Viveknanda Govt. Degree College

 ●      The Department of Political Science was established in 1966 with Telugu as the medium of instruction in the college.

●      Political Science is a one of the undergraduate Programme with the combination ofHistory,Economics,Public Administration,Computer Applications and Mass Communication and Journalism.

●       It is one of the  Social Science Discipline that deals with the system of Government and the analysis of political activity and political behaviours.

●      The study of political science has ancient roots that can be traced to the works of plato and Aristotle which were written nearly 2500 years ago.

The Department offers SEC and GE courses like Contemporary Political Economy,Citizenship Laws, Rights and Duties,Legislative Procedures and Practices,Human Rights.

Objectives

●       Providing the base to be the responsible citizen

●      Acquiring the knowledge about law making process and Public Policies

●      Critically evaluating the social, economic and political variables for a              proper understanding of the plurality of Indian society .

●      Building  consciousness regarding National political history, international relations and present Indian and Western political thinkers

 Encouraging comparative understanding of specific world constitutions such as UK, USA, China, and Russia

Course Combinations

1.EHP(Economics,History,Political science)

2.HPP( History,Political science, Publicadministration)

3. EPP( Economics,Political science,Public Administration)

4.EPJ(Economics, political science,Mass communication and Journalism)

5.HPJ(History,Political science,Mass communication and Journalism)

6.E.P.CA( Economics,Political Science,Computer Applications)

7.H.P.CA (History,Political science,Computer Applications)   

Faculty Details:

Highlights/Activities:

Orientation on civils and other competitive exams

 The Department of Political Science, vivekananda government Degree College, vidyanagar, Hyderabad conducted an awareness programme on the topic “orientation on civils and other competitive exams” on 01-08-18 .

National Voters Day; National Voters Day was celebrated on             25. 01.2019 in the college. In this regard various activities were conducted to the students . Department  has conducted essay elocution competitions for the students.

Extension lecture

An extension lecture was organised on the topic National Voters Day on 25-1-19.  The resource person for the programme was Prof. P.H. Mohammad, Department of sociology, MANUU, Hyderabad. He explained in detail about the voting percentage in India and across the world, evolution of democracy, rights and obligations of citizens.

Extension lecture:

An extension Lecture was organised on the occasion of National Voters Day the resource person was Prof E.Venkatesu, Department of  Political Science, Hyderabad Central university on 25-1-20.

Celebrated the National Voters Day and took the oath on 25-1-21

Field trip:  Organized a Field Trip to Historical Exhibition on     “ Untold Telangana” at Art Gallery, Ravindra Bharathi Hyderabad for B.A 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd year students on 06 -02-19. Students were enlightened about Telangana history from the megalithic period to 18^th century by archeological scholar Mr.Aravind.

 Field trip: Organized a field trip to Telangana Legislative Assembly Gallery visit on 21-9-2019 .BA 1st ,2nd and 3rd year students  visited the sessions through the gallery and had a personal experience of legislative procedure.

Awareness programme on EVMSorganised an awareness programme on EVMS with the collaboration of GHMC and Election Commission on the occasion of C-VIGIL on 13-3-19.     

 Celebrations of birth anniversary of  Dr.B.R.AMBEDKAR

An extension lecture was organized on the topic Ideology of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar.  The resource person for the programme was Prof.Adapa satyanarayana (rtd), Department of History, osmania university, Hyderabad. He explained in detail about the social discriminations in Indian society, caste annihilation, and economy and education system.

National youth day was celebrated on the occasion of swami vivekananda birthday on 12-1-2021

Best Practice

Bridge course  to  Non -Arts Students  to give them a basic understanding of social sciences and particularly political science .

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