The Department of History offers courses leading to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. Degrees. Its teaching programme is designed to provide students with a broad overview of world history narrowing down to focus on the history of India with special emphasis on socio-economic and cultural history. At the research level, the Department’s primary focus is on Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern History, and World History. Here is a twofold aim of all research activities in the Department: a) Widening the database in its studies of local and regional history b) Introducing an inter-disciplinary approach to understand the underlying social and economic realities of the history of the Deccan through the ages.