About the Department
The Department of Humanities was established in 1984 with the objective of building and polishing the communication, soft, and social skills of budding technocrats as well as equip them to develop enhanced contextual understanding about various aspects of the society
- Total: 12 faculty,
- Cadre Ratio: 1 Associate Prof. and 11 Assistant Profs.,
- Qualification: 1 Hon D.Litt., 5 Ph.D.s (with 1 double Ph.D.), 5 pursuing Ph.D., 2 M.A.,
- Average of 13 years’ experience,
- Areas of expertise: English, Psychology, Economics, Environmental Economics
- Unique practices of the department: Peer evaluation, use of performing art forms as tools of assessment, and field visits
Vision
To create effective communicators and socially responsible engineers.
Mission
The mission of the Department is to build and polish the soft skills of budding technocrats and sensitize them to social, political, economic, cultural, and psychological aspects of the society in general and the industry in particular. This is to equip them to contribute towards the sustainable development of the society. The mission is also to undertake research studies to contribute to a better understanding of linkages between Applied Humanities and Technical Education.
mehrad@rbunagpur.in
Dr. Deepshikha Mehra
Head of Department
She has a Ph.D. in Economics(funded by Indiana University, USA through SHODH).She has been associated with over 20 research projects on natural resource management as a full-time researcher. Dr. Mehra has been a gold medalist in MA Economics and was awarded a Research and Writing fellowship by University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She has over 40 national and international journal publications, chapters in edited books, and research paper presentations and has authored two books, edited one, and formatted one.
She has international training in natural resource management from South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) and International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI). With over 30 years of work experience of administration, research, and teaching, she is a recognized Ph.D supervisor by RTMNU and RBU.
Mehra founded and mentored REEF the environment club of RCOEM (now RBU) and won Wipro’s international Earthian award in 2015.She is a hobbyist bird watcher and wildlife photographer. Wildlife photographs clicked by her have been published in Tadoba Coffee Table book by Sanctuary Asia.