M.Sc in Social Sciences

The Department of Social Sciences, erstwhile Department of Economics, Sociology and Extension Education, came into existence in 1987. Prior to its formation as a major department, it was a minor department of the then department of Agricultural Economics of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishva Vidyalaya, Palampur, mainly engaged in teaching under-graduate courses. The department started Ph.D. programme in the field of Agricultural Economics from the academic session 1990-91 and MBA (Agribusiness) programme in the year 1997-98. Later in the year 2006-07 a separate department of Business Management (Agri-business) was carved out from the department of Social Sciences.

The Department of Social Sciences is entrusted with the objectives of teaching, research and extension in the fields of Economics, Sociology, Extension Education and Business Administration (Agribusiness)