Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda - Faculty of Social Work

Faculty of Social Work

Faculty of Social Work at MSU was instituted on 15 March 1949. Though, chronologically, it was the third institution imparting professional social work education in India, it is the very first to have the status of a full-fledged faculty.

Courses offered Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), Master of Human Resource Management (M.H.R.M.), P.G. Diploma in I.R.P.M.; P.G. Diploma in Human Resource Management, P.G. Diploma in Health Management and Interventions; P.G. Diploma in Social Development and Organisation Management; P.G. Diploma in Criminology and Correctional Management and Ph.D. in Social Work.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 1:8/10, a level mostly seen in the U.S., UK and other developed countries. The average class size is 40 students.

The faculty owes its origin to the progressive outlook and vision of the first Vice-Chancellor of M.S. University, Smt. Hansa Mehta. The faculty made a modest beginning as the Baroda School of Social Work (in 1951, elevated to Faculty status) in the White Pavilion building in Sayajibaug; they shortly moved to the seminar building of Baroda College and later to its present premises in 1960. The Faculty had Dr. Perin Vakharia as the founder dean. Some noteworthy names were Prof. Sugata Dasgupta, Prof. S.N. Ranade, Dr. M. Swoboda, Prof, M.C. Nanavatty, Dr. I.D. Malani, Dr. P.T. Thomas, Dr. A. Mazumdar, Shri G.G. Dadlani, Shri V.R. Devlalikar, Prof. S.K. Majumdar, Dr. S.R. Yardi and Prof. Indira Patel, Prof. K.M. Sharma, Shri I.P. Shelat, Dr. H.M. Rajyaguru, Prof. S.B. Saxena, Prof. Varsha Anjaria, Prof. Anil Navale and the present dean, Prof. Aruna Khasgiwala.