The department aims to create awareness for resource environments of family systems in India and to prepare students to effectively assist rural-urban households in resource generation and allocation issues. It provides necessary theoretical background and analytical tools to undertake financial management and to make wise consumer choices. The academic programmes intend to impart understanding of the concept of aesthetically and functionally efficient dwellings as well as to make students aware of the ergonomic principles in relation to household, equipment, occupations in residential and commercial setting and its management. It aims to develop entrepreneurship skills in students in terms of self-employment and micro-enterprise management.

Facilities

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Research Areas

1. Resource management
2. Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Principles
3. Women’s Empowerment and Gender studies
4. Family and Environment
5. Consumerism
6. Traditional art and craft

Departmental Publications