Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights is a postgraduate Human Rights course.  The program aims at producing graduates who can apply the knowledge of human rights they will gain to their respective fields of work, be they academics, policymakers, or activists. Students will learn to acquire knowledge independently, a skill necessary for the advancement of academic studies and the promotion of human rights in society, as well as benefiting from the interactive style of teaching. The course helps to enable students to develop strong practical and theoretical understandings of human rights law, politics and philosophy at domestic, regional and international levels. The duration of the course is two years and the syllabus are divided into four semesters.

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Eligibility

• Bachelor’s degree in any stream with 55% or equivalent CGPA.
• Some of the very reputed institutes conduct an entrance examination for admission.

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Syllabus

Syllabus of Human Rights as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Colleges

• Indian Institute of Human Rights - IIHR, New Delhi
• JSS College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Mysore
• Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Garhwal
• St. Peter's College, Kolkata

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Course Suitability

• Candidates who are aware of the mutual connections between the protection of human rights and conflict management, and who possess a sound juridical and methodological background and practical-operational skills in such areas are a good-suit for it.
• They should have good behaviour, social dealings and far sightedness.
• Those who are willing to have further higher degrees like M.Phil. and Ph.D. also are suitable for it.

How is Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Course Beneficial?

• It is beneficial to provide students with a set of critical reflections that draw upon the varied global and local social and political contexts in which human rights operate.
• The course helps to evolve strategies and schemes for tackling such attitudes like employing bonded labour, practicing untouchability, perpetrating sati and help members internalize more humane and egalitarian approach in their social relations.
• The course also helps to train professionals who, in the design and management of actions and in decision-making processes, will keep into account the historical, geopolitical, economic dimensions as well as the ‘gender’ component and the complexity of the intercultural relations.

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Employment Areas

• Colleges & Universities
• National Human Rights Commission of India - Delhi
• Flora Foundation - Mumbai
• Kalinga Kusum Foundation - Bhubaneshwar
• Tata Institute of Social Science - Mumbai

Post Graduate Programme in Human Rights Job Types

• Associate Manager
• Human Resource Trainee
• Product Development Leader
• Chief Human Resources Officer
• Payroll Officer
• Legal Associate
• Public Policy Research Analyst
• Lecturer/Professor