Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia

The Department of Social Work established in 1967 has been in the forefront of academic and field innovations in the country and has been consistently upgrading its curriculum to make it more responsive to the social challenges in India. After several phases of special assistance, in 2010, the UGC recognized the Department as a Centre for Advanced Study in Social Work. The Department is well known for its teaching and instructional programme as well as innovative field action projects. It boasts of first rate highly qualified and field grounded faculty. It maintains a progressive and people centred emancipatory focus in its pedagogy, research and field action. The teaching faculty is constantly engaged in advanced research and field action projects to inform its instructional programmes. Members of the faculty also serve on various committees for the formulation, monitoring and implementation of development initiatives, both in the government and the NGO sector. Several high-qualit...