Announcement 51st All India Sociological Conference at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar — 27–29 December 2026

Conference Committees

Patrons, the National Organising Committee and the Research Committees of the Indian Sociological Society for the 51st All India Sociological Conference.

Chief Patron

Chief Patron

Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta

Prof. Dr. Achyuta Samanta

Chief Patron

Founder, KIIT, KISS, KIMS

Patrons

University Leadership

Prof. Saranjit Singh

Prof. Saranjit Singh

Patron

Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Prof. Debasis Bandyopadhyaya

Prof. Debasis Bandyopadhyaya

Patron

Pro-Vice Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Prof. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty

Prof. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty

Patron

Pro-Vice Chancellor (Admin) cum Registrar, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Committee 2026

Conference Organising Committee 2026 (National)

Organising Committee

ISS Office Bearers

Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahu

Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahu

President

Professor of Sociology, University of Lucknow

Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahu

Prof. Arvinder A Ansari

Secretary

Professor of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Prof. Dipti Ranjan Sahu

Prof. Dilip Ramdas Khairnar

Treasurer

Professor of Sociology, Deogiri College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra

Organising Secretaries

Dr. Ananya Das

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

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

Dr. Satwik Patnaik

Co-Organising Secretary

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Liberal Studies, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

ISS Managing Committee

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 Committees of the Indian Sociological Society

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.

Research Committees — convenors, co-convenors and contact addresses
RC No. Title Convenor Co-Convenor Email
RC 01Sociology Theory and PracticeDr. Suraj BeriRakesh Krishnan
RC 02Studies on Family, Marriage and KinshipDeepti KaushikDr. Vasudev Singh
RC 03Economy and SocietyJayashree S.Sampath Kumar
RC 04Migration and Diaspora StudiesJayakumar M SAbhay Kumar
RC 05Sociology of EducationPH. MohammadSreeramulu Gosikonda
RC 06Sociology of ReligionM.T JosephDaisy Barman
RC 07Adivasi and Tribal StudiesArvind N HaldankarIshwar Chandra Naik
RC 08Inequalities, Stratification and Exclusion StudiesSreemannarayana MurthySupriya Singh
RC 09Dalit StudiesRashmiSandhya Paudmal
RC 10Gender StudiesAjailiu NiumaiDhananjay Sontake
RC 11Sociology of EnvironmentManisha RaoJhimli Bhattacharjee
RC 12Sociology of Health, Ageing and Well-BeingPrabakar SoubramanianManushi Srivastava
RC 13Science, Technology & SocietyMadhav GovindSeema Dutta
RC 14Globalization and CultureShanker DeepthiShreepal Chauhan
RC 15Agrarian and Rural StudiesDebal Singha RoyA Chandrashekar Reddy, Avinash
RC 16Work, Labour and OrganizationSmita AwacharTBA
RC 17Sociology of Social MovementsShruti TambeAjay Kumar / Dr. Meghna Arora
RC 18Social DemographyNaresh KumarChandrika K. B.
RC 19Urban StudiesKulwinder KaurShankarjyoti Saikia
RC 20Media StudiesKali Nath JhaP.K. Choudhary
RC 21Political SociologyTBANupur Pattanaik
RC 22Conflict and Violence StudiesChakraverti MahajanTBA
RC 23Sociology of Law, Crime and DevianceSunil Kumar DhulHari Singh
RC 24Sociology of Childhood and YouthV. VijayalakshmiMouneshwar Badiger
RC 25Sociology of SportsRakesh K TiwariRaj Shrivastava
RC 26Minority StudiesSaheed MeoTrishna Mani Thakuria
RC 27Sociology of CareSamita MannaSoumyajit Patra
RC 28Sociology of Everyday LifeAmites MukhopadhyayPinaki Roy
RC 29Social Transformation & DevelopmentSampat KaleVinita Lal
RC 30Digital SociologyMahmudul Hasan LaskarSukanya Das
RC 31Sociology of SanitizationJagan KaradePrashant Bansode
RC 32Pedagogy, Teaching and LearningLeena Pujari (2024)Roopa Rathnam
RC 33Indian Sociology and Knowledge SystemsVikash Kumar (2024)Karunakar Singh

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Ad-Hoc Research Committees

Ad-Hoc Research Committees
Ad Hoc No. Title Convenor Co-Convenor Email
Ad Hoc 01Food, Culture and SocietyRituparnaPatgiri (2024)Biju Vincent
Ad Hoc 02Visual SociologySatish Kumar Sharma (2025)Vaishali Diwakar

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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

Contact the Organising Committee

For queries regarding the AISC conference, write to iss.conf@kiit.ac.in