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Brief History of Department :

The department has the distinction of being the first independent Department of Political Science in India. Some of leading Political Scientists in India, including Prof. V.S. Ram, Prof. M.V. Paylee, Prof .Eddy Ashirvadam, Prof. I.D. Sharma, Prof. K.P. Mishra, Prof. Prof. P.N.Masaldan, Prof. G.N. Dhawan, Prof. Raghuveer Singh, Prof. C.A. Perumal, Prof. R.B. Das, Prof. D. P. Singh, Prof. L.D. Thakur have been the faculty members. One important feature of the department is the Prof. V. S. Ram Memorial Endowment, created by Shri A.N. Ram (I.F.S. Retd. ) in memory of his late father who happens to be the first Professor and Head of Department of Political Science in India. In addition there is one late Sri C.B. Gupta Chairman.

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Library: Library with approx. 2600 books and journals

Professor V.S. Ram Memorial Lectures

• This year’s lecture was delivered by Mr. P. A. Sangama, the Hon’ble Speaker of 11th Parliament of India on “Problems of Parliamentary Democracy in India.”

• In the past this Memorial Lecture was delivered by Hon'ble T.N. Chaturvedi, Hon'ble Sri I. K. Gujral, Former Prime Minister and Hon'ble Sri P.C. Alexander and Sri Salman Khursheed former Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India.