UoH professor co-edits new book on Indian sociology

Prof Ajailiu Niumai from University of Hyderabad co-edits a new volume titled Hundred Years of Sociology in India, released by Springer. The book captures a century of sociological evolution and includes essays from leading and emerging Indian sociologists

Hyderabad: Latest scholarly contribution by Prof Ajailiu Niumai, faculty at the Centre for the Study of Social Inclusion (CSSI), School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, whose edited volume with Prof Abha Chauhan and Prof Tattwamasi Paltasingh on ‘Hundred Years of Sociology in India: Evolving Issues, Emerging Trends’ has been published by Springer Nature in July 2025.

The volume is a timely and comprehensive scholarly reflection on the growth and transformation of sociology in India over the past century. Comprising twenty-four insightful chapters and an introductory essay, the book brings together the work of many of India’s most distinguished sociologists, alongside emerging voices, some of whom are plenary speakers and some presented their research papers at the 47th All India Sociological Conference of the Indian Sociological Society (ISS) held at the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) in December 2023.

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Prof Niumai has also contributed a chapter titled “Sociology in Northeast India: Beginning to Present,” which critically maps the emergence and institutionalisation of sociology in the region. Her chapter brings to light the unique socio-cultural and political specificities that shape sociological inquiry in Northeast India, and repositions the region within the national sociological discourse.