Profile

Head of Department : Dr. Prashant Laxman Kelkar

The Department offers three years Bachelors Degree Course in the subject of Political Science. In the first year of the course students are introduced to the Indian Constitution and Indian Political System. In the second year they are acquainted with political concepts, theories, ideologies and set up of Public Administration with one paper on each. In the third year students are offered six papers of Political Science on World Politics and Indian Foreign Policy , Political Thoughts both Western as well as Indian , Political Process and Dynamics in Maharashtra , Political Sociology , American Politics , Electoral Politics and Media.

A pedagogical practice of the department involves regular classroom teaching, assisted by group discussion, debates, screening of documentaries and regular class tests. Assignments, projects, Study trips and field visits are arranged regularly to broaden the horizons of their experiences.

Department organizes Youth Parliament in order to acquaint students with parliamentary procedures.

History

Department of Political Science was established in the year 1968.

In last four decades scholars of great repute like Prof. Mehta and Prof. Keswani served the department with their dedication and imparted the knowledge to the students and community with rare blessings of wisdom and humanity.

Presently the Department consists of Head of the Department Prof. Prashant Kelkar and his colleague Prof. Chandrasheel Tambe.

Cocurricular activities

Faculties in the department take special efforts to train students from the college for various extracurricular activities in various programmes and competitions like Youth Festival, Organization of Youth Parliament, and College Annual Day ‘Chandi Utsav’ etc.