Workshop on social science concludes

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, October 19

A one-week national level interdisciplinary workshop on “Contemporary Issues and Approaches in Social Science Research” concluded at Central University of Punjab, Bathinda(CUPB).

The workshop was sponsored by MHRD and was organised under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. The objectives of this workshop were to enhance the teaching-learning potential of social science faculty. The keynote speakers of inaugural session and valedictory ceremony were Prof Rajesh Gill, Panjab University, and Professor RK Kohli, Vice-Chancellor of the CUPB, respectively. Around 36 faculty members from different institutes of Punjab, Gujarat, UP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Bihar, Nagaland and West Bengal participated in the programme.

The resource persons of this workshop were eminent personalities from social science discipline, who shared their experiences with participants. On the first day, Prof Rajesh Gill (PU), and Dr Rajesh Kumar (GNDU), gave lectures on contemporary challenges in social science research (SSR), and contextualisation of SSR in international relations, respectively. On the second day, Dr Bawa Singh (CUPB), Dr PS Romana (Punjabi University) and Prof P Ramarao (CUPB) shared their thoughts on language diplomacy in SSR, and changing the face of research of social sciences in network societies.

During the valedictory session, Dr Naresh Singla from organising team presented the programme summary report. TLC director professor VK Garg mentioned that this workshop had provided new insights in the field of SSR, and also put a light of future opportunities for the collaboration of SSR with other disciplines.