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WHY YOU MUST JOIN NISHAT SIR'S SOCIOLOGY OPTIONAL FOUNDATION ?
Nishat sir's innovative methodology
- Flash writing session
- LIVE MCQ quiz – for revision of chapters
- High quality study material – based on original research
- PYQ handouts
- Reference materials, notes, etc.
Mentorship support by Nishat sir
- Direct access to faculty
- Doubt resolution on priority
- Strategy, feedback, and tailored support
- Group mentorship, Zoom strategy-cum-doubt sessions by Nishat sir
- Mentorship support till selection
Test series (6 Tests) embedded in the Sociology Foundation
- Carrot-Stick Policy: Attempting at least 4 tests is compulsory else you will be out of batch
- Progress tracking through 6 Tests
Comprehensive in true sense
- Balanced focus on Paper 1 & Paper 2
- Targeted 300+ answer writing approach
- Time bound & comprehensive syllabus coverage
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Program Details
- Start Date: 9th February 2026
- Batch Time: The lecture will be available at 10:00 AM
- Validity: Till 31st August 2026
- Six Days Lectures in a Week: Monday to Saturday
- One Zoom Doubt Solving Sessions in a Week
- 6 Tests: 4 Sectional + 2 Comprehensive Tests
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- Pre-Recorded
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OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM
🔵 One-stop solution for Sociology optional – Time-bound and complete coverage of Paper 1 and Paper 2, including PYQs
🔵 You will be writing High Scoring Answers in UPSC Sociology papers.
🔵 You will be equipped for a 300+ Score.
🔵 You will be well prepared for UPSC CSE 2027.
WHO SHOULD JOIN THIS PROGRAM?
🔵 Starting from Absolute Zero: Beginners with no prior background in Sociology.
🔵 Aspirants who scored less than 230 in Sociology in the last attempt.
🔵 Aspirants planning to appear for UPSC CSE in 2027.
How our Sociology Optional Mentorship works?
Mentorship in the program has been integrated to
⏩ Provide a handholding support throughout the program completion
⏩ Provide a system to highlight your critical gaps and find ways to fulfil them
⏩ Close learning loops multiple times throughout the duration of this program
⏩ Keeping you always on track
An IIT BHU, Delhi School of Economics and JNU alumnus, Nishat sir has mentored over 100 UPSC rankers, including 43+ toppers in the UPSC 2023 exam. Known for his innovative teaching methods and personalised mentorship, Nishat sir has helped numerous aspirants achieve exceptional scores in Sociology.
Nishat K Singh sir
Nishat sir’s teaching philosophy is grounded in practical wisdom and a deep understanding of the UPSC examination process. Some of his key maxims that guide his methodology and approach
☑️ “Score depends not on your knowledge but your writing skills; knowledge should be like that of a 6th attempt candidate but the answer write-up should be like a beginner or a first attempt candidate.” This brings the mix of depth, flow and simplicity of the language in your paper.
☑️ “Examiners check your answers vertically not horizontally.” – This highlights the importance of structure and mastering the art of answer writing.
☑️ Failure is a price you pay to become better and stronger.
☑️ “Anyone can learn and score exceptionally high marks in Sociology Optional with the right guidance and effort.”
☑️ “You have not understood the concept if you can’t explain it to a rickshawallah.” – True understanding of a concept is evident when you can simplify and explain it clearly to a layman.
☑️ If you are writing too many thinkers, you are not writing the answer. You are writing your notes. Notes and answer are two very different things.
☑️ “Understanding comes with thinking in lone time – keep time for yourself.”
Key Features
Schedule
Other Details
Note
Refund Policy
- Inter syllabus discussion
- Hand-crafted notes
- Previous year questions (PYQ) discussions
- Everyday life examples
- Development of Sociological perspective
- Regular Answer writing sessions
- Total 6 tests: 4 sectional + 2 full length test
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DATE |
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LECTURE NO. |
TOPIC |
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9-Feb-26 |
Monday |
0 |
Orientation |
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10-Feb-26 |
Tuesday |
1 |
Syllabus Overview |
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11-Feb-26 |
Wednesday |
2 |
Social Changes in Europe |
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12-Feb-26 |
Thursday |
3 |
Origin of Sociology |
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13-Feb-26 |
Friday |
4 |
Modernity, PYQs, Nature & Scope of Sociology |
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14-Feb-26 |
Saturday |
5 |
Unit-1 Part-A,B |
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15-Feb-26 |
Sunday |
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16-Feb-26 |
Monday |
6 |
Unit-1 Over |
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17-Feb-26 |
Tuesday |
7 |
Unit-2 Part A |
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18-Feb-26 |
Wednesday |
8 |
Unit-2 Part B |
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19-Feb-26 |
Thursday |
9 |
Unit-2 Part-B |
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20-Feb-26 |
Friday |
10 |
Unit 2 Part-C,D |
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21-Feb-26 |
Saturday |
11 |
Unit-2 Over |
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22-Feb-26 |
Sunday |
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23-Feb-26 |
Monday |
12 |
Unit-4, Emile Durkheim |
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24-Feb-26 |
Tuesday |
13 |
Suicide & DOL |
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25-Feb-26 |
Wednesday |
14 |
Division of Labor |
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26-Feb-26 |
Thursday |
15 |
Religion |
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27-Feb-26 |
Friday |
16 |
Social Fact |
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28-Feb-26 |
Saturday |
17 |
Karl Marx |
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1-Mar-26 |
Sunday |
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2-Mar-26 |
Monday |
18 |
Karl Marx vs Hegel |
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3-Mar-26 |
Tuesday |
19 |
Historical Materialism & Its Relevance |
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4-Mar-26 |
Wednesday |
20 |
Mode of Production |
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5-Mar-26 |
Thursday |
21 |
Capitalism & Alienation |
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6-Mar-26 |
Friday |
22 |
Communism, Dol, Class Struggle |
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7-Mar-26 |
Saturday |
Topper Session |
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8-Mar-26 |
Sunday |
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9-Mar-26 |
Monday |
23 |
Max Weber |
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10-Mar-26 |
Tuesday |
24 |
Social Action & Authority (Weber) |
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11-Mar-26 |
Wednesday |
25 |
Authority Types |
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12-Mar-26 |
Thursday |
26 |
Ideal Type, Rationalization & Bureaucracy |
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13-Mar-26 |
Friday |
27 |
Protestant Ethics & Spirit of Capitalism |
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14-Mar-26 |
Saturday |
28 |
Protestant Ethics & Spirit of Capitalism |
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15-Mar-26 |
Sunday |
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16-Mar-26 |
Monday |
29 |
Weber's Assessment |
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17-Mar-26 |
Tuesday |
30 |
Talcott Parsons-Social System |
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18-Mar-26 |
Wednesday |
31 |
Social System |
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19-Mar-26 |
Thursday |
32 |
Pattern Variables |
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20-Mar-26 |
Friday |
33 |
Talcott Parsons PYQ's |
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21-Mar-26 |
Saturday |
34 |
Conformity & Deviance |
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22-Mar-26 |
Sunday |
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23-Mar-26 |
Monday |
35 |
Conformity & Deviance |
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24-Mar-26 |
Tuesday |
36 |
Manifest & Latent |
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25-Mar-26 |
Wednesday |
37 |
Manifest & Latent |
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26-Mar-26 |
Thursday |
38 |
Reference Group Theory & Self Fulfilling Prophecy |
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27-Mar-26 |
Friday |
39 |
G.H Mead |
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28-Mar-26 |
Saturday |
40 |
Religion & Society |
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29-Mar-26 |
Sunday |
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30-Mar-26 |
Monday |
41 |
Religion & Society |
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31-Mar-26 |
Tuesday |
42 |
Religion & Society |
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1-Apr-26 |
Wednesday |
43 |
Religion & Society |
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2-Apr-26 |
Thursday |
44 |
Religion & Society |
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3-Apr-26 |
Friday |
45 |
Politics & Society |
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4-Apr-26 |
Saturday |
46 |
Elite & Power Elite |
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5-Apr-26 |
Sunday |
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6-Apr-26 |
Monday |
47 |
Pluralist Theory, Pressure Group & Political Party |
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7-Apr-26 |
Tuesday |
48 |
Evolution of Political Parties in India |
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8-Apr-26 |
Wednesday |
49 |
Inian Political System, Ideology & PYQ |
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9-Apr-26 |
Thursday |
50 |
Ideology vs Identity Politics & Democracy |
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10-Apr-26 |
Friday |
51 |
Protest, Agitation, Social Movement |
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11-Apr-26 |
Saturday |
52 |
Social Movement & Family Kinship |
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12-Apr-26 |
Sunday |
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13-Apr-26 |
Monday |
53 |
Family, Marriage & Kinship-1 |
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14-Apr-26 |
Tuesday |
54 |
Family, Marriage & Kinship-2 |
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15-Apr-26 |
Wednesday |
55 |
Family, Marriage & Kinship-3 |
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16-Apr-26 |
Thursday |
56 |
Kinship & Contemporary Trends |
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17-Apr-26 |
Friday |
57 |
Social Stratification and Mobility |
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18-Apr-26 |
Saturday |
58 |
Marxist Theory of Stratification |
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19-Apr-26 |
Sunday |
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20-Apr-26 |
Monday |
59 |
Weberian Theory of Stratification + Inequality |
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21-Apr-26 |
Tuesday |
60 |
Hierarchy, Social Exclusion & Poverty |
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22-Apr-26 |
Wednesday |
61 |
Class & Gender |
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23-Apr-26 |
Thursday |
62 |
Class & Gender |
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24-Apr-26 |
Friday |
63 |
Gender Dimension |
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25-Apr-26 |
Saturday |
64 |
Race, Ethnicity, & Social Mobility |
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26-Apr-26 |
Sunday |
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27-Apr-26 |
Monday |
65 |
Social Mobility & Unit 3 Research Methods |
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28-Apr-26 |
Tuesday |
66 |
Unit-3, Research Methods-1 |
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29-Apr-26 |
Wednesday |
67 |
Research Methods-2 |
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30-Apr-26 |
Thursday |
68 |
Research Methods |
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1-May-26 |
Friday |
69 |
Research Methods |
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2-May-26 |
Saturday |
70 |
Critique of Dependency Theory & PYQ |
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3-May-26 |
Sunday |
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4-May-26 |
Monday |
71 |
Technology, Media & Social Change |
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5-May-26 |
Tuesday |
72 |
Work & Economy |
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6-May-26 |
Wednesday |
73 |
Work & Economy |
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7-May-26 |
Thursday |
74 |
Work & Economy |
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8-May-26 |
Friday |
75 |
Work & Economy |
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9-May-26 |
Saturday |
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10-May-26 |
Sunday |
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Paper II |
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12-May-26 |
Monday |
0 |
Paper-2, Orientation |
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13-May-26 |
Tuesday |
1 |
Indology |
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14-May-26 |
Wednesday |
2 |
G.S. Ghurye & M.N. Srinivas |
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15-May-26 |
Thursday |
3 |
M.N. Srinivas |
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16-May-26 |
Friday |
4 |
M.N. Srinivas |
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17-May-26 |
Saturday |
5 |
Sanskritization & Westernization |
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18-May-26 |
Sunday |
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19-May-26 |
Monday |
6 |
A.R. Desai |
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20-May-26 |
Tuesday |
7 |
A.R. Desai & PYQs |
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21-May-26 |
Wednesday |
8 |
Civilisational & Feminist Perspective |
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22-May-26 |
Thursday |
9 |
Subaltern Perspective |
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23-May-26 |
Friday |
10 |
Social Reforms |
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24-May-26 |
Saturday |
11 |
Modernization of Indian Tradition |
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25-May-26 |
Sunday |
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26-May-26 |
Monday |
12 |
Modernization of Indian Tradition |
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27-May-26 |
Tuesday |
13 |
Social Background of Indian Nationalism |
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28-May-26 |
Wednesday |
14 |
GS Ghurye on Caste |
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29-May-26 |
Thursday |
15 |
Book Vs Field View of Caste CMN |
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30-May-26 |
Friday |
16 |
MN Srinivas on Caste |
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31-May-26 |
Saturday |
17 |
Andre Beteille |
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1-Jun-26 |
Sunday |
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2-Jun-26 |
Monday |
18 |
Andre Beteille |
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3-Jun-26 |
Tuesday |
19 |
Dominant Caste |
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4-Jun-26 |
Wednesday |
20 |
Louis Dumont Caste |
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5-Jun-26 |
Thursday |
21 |
Louis Dumont Caste |
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6-Jun-26 |
Friday |
22 |
Dipankar Gupta on Caste |
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7-Jun-26 |
Saturday |
23 |
Changes in Caste System |
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8-Jun-26 |
Sunday |
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9-Jun-26 |
Monday |
24 |
Caste Among Non-Hindus |
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10-Jun-26 |
Tuesday |
25 |
Attributional vs Interactional Theory of Caste Ranking |
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11-Jun-26 |
Wednesday |
26 |
Caste & Democracy |
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12-Jun-26 |
Thursday |
27 |
Untouchability |
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13-Jun-26 |
Friday |
28 |
Idea of Indian Village |
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14-Jun-26 |
Saturday |
29 |
Village Studies |
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15-Jun-26 |
Sunday |
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16-Jun-26 |
Monday |
30 |
Village Studies & Land Reforms |
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17-Jun-26 |
Tuesday |
31 |
Land Reforms |
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18-Jun-26 |
Wednesday |
32 |
Social Classes in India |
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19-Jun-26 |
Thursday |
33 |
Middle Class |
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20-Jun-26 |
Friday |
34 |
Middle Class |
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21-Jun-26 |
Saturday |
35 |
Industrial Classes |
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22-Jun-26 |
Sunday |
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23-Jun-26 |
Monday |
36 |
3Tribal India-Definitional Problems |
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24-Jun-26 |
Tuesday |
37 |
Tribel India - ST, PVTGs |
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25-Jun-26 |
Wednesday |
38 |
Tribal India - DNTs, Colonial Policies and Tribes |
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26-Jun-26 |
Thursday |
39 |
Tribal Forest Policy, Isolation-Assimilation |
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27-Jun-26 |
Friday |
40 |
Isolation, Assimilation, Integration Scheduled Areas |
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28-Jun-26 |
Saturday |
41 |
Ethnicity, Ethnonationalism, Ethnic Conflict |
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29-Jun-26 |
Sunday |
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30-Jun-26 |
Monday |
42 |
Family & Kinship - Household vs Family |
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1-Jul-26 |
Tuesday |
43 |
Family, Marriage & Kinship-1 |
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2-Jul-26 |
Wednesday |
44 |
Family, Marriage & Kinship-2 |
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3-Jul-26 |
Thursday |
45 |
Family, Marriage & Kinship-3 |
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4-Jul-26 |
Friday |
46 |
Kinship & Contemporary Trends |
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5-Jul-26 |
Saturday |
47 |
Kinship & Religion |
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6-Jul-26 |
Sunday |
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7-Jul-26 |
Monday |
48 |
Religion & Society |
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8-Jul-26 |
Tuesday |
49 |
Religion & Society |
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9-Jul-26 |
Wednesday |
50 |
Politics & Society |
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10-Jul-26 |
Thursday |
51 |
Secularization & Regionalism |
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11-Jul-26 |
Friday |
52 |
Population & Society |
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12-Jul-26 |
Saturday |
53 |
Ageing & Migration |
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13-Jul-26 |
Sunday |
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14-Jul-26 |
Monday |
54 |
Population |
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14-Jul-26 |
Tuesday |
55 |
Social Movements |
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15-Jul-26 |
Wednesday |
56 |
Environmental Movements |
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16-Jul-26 |
Thursday |
57 |
Dalit Movement |
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17-Jul-26 |
Friday |
58 |
Backward Class Movement |
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18-Jul-26 |
Saturday |
59 |
Women's Movement |
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19-Jul-26 |
Sunday |
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20-Jul-26 |
Monday |
60 |
Vision of Social Change |
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21-Jul-26 |
Tuesday |
61 |
Vision of Social Change |
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22-Jul-26 |
Wednesday |
62 |
Education |
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23-Jul-26 |
Thursday |
63 |
Education |
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24-Jul-26 |
Friday |
64 |
Challenges Of Social Transformation |
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25-Jul-26 |
Saturday |
65 |
Rural & Agrarian Transformation (Cooperatives & Green Revolution) |
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26-Jul-26 |
Sunday |
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27-Jul-26 |
Monday |
66 |
Social Change |
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28-Jul-26 |
Tuesday |
67 |
Unit-10 (A) (B) |
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