| 词条 | Institute of Social Sciences, Agra |
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|name = Institute of Social Sciences, Agra |image_name = Institute of Social Sciences.JPEG |established = 1955 |head_label = Director |head = Prof. Diwakar Khare |city = Paliwal Park, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |website = www.dbrau.ac.in }} The Institute of Social Sciences, Agra (ISS), is an institute of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University (formerly Agra University), Agra, India. The institute is situated within the heart of the city at University campus. The Institute of Social Sciences came into existence in 1955 and was headed by Prof.Desh Raj, Prof.B.P.Adhikari, Prof. D.D.Joshi (Later, Pro-Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, New Delhi) and Prof. V.K.Sethi. It has been approved by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, the U.P. Government. Prof Diwakar Khare is the Director. The institute has three departments:
Department of StatisticsThe Department of Statistics is one of the oldest departments of statistics in India. It was established in 1956 under the headship of statistician and sampling expert Prof. Deshraj. The department conducts research work including sample survey, design of experiment, and information theory. The department was started with the introduction of M.Stat course in 1956. M.Stat course includes papers of pure Statistics, Applied Statistics, Pure mathematics, and Operation research and computer science. The course includes project work that provides training in data collection, compilation, statistical analysis and report writing using advanced multivariate techniques of statistics. In 1987 the department began an M.Phil course in Statistics covering the areas of theoretical and applied Statistics at the specialization level. The department also offers Ph.D and D.Sc. programme in Statistics The main areas of research are sample surveys, design of experiment, statistical inference, Bayesian Inference, Population studies, Biostatistics, Econometric, Data mining, Operation research, marketing and business Statistics. The department has contributed pioneering work particularly in the field of Information Theory, Design of Experiments, Econometrics, Statistical Inference, Survey sampling, Stylometry and Social Mobility. The department has organized many an international seminars and conferences on Mathematical Statistics, Software Applications and Computational Techniques. A large numbers of pass outs of the department are holding key posts in government departments, private sectors, research institutes, Universities and College teaching in India and abroad as well. Programmes offered by the department of statistics are as follows:
The admission procedure for the above courses starts in June every year. Department of SociologyThe department of Sociology came into existence in the year 1955 as an integral part of the Institute of Social Sciences. It was aimed to impart postgraduate teaching and research in Sociology along with social work and social psychology. However, the social work course became and independent or separate department in 1983. Distinguished sociologist of international repute like Prof. Yogendra Singh, Prof. D.N.Dhanagra, Prof. Yogesh Atal, Prof.Indra Dev, Prof. R.N.Saxena, Prof. P.K.Srivastava, Prof. S.L.Sharma and Prof. S.V.Pande had been members of the department.
Admission procedure for the above courses starts in June. Department of Social Work
Duration 2 years (4 semesters) STREAMS: Human Resources, Industrial Relations & Personnel Management Computer laboratory and libraryStudents are trained on programming languages according to their need. Social science students use statistical techniques in their research through statistical software. The library has more than 30,000 books on Statistics, Computer Science, Sociology and social work. Besides the ISS library, statistics books are available from the central library of the university. FacultiesProf. Diwakar Khare 'Director Statistics
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