delhi University, 2007
Sociology of Religion, Organization, Social Movements, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Food
aninditac@iitk.ac.in
 
Tanika Chakraborty, PhD, Washington University in St Louis, 2009
Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
tanika@iitk.ac.in
 
Mini Chandran, PhD, Kerala University, 1998
British literature, European literature
minic@iitk.ac.in
 
Shikha Dixit, PhD, Agra University, 1992
Cognitive Psychology, Social Cognition, Military Psychology
shikha@iitk.ac.in
 
Munmun Jha, PhD, Glasgow University, 1996
Human Rights, Social Movements
mjha@iitk.ac.in

Nirmalya Guha, PhD, University of Lancaster, U.K, 2009
Indian epistemology and logic, western philosophy of language, formal semantics, logic, cognitive science.
nguha@iitk.ac.in

Lilavati Krishnan,(HOD) PhD, McMaster University, 1978
Experimental Social Psychology, Cross-Cultural Psychology
lk@iitk.ac.in
 

Praveen Kulshreshtha, PhD, Cornell University, 1997
Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Economics of Corruption (Governance), Business Ethics
pravk@iitk.ac.in

Vimal Kumar, PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2008
Economics of Conflict, Microeconomic Theory, Political Economics, Economic Growth and Technological Development, Game Theory
vk@iitk.ac.in

 
Somesh K. Mathur, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2005
Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, New Trade and Growth Theories, WTO Issues like TRIPS and IT policy
skmathur@iitk.ac.in
 
Suchitra Mathur, PhD, Wayne State University, 1998
Indian Writing in English, Feminist Theory and Literature, Postcolonial Theory and Literature
suchitra@iitk.ac.in
 
Anirban Mukherjee, Ph.D, University of British Columbia, 2011
Development Economics, Institutional Economics , Economic History
anirban@iitk.ac.in
 
G Neelakantan, PhD, IIT Kanpur, 1989
American Literature, Communicative Language Teaching, World Fiction in English, Literary Theory
gn@iitk.ac.in
 
Koumudi Patil, MFA, Vishwabharati University, 2004
Art History, Multimedia Installation, Participatory Arts, Visual Communication
kppatil@iitk.ac.in
 
Binay K Pattnaik , PhD, Pune University, 1987
Sociology of Science and Technology, Sociology of Development, Environmental Sociology,  Social Movements, Sociology of Third (Voluntary) Sector
binay@iitk.ac.in
 
P. Murali Prasad, PhD, University of Hyderabad, 1999
Microeconimcs, Law and Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Banking
pmprasad@iitk.ac.in
 
Kumar Ravi Priya, PhD, University of Delhi, 2007
Health Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Alternative Paradigms of Psychology, Research Methods
krp@iitk.ac.in
Chaithra Puttaswamy, PhD, SOAS, University of London, 2009
Language Documentation and Description, Historical Linguistics, Language Typology, Language Contact, Dravidian Languages.
chai@iitk.ac.in
Achla M Raina, PhD, IIT Kanpur, 1992
Cognitive and Computational Linguistics 
achla@iitk.ac.in
 
Binayak Rath, PhD, IIT Kanpur, 1980
Benefit-Cost Analysis, Development Economics and Planning, Environmental Impact Assessment, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Economics of Alternative Energy, Water Resource Management
brath@iitk.ac.in
 
T. Ravichandran, PhD, Pondicherry University, 2000
Postmodern American Literature, Literary Theory, Modern Poetry, Indian Writing in English
trc@iitk.ac.in

Satyaki Roy, PhD, Visva Bharati University, 2007
History of Art, Visual Communication
satyaki@iitk.ac.in

Shatarupa Thakurta Roy, MFA, Visva Bharati University, 1999
History of Art,Art Appreciation,Design Theory,Visual Communication
stroy@iitk.ac.in

Sohini Sahu, PhD, State University of New York at Albany, 2009
Macroeconomics
ssahu@iitk.ac.in

Vineet Sahu, PhD, University of Hyderabad, 2009
Philosophy of Mind, Ethics
vineet@iitk.ac.in
K K Saxena, PhD, Udaipur University, 1980
Input-Output Analysis, Regional Economics, Macroeconomic Analysis
kks@iitk.ac.in
 
A V Ravishankar Sarma, PhD, IIT Bombay, 2006
Logic and Philosophy of Science
avrs@iitk.ac.in
 
A K Sharma, PhD, IIT Bombay, 1980
Social Demography, Rural Development, Health and Environment
arunk@iitk.ac.in
Arvind K Sinha, PhD, Patna University
Organizational Behavior, Social Psychology
aks@iitk.ac.in
 
Surajit Sinha, PhD, McMaster University, 1987
Money - Macro, Industrial Economics
suraji@iitk.ac.in


Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur