Hyderabad, March 23: The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Deemed-to-be University, Hyderabad launched ICFAI School of Social Sciences on Thursday. The newly launched college will offer undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral degress from the academic year 2023-24.
Dr Mahendra Dev, Distinguished Professor, ICFAI Business School said, that all the social sciences are interlinked and the social science education would equip and empower students with broad understanding and knowledge on behavior, cultures, societies, inclusiveness, social justice, etc. He said that the School should focus on areas like Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, Circular Economy, Social Innovation and Startups.
Prof J Mahender Reddy, Advisor, ICFAI Group spoke about the genesis of ICFAI School of Social Sciences. He said that the School is carved out from the existing Department of Economics of the University and soon the school would include other disciplines like psychology, sociology and political science. Prof. Reddy said that different disciplines need to be integrated to bring in multidisciplinarity within and between faculties, in line with the National Education Policy, 2020, according to a press release.