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The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
plays a unique and distinctive role at IIT.
Engineering and science are, by their very nature,
humanistic and socially derived pursuits.
Therefore, a complete science and technology
education, as well as creation of a true scholar,
must include liberal arts, economics and social
studies.
The commitment to imparting a complete education
to students distinguishes IIT Bombay from most
other technology schools in India, where studies
are limited to the trades. At IIT Bombay, education
unites application with principle, the technical with
the perceptive, and scientific knowledge with
human and social understanding.
It is the role of the faculty in the Humanities
department to foster awareness and knowledge of
the nature of human inquiry, the social, economic
and human condition, culture and values and the
humane, and thoughtful application of science and
technology to attain sustainable development. The
Department plays a distinctly critical role in helping
IIT Bombay to become a true world leader in
research and complete education by nurturing an
atmosphere of creativity, innovation and
scholarship in its unending quest for excellence.
The ultimate vision is to create an ambience in
which attention to humanistic elements and social
consequences of all that we do is shared, new
ideas, research and scholarship flourish and from
where innovators and a new brand of leaders with a
sensitivity to human values, social and cultural
awareness emerge.
To realize this vision of a world-class institute, a
new emphasis on cultural diversity, new studies
and more reference materials are urgently needed.
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