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Some moments from the HSS Seminar Series talk by Prof. Varun Bhatta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences IISER Bhopal. Prof. Bhatta delivered an engaging talk that elicited interdisciplinary insight ranging from Physics to Anthropology.

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar invites applications for its MA Society and Culture degree for the year 2026-2027. Interested applicants from any stream (BTech, BA, BE etc.) with valid GATE score can apply until 22/4/26. Link: portalstaging.iitgn.ac.in/pgadmission/lo…

HSS@IITGN invites you to the talk 'Theory-Observation Relation in Sciences: Resolving a Debate About Data-Based Reasoning' by Dr. Varun Bhatta (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Bhopal). Details below: Date/Time: March 23rd, 5PM Venue: 5/203

The Humanities and Social Sciences Department, IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN), is hosting a seminar on 'Federalism in Practice in India: Cooperative, Competitive or Coercive?' by Mr. Raj Kumar (IAS), Visiting Professor, IITGN.  Date 12th March '26 Time: 5PM onwards Venue: AB11/102

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the event has now been shifted to 9/02/2026! Please find details in the updated poster below. Date: February 9, 2026 Time: 5 PM onwards Venue: Academic Block 7, Room 101

The Humanities and Social Sciences Department, IIT Gandhinagar is hosting a seminar on 'Groundwater Scarcity and Maternal Health' by Professor Vikrant Kamble, Assistant Professor, Muskingum University.  Schedule & Venue: Date: February 5, 2026 Time: 5 PM onwards 📍: AB/11, 202

HSS@IITGN is hosting the Sabarmati Economists’ Meet, a 1.5-day economics research meet bringing together economists from the AMD-GN region on Jan 30-31. The meet features keynote addresses and paper presentations by economists from the region. Location and time in poster below!

IIT Gandhinagar is organizing a workshop on February 23 & 24 on "Doing History of Science and Engineering in India - A Social History perspective". Abstracts by interested student candidates are due by January 25. Selection emails sent by January 30. Details in the CFP below!

HSS faculty, Dr. Arka Chattopadhyay has been invited to participate in 'Dialogues on Psychoanalysis', organised by the Kakar Centre for Psychoanalysis and Culture. The in-person event will take place on Jan 3 at the Vikram Sarabhai Foundation, India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.

Gujarat's first GenZ post office was inaugurated at IIT Gandhinagar with a beautiful mural made by Artist-in-Residence, Suman Choudhury and a student team from IITGN. The event was inaugurated by the Chief Postmaster General of Gujarat and the Director of IIT Gandhinagar.

Argha Manna, HSS's Artist-in-Residence, is exhibiting his work in "A Pilgrimage to Life's Beginnings: A Science Comics Exhibition". Details of the event: Date: December 13th, Saturday Time: 11 AM - 5 PM Location: IISc Main Building Open to all!

Argha Manna, along with Saurja Das Gupta, will discuss their ongoing project on 'Origins of Life' on December 16 at the CV Raman Auditorium, IISER Pune. Dec 16, 2025. 3:00 -4:30 pm IISER Pune

As part of the 10th Pan-IIM World Management Conference 2025, IIM Ranchi is hosting a panel discussion on “Learning for Life: Liberal Arts and the Pursuit of Happiness.” This session features a panel of scholars, including Dr Jaison Manjaly. Find the link in the comments.

The following is the link to a brilliant piece on Prof. Argha Manna's artistic journey, published by The Hindu. thehindu.com/entertainment/… Give it a read!

The fourth lecture in the Late Prof. Malavika Subramanyam Lecture Series will be held on 12th November 2025 (Wednesday), 5 PM onwards in Surendra C Sheth Learning Theatre.  The guest speaker for this year's talk is Dr Rajib Dasgupta, Professor at JNU.

Sreelakshmi K S, a third-year PhD scholar working with Prof V N Prabhakar at the Archaeological Sciences Centre, has been awarded the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) Study-cum-Travel Grant for fieldwork and the ICSSR Western Region Study Grant for archival research.

The HSS Department of IIT Gandhinagar invites you to its first Seminar Series talk this semester, called "Shannon’s Information Theory, AI, and Fiction" by Prof Anthony Uhlmann, scheduled for August 20 from 5 PM onwards. Refer to the poster for more information.

HSS at IITGN is pleased to announce an in-person Bridge Seminar Series talk by Prof. Ashwin Rode (Energy Policy Institute, University of Chicago) on July 9th, 5 pm in AB-1, Surendra C Sheth Learning Theatre. Please find the talk details in the attached poster.