1. Name of the Department : Sociology

2.Year of Establishment :1972

  1. Faculty of Department:

Sl No

Name

Date of Joining

Designation

 1

Deepanjali Borah, M.A., M. Phil

 12/04/2005

Assistant Professor

2

Dr. Diganta Kr. Gogoi , M.A.,M. Phil ,

Ph. D

26/02/2009

Assistant Professor

3

Rashmi Rekha Handique , M.A. , M.Phil

10/08/2006

Assistant Professor

  1. Brief History of Department

The Department of Sociology of Tingkhong College was introduced in the year 1972 as Core Course and in the year 1991 as Honours Course. Sunit Gogoi (1972) was the founder teacher (Ho D) of the Sociology Department . He was followed by Jogneswar Gogoi as HoD. Another faculty member of the department was late Bhuban Ch. Handique(1986). Present faculty members of the department are Deepanjali Borah, Dr.Diganta kr. Gogoi and Rashmi Rekha Handique .

  1. The Motto of the Department

The motto of the department is to impart theoretical knowledge regarding society as a whole and to study social life, social change and the causes and consequences of human behavior. Investigate structure of groups, organizations and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. Through Sociology, the department trains students to understand the basic social processes of society, social institutions and pattern of social behavior.

  1. Programme Outcomes

The main subject -matter of Sociology is to study about the human society and human behavior . The motto of the sociology department is to impart theoretical knowledge regarding development of sociology as an academic discipline and how over a period of time thinkers have conceptualized various aspects of society and draw attention to the key concepts and institutions of Indian society from an interdisciplinary perspectives , which are useful for the understanding of Indian society. Thus the course will provide knowledge to the students regarding major theoretical debates and concepts and linkage between social, political, economic and religion through themes such as power, governance, states etc. Thus students will able to learn the significance of sociological analysis for the studies of economic processes in local and global contexts. Social stratification is a key concepts of Indian society, through the course the students will be able to know about divers forms of social inequalities. The students of both honours and non- honours will be able to learn the methodologies of social research through the course “Sociological Research Methods” which are more needful for research work and career development of the students.

1st Semester

Core Course 01: Introduction to Sociology I ( 6 Credit)

Through this course students will be able to know about the sociological way of thinking . It also provides a foundation for the other more detailed and specialized courses in sociology.

Core Course 02: Sociology of India I ( 6 Credit )

Students will be introduced the processes and modes of construction of knowledge of India aims to draw attention to the concepts and institutions which are useful for the understanding of Indian society. 

Generic Elective 01:Indian Society:Images and Reality ( 6 Credit )

The course seeks to provide an interdisciplinary introduction to Indian society.

2 nd Semester

Core Course 03: Introduction to Sociology II ( 6 Credit )

Students will able to gain knowledge regarding general introduction to sociological thought. It also aims to draw attention to the variety of ideas and debates about Indian society. .

Core Course 04 : Sociology of India II ( 6 Credit )

The course focus on multiple socio-political forces and ideologies which shape the terrain of the nation which will help the students to know about Indian society.

Generic Elective 02: Family and Intimacy (6 Credit)

The course attempts to introduce students about the social institution from the sociological perspective and with an interdisciplinary orientation.

3 rd Semester

Core Course 05: Political Sociology ( 6 Credit )

This course introduces the students to some major theoretical debates and concepts in political sociology.

Core Course 06: Sociology of Religion ( 6 Credit )

In this course students will be introduced about religious system and its impact over individual religion .It also focus on the relationships between socio-economic action and religion.

Core Course 07: Sociology of Gender (6 Credit )

In this course students will be introduced gender as a critical sociological lens of enquiry in relation to various social fields . It also interrogates the categories of gender, sex and sexuality.

Generic Elective :03 Rethinking Development ( 6 Credit )

It introduces the students the ideas of development from a sociological perspective. It will also help the students to know about different approaches from an interdisciplinary perspective.

3 rd Sem Non-honours

Core Course 03 : Social Stratification ( 6 Credit)

The course introduces the student to various ideas of social inequality and their sociological study. So students will able to acquire knowledge regarding Social differenciation, social inequality etc.

4 th Semester

 Core Course 08 ; Economic Sociology (6 credit )

By going through this paper students will learn regarding understanding of the social and cultural bases of economic activity. It highlights the significance of sociological analysis for the study of economic processes in local and global contexts.

Core course 09 : Socioloy of Kinship (6 credit)

Through this paper students will be introduced about general principles of kinship and marriage by reference to key terms and theoretical statements substantiated by ethnographies.

Core course 10 :Social Stratification (6 Credit)

Through this coursestudents will be introduced to sociological study of social inequalities.

Generic Elective 04 : Gender and Violence (6 Credit )

The main objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the logic of gender

 violence, awareness of its most common forms and tries to equip the students with a 

 sociologically.

 4 th Semester Non honours

Sociology Core : 4 : Methods of Sociological Enquiry

The course is a general introduction to the methodologies of sociological research which will help the students of Non-Honours Course to doing a research work by educating them in research methodologies.

5th Semester

Core Course 11 : Sociological Thinkers I (6 Credit )

The course introduces the students to the classics in the making of the discipline of

sociology through selected texts by the major thinkers through which students will able to get

knowledgeregarding contributions of social thinkers towards history and development of

Sociology.

Core Course 12 :Sociological Research Methods I( 6 Credit )

The course is a general introduction to the methodologies of sociological research

method. It will provide the student with some elementary knowledge regarding

sociological research.

 DSE Course 02: Agrarian Sociology (6 th Credit)

This course will explores the traditions of enquiry and key substantive issues in agrarian 

Sociology.

DSE Course 04 : Sociology of Work (6 credit)

The paper will provide an outline as how values and ideals of pluralized industrialism have

 caused an absorbed multiple transformative shifts to the local and global contemporary

 social networks of the contemporary world.

 Non Honours

DSE 01 :Religion and Society in India 01 : (6 Credit )

Students will be introduced about Indian politics from a sociological perspective. It attempt to

give the students theories, categories and conceptual tools to understand politics in relation to

society in general.

 6 th Semester

Core Course 13: Sociological Thinkers II (Credit 6)

Main objective of this paper is to introduce students to post classical sociological

thinking through some original texts.

Core Course 14 :Sociological research Method II (6 Credit )

By going through this paper students will able to know how research is actually done. Besides they will be able to know regarding formulating research design,method of data collection and data analysis.

DSE Course 06 : Indian Sociological Tradition (6 Credit )

Through this paper students will be able to know about Indian traditional society and Indian civilization and how the Indian founder sociologists have been engaged with issues of tradition and modernity ,caste tribe and gender and other issues.

Non Honours DSE- 03 : Social Stratification

Here students will be introduced about various ideas of social inequality and their sociological study both theoretically and through case studies.

  1. Seminar/ Group Discussion/ Orientation Programme

The faculty members of the Sociology Department have been conducting Departmental Seminar, Group Discussion and Workshop to impart theoretical and practical knowledge of the students of every semester since 2011. The department also conducted many orientation programmes for the benefits of the students such as on 3rd November, 2014, an orientation programme was organized on the topic “Society and Social Development”. Trailukya Dehingia , Associate Professor, Khuwang College was attended as the Resource Person .

Another Orientation Programme was organized on 28-06-2018 on the topic “Career Opportunities of SociologY’’ .Dr.Bikash Deka, Associate Professor of Sociology Department , Dibrugarh University and Dr. Dipankar Sharmah Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Monuhari Devi Kanoi College Dibrugarh were attended as the Resource Persons.

Departmental Seminar/ Group Discussion/ Workshop conducted by Sociology Department

Sl No.

Year

/Date

Semester(B.A. Programme)

Topic

Resource person(s)

 1

2016

 26/09/2016

1stSemester(Major& Non-Major)

Role of Culture in Personality Development

3rdSemester (Major& Non-Major)

Education and Social Change

5thSemester (Major)

Mass Media and Social Change

5th Semester( Non-Major)

Corruption in Public Life

 2

2017

 18/09/2017

1st Semester(Major & Non-Major)

Education and Women Empowerment

3rd Semester(Major& Non-Major)

Political Participation and Women Empowerment

5 th Semester (Major& NonMajor)

Panchayati Raj Institution and Women Empowerment

 3

2018

12/10/2018

1st Sem9Major & Non-Major)

Social Change in Indian Villages: A Sociological Study

3rd Semester (Major& Non-Major)

5th Semester (Major& Non-Major)

 4

2019

24/10/2019

1st Semester (Major & Non- Major)

 Role of Family in Socialization

23/10/2019

3rd Semester 

(Major & Non- Major)

Problems and Prospects Rural

Development in India

25/10/2019

5th Sem (Major& Non- Major)

Role of NGOs in Socio-Economic Development in India

5

2020

Pandemic

6

2021

24/12/2021

3rd Semester (Hons)

Weber’s Concept of Authority

24/12/2021

5th Semester

Communalism and Socialism in India

28/12/2021

5th Semester

Migration and Urban Life: A Sociological Study

  1. Departmental Library

Besides central library, there is a departmental library which was started in the year 1990 to fulfill the need of the students coming from poor family. At present there are 286 copies book in the departmental library.

  1. Book Donation Camp

A “Book Donation Camp’’ was started in the year 2013. Outgoing students of the department donate books to the departmental library at the end of their 6th semester examination.

  1. Departmental Magazine

The first Departmental Magazine ‘PROGYA’ was published in the year 2015. Bhaskar Boruah was the editor of the first edition. Second edition of the publication will be published in the year 2022.

  1. National Seminar

The Sociology Department organized an ICSSR(New Delhi) sponsored National Seminar on 19th and 20th February,2021 on the topic “ Development of Weaker Sections in North East India : Issues and Challenges” .Dr. Diganta kr. Gogoi , Dept. of Sociology was the Co-ordinator of the Organizing committee.

  1. Teaching Methods

For teaching students the department adopts different teaching methods. The usual teaching methods are: classroom teaching, PPT classroom, students seminar ,group discussions, sessional examination , home assignment etc.

HIGHER SECONDARY COURSE

Year

Subject

First year

Sociology

Second year

Sociology

  1. Field Survey/Educational Tour

Sociology department, Tingkhong College have been organizing a field work/educational tour among the students of B.A. programme within and outside Assam every year except pandemic period(2020), under the guidance of faculty members of sociology department. Here we have mentioned last 5years field work programmes as shown below:

Year

Date

Place/Field

Total no. of students

Under the guidance of

2017

(1) 24/09/2017 to 27/09/2017

Guwahati and Shillong

28

Deepanjali Borah Devajit Buragohain

(2) 11/02/2017

Asom Sahitya Sabha, Sivasagar

39

Deepanjali Borah Dr. Diganta kr Gogoi Rashmi Rekha Handique

2018

Rajasthan

16

Rashmi Rekha Handique

2019

22/09/2019

Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

25

Deepanjali Borah Dr. Diganta kr Gogoi Bornali Borah Gayatri Khanikar

15/10/2019

Kaziranga University, Jorhat, Golf field

36

Deepanjali Borah Dr. Diganta kr Gogoi Rashmi Rekha Handique

2021

23/01/2021

Majuli, Jorhat

36

Deepanjali Borah Dr. Diganta kr Gogoi Rashmi Rekha Handique

  1. Extension Activities

Sociology department conducted field survey for collecting socio-economic data in the selected villages of Tingkhong locality. Under the guidance of faculty members of Sociology department, students of B.A. programme collect data, when needed.

  1. Students Achievement

Year

Students Name

Award

Organized By

2019

Pahari Gogoi(6th sem)

(1) Miss North East Graduate Congress Award

(2) Best Photogenic Award

University of Science and Technology of Meghalaya, Meghalaya

2021

Pahari Gogoi(6th sem)

(1) Miss India National Diva Brand Ambassador

(2)Best Photogenic Award

Bhaskar Kashyap Entertainment, Guwahati, Assam

2021

Chainee Talukdar(4th sem)

3nd position in All Assam Essay Competition

All Assam Students Union, Assam

2021

Chainee Talukdar(5th sem)

2rd position in All Assam Debate Competition

Tingkhong College Teachers’ Unit, Tingkhong, Dibrugarh, Assam

2022

Chainee Talukdar(5th sem)

Asom Kanya Award

Youth Affairs Ministry of India (under NSS scheme)

  1. Students Higher Education and Placement (2016 onwards)

Sl no.

Name

Educational Status

Placement

Institution/Organization

1

Munu Jaiswal

MSW

Asstt. Teacher

Perception Senior Secondary School

2

Ilu Gogoi

M.A.

Asstt. Teacher

Tingkhong Girls High School

3

Nitupan Gogoi

B.A.

Transaction Asstt.

HDFC Bank, Dibrugarh

4

Biru Gogoi

B.A.

Transaction Asstt.

HDFC Bank, Dibrugarh

5

Sauravjyoti Khanikar

B.A., ITI

Fitter

Gangmou Tea Industry, Biswanath

6

Papori Chutia

B.A.

Asstt. Teacher

Jatiya Vidyalaya, Tingkhong

7

Jitu Konwar

B.A.

Oil Employee

OIL, Duliajan

8

Paragjyoti Gogoi

B.A.

Asstt. Teacher(Fine Arts)

Sitaram Todi Jatiya Vidyalaya, Konwari Gaon

9

Pujashree Chetia

B.A.

Accountant

Srimanta Sankardeva Hospital & Research Institute, Dibrugarh

10

Pahari Gogoi

B.A.

Modelling

11

Bhitali Boruah

M.A.

Asstt. Professor

Namrup College

12

Biswajit Konwar

B.A., Aviation

 Center Manager

Skill Development Center, Duliajan

13

Nitumoni Gogoi

B.A.

Asstt. Teacher

14

Rumi Dutta

M.A. in Sociology

Dibrugarh University

15

Nibedita Chelleng

M.A. in Sociology

Dibrugarh University

16

 Nuri Khatun

M.A. in Sociology

Dibrugarh University

17

Anju Yadav

M.A. in Sociology

Dibrugarh University

18

Tanmoyee Sarma

do

do

19

Ruchika Gogoi

do

do

20

Manashi Changmai

M.A. in Women’s Studies

do

21

Anupam Chutia

M.A. in Mass Communication

do

22

Dipak Dutta

M.A in Sociology

do

23

Tapubrat Khanikar

do

do

24

Pulakesh Khanikar

do

do

25

Mandakini Das

MSW

Arunachal University

  1. Total Students Enrollment (1st, 3rd and 5th):

Year

Honours

Non-Honours / Generic

Total

Teacher/Students Ratio

2016-2017

101

291

392

1:130

2017-2018

104

457

561

1:187

2018-2019

118

222

340

1:113

2019-2020

112

221

333

1:111

2020-2021

104

257

361

1:120

2021-2022

177

243

420

1:140

  1. Students result (B.A. Final):

Year

Total Appeared

Total Passed

Pass percentage

2017

27

24

89%

2018

21

14

67%

2019

30

27

90%

2020

38

38

100%

2021

23

15

75%

 19.Action Plan for the Year 2022

(1) To Conduct a Socio- Economic and Medical Survey in the Sagunesua Village (adopted Village)

(2) To conduct a Health Awareness Programme

(3) To publish a book of Research based Articles with ISBN.

(4) To organise a national seminar

(5) To organize a national level workshop

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