The Department runs a biannual bilingual newsletter that provides a platform to the students to voice their opinions and experiences in an innovative and creative way. The issues brought out so are spectacular and consisted of a compilation of articles, paintings, doodles and photographs contributed by the students and alumni on social issues and personal experiences.
AML is a body of students from both M.A. previous and M.A. final. The group has been formed on the ideals of Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The group has been actively holding lectures, dialogues and discussions on various socio-political issues concerning the society at large. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Committee of the department commemorates Dr. B.R. Ambedkars’s birth anniversary every year by organizing lectures, panel discussions and theatre activities every year.
The main objective of the Film and Theatre Society is the production and promotion of theatrical plays, short films and other performing arts such as dance and music with a special focus and concentration on Indian arts. The Society actively conducts events through either theatrical plays or film screenings. It also has a special feature, wherein it collaborates with other theatre societies and stages plays in the
The student blog is a space where the students are encouraged to explore various aspects of their lives and their Field Work Experiences. The blog provides a space to express oneself freely and also discuss field work experiences on a common platform. It welcomes a variety of content and expressions; from political perspectives to doodles, from poetry to interviews. While this blog is essentially a medium of expression in writing, it intends to broaden its reach from the digital world to real world.
Prof. Shankar Pathak Society for Environment Action is a group of students who are passionate about environmental issues. Through their activities and initiatives, they intend to propagate sustainable practices. The society is a thirty-six-member open group which is divided into four teams namely, Resource Mobilization Team, Social Media Team, Action Team and Planning and Coordination Team. Till now the group has advocated for ecological justice and has run some online campaigns. They have successfully conducted a waste audit of the Department and are propagating for waste segregation at its origin. The Society is working to install a compost pit and has also organized a plantation drive in the Department Campus. It has collaborated with different colleges and Departments of the University of Delhi to take the initiative forward.
Bageecha is the Gender and Queer Collective of Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi (formed in 2020). As the name suggests, the essence of this collective is to respect and encourage different genders, sexualities, perspectives and people. To create and engage in a gender-informed discourse with a special focus on the LGBTQ+ community. To help develop a self-aware, sensitive and proactive batch of social workers in DSSW - with full commitment towards an anti-oppressive approach.
Rangeen, the queer film club of DSSW aims to let people talk about these topics through the influence of film, to normalise sexuality and Gender, more layers to these concepts. The sensitisation on Queer issues and representation is important as the students may hold a variety of biases whether conscious or unconscious. Media often presents an indirect way to address such issues and not just people holding those views. As the stereotyping and prejudice is structural, in our societal instituions and widely held beliefs. The objective of this club is to advocate about queer issues like gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, intersectionality etc. through movie screening, to make people aware people and students of the college about the queer portrayal in media, to build a network with various queer collectives/queer groups and college students and to make a brave space for people to discuss myths, notions and thoughts openly on queer issues.
