
Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta
Chief Patron
Founder, KIIT, KISS, KIMS
Patrons, the National Organising Committee and the Research Committees of the Indian Sociological Society for the 51st All India Sociological Conference.
Chief Patron

Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta
Chief Patron
Founder, KIIT, KISS, KIMS
Patrons

Prof. Saranjit Singh
Patron
Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Prof. Debasis Bandyopadhyaya
Patron
Pro-Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Prof. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty
Patron
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Admin) cum Registrar, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Committee 2026
ISS Office Bearers

Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahu
President
Professor of Sociology, University of Lucknow

Prof. Arvinder A Ansari
Secretary
Professor of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Prof. Dilip Ramdas Khairnar
Treasurer
Professor of Sociology, Deogiri College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra
Organising Secretaries

Dr. Ananya Das
Organising Secretary
Assistant Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Sociology, School of Liberal Studies, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Dr. Dhirendra Kumar Sahoo
Co-Organising Secretary
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Liberal Studies, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Dr. Satwik Patnaik
Co-Organising Secretary
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Liberal Studies, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
ISS Members
Alok Kumar Meena
Professor and Principal, Govt. College Kudi Bhagtasani, Jodhpur Gramin, Rajasthan, India
Sudha Khokate
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Ramesh Makwana
Professor of Sociology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, India
Vinita Singh
Associate Prof & Head, Department of Sociology, Prof-in-Charge, Ranchi Women’s College, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Anshu Kedia
Professor and Principal, Khun Khun Ji Girls PG College Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Bibhuti Bhushan Malik
Professor of Sociology and Vice Chancellor, Rajendra University, Balangir, Odisha
Pramod Kumar Shukla
Professor (Sociology), Department of Applied Science and Humanities, KIPM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sandip Murlidhar Chaudhari
Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, SBES College of Arts and Commerce, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, India
Sanjay Nilkanth Kolekar
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Khwaja Mohammed Ziyauddin
Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, SA&SS, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (a central university), Hyderabad
Nilika Mehrotra
Professor of Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Rajni Bala
Associate Professor of Sociology, Baring Union Christian College, Batala, Punjab
Rukmini Sen
Professor of Sociology, School of Liberal Studies, Dr. B R Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi
Sudeshna Mukherjee
Director & Associate Professor, Centre for Social Impact, Chanakya University, Bengaluru
Research Committees
Research papers are presented during the technical sessions of the Research Committees (RCs) and the Ad-Hoc Research Committees. The respective RC Convenors should be contacted for any enquiry regarding abstract submission and acceptance.
| RC No. | Title | Convenor | Co-Convenor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RC 01 | Sociology Theory and Practice | Dr. Suraj Beri | Rakesh Krishnan | iss01history20@gmail.com |
| RC 02 | Studies on Family, Marriage and Kinship | Deepti Kaushik | Dr. Vasudev Singh | iss02familymkin20@gmail.com |
| RC 03 | Economy and Society | Jayashree S. | Sampath Kumar | iss03economy20@gmail.com |
| RC 04 | Migration and Diaspora Studies | Jayakumar M S | Abhay Kumar | iss04migration20@gmail.com |
| RC 05 | Sociology of Education | PH. Mohammad | Sreeramulu Gosikonda | iss05education20@gmail.com |
| RC 06 | Sociology of Religion | M.T Joseph | Daisy Barman | iss06religion20@gmail.com |
| RC 07 | Adivasi and Tribal Studies | Arvind N Haldankar | Ishwar Chandra Naik | iss07tribal20@gmail.com |
| RC 08 | Inequalities, Stratification and Exclusion Studies | Sreemannarayana Murthy | Supriya Singh | iss08inequality20@gmail.com |
| RC 09 | Dalit Studies | Rashmi | Sandhya Paudmal | iss09dalit20@gmail.com |
| RC 10 | Gender Studies | Ajailiu Niumai | Dhananjay Sontake | iss10gender20@gmail.com |
| RC 11 | Sociology of Environment | Manisha Rao | Jhimli Bhattacharjee | iss11environment20@gmail.com |
| RC 12 | Sociology of Health, Ageing and Well-Being | Prabakar Soubramanian | Manushi Srivastava | iss12health20@gmail.com |
| RC 13 | Science, Technology & Society | Madhav Govind | Seema Dutta | iss13science20@gmail.com |
| RC 14 | Globalization and Culture | Shanker Deepthi | Shreepal Chauhan | iss14globalisation20@gmail.com |
| RC 15 | Agrarian and Rural Studies | Debal Singha Roy | A Chandrashekar Reddy, Avinash | iss15agrarianandruralstudies20@gmail.com |
| RC 16 | Work, Labour and Organization | Smita Awachar | TBA | iss16work20@gmail.com |
| RC 17 | Sociology of Social Movements | Shruti Tambe | Ajay Kumar / Dr. Meghna Arora | iss17movements20@gmail.com |
| RC 18 | Social Demography | Naresh Kumar | Chandrika K. B. | iss18demography20@gmail.com |
| RC 19 | Urban Studies | Kulwinder Kaur | Shankarjyoti Saikia | iss19urban20@gmail.com |
| RC 20 | Media Studies | Kali Nath Jha | P.K. Choudhary | iss20media20@gmail.com |
| RC 21 | Political Sociology | TBA | Nupur Pattanaik | iss21political20@gmail.com |
| RC 22 | Conflict and Violence Studies | Chakraverti Mahajan | TBA | iss22conflict20@gmail.com |
| RC 23 | Sociology of Law, Crime and Deviance | Sunil Kumar Dhul | Hari Singh | iss23crime20@gmail.com |
| RC 24 | Sociology of Childhood and Youth | V. Vijayalakshmi | Mouneshwar Badiger | iss24youth20@gmail.com |
| RC 25 | Sociology of Sports | Rakesh K Tiwari | Raj Shrivastava | iss25sports20@gmail.com |
| RC 26 | Minority Studies | Saheed Meo | Trishna Mani Thakuria | iss26minority20@gmail.com |
| RC 27 | Sociology of Care | Samita Manna | Soumyajit Patra | iss27care20@gmail.com |
| RC 28 | Sociology of Everyday Life | Amites Mukhopadhyay | Pinaki Roy | iss28everydaylife20@gmail.com |
| RC 29 | Social Transformation & Development | Sampat Kale | Vinita Lal | iss29socialtransformation@gmail.com |
| RC 30 | Digital Sociology | Mahmudul Hasan Laskar | Sukanya Das | iss30digital20@gmail.com |
| RC 31 | Sociology of Sanitization | Jagan Karade | Prashant Bansode | iss31sociologyofsanitation25@gmail.com |
| RC 32 | Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning | Leena Pujari (2024) | Roopa Rathnam | iss32pedagogy26@gmail.com |
| RC 33 | Indian Sociology and Knowledge Systems | Vikash Kumar (2024) | Karunakar Singh | iss33knowledgesystems26@gmail.com |
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| Ad Hoc No. | Title | Convenor | Co-Convenor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Hoc 01 | Food, Culture and Society | RituparnaPatgiri (2024) | Biju Vincent | missrituparnapatgiri@gmail.com |
| Ad Hoc 02 | Visual Sociology | Satish Kumar Sharma (2025) | Vaishali Diwakar | sattish00741@yahoo.com |
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Membership is required to present
Membership of the ISS & the respective RC is mandatory for paper presentations. Membership can be obtained through the ISS web portal https://insoso.org/membership. A member can hold the membership of three RCs at the maximum, and an individual presenter is eligible to present two papers at the maximum in the conference.
Questions
For queries regarding the AISC conference, write to iss.conf@kiit.ac.in