Indian Society Courses and Certifications

CEC;  Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Indian Society – Social Problems & Issues

Survey of India’s major social problems, examining poverty, caste and gender inequality, crime, family and health issues, and environmental challenges through sociological perspectives.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Indian Society: Sociological Perspectives

Survey of the theoretical and methodological perspectives—from Indology and Marxism to Dalit feminism and decoloniality—used to study Indian society.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Contemporary India

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Examine India since 1947: partition and post-independence politics, economic liberalisation, foreign policy, feminist struggles, and the living Ramayana and folk art traditions.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

MSO-004: Sociology in India

Explore Indian society through the development of sociology in India and changing caste, family, class, tribal, religious, and social dynamics.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BSW-42: Tribal Society

Examine how tribal identity and ethnicity in India evolve amid social change, inequality, migration, and development.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

CEC;  Osmania University

Agrarian Sociology

Examine India’s agrarian society through rural structures, peasant theories, development policies, and contemporary rural change.

• Swayam
• 15 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Kanpur;  NPTEL

Introductory Rural Sociology: Continuity and Change

An introduction to rural sociology examining continuity and change through caste, class, peasant economies, agrarian change, and farmer movements in India.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

CEC;  Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Sociology of India - 1

Explores Indian society through its caste system, villages, tribes, social institutions, nationalism, and religious traditions.

• Swayam
• 15 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Kanpur

Development of Sociology in India

Explore the development of sociology in India through its pioneers, institutional spread, and contributions of social scientists.

• YouTube
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)

Reimagining Education for Equity

Examine how India's education system reproduces caste, class and gender inequality: trace policy from colonial times to the Right to Education Act, and decolonise curriculum and pedagogy.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

ISC Sociology: Study Guide & Syllabus

Review foundational sociology concepts and Indian society topics for the ISC Sociology exam.

• Study.com
• 1 day 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Gandhian Thought and Communication

Examine Gandhi as communicator: read Hind Swaraj and Experiments with Truth, trace satyagraha in the 1918 Ahmedabad strike, and his image in Hindi cinema and Web 2.0.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

BGP-002: Indian Perspectives on Peace and Conflict

Examines peace and conflict resolution through Gandhian perspectives, linking social inequalities, state power, violence, and peace movements.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

BES-122: Contemporary India and Education

Explores how Indian society, constitutional principles, and education policy shape equity, diversity, and secondary schooling from colonial legacies to NEP 2020.

• Swayam
• 16 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

BGS-012: Gender Based Violence

Examines gender-based violence in India through patriarchy, domestic and sexual violence, legal responses, reproductive rights, LGBTQI+ discrimination, caste, and social institutions.

• Swayam
• 10 weeks
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course