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Polticial Science Department
Analyzing political systems, governance, and power to understand the world of politics.
Details
The department of Political Science was established in 1875. The department offers full Majors in Political Science. It also offers an applied component in Introduction to Law in the second year. The vision of the department is to contribute toward the development of aware and responsible citizens, thus inculcating values of the spirit of enquiry, pluralism and constitutional values.
Departmental Objectives:
• To provide exposure on a regular basis to social, political and economic events.
• To provide rigorous academic inputs with a broad scope.
• To increase participation of students to make activities student-driven.
Activities
Activities include:
• Junior and Senior College students have been taken for a visit to the Vidhan Sabha and Vidhan Parishad for the past ten years.
• The department organizes one day and week-long field visits to different parts of Maharashtra to study local self-governing bodies in Maharashtra since 2013.
• Three-day map reading sessions of the world, Maharashtra, and North-East India maps at the beginning of every academic year.
• Peace Day activities which cover more than 700 students organised on August 6th for the past 20 years.
• Human Rights Week organised every year for the past three, featuring eminent activists like Magsaysay Award winner Bezwada Wilson, Harsh Mander, Noorjehan Safiya Naaz, Ashok Row Kavi, Arun Ferreira.
• Regular lectures by visiting faculty and special guests.
• Yearbooks published by students.
• Well equipped departmental library with over 500 books.
• Charters of Students’ Rights and Responsibilities: Prepared, approved, and released.
• Political Science Association - an active, student-elected body.
Faculty
Ms. Poornima Kadam
Assistant Professor
Qualifications:
M.A. (Hons) in Political Science.
Research Interest:
Student activities, extension programs and nature conservation.
Short Biography:
Active participation in co curricular and extra curricular activities in college part of the pioneering group which started Youth Parliament and MUN in Wilson College along with Prof Sheela Acharya and Prof. Shalini Rodrigues. Help set up networking system and logistics for flood relief across India.