Departments
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Department of History
The Department of History, Nizam College is as old as the College itself, being one of the first departments to start functioning. The Department has been offering History courses for both undergraduate (B.A) and postgraduate (M.A) degrees. In the initial years, only Intermediate and undergraduate courses were offered in the College. The intermediate course was, however, discontinued in the 1960s, since then, the Department has been offering History Course for Undergraduates. The Department has moved with the times in reviewing syllabi and updating pedagogical strategies from time to time. The conferment of Autonomy to the college in 1988-89 provided the academic freedom to the Department to frame its own syllabi for History that is taught through six semesters for BA English and Telugu media.
The review of the syllabi for the undergraduate courses is a continuous process and the Board of Studies Constituted by the Department is the supervising and ratifying body that meets annually for the purpose. The college has also adopted the semester system of teaching and evaluation, exams are duly conducted and results are awarded. The Department has also been offering Postgraduate course (M.A) in Indian history from 1984. Eminent persons like Prof. Fulam Yazdani, Prof. Harronkhan Sherwani, Prof. Marenanla Rama Rao, Prof. Srinivasa Chari, Prof. Ramanayam Narsima Rao, Prof. Sarojini Regani, Prof. Vaikuntham, etc., have adorned this Department. The Department has infrastructure facilities - Computer and Photo-Pane which are utilized by the students and teachers. The Department has a seminar library which has about 2500 books of History. The Department also subscribes three journals - Social Scientist, Indian Historical Review and Indian Economic and Social History Review. |
Associate Professors |
Dr. Bhangya Bhukya ,
M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D
Associate Professor and
I/cHead Dept. of History
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Dr.Bhangya Bhukya joined service on October 13, 1997. He did his M.A and M.Phil in History from University of Hyderabad. After teaching in the Department for five years |
he moved to United Kingdom on the Ford Foundation International Fellowship to do his Ph.D. He worked with David Hardiman (one of the founder members of the Subaltern Studies Project) on “Power, Subaltern and Identity: The Making of the Lambada Community of Hyderabad State” for his Doctoral in the Department of History, University of Warwick. He is presently interested in Community Histories, the effects of Power/Knowledge, Govern mentality and Dominance on Subaltern Communities, particularly advises; the state and nationalism, and Identity Movements by forest and hill People in the nineteenth and twentieth century India.
He has published most influential books on the history of Lambada Community. He has attended and presented papers in international conferences in United Kingdom and United States. He delivered lectures at School of Oriental and African Studies, London, University of Oxford and University of Edinburgh. Besides his rigorous academic scholarship, he is also associated with Adivasi (Aboriginal) and Dalit Liberation movements in the state of Andhra Pradesh. In this connection, he has written a number of news paper articles in Deccan Chronicle (English), Vaartha and Andhra Jyothy (Telugu). Some of his publications are ‘The SubjugatedNomads: The Lambadas under the rule of the Nizams’, Orient Longman, Hyderabad (forthcoming), Co-author: ‘The Lambadas: A community Besieged,’ United Nation International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Hyderabad, 2002. And some of the articles are ‘Delinquent Subjects: Dacoity and the Creation of a Surveillance Society in Hyderabad State’, in ‘Indian Economic and Social History Review,’(April-June 2007),’Colonization of Forest and Emergence of Gond Nationalism in Hyderabad State’, Itihasa, vol. XXX, No. 1&2, January-December, 2004, State Archives of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, India. |
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Assistant Professors
Dr. G. Anjaiah ,
M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
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Dr.G.Anjaiah joined service on June 7, 2007. Before this he was working as Academic Consultant at University College for Women, Hyderabad. |
He also worked as Academic Counselor at Dr. B.R Ambedkar Open University and Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education, Osmania University. He did his M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D from Osmania University. He worked on the History of Vijayanagara Empire for his M.Phil and Ph.D. He is interested in ‘Social and Economic History of Medieval Deccan,’ mainly in the history of crafts-men, handicrafts and itinerary trading communities.
He has attended number of national seminars and presented papers on various socio-economic aspects of Medieval Deccan. He has written course materials for both graduate and postgraduate courses offered by Dr. B.R Ambedkar Open University and Prof. G. Ram Reddy Centre for Distance Education. He also published articles in many national journals, and translated a book into Telugu from English. Some of his writings are ‘Rural Industry: Crafts, Agriculture oriented, manufacture of Gold ornaments, Stones, Diamonds cutting Industry’ in ‘Comprehensive Historyof Andhra Pradesh,’ Vol. IV, (forthcoming).’Guilds under Vijayanagara’, Osmania Journal of Historical Research, vol.vi, no. 1-2, January 2003. ‘Saluva Usurpation and its Historical Importance in the History of Viayanagara Empire’ Itihas, Journal of the A.P State Archives and Research Institute, vol. XXV, 2001. |
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Dr. B. Lavanya ,
M.A, MPhil, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Dept. of History
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Dr.B.Lavanya joined service on June 8, 2007. Before this she was working as Jr. Lecturer in a Government College. |
| She also taught at St. Ann’s College for Girls, Hyderabad and St. Francis College for Women, Hyderabad. She did her M.A. M.Phil and Ph.D from University of Hyderabad. She worked on ‘Miniature Paintings in the Medieval Deccan and the Representation of Women’ for M.Phil and PhD. She is more interested in Miniature Art and Gender Politics in Medieval Deccan. She attended many national seminars/conferences and presented papers on Gender Politics in Medieval Deccan. She herself is a dancer and organized many cultural programs in the state of AP. Some of her works are ‘Representation of Women in the Miniature Paintings in the Deccan School’ (17th-18th C AD, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, (forth coming ), ‘Miniature Paintings in the Medieval Deccan and the Representation of Women’ (15th -17th Century AD), Bharatiya Kala Prakasham, New Delhi, (forthcoming ). |
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