The Department of Social Work established in 1967 has been in the forefront of academic and field innovations in the country and has been consistently upgrading its curriculum to make it more responsive to the social challenges in India. After several phases of special assistance, in 2010, the UGC recognized the Department as a Centre for Advanced Study in Social Work.

The Department is well known for its teaching and instructional programme as well as innovative field action projects. It boasts of first rate highly qualified and field grounded faculty. It maintains a progressive and people centred emancipatory focus in its pedagogy, research and field action. The teaching faculty is constantly engaged in advanced research and field action projects to inform its instructional programmes. Members of the faculty also serve on various committees for the formulation, monitoring and implementation of development initiatives, both in the government and the NGO sector. Several high-quality publications from reputed publishers have been produced by members of the faculty.

The Department also boasts of excellent infrastructure in terms of smart class-rooms, a modern conference room, well stocked seminar library, a computer laboratory and an advanced behavioural and personality enrichment laboratory.

• Integrated MPhil/ PhD Programme
• M A Social Work
• M A Human Resource Management
• Advanced Diploma in Public Health

The Instructional programme has some unique components to develop fully rounded humane professionals. Some of the important ones include a compulsory Rural Camp of 10 days duration, Skill Laboratory training for micro skill development, a Personality Development Program based on Self-Management and Development Module for the development of managerial skills, and Individual Conferences and Group Conferences to enhance the analytical and presentation skills of the students. All these complement a robust field training programme, wherein all students are required to put in at least 15 hours per week in each semester in leading NGOs and civil society organizations.

Research and field action projects have been the backbone of the instructional programme of the Department. The Department undertaken field action based researches in the areas of primary education among Muslims, the Global Fund – Saksham Project, a UNICEF sponsored child rights programme in Moradabad, Need assessment and impact studies on CSR of various Public Sector Undertakings, Women and Ageing etc.