Prof. Sambit Mallick

Dr. Sambit Mallick is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He specializes in the sociology of science and technology, and also includes historical sociology and philosophy of the social sciences among his research interests. His research and teaching are at the intersection of philosophy, social theory, and science and technology studies. He teaches Sociology of Science, Science, Technology and Innovation Sociological Perspectives, Sociology of India Conformities and Contradictions, Sociological Perspectives on Modernity, The Study of Society, Sociology of Development, Interrogating Modernity,Science, Technology and Society, Sociological Theory, Research Methods in Sociology, Perspectives on Science, Technology and Society, and Emerging Knowledge Societies at IIT Guwahati. His courses under NPTEL have attracted a large number of students even from the remote areas in India and abroad.