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Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

About Us

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The department of Humanities and Social Sciences has an interdisciplinary orientation and expertise in diversified fields of Communication Skills, Engineering Economics, Dynamics of Behavioral Science and Management in order to cater the needs of B.Tech./B.Arc. students of the institute of national importance. The diversity of the curricula offered through the department provides the students with a foundational base of skills that can be used not only in the classroom, but to master challenges in globalized dynamic and competitive markets. This is done through a plethora of channels including lectures, talks, case studies, research projects, group discussion, FGD, workshops, seminars etc. Faculty members possess a blend of academic and professional experience which facilitates disseminating of knowledge to the students through both classroom sessions and independent student activities.

Vision & Mission

OUR VISION

“The vision of the department is to prepare ethical leaders, to polish the skill of students and make the best of their potential, so that they are not only committed to their business, but make their contribution in the nation building through flexible, value based education driven by high impact factor research”.

Humanities & Social Sciences Vision and Mission

OUR MISSION

  • To create quality Human Capital for the industries, who can lead ethically and contribute for sustainable development of the society.
  • To achieve excellence in management education, research and training through innovation and strong conviction
  • To develop inquisitive and cognitive mindset of students to have better outlook towards both professional and personal life.

CORE VALUES

We strive to achieve our vision and mission by adhering the following core values:

Academic freedom and excellence Honest, ethical and responsible behavior
Integrity and professionalism Endeavor to excel in management, cognitive/applied science and research with independent and innovative thoughts
Creativity and innovation Promotion of innovative ideas and creative thinking
Social Responsibility Commitment to provide the manpower for the betterment of the society and commitment towards society
Transparency and good governance Transparency on all decision making process and use of best practices in administration
Diversity and inclusiveness Involvement of all and diversity of ideas to achieve excellence in the diversified field

Faculty

Staff

Name Designation Phone No. (01972) Email
Smt. Surindera Verma Assistant SG-I 254100 surindra@nith.ac.in
Smt. Manorama Chopra Attendant 254100 -

Technical Staff

Name Designation Phone No. (01972) Email
Sh. Roop Lal Technician 254152 rooplal65@nith.ac.in

Program Offered

UG Courses

BRANCH: B.TECH./ B. ARCH.

Course: Communication Skill

Department/ Centre Semester
Civil Engineering 1st
Electrical Engineering 1st
Mechanical Engineering 1st
Electronics and Communication Engineering 2nd
Computer Science & Engineering 2nd
Chemical Engineering 1st
Material Science and Engineering 2nd
Architecture 1st

Note: The syllabus of above-mentioned courses are available in the respective department.

Syllabus

UG Courses

BRANCH: B.TECH./ B. ARCH.

Course: Communication Skill

Department/ Centre Semester
Civil Engineering 1st
Electrical Engineering 1st
Mechanical Engineering 1st
Electronics and Communication Engineering 2nd
Computer Science & Engineering 2nd
Chemical Engineering 1st
Material Science and Engineering 2nd
Architecture 1st

Note: The syllabus of above-mentioned courses are available in the respective department.

Labs

SOFTWARE USED IN LANGUAGE LAB

Sky Pronunciation Suite

It has been designed to help the learners of English to improve their pronunciation skills through awareness building, recognition and production. The program is divided into five different sections:

  • The Phonemic Alphabet in English-An interactive program wherein the users can see and hear how vowel and consonant sounds are formed.
  • Similar Sounds- This program has been designed to improve the users ability to differentiate between similar-sounding sets of words, both in isolation and in sentences.
  • Word and Phrasal Stress-This has been designed to test the users ability to recognize where stress falls in words and short phrases.
  • Stress and Rhythm-This interactive program, containing over 600 sound items, introduces learners to the features of connected speech, including the rules governing sentence stress, weak forms, linking, elision, assimilation and contraction, and shifting stress.
  • Rhythms From Rainland-This program facilitates the learner to practice the rhythms of spoken English through everyday dialogues, jokes, poems, rhymes, sayings etc. The practice takes the form of video and audio lessons where the learner can listen and repeat the language in the texts in a variety of ways.

Consultancy

R&D Projects

RESEARCH PROJECTS BY PROF. PIAR CHAND

  • Status report on Technical Education in HP” IIHS (UGC Centre of Excellence) Shimla.
  • Social Assessment and Community profile of Distt. Hamirpur (HP)” MHRD, TEQIP 2005
  • Patterns of academic Development among Engineering students in relation to certain socio-cultural factors” Ford Foundation Project, ASC, Shimla-
  • Road networking facilities and its cost of construction in Pangi valley of Chamba distt. in HP

RESEARCH PROJECT BY DR YOGESH GUPTA

  • An Evaluation Study of Road Networking Facilities and its Cost of Construction in Pangi Block of District Chamba (Co-PI, Completed).

RESEARCH PROJECTS BY DR MANOJ SHARMA

  • Determinants of Volatility in Farm Income, Prices and Yields of Apple: An Empirical Study of Himachal Pradesh, India.
  • Cross Cultural Study on the Slippery-slop framework

Information Brouchure

Contact

DR. SAROJ THAKUR

Head of Department

Department of Humanities & Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh, India

Phone No. (01972):254132 (O)

Email: saroj@nith.ac.in

Fax : 91-1972 223834