Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Pune

The faculty members have varied interests across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, that include Contemporary English Fiction, Indian Writing in English, History of Ideas, Modern Indian Political Thought, Gandhian Studies, Gender and Indian Politics, Social Movements and Indian Politics, Development Studies, Environmental Sustainability, Development Economics, Environmental Sociology, Political Ecology, Social Transformation, Urbanization, Sociology of Climate Change, Disaster and Development, Environmental Justice, Memory Studies, Gender Studies, Social Sciences Research Methods and Ethics, Experiential Learning, History of Architecture, History of Art, Archaeology, Material Culture, Epigraphy, English Literature, Literary Theory, Diaspora Literature, Political Theory, Political Philosophy. In the past, several eminent scholars have been visiting faculty members here, such as Dr. K.P. Mohanan, Dr. Meera Nanda, and Anil Zankar. Pushkar Sohoni has been particularly active in recovering the history of Pune city, and has written extensively on it, including a recent collaboration with Sahapedia on the Pune Cultural Mapping Project.[10] Pushkar Sohoni often speaks at public events, and has led heritage walks.[11][12][13] He often speaks on the local history of Pune.[14][15] Dr. Sohoni has lectured extensively on the architecture of the Deccan.[16][17]
Dr. R. Venketeswara Pai, Dr. Chaitra Redkar, Dr. Pooja Sancheti, Dr. Shalini Sharma, Dr. Pushkar Sohoni, Dr. Bejoy Thomas are the regular faculty members.