Department of Humanistic Studies
The Department of Humanistic Studies was initiated in the year 2015. Prior to its inception, Technical Writing Section was looking after the language and communication needs of the students of the institute for a little more than two decades.This department as an academic entity envisages to enhance the power of science and technology with an inspiring touch of human sensibility that our world urgently needs in the recent civilizational crisis pertaining to the mindless development in the form of three dimensional projections as the hall marks of changes
Academic Programmes
- Ph.D.
- The Department is running Ph D in Humanistic Studies in four areas namely History, Philosophy, Sociology, Environmental Studies, English and Computational Linguistics. This department also runs courses for Undergraduate Students, Post Graduate and Ph.D Students of Engineering and Pharmacy departments of the Institute. For admission in Ph.D in Humanistic Studies, applicants from Engineering, Science and Humanities background are invited to apply through on-line PG Admission Portal of IIT(BHU) Varanasi. Admission is done through a written test followed by an interview
Recent Achievements
Recruitment
With reference to the Rolling Advertisement (April'2013) for faculty recruitments at IIT(BHU) available at home page of IIT(BHU) website, the desired Specializations for Faculty Recruitments in the Department of Humanistic Studies are as follows:
- Computational Lingusitcs
- Philosophy
- Sociology
- English
- History
Department News
- 25 Feb - Feb 26 | 2026 SDGs through Hindu Worldviews: Spiritual Care in a VUCA–BANI World
- 14 Mar - Mar 15 | 2026 Intangible Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development in India
- 19 Mar - Mar 20 | 2026 Convergences in Humanities and Social Sciences: Ecology and Sustainable Futures
Announcements
Visitors
- Distinguished Visits in the Department
- Prof. Ute Husken, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany on 8th March, 2019.
- Prof. Jorg Gengnagel, Wurzburg University, Germany on 8th March, 2019
Upcoming Events
- The Department has organized a Constitution Day Awareness Program on 21st January 2020
- Observance of Vigilance Awareness Week followed by an awareness campaign on 1st November 2019.
- Department conducted the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in association with Student Counseling Services IIT (BHU) on 2nd October 2019. A Swachhata Shapath was taken followed by Cleanliness Drive
