Department of Social Sciences offers comprehensive courses on: a) Asian History b) Tibetan History c) Economics and d) Political Science from the high school level up to the undergraduate level as elective subjects for Shastri (BA) in Philosophy stream and Tibetan Jyotish. Since 2017-2018, P.G level courses on Tibetan History are also offered for Acharya (MA) in Tibetan History program. In terms of the courses on Tibetan History, while the pre-university level course focuses mostly on the history of Buddhism in India and Tibet, the U.G level courses introduces a greater range of texts and takes Tibetan history up to the modern era. The courses for the P.G level Acharya (MA) program emphasise preparing students for research scholarship, with instruction on research methodologies and a wide variety of source materials from inscriptions, numismatics, archaeological findings, epigraphs, scripture and painting.

To learn about society through social science subjects.

Upon the completion of the courses, students should:

1. To acquire a clear understanding of the Tibetan History from different aspects of the society like, economic, political and social aspects.
2. To acquire a good understanding of the key doctrines of Historiography, its concept and Method.
3. To gain good familiarity with consulting and analysing the source material for the study of the history of early Tibetan History.
4. To do independent research on virtually any topic under Tibetan History.

Name	:	Prof./Dr. Jampa Samten
Designation	:	Professor in Tibetan History(HOD)
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Name	:	Dr. Amit Mishra (Stage Two)
Designation	:	Assistant Professor in Political Science
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Name	:	Dr. Prashant Kumar
Designation	:	Assistant Professor
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