Founder Head (HoD): Ms. Chaphiak Lowang (In-Charge)

The Department of Social Work (DSW) at Rajiv Gandhi University was established in 2015. It was the vision and initiative of the then Vice-chancellor Professor Tamo Mibang which led to the establishment of the Department in the land of rising sun. It aims at providing quality Social Work Education. DSW at RGU is the first full-fledged Department of Social Work offering face-to-face Master of Arts in Social Work programme in Arunachal Pradesh. The Department offers the Doctoral Programme (from June 2018 onwards) and the two years Masters Programme (based on Choice Based Credit System-CBCS). in Social Work with an intake capacity of 32 students.

Subsequently, teaching-learning process started in the DSW by admitting 16 students in the first batch (2015-17) of MASW programme. Social Work Education has two very important components vis-à-vis Theory (Class Room Lectures) and Practice (Social Work Practicum). In fact, Social Work Practicum is considered as the Soul of Social Work Education. Social Work is practice based profession like other professions such as medicine and law etc. Students develop the theoretical understanding received in the classroom and practice it in the field at the individual, group and community level. DSW is committed to provide quality education to ensure which the DSW offered all seven components of Social Work Practicum from its very first batch.

The impetus of social work education in the University is to capacitate the students so that they make an impact in the lives of the people especially the underprivileged and disempowered communities in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the north eastern region. Therefore, the pedagogoy is structured in such a manner that the issues and concerns of the region are addressed and students are engaged actively in the field to become sensitized in creating a socially just and equal society through their contribution. The department is managed by a team of four qualified, dynamic and dedicated faculty members from different parts of the country.

Department of Social is having Centre for Youth Development and Leadership Studies (CYDLS) ever since 2016 which is committed for youth related activities and their developmental issues. Time to time symposia and outreach activities concerning the well-being of youth in the region are being under taken by the CYDLS on the regular basis.