On 21st September 2015, paper
presentation was organized by the students of I MA Applied Sociology under the
guidance of Dr. Sheila Mathew, professor, Department of Sociology. The class
was divided into three groups. Each group was assigned topics namely, ‘Commercialization
of Agriculture in India’, ‘Industrialization’ and ‘Globalization’. And, 19
papers were presented in total in over a week’s time.
The first group presented their papers on
commercialization of agriculture in India. The first set of presenters from the
group defined the concept of commercialization and gave the historical
background to commercialization of agriculture in India.
The next set of presenters covered the topics
such as commercialization of agriculture in contemporary times, the changes in
agrarian class structure, the agrarian crisis and the agrarian unrest due to
commercialization of agriculture in India.
The second group presented their papers on
industrialization. The papers presented were on the history of
industrialization in the west, the socio-economic changes that occurred due to
industrialization, the history and growth of industrialization in India till
the contemporary times, the differential view held by sociologists on the industrial
class structure in the west and in India.
The third set of presenters presented on
globalization. The key topics addressed by the group include the definition and
history of liberalization, privatization and globalization in India, the
various dimensions of globalization, the impact of globalization on Indian
agriculture and the positive and negative impact of globalization on Indian
society.
In conclusion, it was observed that
commercialization, industrialization and globalization facilitated social
change. But, the benefits were reaped only by an elite section of the society,
while the vulnerable sections remained out of the realm of these drivers of
social change.
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