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Course objectives and outcomes
To develop the foundations of vector calculus in three dimensions, using Cartesian coordinates. The techniques learnt in this module is a basic requirement for all learners taking up the study of physics at an advanced level. Students are exposed to the use of computers to aid in the visualization of the concepts learnt in the module.
After undergoing this course, the student is expected to
  1. Be able to formulate and solve advanced problems which yield to the techniques of vector algebra.
  2. Understand how transformation laws are formulated using matrices and acquire an elementary notion of symmetries associated with the transformations.
  3. Develop facilities in application of the ideas of vector algebra and vector functions to the study of two and three dimensional curves and surfaces.
  4. Understand the notion of vector differential operators and their physical content.
  5. Learn and make use of suffix notation in the identities of vector algebra and calculus.
  6. Understanding heuristic proofs of integral theorems of vector calculus and their simple applications.
Reference Books:
  • Mathematical Methods for Physicists, G.B. Arfken, H.J. Weber, F.E. Harris, 2013, 7th Edn., Elsevier.
  • An introduction to ordinary differential equations, E.A. Coddington, 2009, PHI learning
  • Differential Equations, George F. Simmons, 2007, McGraw Hill.
  • Mathematical Tools for Physics, James Nearing, 2010, Dover Publications.
  • Mathematical methods for Scientists and Engineers, D.A. McQuarrie, 2003, Viva Book
  • Advanced Engineering Mathematics, D.G. Zill and W.S. Wright, 5 Ed., 2012, Jones and Bartlett Learning
  • Mathematical Physics, Goswami, 1st edition, Cengage Learning
  • Engineering Mathematics, S.Pal and S.C. Bhunia, 2015, Oxford University Press
  • Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Erwin Kreyszig, 2008, Wiley India.
  • Essential Mathematical Methods, K.F.Riley & M.P.Hobson, 2011, Cambridge Univ. Press

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart a good foundation of the concepts of mechanical properties of matter.
The students will acquire knowledge of the mechanical properties of matter in the solid and the liquid state which is essential for every student of physics.

Reference Books:
  • An introduction to mechanics, D. Kleppner, R.J. Kolenkow, 1973, McGraw-Hill.
  • Mechanics, Berkeley Physics, vol.1, C.Kittel, W.Knight, et.al. 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill.
  • Physics, Resnick, Halliday and Walker 8/e. 2008, Wiley.
  • Analytical Mechanics, G.R. Fowles and G.L. Cassiday. 2005, Cengage Learning.
  • Feynman Lectures, Vol. I, R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M.Sands, 2008, Pearson Education
  • Introduction to Special Relativity, R. Resnick, 2005, John Wiley and Sons.
  • University Physics, Ronald Lane Reese, 2003, Thomson Brooks/Cole.

Additional Books for Reference
  • Mechanics, D.S. Mathur, S. Chand and Company Limited, 2000
  • University Physics. F.W Sears, M.W Zemansky, H.D Young 13/e, 1986, Addison Wesley
  • Physics for scientists and Engineers with Modern Phys., J.W. Jewett, R.A. Serway, 2010, Cengage Learning
  • Theoretical Mechanics, M.R. Spiegel, 2006, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Mechanics-Gregori ,Cambridge Hall

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective is to help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism.
The course content of this course equips the students to comprehend Physics better.

Reference Books:
  • Electricity, Magnetism & Electromagnetic Theory, S. Mahajan and Choudhury, 2012, Tata McGraw
  • Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell, 1986 McGraw-Hill Education
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Edn., 1998, Benjamin Cummings.
  • Feynman Lectures Vol.2, R.P.Feynman, R.B.Leighton, M. Sands, 2008, Pearson Education
  • Elements of Electromagnetics, M.N.O. Sadiku, 2010, Oxford University Press.
  • Electricity and Magnetism, J.H.Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart knowledge relating to waves, geometrical and physical optics.
This will help the students to understand the basic knowledge simple harmonic motion and physical behavior of light.

Reference Books
  • Waves: Berkeley Physics Course, vol. 3, Francis Crawford, 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill.
  • Fundamentals of Optics, F.A. Jenkins and H.E. White, 1981, McGraw-Hill
  • Principles of Optics, Max Born and Emil Wolf, 7th Edn., 1999, Pergamon Press.
  • Optics, Ajoy Ghatak, 2008, Tata McGraw Hill
  • The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, H. J. Pain, 2013, John Wiley and Sons.
  • The Physics of Waves and Oscillations, N.K. Bajaj, 1998, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Fundamental of Optics, A. Kumar, H.R. Gulati and D.R. Khanna, 2011, R. Chand Publications.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart basic knowledge of Mathematics in solving problems of interest to physicists. The course content of this course equips the students to comprehend Physics better.
It gives the understanding of the physical laws and appreciation of the elegance and beauty of physics. The course content equips the students to comprehend physics better.

Reference Books:
  • Mathematical Methods for Physicists: Arfken, Weber, 2005, Harris, Elsevier.
  • Fourier Analysis by M.R. Spiegel, 2004, Tata McGraw-Hill.
  • Mathematics for Physicists, Susan M. Lea, 2004, Thomson Brooks/Cole.
  • Differential Equations, George F. Simmons, 2006, Tata McGraw-Hill.
  • Partial Differential Equations for Scientists & Engineers, S.J. Farlow, 1993, Dover Pub.
  • Engineering Mathematics, S.Pal and S.C. Bhunia, 2015, Oxford University Press
  • Mathematical methods for Scientists & Engineers, D.A. McQuarrie, 2003, Viva Books

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to give knowledge relating to thermal properties of matter. It gives the understanding of the physical laws and appreciation of the elegance and beauty of physics. The course content equips the students to comprehend physics better.
Thermal Physics is concerned with the transformation of the energy of one kind into another. Relation of heat to other forms of energy such as magnetic, electrical, etc., also come under the scope of Thermal physics.

Reference Books:
  • Heat and Thermodynamics, M.W. Zemansky, Richard Dittman, 1981, McGraw-Hill.
  • A Treatise on Heat, Meghnad Saha, and B.N.Srivastava, 1958, Indian Press
  • Thermal Physics, S. Garg, R. Bansal and Ghosh, 2nd Edition, 1993, Tata McGraw-Hill
  • Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics, Carl S. Helrich, 2009, Springer.
  • Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory & Statistical Thermodynamics, Sears & Salinger. 1988, Narosa.
  • Concepts in Thermal Physics, S.J. Blundell and K.M. Blundell, 2nd Ed., 2012, Oxford University Press
  • Thermal Physics, A. Kumar and S.P. Taneja, 2014, R. Chand Publications.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide the student with an understanding of basic knowledge digital electronics.
Electronics is a major discipline of physics, which has developed tremendously and has changed daily lives to the extent that was unimaginable a few decades back. There is still tremendous scope for further developments in this field of physics, and thus it is essential that the students of physics have a good foundation of electronics, which the course intends to achieve.

Reference Books:
  • Digital Principles and Applications, A.P. Malvino, D.P.Leach and Saha, 7th Ed., 2011, Tata McGraw
  • Fundamentals of Digital Circuits, Anand Kumar, 2nd Edn, 2009, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
  • Digital Circuits and systems, Venugopal, 2011, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Digital Electronics G K Kharate ,2010, Oxford University Press
  • Digital Systems: Principles & Applications, R.J.Tocci, N.S.Widmer, 2001, PHI Learning
  • Logic circuit design, Shimon P. Vingron, 2012, Springer.
  • Digital Electronics, Subrata Ghoshal, 2012, Cengage Learning.
  • Digital Electronics, S.K. Mandal, 2010, 1st edition, McGraw Hill
  • Microprocessor Architecture Programming & applications with 8085, 2002, R.S. Goankar, Prentice Hall.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide a brief knowledge of measurements and measuring instruments. The basic idea of this course is to give the sufficient information of measurements. When faced with a technical problem the student should be able to use applied scientific knowledge to solve it

Reference Books:
  • A text book in Electrical Technology - B L Theraja - S Chand and Co.
  • Performance and design of AC machines - M G Say ELBS Edn.
  • Digital Circuits and systems, Venugopal, 2011, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Logic circuit design, Shimon P. Vingron, 2012, Springer.
  • Digital Electronics, Subrata Ghoshal, 2012, Cengage Learning.
  • Electronic Devices and circuits, S. Salivahanan & N. S.Kumar, 3rd Ed., 2012, Tata Mc-Graw Hill
  • Electronic circuits: Handbook of design and applications, U.Tietze, Ch.Schenk, 2008, Springer
  • Electronic Devices, 7/e Thomas L. Floyd, 2008, Pearson India


Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart basic knowledge of Mathematics in solving problems of interest to physicists. It gives the understanding of the physical laws and appreciation of the elegance and beauty of physics. The course content equips the students to comprehend Physics better.

Reference Books:

  • Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineers, K.F Riley, M.P. Hobson and S. J. Bence, 3rd ed., 2006, Cambridge University Press
  • Mathematics for Physicists, P. Dennery and A. Krzywicki, 1967, Dover Publications
  • Simulation of ODE/PDE Models with MATLAB®, OCTAVE and SCILAB: Scientific and Engineering Applications: A. Vande Wouwer, P. Saucez, C. V. Fernández. 2014 Springer ISBN: 978-3319067896
  • A Guide to MATLAB, B.R. Hunt, R.L. Lipsman, J.M. Rosenberg, 2014, 3rd Edn., Cambridge University Press
  • Scilab by example: M. Affouf, 2012. ISBN: 978-1479203444
  • Scilab (A free software to Matlab): H.Ramchandran, A.S.Nair. 2011 S.Chand & Company
  • Scilab Image Processing: Lambert M. Surhone. 2010 Betascript Publishing
  • https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/ee102/laplace_ckts.pdf
  • ocw.nthu.edu.tw/ocw/upload/12/244/12handout.pdf

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the branch of modern physics.
Atomic Physics remains a key component of physics, both because of its fundamental importance to the understanding of many aspects of modern physics and also because of the exciting new developments that have occurred in this field. The developments in nuclear physics have affected our worldview at ends, the microscopic and macroscopic. With dimensions of the order of 10 m and energies of the order of several   MeV involved in nuclear phenomena, the entire structure of classical mechanics falls apart.

Reference Books:

  • Concepts of Modern Physics, Arthur Beiser, 2002, McGraw-Hill.
  • Introduction to Modern Physics, Rich Meyer, Kennard, Coop, 2002, Tata McGraw Hill
  • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, David J. Griffith, 2005, Pearson Education.
  • Physics for scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Jewett and Serway, 2010, Cengage Learning.
  • Modern Physics, G.Kaur and G.R. Pickrell, 2014, McGraw Hill
  • Quantum Mechanics: Theory & Applications, A.K.Ghatak & S.Lokanathan, 2004, Macmillan


Additional Books for Reference

  • Modern Physics, J.R. Taylor, C.D. Zafiratos, M.A. Dubson, 2004, PHI Learning.
  • Theory and Problems of Modern Physics, Schaum`s outline, R. Gautreau and W. Savin, 2nd Edn, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd.
  • Quantum Physics, Berkeley Physics, Vol.4. E.H.Wichman, 1971, Tata McGraw-Hill Co.
  • Basic ideas and concepts in Nuclear Physics, K.Heyde, 3rd Edn., Institute of Physics Pub.
  • Six Ideas that Shaped Physics: Particle Behave like Waves, T.A.Moore, 2003, McGraw Hill

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide the student with an understanding of basic knowledge analog electronics. Electronics is a major discipline of physics, which has developed tremendously and has changed daily lives to the extent that was unimaginable a few decades back.

Reference Books:

  • Integrated Electronics, J. Millman and C.C. Halkias, 1991, Tata Mc-Graw Hill.
  • Electronics: Fundamentals and Applications, J.D. Ryder, 2004, Prentice Hall.
  • Solid State Electronic Devices, B.G.Streetman & S.K.Banerjee, 6th Edn.,2009, PHI Learning
  • Electronic Devices & circuits, S.Salivahanan & N.S.Kumar, 3rd Ed., 2012, Tata Mc-Graw Hill
  • OP-Amps and Linear Integrated Circuit, R. A. Gayakwad, 4th edition, 2000, Prentice Hall
  • Microelectronic circuits, A.S. Sedra, K.C. Smith, A.N. Chandorkar, 2014, 6th Edn., Oxford University Press.
  • Electronic circuits: Handbook of design & applications, U.Tietze, C.Schenk,2008, Springer
  • Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, S.M. Sze, 2nd Ed., 2002, Wiley India
  • Microelectronic Circuits, M.H. Rashid, 2nd Edition, Cengage Learning
  • Electronic Devices, 7/e Thomas L. Floyd, 2008, Pearson India

Course objectives and outcomes
The aim of this course is not just to impart theoretical knowledge to the students but to provide them with exposure and hands-on learning wherever possible.

Reference Books:

  • Non-conventional energy sources, B.H. Khan, McGraw Hill
  • Solar energy, Suhas P Sukhative, Tata McGraw - Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
  • Renewable Energy, Power for a sustainable future, Godfrey Boyle, 3rd Edn.,
  • 2012, Oxford University Press.
  • Renewable Energy, 3rd Edition,
  • Solar Energy: Resource Assesment Handbook, P Jayakumar, 2009
  • J.Balfour, M.Shaw and S. Jarosek, Photovoltaics, Lawrence J Goodrich (USA).
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy
Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide the concept of wave nature of particle, the basic mathematical representation of wave function and their practical applications in solving problems.
Students will be able to understand the essence of quantum mechanics and apply it in solving physical problems


Reference Books:
  • A Text book of Quantum Mechanics, P.M.Mathews and K.Venkatesan,  2nd  Ed., 2010, McGraw Hill
  • Quantum Mechanics, Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick, 2nd Edn., 2002, Wiley.
  • Quantum Mechanics, Leonard I. Schiff, 3rd Edn. 2010, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Quantum Mechanics, G. Aruldhas, 2nd Edn. 2002, PHI Learning of India.
  • Quantum Mechanics, Bruce Cameron Reed, 2008, Jones and Bartlett Learning.
  • Quantum Mechanics: Foundations & Applications, Arno Bohm, 3rd Edn., 1993, Springer
  • Quantum Mechanics for Scientists & Engineers, D.A.B. Miller, 2008,Cambridge University Press

Additional Books for Reference
  • Quantum Mechanics, Eugen Merzbacher, 2004, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, D.J. Griffith, 2nd Ed. 2005, Pearson Education
  • Quantum Mechanics, Walter Greiner, 4th Edn., 2001, Springer

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to provide the basic concepts of symmetrical structure and electric, magnetic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of matter, their technological applications
The course provides the foundation of knowledge of students for further studies as well as their practical applications in electronic devices and modern technologies.

Reference Books:

  • Introduction to Solid State Physics, Charles Kittel, 8th Edition, 2004, Wiley   India  Pvt. Ltd.
  • Elements of Solid State Physics, J.P. Srivastava, 4th Edition, 2015, Prentice-Hall of India
  • Introduction to Solids, Leonid V. Azaroff, 2004, Tata Mc-Graw Hill
  • Solid State Physics, N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, 1976, Cengage Learning
  • Solid-state Physics, H. Ibach and H. Luth, 2009, Springer
  • Solid State Physics, Rita John, 2014, McGraw Hill
  • Elementary Solid State Physics, 1/e M. Ali Omar, 1999, Pearson India
  • Solid State Physics, M.A. Wahab, 2011, Narosa Publications

Course objectives and outcomes
The emphasis of the course is on applications in solving problems of interest to physicists. Students are to be examined on the basis of problems, seen and unseen.
They will have deep understanding of Newton’s laws, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approach.   Students will be able to apply this knowledge to solve problems seen and unseen in classical systems.

Reference Books:

  • Classical Mechanics, H.Goldstein, C.P. Poole, J.L. Safko, 3rd Edn. 2002,Pearson Education.
  • Mechanics, L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, 1976, Pergamon.
  • Classical Electrodynamics, J.D. Jackson, 3rd Edn., 1998, Wiley.
  • The Classical Theory of Fields, L.D Landau, E.M Lifshitz, 4th Edn., 2003, Elsevier.
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 2012, Pearson Education.
  • Classical Mechanics, P.S. Joag, N.C. Rana, 1st Edn., McGraw Hall.
  • Classical Mechanics, R. Douglas Gregory, 2015, Cambridge University Press.
  • Classical Mechanics: An introduction, Dieter Strauch, 2009, Springer.
  • Solved Problems in classical Mechanics, O.L. Delange and J. Pierrus, 2010, Oxford Press

Course objectives and outcomes
Characteristic and small signal equivalent circuits of UJT and JFET. Metal- semiconductor Junction. Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device. Ideal MOS and Flat Band voltage. SiO2-Si based MOS. MOSFET– their frequency limits. Enhancement and Depletion Mode MOSFETS, CMOS. Charge coupled devices. Tunnel diode

Reference Books:

  • Physics of Semiconductor Devices, S.M. Sze & K.K. Ng, 3rd Ed.2008, John Wiley & Sons
  • Electronic devices and integrated circuits, A.K. Singh, 2011, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
  • Op-Amps & Linear Integrated Circuits, R.A.Gayakwad,4 Ed. 2000,PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits, A. Mottershead, 1998, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
  • Electronic Communication systems, G. Kennedy, 1999, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Introduction to Measurements & Instrumentation, A.K. Ghosh, 3rd Ed., 2009, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
  • Semiconductor Physics and Devices, D.A. Neamen, 2011, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill
  • PC based instrumentation; Concepts & Practice, N.Mathivanan, 2007, Prentice-Hall of India

Course objectives and outcomes
This course emphasizes on foundations of electric magnetic phenomena using Maxwell’s equations and their propagations through various wave guides.
Students will be able to understand and solve Maxwell’s equations for simple configurations and have a working knowledge on wave guides.

Reference Books:

  • Introduction to Geometrical and Physical Optics - B. K. Mathur
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Ed., 1998, Benjamin Cummings.
  • Elements of Electromagnetics, M.N.O. Sadiku, 2001, Oxford University Press.
  • Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory, T.L. Chow, 2006, Jones & Bartlett Learning
  • Fundamentals of Electromagnetics, M.A.W. Miah, 1982, Tata McGraw Hill
  • Electromagnetic field Theory, R.S. Kshetrimayun, 2012, Cengage Learning
  • Engineering Electromagnetic, Willian H. Hayt, 8th Edition, 2012, McGraw Hill.
  • Electromagnetic Field Theory for Engineers & Physicists, G. Lehner, 2010, Springer


Additional Books for Reference

  • Electromagnetic Fields & Waves, P.Lorrain & D.Corson, 1970, W.H.Freeman & Co.
  • Electromagnetics, J.A. Edminster, Schaum Series, 2006, Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Electromagnetic field theory fundamentals, B. Guru and H. Hiziroglu, 2004, Cambridge University Press

Course objectives and outcomes
This course is designed to give a basic fundamentals of classical and quantum statistics, mathematical analysis as well as theoretical calculations that are applied in various classical and quantum systems such as ideal gas, photon gas, electron gas etc.
Students will be able to understand the mechanisms of phase transitions, linear response theory, kinetic equations etc. They will be able to apply statistical methods for simple non interacting systems.

Reference Books:

  • Statistical Mechanics, R.K. Pathria, Butterworth Heinemann: 2nd Ed., 1996, Oxford University Press.
  • Statistical Physics, Berkeley Physics Course, F. Reif, 2008, Tata McGraw-Hill
  • Statistical and Thermal Physics, S. Lokanathan and R.S. Gambhir. 1991, Prentice Hall
  • Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics, Francis W. Sears and Gerhard L. Salinger, 1986, Narosa.
  • Modern Thermodynamics with Statistical Mechanics, Carl S. Helrich, 2009, Springer
  • An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics, R.H. Swendsen, 2012, Oxford Univ. Press

Course objectives and outcomes
This course emphasizes on properties of nuclei, nuclear models, radioactive decays, nuclear reactions, detectors, particle accelerators and basic fundamentals of Standard model.
Students will be able to understand the importance of models in describing the properties of nuclei and nuclear collisions, familiar with many body systems, working principle of different particle detectors and accelerators used in high energy experiments.

Reference Books:

  • Introductory nuclear Physics by Kenneth S. Krane (Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2008).
  • Concepts of nuclear physics by Bernard L. Cohen. (Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1998).
  • Introduction to the physics of nuclei & particles, R.A. Dunlap. (Thomson Asia, 2004).
  • Introduction to High Energy Physics, D.H. Perkins, Cambridge Univ. Press
  • Introduction to Elementary Particles, D. Griffith, John Wiley & Sons
  • Quarks and Leptons, F. Halzen and A.D. Martin, Wiley India, New Delhi
  • Basic ideas and concepts in Nuclear Physics - An Introductory Approach by K. Heyde (IOP- Institute of Physics Publishing, 2004).
  • Radiation detection and measurement, G.F. Knoll (John Wiley & Sons, 2000).
  • Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection, Syed Naeem Ahmed (Academic Press, Elsevier, 2007).
  • Theoretical Nuclear Physics, J.M. Blatt & V.F.Weisskopf (Dover Pub.Inc., 1991)

Course objectives and outcomes
This course comprises of the mathematical methods such as variational principle, group theory and advanced probability theory that are used  to solve many problems in physics. Students will be able to apply those mathematical techniques to solve  various problems in   different branches of physics.

Reference Books:

  • Mathematical Methods for Physicists: Weber and Arfken, 2005, Academic Press.
  • Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Concise Introduction: Tai L. Chow, 2000, Cambridge Univ. Press.
  • Elements of Group Theory for Physicists by A. W. Joshi, 1997, John Wiley.
  • Group Theory and its Applications to Physical Problems by Morton Hamermesh, 1989, Dover
  • Introduction to Mathematical Physics: Methods & Concepts: Chun Wa Wong, 2012, Oxford University Press
  • Introduction to Mathematical Probability, J. V. Uspensky, 1937, Mc Graw-Hill.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart a good foundation of the concepts of mechanical properties of matter. The students will acquire knowledge of the mechanical properties of matter in the solid and the liquid state which is essential for every student of physics

Reference Books:

  • University Physics. FW Sears,MW Zemansky & HD Young 13/e,1986.Addison-Wesley
  • Mechanics Berkeley Physics course, v.1:Charles Kittel, et.al. 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill
  • Physics – Resnick, Halliday & Walker 9/e, 2010, Wiley
  • Engineering Mechanics, Basudeb Bhattacharya, 2nd edn., 2015, Oxford University Press
  • University Physics, Ronald Lane Reese, 2003, Thomson Brooks/Cole.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective is to help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism. The course content of this course equips the students to comprehend Physics better.

Reference Books:

  • Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell, 1986, McGraw-Hill Education
  • Electricity & Magnetism, J.H. Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press
  • Electricity and Magnetism, D C Tayal, 1988, Himalaya Publishing House.
  • University Physics, Ronald Lane Reese, 2003, Thomson Brooks/Cole.
  • D.J.Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edn, 1998, Benjamin Cummings.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart knowledge relating to waves, geometrical and physical optics.
This will help the students to understand the basic knowledge simple harmonic motion and physical behavior of light.

Reference Books:
Fundamentals of Optics, F.A Jenkins and H.E White, 1976, McGraw-Hill
Principles of Optics, B.K. Mathur, 1995, Gopal Printing
Fundamentals of Optics, H.R. Gulati and D.R. Khanna, 1991, R. Chand Publications
University Physics. F.W. Sears, M.W. Zemansky and H.D. Young. 13/e, 1986. Addison-Wesley

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the branch of modern physics.
Atomic Physics remains a key component of physics, both because of its fundamental importance to the understanding of many aspects of modern physics and also because of the exciting new developments that have occurred in this field.

Reference Books:

  • Concepts of Modern Physics, Arthur Beiser, 2009, McGraw-Hill
  • Modern Physics, J.R. Taylor, C.D. Zafiratos, M.A. Dubson,2009,  PHI Learning
  • Six  Ideas  that  Shaped  Physics:Particle  Behave  like  Waves,  Thomas  A.  Moore,2003, McGraw Hill
  • Quantum Physics, Berkeley  Physics,Vol.4.  E.H. Wichman,  2008, Tata McGraw- Hill Co.
  • Modern  Physics,  R.A.  Serway,  C.J.  Moses,  and  C.A.Moyer,  2005,  Cengage Learning
  • Modern Physics, G. Kaur and G.R. Pickrell, 2014, McGraw Hill

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart a good foundation of the concepts of mechanical properties of matter. The students will acquire knowledge of the mechanical properties of matter in the solid and the liquid state which is essential for every student of physics

Reference Books:

  • University Physics. FW Sears,MW Zemansky & HD Young 13/e,1986.Addison-Wesley
  • Mechanics Berkeley Physics course, v.1:Charles Kittel, et.al. 2007, Tata McGraw-Hill
  • Physics – Resnick, Halliday & Walker 9/e, 2010, Wiley
  • Engineering Mechanics, Basudeb Bhattacharya, 2nd edn., 2015, Oxford University Press
  • University Physics, Ronald Lane Reese, 2003, Thomson Brooks/Cole.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective is to help the students to acquire the conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism. The course content of this course equips the students to comprehend Physics better.

Reference Books:

  • Electricity and Magnetism, Edward M. Purcell, 1986, McGraw-Hill Education
  • Electricity & Magnetism, J.H. Fewkes & J.Yarwood. Vol. I, 1991, Oxford Univ. Press
  • Electricity and Magnetism, D C Tayal, 1988, Himalaya Publishing House.
  • University Physics, Ronald Lane Reese, 2003, Thomson Brooks/Cole.
  • D.J.Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edn, 1998, Benjamin Cummings.

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of the course is to impart knowledge relating to waves, geometrical and physical optics.
This will help the students to understand the basic knowledge simple harmonic motion and physical behavior of light.

Reference Books:

  • Fundamentals of Optics, F.A Jenkins and H.E White, 1976, McGraw-Hill
  • Principles of Optics, B.K. Mathur, 1995, Gopal Printing
  • Fundamentals of Optics, H.R. Gulati and D.R. Khanna, 1991, R. Chand Publications
  • University Physics. F.W. Sears, M.W. Zemansky and H.D. Young. 13/e, 1986. Addison-Wesley

Course objectives and outcomes
The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the branch of modern physics.
Atomic Physics remains a key component of physics, both because of its fundamental importance to the understanding of many aspects of modern physics and also because of the exciting new developments that have occurred in this field.

Reference Books:

  • Concepts of Modern Physics, Arthur Beiser, 2009, McGraw-Hill
  • Modern Physics, J.R. Taylor, C.D. Zafiratos, M.A. Dubson,2009,  PHI Learning
  • Six  Ideas  that  Shaped  Physics:Particle  Behave  like  Waves,  Thomas  A.  Moore,2003, McGraw Hill
  • Quantum Physics, Berkeley  Physics,Vol.4.  E.H. Wichman,  2008, Tata McGraw- Hill Co.
  • Modern  Physics,  R.A.  Serway,  C.J.  Moses,  and  C.A.Moyer,  2005,  Cengage Learning
  • Modern Physics, G. Kaur and G.R. Pickrell, 2014, McGraw Hill

Objective: Students will be able to identify the analytical aspects of Mathematical concepts and will be able to handle practical problems. By Computer Laboratory, they will be exposed to a hand on experience on various Mathematical Software.

Text Books:
1.    G.B. Thomas and R.L. Finney, Calculus, 9th Ed., Pearson Education, Delhi, 2005
2.    B. C. Das & B. N. Mukherjee, Differential Calculus, U. N. Dhur and Sons. Pvt Ltd
3.    S. Narayan & P. K. Mittal, Integral Calculus, S. Chand Publishing
4.    S. Narayan & P. K. Narayan, A Text Book on Vector Calculus, S. Chand Publishing.

Reference Books:
1.    M.J. Strauss, G.L. Bradley and K. J. Smith, Calculus, 3rd Ed., D. Kindersley (India) P. Ltd. (Pearson Education), Delhi, 2007.
2.    H. Anton, I. Bivens and S. Davis, Calculus, 7th Ed., John Wiley and Sons (Asia) P. Ltd., Singapore, 2002.
3.    R. Courant and F. John, Introduction to Calculus and Analysis (Volumes I & II), Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc., 1989.

Objective : The students can have a deeper insight of the developments of the generalized notions of Trigonometry, Also, will be able to use matrix methods for solving linear equations.

Text Books:
1.    Hall & Night, Higher Algebra, Arihant Publishers.
2.    Kenneth Hoffman, Ray Alden Kunze, Linear Algebra, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1971.
3.    S. L. Loney, Plane Trigonometry, University Press Publishers.

Reference Books:
1.    Titu Andreescu and Dorin Andrica, Complex Numbers from A to Z, Birkhauser, 2006.
2.    Edgar G. Goodaire and Michael M. Parmenter, Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory, 3rd Ed., Pearson Education (Singapore) P. Ltd., Indian Reprint, 2005.
3.    David C. Lay, Linear Algebra and its Applications, 3rd Ed., Pearson Education Asia, Indian Reprint, 2007.

Objective: To infuse the classical ideas of algebraic and analytic structures.

Text Books:
1.    S.C. Malik and S.L. Arora, Mathematical Analysis, New age international(p) Ltd. New Delhi. 3rd revised edition.
2.        R.G. Bartle and D. R. Sherbert, Introduction to Real Analysis, 3rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, 2002.
3.    A. Kumar and S. Kumarasen, A Basic Course in Real Analysis, CRC Press
4.    G. B. Thomas and R. L. Finney, Calculus, Pearson.
Reference Books:
1.    Gerald G. Bilodeau , Paul R. Thie, G.E. Keough, An Introduction to Analysis, 2nd Ed., J. & Bartlett, 2010.
2.    Brian S. T. Andrew. M. Bruckner and Judith B. Bruckner, Elementary Real Analysis, Prentice Hall, 2001.
3.    S.K. Berberian, A First Course in Real Analysis, Springer Verlag, New York, 1994.

Objectives : Students will be able to understand the basic idea of mathematical model by using differential equations, and ideas on the basics of differential equations.

Text Books:
1.    S.L. Ross, Differential Equations, 3rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, India, 2004.
2.    E. A. Coddington, An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equation, Dover Publications.

Reference Books:
1.    Belinda Barnes and Glenn R. Fulford, Mathematical Modeling with Case Studies, A Differential Equation Approach using Maple and Matlab, 2nd Ed., Taylor and Francis group, London and New York, 2009.
2.    C.H. Edwards and D.E. Penny, Differential Equations and Boundary Value problems Computing and Modeling, Pearson Education India, 2005.
3.    Martha L Abell, James P Braselton, Differential Equations with MATHEMATICA, 3rd Ed., Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.
4.    M.D. Raisinghania, Advanced Differential Equation, S. Chand Company.



Objective: Students will be able to identify the analytical aspects of Mathematical concepts of Continuity, uniform Continuity, Differentiability and applications.

Text Books:
1.    R. Bartle and D.R. Sherbert, Introduction to Real Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
2.    S.R. Ghorpade and B.V. Limaye, A Course in Calculus and Real Analysis, Springer, 2006.
3.    Mathematical Analysis , Apostole
Reference Books:
1.    K.A. Ross, Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus, Springer, 2004.
2.    A. Mattuck, Introduction to Analysis, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Objective: Students will be able to identify the Structures and characteristics of Abstract Algebra.

Text Books:
1.    John B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Ed., Pearson, 2002.
2.    M. Artin, Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., Pearson, 2011.
3.    Abstract Algebra , Khanna & Bhambri
4.    Joseph A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4th Ed., Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1999.
Reference Books:
1.    Joseph J. Rotman, An Introduction to the Theory of Groups, 4th Ed., Springer Verlag, 1995.
2.    I.N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra, Wiley Eastern Limited, India, 1975.



Objectives : Students will be able to understand the basic idea of mathematical model by using partial differential equations, and ideas on the basics of partial differential equations.

Text Books:
1.    S.L. Ross, Differential equations, 3rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, India, 2004.
2.    I. N. Sneddon, Elements of Partial Differential Equations, Dover Publications.

Reference Books:
1.    Tyn Myint-U and Lokenath Debnath, Linear Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers, 4th edition, Springer, Indian reprint, 2006.
2.    Martha L Abell, James P Braselton, Differential equations with MATHEMATICA, 3rd Ed., Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.


Objectives : Students will be able to use matrix methods for solving linear equations, have ideas on the basics of differential equations and also about the numerical methods of obtaining results where complexity of obtaining analytical solutions is sufficiently high.

Text Books:
1.    M.K. Jain, S.R.K. Iyengar and R.K. Jain, Numerical Methods for Scientific and Engineering Computation, 6th Ed., New age International Publisher, India, 2007.
2.    Getting Started with Matlab, Rudra pratap, OXFORD , University Press. Reprint 2011.
3.    K. Atkinson, An Introduction to Numerical Analysis (2nd Edition), Wiley Publications

Reference Books:
1.    Brian Bradie, A Friendly Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Pearson Education, India, 2007.
2.    C.F. Gerald and P.O. Wheatley, Applied Numerical Analysis, Pearson Education, India, 2008.
3.    Uri M. Ascher and Chen Greif, A First Course in Numerical Methods, 7th Ed., PHI Learning Private Limited, 2013.
4.    John H. Mathews and Kurtis D. Fink, Numerical Methods using Matlab, 4th Ed., PHI Learning Private Limited, 2012.


Objective: Students will be able to understand the basic idea of Riemann Integration and Series of Functions.


Text Books:
1.    Real Analysis , Walter Ruddin
2.    R. Bartle and D.R. Sherbert, Introduction to Real Analysis, John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
3.    S.R. Ghorpade and B.V. Limaye, A Course in Calculus and Real Analysis, Springer, 2006.
Reference Books:
1.    K.A. Ross, Elementary Analysis, The Theory of Calculus, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer (SIE), Indian reprint, 2004.
2.    Charles G. Denlinger, Elements of Real Analysis, Jones & Bartlett (Student Edition), 2011

Objective: Students will be exposed to structural concepts of Ring theory and different spaces of linear Algebra.

Text Books:
1.    John B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Ed., Pearson, 2002.
2.    P.K. Saikia , “Linear Algebra”
3.    K.P.Gupta , “Linear Algebra”
4.    Joseph A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4th Ed., Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1999.
5.    S. Kumaresan, Linear Algebra- A Geometric Approach, Prentice Hall of India,1999.

Reference Books:
1.    M. Artin, Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., Pearson, 2011.
2.    Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence, Linear Algebra, 4th Ed., Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004.
3.    S. Lang, Introduction to Linear Algebra, 2nd Ed., Springer, 2005.
4.    D.A.R. Wallace, Groups, Rings and Fields, Springer Verlag London Ltd., 1998.
5.    Kenneth Hoffman, Ray Alden Kunze, Linear Algebra, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1971.


Objective: Students will be able to understand the concept of calculus in several direction.

Text Books:
1.    G.B. Thomas and R.L. Finney, Calculus, 9th Ed., Pearson Education, Delhi, 2005.
2.    James Stewart, Multivariable Calculus, Concepts and Contexts, 2nd Ed., Brooks Cole, Thomson Learning, USA, 2001.
3.    P. M. Fitzpatrick, Advanced Calculus, American Mathematical Society.
4.    Mathematical Analysis By Apostole.

Reference Books
1.    M.J. Strauss, G.L. Bradley and K. J. Smith, Calculus, 3rd Ed., Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education), Delhi, 2007.
2.    E. Marsden, A.J. Tromba and A. Weinstein, Basic Multivariable Calculus, Springer (SIE), Indian reprint, 2005.
3.    S.C. Malik and S. Arora, Mathematical Analysis, New Age International(P) Limited, Publishers.


Objective: students will be able to understand the algebraic structure of group and its application.

Text Books:
1.    David S. Dummit and Richard M. Foote, Abstract Algebra, 3rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd., Singapore, 2004.
2.    I. N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra, Jon Wiley & Sons
3.    P. B. Bhattacharjee, S. K. Jain & S. R. Nagpaul, Basic Abstract Algebra, Cambridge University Press.
4.    Joseph A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4th Ed., Narosa Publishing House, 1999.
5.    Khanna and Bhambri, A course of Abstract Algebra, 4th Ed., Vikas Publishing House pvt.ltd

Reference Books:
1.    John B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Ed., Pearson, 2002.
2.    M. Artin, Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., Pearson, 2011.
3.    J.R. Durbin, Modern Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, New York Inc., 2000.
4.    D. A. R. Wallace, Groups, Rings and Fields, Springer Verlag London Ltd., 1998.

Objective: The students will be able to formulate and solve various practical models using Number Theory.

Text Books :
1.    David M. Burton, Elementary Number Theory, 6th Ed., Tata McGraw‐Hill, Indian reprint, 2007.
2.    Neville Robinns, Beginning Number Theory, 2nd Ed., Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2007.

Reference Books:
1.   G. H. Hardy, E.W. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 6th edition,   
2    Rose, Harvey E. A course in number theory. Oxford University Press, 1995.


Objective: The students will be able to formulate and solve various practical models using Programming techniques

Text Books :
1.    A. R. Venugopal, Rajkumar, and T. Ravishanker, Mastering C++, TMH, 1997.
2.    S. B. Lippman and J. Lajoie, C++ Primer, 3rd Ed., Addison Wesley, 2000.
3.    Bruce Eckel, Thinking in C++, 2nd Ed., President, Mindview Inc., Prentice Hall.

Reference Books :
1.    D. Parasons, Object Oriented Programming with C++, BPB Publication.
2.    Bjarne Stroustrup , The C++ Programming Language, 3rd Ed., Addison Welsley.



Objective: The students will understand the basics idea about the Boolean Algebra and Automata theory.

Text Books:
1.    B A. Davey and H. A. Priestley, Introduction to Lattices and Order, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990.
2.    J. E. Hopcroft, R. Motwani and J. D. Ullman, Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, 2nd Ed., Addison-Wesley, 2001.

Reference Books :
1.    Edgar G. Goodaire and Michael M. Parmenter, Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory, (2nd Ed.), Pearson Education (Singapore) P.Ltd., Indian Reprint 2003.
2.    Rudolf Lidl and Günter Pilz, Applied Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer (SIE), Indian reprint, 2004.
3.    H.R. Lewis, C.H. Papadimitriou, C. Papadimitriou, Elements of the Theory of Computation, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall, NJ, 1997.
4.    J.A. Anderson, Automata Theory with Modern Applications, Cambridge University Press, 2006.


Objective: The students will be able get the insight of cipher and security of networks.

Text Books :
1.    W. Stallings, Networks Security Essentials: Application & Standards, Pearson Education, 2000.
2.    TCP/IP Protocol Suite , Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communication and Networking, Tata McGraw Hill.

Reference Books :
1. W. Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security, Principles and Practice, Pearson Education, 2000.

To understand the various application of metric on different spaces and application of complex analysis

Text Books:
1.    S. Kumaresan, Topology of Metric Spaces, 2nd Ed., Narosa Publishing House, 2011.
2.    G.F. Simmons, Introduction to Topology and Modern Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
3.    James Ward Brown and Ruel V. Churchill, Complex Variables and Applications, 8th Ed., McGraw –
Hill International Edition, 2009.

Reference Books:
1.    Satish Shirali and Harikishan L. Vasudeva, Metric Spaces, Springer Verlag, London, 2006.
2.    Joseph Bak and Donald J. Newman, Complex Analysis, 2nd Ed., Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., NewYork, 1997. Mathematics, Springer-Verlag,New York, Inc., NewYork, 1997.
3.    M.R. Spiegel, Theory and problem of Complex Variables, SI(metric) edition, Schaum’s Outline Series.

Objective: To understand the concept and application of Ring theory and Linear algebra on different fields.

Text Books:
1.    John B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Ed., Pearson, 2002.
2.    Joseph A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4th Ed., Narosa Publishing House, 1999.
3.    Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Thomson, 2007.
4.    S. Kumaresan, Linear Algebra- A Geometric Approach, Prentice Hall of India, 1999.
5.    Kenneth Hoffman, Ray Alden Kunze, Linear Algebra, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1971.
6.    P. K. Saikia, Linear Algebra, Pearson Publication.
7.    Neel Mccoy, The Theory of Rings, MacMillan & Co LTD-1964.

Reference Books:
1.    M. Artin, Abstract Algebra, 2nd Ed., Pearson, 2011.
2.    Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence, Linear Algebra, 4th Ed., Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004.
3.    S. Lang, Introduction to Linear Algebra, 2nd Ed., Springer, 2005.
4.    S.H. Friedberg, A.L. Insel and L.E. Spence, Linear Algebra, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
5.    S. Singh, Q. Zameeruddin, Modern Algebra, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd


Objective: The students will be able to formulate and solve various practical models using Linear Programming techniques

Text Books:
1.    Linear Programming and Game Theory; Dipak Chatterjee, Prentice Hall of India (P) Ltd
2.    Linear Programming, R. K. Gupta, Krishna Publication House
 
Reference Books :
1.    Operations Research, S.D. Sharma, Kedarnath Ramnath Publications.U.P, IndiaS
2.    Linear Programming, G. Hadley, Narosa Publishing House.
3.    Operation Research – Theory and Application, J.K.Sharma, McMillan India Ltd. New Delhi.
4.    Linear programming and Theory of Game, P. M. Karak, New Central Book Agency(P) Ltd

Objective: The students will be able to learn various techniques of solving linear equations.

Text Books :
1.    W.S. Burnside and A.W. Panton, The Theory of Equations, Dublin University Press, 1954.
2.    C. C. MacDuffee, Theory of Equations, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1954.

Reference Books:
1.    J.V. Uspensky, The Theory of Equations, McGRAW-HILL Paperbacks:


Objective: The students will be able to formulate and solve various practical models using Mechanics.

Text Books :
1.    Statics; Dr Md Motiur Rahman, New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd 2007
2.    A Text Book on Dynamics; M. Ray & G.C. Sharma, S. Chand and Company Ltd.
3.    I.H. Shames and G. Krishna Mohan Rao, Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics (4th Edition), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education), Delhi, 2009.

Reference Books :
1.    Dynamic of a Particle and of Rigid Bodies; S.L. Loney, S. Chand and Company Ltd.
2.    An Elementary Treatise on Statics; S.L. Loney, Cambridge University Press.
3.    A Text Book on Statics; M. Ray. R.D. Manglik, G.C. Sharma, S. Chand and Company Ltd.
4.    Statics; P.N. Chatterji, A Rajhans Publication.
5.    Dynamics; A.R. Vasishtha, R.K. Gupta; Krishna Prakashan Media Pvt. Ltd.

Objective: The students will be able to formulate and solve various practical models using Linear Programming techniques

Text Books :
1.    T.J. Willmore, An Introduction to Differential Geometry, Dover Publications, 2012.
2.    B. O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, 2nd Ed., Academic Press, 2006.
3.    C.E. Weatherburn, Differential Geometry of Three Dimensions, Cambridge University Press2003.

Reference Books :
4.    D.J. Struik, Lectures on Classical Differential Geometry, Dover Publications, 1988.
5.    S. Lang, Fundamentals of Differential Geometry, Springer, 1999.
6.    B. Spain, Tensor Calculus: A Concise Course, Dover Publications, 2003.


Objective: Students will be able to use trigonometry, vectors and matrix methods for solving linear equations and also about the numerical methods of obtaining results where complexity of obtaining analytical solutions is sufficiently high.

Text Books :
1.    Higher Trigonometry; B.C. Das , B.N. Mukherjee, U.N. Dhur and Sons, Calcutta
2.    Text book of vector calculus; Shanti Narayan, J. N. Kapur, S. Chand and company, N. Delhi .
3.    A text Book of Matrices; Shanti Narayan and P.K. Mittal, S. Chand and Company Ltd.
4.    Introductory Method of Numerical Analysis; S. S. Sastry, Prentice Hall India Pvt. Ltd.


Reference Books :
1.    Fuzhen Zhang, Matrix theory, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, 1999.
2.    Numerical Mathematical Analysis; J.B. Scarborough, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.

Objectives: Students will be able to identify the analytical aspects of Mathematical concepts.

Text Books :
1.    Differential Calculus; B.C. Das and B.N. Mukherjee , U.N. Dhar and Sons, Private Ltd, Calcutta. 51st edition.
2.    Mathematical Analysis; S.C. Malik, S. Arora, New Age International (P) Ltd, Third Edition 2007 (reprint) New Delhi.
3.    Integral Calculus including Differential equations; B.C. Das & B.N. Mukherjee , U.N. Dhar and Sons Pvt. Ltd, Calcutta. 53rd Edtion.
4.    Advance Differential Equation; M.D. Raisinghania, S. Chand Company.
5.    Introduction to Real Analysis; R. G. Bartle and D. R. Sherbert (3rd edition), John Wiley and Sons (Asia) Pvt. Ltd, Singapore, 2002.

Reference Books :
1.    Principles of Mathematical Analysis; Walter Rudin; Mc Graw Hill International.
2.    Mathematical Analysis; Tom M Apostol, Narosa Publishing House.
3.    Differential Equations; S.C. Ross, John Wiley and sons, India 2004.


Objectives: The students will be able to formulate and solve various practical models using Linear Programming techniques and also by using Computer Laboratory they will attain computational proficiency in dealing with Mathematical Software.

Text Books:
1.    Linear programming and Theory of Game ; P. M. Karak, New Central Book Agency(P) Ltd
2.    Operation Research – Theory and Application; J.K.Sharma, McMillan India Ltd. New Delhi. 3.Getting Started with Matlab, Rudra Pratap, Oxford University Press.
 
Reference Books :
1.    Linear Programming; G. Hadley, Narosa Publishing House
2.    Linear Programming and Game Theory; Dipak Chatterjee, Prentice Hall of India (P) Ltd.
3.    Linear Programming, R.K. Gupta, Krishna Prakashan Media (P) Ltd.

Objective: The students will be able to get a deeper understanding of geometrical approach through Co- ordinate system and also able to know about preliminary idea about abstract algebra and its application in various fields like chemical structure.

Text Books:
1.    Analytical Geometry and Vector Analysis; B. Das, Orient Book Company, Calcutta.
2.    A Course in Abstract Algebra; V.K. Khanna, S.K. Bhambri, Vikas Publishing house Ltd.

Reference Books :
1.    Analytical Geometry of two and three dimensions; R.M. Khan, New Central Book Agency, Calcutta
2.    Analytical Geometry of two dimensions; P K Jain & K. Ahmed, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
3.    Analytical Geometry of three dimensions; P K Jain & K. Ahmed, Wiley Eastern Ltd
4.    Topics in Algebra; I.N. Herstein, Wiley India, Pvt.Ltd.
5.    Joseph A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4th Ed., Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi,1999.


Course Objective: Structure and dynamics of population, Community characteristics, Ecosystem and Wildlife biology.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Colinvaux, P.A. (1993). Ecology. II Edition. Wiley, John and Sons, Inc. Krebs,C.J.(2001). Ecology.VI Edition. Benjamin Cummings.
Odum,E.P.,(2008). Fundamentals of Ecology. Indian Edition. Brooks/Cole Robert Leo Smith, Ecology and field Biology, Harper and Row publisher Ricklefs, R.E.,(2000). Ecology. V Edition. Chiron Pres

Course Objective: Introduction to Invertebrates (Lower group): their taxonomy and life cycle

SUGGESTED READINGS
Ruppert and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, VIII Edition. Holt Saunders International Edition.
Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P., Olive, P.J.W., Golding, D.W. and Spicer, J.I. (2002).
The    Invertebrates: A new Synthesis, IIIEdition, Blackwell Science
Barrington, E.J.W. (1979). Invertebrate Structure and Functions. II Edition,
E.L.B.S. and Nelson


SUGGESTED READINGS

Karp, G. (2010). Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments. VI Edition. JohnWileyandSons.Inc.

De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis, E.M.F. (2006). Cell and Molecular Biology. VIII Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.

Cooper, G.M. and Hausman, R.E. (2009). The Cell: A Molecular Approach. V Edition. ASM Press and Sunderland, Washington, D.C.; Sinauer Associates,MA.

Becker, W.M., Kleinsmith, L.J., Hardin. J. and Bertoni, G. P. (2009). The World of the Cell. VII Edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publishing, SanFrancisco.

Bruce Albert, Bray Dennis, Levis Julian, Raff Martin, Roberts Keith and Watson James (2008). Molecular Biology of the Cell, V Edition, Garland publishing Inc., New York and London.

SUGGESTED READINGS

Ruppert and Barnes, R.D. (2006). Invertebrate Zoology, VIII Edition. Holt Saunders International Edition
Barnes, R.S.K., Calow, P., Olive,P.J.W.,Golding, D.W. and Spicer,J.I.(2002). TheInvertebrates: A New Synthesis, III Edition, Blackwell Science Barrington, E.J.W. (1979). Invertebrate Structure and Functions. II Edition,
E.L.B.S. and Nelson

Course objective: To provide knowledge of Chemistry of biomolecules and Enzymes of living system.

SUGGESTED READING
Cox, M.M and Nelson, D.L. (2008). Lehninger’s Principles of Biochemistry, V Edition, W.H. Freeman and
Co., New York
Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L. and Stryer, L. (2007). Biochemistry, VI Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co., New York.
Murray, R.K., Bender, D.A., Botham, K.M., Kennelly, P.J., Rodwell, V.W. and Well, P.A. (2009). Harper’s
Illustrated Biochemistry, XXVIII Edition, International Edition, The McGraw- Hill Companies Inc.
Hames, B.D. and Hooper, N.M. (2000). Instant Notes in Biochemistry, II Edition, BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd., U.K.
Watson, J.D., Baker, T.A., Bell, S.P., Gann, A., Levine, M. and Losick, R. (2008). Molecular Biology of the Gene, VI Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press, Pearson Pub.


Course Objective: To provide basics about Anatomy and functions of bodily systems.

SUGGESTED BOOKS
Guyton, A.C. & Hall, J.E. (2006). Textbook of Medical Physiology. XI Edition. Hercourt Asia PTE Ltd. /
W.B. Saunders Company.
Tortora, G.J. & Grabowski, S. (2006). Principles of Anatomy & Physiology. XI Edition John Wiley & sons
Victor P. Eroschenko. (2008). diFiore’s Atlas of Histology with Functional correlations. XII Edition.
Lippincott W. & Wilkins.
Arey, L.B. (1974). Human Histology. IV Edition. W.B. Saunders.

SUGGESTED READINGS

Young, J.Z. (2004). The Life of Vertebrates. III Edition. Oxford university press. Pough H. Vertebrate life, VIII Edition, Pearson International.
Darlington P.J. The Geographical Distribution of Animals, R.E. Krieger Pub Co.
Hall B.K. and Hall grimsson B. (2008). Strickberger’s Evolution. IV Edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc.

Course Objective: Metabolic processes in Carbohydrate, Lipid and Proteins. ATP synthesis.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Cox, M.M and Nelson, D.L. (2008). Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, V Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co., New York.
Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L. and Stryer, L. (2007). Biochemistry, VI Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co., New York.
Murray, R.K., Bender, D.A., Botham, K.M., Kennelly, P.J., Rodwell, V.W. and Well, P.A. (2009). Harper’s
Illustrated Biochemistry, XXVIII Edition, International Edition, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
Hames, B.D. and Hooper, N.M. (2000). Instant Notes in Biochemistry, II Edition, BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd., U.K.

Course Objective: To know about Anatomy and functions of bodily systems.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Guyton, A.C. & Hall, J.E. (2006). Textbook of Medical Physiology. XI Edition. Hercourt Asia PTE Ltd.
W.B. Saunders Company.
Tortora, G.J. & Grabowski, S. (2006). Principles of Anatomy & Physiology. XI Edition John Wiley & sons,
Victor P. Eroschenko. (2008). diFiore’s Atlas of Histology with Functional correlations. XII Edition.
Lippincott W. & Wilkins.
Arey, L.B. (1974). Human Histology. IV Edition. W.B. Saunders
Vander A, Sherman J. and Luciano D. (2014). Vander's Human Physiology: The Mechanism of Body Function. XIII Edition, Mcgraw Hills


Course objective: Anatomical features of selected systems in vertebrates with special reference to mammals.


Course Objective: The objective of the course is to give the students the knowledge of modern biological techniques

SUGGESTED READINGS

•  Brown, T.A. (1998). Molecular Biology Labfax II: Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis. II Edition, Academic Press, California, USA.

•  Glick, B.R. and Pasternak, J.J. (2009). Molecular Biotechnology - Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA. IV Edition, ASM press, Washington, USA.

•  Griffiths, A.J.F., J.H. Miller, Suzuki, D.T., Lewontin, R.C. and Gelbart, W.M. (2009). An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. IX Edition. Freeman and Co., N.Y., USA.

•  Snustad, D.P. and Simmons, M.J. (2009). Principles of Genetics. V Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc.

•  Watson, J.D., Myers, R.M., Caudy, A. and Witkowski, J.K. (2007). Recombinant DNA- Genes and Genomes- A Short Course. III Edition, Freeman and Co., N.Y., USA.

•  Beauchamp, T.I. and Childress, J.F. (2008). Principles of Biomedical Ethics. VI Edition, Oxford University Press.



Course Objective: The course deals with various types of immunity, antibodies, antigens, Complement system, Vaccines etc.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Kindt, T. J., Goldsby, R.A., Osborne, B. A. and Kuby, J (2006). Immunology, VI Edition. W.H. Freeman and Company.
David, M., Jonathan, B., David, R. B. and Ivan R. (2006). Immunology, VII Edition, Mosby, Elsevier
Publication.
Abbas, K. Abul and Lechtman H. Andrew (2003.) Cellular and Molecular Immunology. V Edition. Saunders publication.

 


Course objective: To give knowledge to the target students about the Genetic inheritance and gene interaction in Mendelian and post-Mendelian perspective, Mutation, Linkage, Crossing over, Chromosome mapping.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Gardner, E.J., Simmons, M.J., Snustad, D.P. (2008). Principles of Genetics. VIII Edition. Wiley India Snustad, D.P., Simmons, M.J. (2009). Principles of Genetics. V Edition. John Wiley and Sons Inc
Klug, W.S., Cummings, M.R., Spencer, C.A. (2012). Concepts of Genetics. X Edition. Benjamin Cummings
Russell, P. J. (2009). Genetics- A Molecular Approach.III Edition. Benjamin Cummings
Griffiths, A.J.F., Wessler, S.R., Lewontin, R.C. and Carroll, S.B. Introduction to Genetic Analysis. IX Edition. W. H. Freeman and Co
Fletcher H. and Hickey I. (2015). Genetics. IV Edition. GS, Taylor and Francis Group, New York and London.

Course objective: The objective of the course is to impart basic knowledge of the structure and function of the macromolecules, Protein synthesis, DNA repair mechanism, Gene regulation.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Becker, W.M., Kleinsmith, L.J., Hardin. J. and Bertoni, G. P. (2009). The World of the Cell. VII Edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publishing, San Francisco.
Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter: Molecular Biology of the Cell, IV Edition.
Cooper G. M. and Robert E. Hausman R. E. The Cell: A Molecular Approach, V Edition, ASM Press and Sinauer Associates.
De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis, E.M.F. (2006). Cell and Molecular Biology. VIII Edition.
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
Karp, G. (2010) Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments. VI Edition. John Wiley and Sons. Inc.
Lewin B. (2008). Gene XI, Jones and Bartlett
McLennan A., Bates A., Turner, P. and White M. (2015). Molecular Biology IV Edition. GS, Taylor and Francis Group, New York and London. Detailed Syllabus for Core Course.



Objective: The objective of the course is to know about various conservation strategies of wild life and its management

SUGGESTED READINGS

Caughley, G., and Sinclair, A.R.E. (1994). Wildlife Ecology and Management. Blackwell Science. Woodroffe R., Thirgood, S. and Rabinowitz, A. (2005). People and Wildlife, Conflict or Coexistence?
Cambridge University.
Bookhout, T.A. (1996). Research and Management techniques for Wildlife and Habitats, 5th edition. The Wildlife Society, Allen Press.
Sutherland, W.J. (2000). The Conservation Handbook: Research, Management and Policy. Blackwell Sciences
Hunter M.L., Gibbs, J.B. and Sterling, E.J. (2008). Problem-Solving in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management: Exercises for Class, Field, and Laboratory. Blackwell Publishing.

Objective: The various types of behaviour or the responses to environment & stimuli of different organisms along with human being.

SUGGESTED READINGS
David McFarland, Animal Behaviour, Pitman Publishing Limited, London, UK.
Manning, A. and Dawkins, M. S, An Introduction to Animal Behaviour, Cambridge, University Press, UK. John Alcock, Animal Behaviour, Sinauer Associate Inc., USA.
Paul W. Sherman and John Alcock, Exploring Animal Behaviour, Sinauer Associate Inc., Massachusetts, USA.
Chronobiology Biological Timekeeping: Jay. C. Dunlap, Jennifer. J. Loros, Patricia J. De Coursey (ed).
2004, Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers, Sunderland, MA, USA
Insect Clocks D.S. Saunders, C.G.H. Steel, X., Afopoulou (ed.) R.D. Lewis. (3rdEd) 2002 Barens and Noble Inc. New York, USA
The Clock that times us. 1982. Moore Ed et al.
Biological Rhythms: Vinod Kumar (2002) Narosa Publishing.

Course Objective: To provide basic concept about the present biodiversity and present genetic variance on the earth.


SUGGESTED READINGS

Ridley,M (2004) Evolution III Edition Blackwell publishing
Hall, B.K. and Hallgrimson, B (2008). Evolution IV Edition. Jones and Barlett Publishers. Campbell, N.A. and Reece J.B (2011). Biology. IX Edition. Pearson, Benjamin, Cummings. Douglas, J. Futuyma (1997). Evolutionary Biology. Sinauer Associates.
Snustad. S Principles of Genetics.
Pevsner, J (2009). Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics. II Edition Wiley- Blackwell


Course objective: To provide knowledge about the gradual emergence of form and structure of embryo. The essence of embryonic development is change transition from one stage to another.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Gilbert, S. F. (2010). Developmental Biology, IX Edition, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA
Balinsky B. I. and Fabian B. C. (1981). An Introduction to Embryology, V Edition, International Thompson Computer Press
Carlson, R. F. Patten's Foundations of Embryology
Kalthoff (2008). Analysis of Biological Development, II Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishers Lewis Wolpert (2002). Principles of Development. II Edition, Oxford University Press


Course objective: Define and explain the concept of scientific research, Identify and explain the features and applications of different research methods, Steps in conducting a research, Applications and exercises.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Anthony,M, Graziano, A.M. and Raulin, M.L.2009. Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry, Allyn and Bacon.
Walliman, N. 2011. Research Methods- The Basics. Taylor and Francis, London, NewYork.
Wadhera, B.L.: Law Relating to Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright DesignsandGeographical Indications, 2002, Universal Lawpublishing
C.R. Kothari: Research Methodology, New Age International,2009
Coley,S.M. and Scheinberg,C.A.1990,“Proposal writing”. Stage Publications.



Course objective: Main objective of the course is to Construction and maintenance of Aquarium, and to know about the Biology of Aquarium fishes.



Course objective: Provide the concepts of Invertebrates and Vertebrates.

SUGGESTED READINGS
Barnes, R.D. (1992). Invertebrate Zoology. Saunders College Pub.USA.
Ruppert, Fox and Barnes (2006)InvertebrateZoology.AfunctionalEvolution aryApproach 7th Edition, Thomson Books/Cole
Campbell&Reece(2005). Biology,PearsonEducation,(Singapore)Pvt.Ltd.
Kardong, K.V. (2002).VertebratesComparativeAnatomy.FunctionandEvolution. TataMcGraw Hill Publishing Company. NewDelhi.
Raven,P.H.andJohnson,G.B.(2004).Biology,6thedition,TataMcGrawHil lPublications. NewDelhi.

Course Objective: Aim to provide knowledge about Anatomy and functions of bodily systems.

SUGGESTED READINGS

Tortora,G.J.and Derrickson,B.H.(2009). Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, XII Edition, John Wiley and Sons,Inc.
Widmaier, E.P., Raff, H. and Strang, K.T. (2008). Vander’s HumanPhysiology, XI Edition, McGrawHill.

Course Objective: To provide basic insight on Factors affecting environment, environmental disasters and human diseases

SUGGESTED READINGS
Cutter, S.L., Environmental Risk and Hazards, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
Kolluru Rao, Bartell Steven, Pitblado R and Stricoff ―Risk Assessment and Management
Handbook, McGraw Hill Inc., New York,1996.
Kofi Asante Duah ―Risk Assessment in Environmental management‖, John Wiley and sons,
Singapore, 1998.
Kasperson, J.X. and Kasperson, R.E. and Kasperson, R.E., Global Environmental Risks, V.N. University Press, New York, 2003.
Joseph F Louvar and B Diane Louver Health and Environmental Risk Analysis fundamentals with applications, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 1997.

Course Objective: Aim to provide knowledge of Components and nutrients in different food, nutritional biochemistry, diseases: nutritional deficiency, life style related; food and water borne infections and food hygiene


Course Objectives: To impart basic background knowledge of calculus essential for Statistics

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1. Gorakh Prasad: Differential Calculus, Pothishala Pvt. Ltd., Allahabad (14th Edition - 1997).

2. Gorakh Prasad: Integral Calculus, PothishalaPvt. Ltd., Allahabad (14th Edition -2000).

3. Zafar Ahsan: Differential Equations and their Applications, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt., New Delhi (2nd Edition -2004).

4. Piskunov, N: Differential and Integral Calculus, Peace Publishers, Moscow.


Course Objectives: To Develop knowledge of the various aspects of tools of Descriptive Statistics

SUGGESTED READING:

1.   Goon A.M., Gupta M.K. and Dasgupta B. (2002): Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. I& II, 8th Ed. The World Press, Kolkata.

2.   Miller, Irwin and Miller, Marylees (2006): John E. Freund’s Mathematical Statistics

with Applications, (7th Ed.), Pearson Education, Asia.

3.    Mood, A.M. Graybill, F.A. and Boes, D.C. (2007): Introduction to the Theory of Statistics, 3rd Ed., (Reprint), Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd.



Course Objectives: To impart basic background knowledge of algebra

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1.  Lay David C.: Linear Algebra and its Applications, Addison Wesley, 2000.

2.  Schaum’s Outlines : Linear Algebra, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition, 3rdEdition, 2006.

3.   Krishnamurthy V., Mainra V.P. and Arora J.L.: An Introduction to Linear Algebra (II, III, IV, V).

4.   Krishnamurthy V., Mainra V.P. and Arora J.L.: An Introduction to Linear Algebra (II, III, IV, V).

5.  Biswas, S. (1997): A Textbook of Matrix Algebra, New Age International, 1997.

6.  Gupta S.C.: An Introduction to Matrices (Reprint). Sultan Chand & Sons, 2008.

7.  Artin M.: Algebra. Prentice Hall of India, 1994.

8.  Datta K.B.: Matrix and Linear Algebra. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2002.

9.  Hadley G.: Linear Algrbra. Narosa Publishing House (Reprint), 2002.

10.   Searle S.R.: Matrix Algebra Useful for Statistics. John Wiley &Sons., 1982.


Course Objectives: To provide basic knowledge of different discrete and continuous probability distributions

SUGGESTED READING:

1.         Hogg, R.V., Tanis, E.A. and Rao J.M. (2009): Probability and Statistical Inference, Seventh Ed, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

2.         Miller, Irwin and Miller, Marylees (2006): John E. Freund’s Mathematical Statistics with Applications, (7th Ed.), Pearson Education, Asia.

3.       Myer, P.L. (1970): Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications, Oxford &IBH Publishing, New Delhi


Course Objectives: To review and expand upon Core topics in Statistics using SPSS

SUGGESTED READING:

1.  Moore, D.S. and McCabe, G.P. and Craig, B.A. (2014): Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, W.H. Freeman

2.  Cunningham, B.J (2012): Using SPSS: An Interactive Handson approach

3.  Cho, M,J., Martinez, W.L. (2014) Statistics in MATLAB: A Primer, Chapman and Hall/CRC


Course Objectives: To introduce concepts and methodology of sample survey and Official Statistical System in India.

Suggested Reading:

1.  Cochran W.G. (1984):Sampling Techniques( 3rd Ed.), Wiley Eastern.

2.    Sukhatme,P.V., Sukhatme,B.V. Sukhatme,S. Asok,C.(1984). Sampling Theories of Survey With Application, IOWA State University Press and Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics

3.   Murthy M.N. (1977): Sampling Theory & Statistical Methods, Statistical Pub. Society, Calcutta.

4.  Des Raj and Chandhok P. (1998): Sample Survey Theory, Narosa Publishing House.

5.     Goon A.M., Gupta M.K. and Dasgupta B. (2001): Fundamentals of Statistics (Vol.2),World Press.

6.  Guide to current Indian Official Statistics, Central Statistical Office, GOI, New Delhi.

7.  http://mospi.nic.in/



Course Objectives: To provide knowledge of sampling distribution and tests of significance

Suggested Reading

1.  Goon, A.M., Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B. (2003): An Outline of Statistical Theory, Vol. I, 4th Ed. World Press, Kolkata.

2.  Rohatgi V. K. and Saleh, A.K. Md. E. (2009): An Introduction to Probability and Statistics. 2nd Ed. (Reprint) John Wiley and Sons.

3.  Hogg, R.V. and Tanis, E.A. (2009): A Brief Course in Mathematical Statistics. Pearson Education.

4.  Johnson, R.A. and Bhattacharya, G.K. (2001): Statistics-Principles and Methods, 4th Ed. John Wiley and Sons.

5.  Mood, A.M., Graybill, F.A. and Boes, D.C. (2007): Introduction to the Theory of Statistics, 3rd Ed. (Reprint).Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd.


Course Objectives: To enable students to understand concepts and aspects related to Research, Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

SUGGESTED READING:

1.  Kothari, C.R. (2009): Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques, 2nd Revised Edition reprint, New Age International Publishers.

2.  Kumar, R (2011): Research Methodology: A Step - by - Step Guide for Beginners, SAGE publications


Objectives: To familiarize with the techniques of Industrial Statistics .

SUGGESTED READING:

1.  Montogomery, D. C. (2009): Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 6th Edition,Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.

2.  Goon A.M., Gupta M.K. and Dasgupta B. (2002): Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. I& II, 8th Edn. The World Press, Kolkata.

3.  Mukhopadhyay, P (2011):Applied Statistics, 2nd edition revised reprint, Books and Allied(P) Ltd.

4.  Montogomery, D. C. and Runger, G.C. (2008): Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 3rd Edition reprint, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.

5.  Ehrlich, B. Harris (2002): Transactional Six Sigma and Lean Servicing, 2nd Edition, St. Lucie Press.

6.  Hoyle, David (1995): ISO Quality Systems Handbook, 2nd Edition, Butterworth Heinemann Publication



Course Objectives: To introduce concepts and methodology of Statistical Modeling.

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.  Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression (Third edition). Wiley.

2.    Wu, C. F. J. And Hamada, M. (2009). Experiments, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization (Second edition), John Wiley.

3.  Renchner, A. C. And Schaalje, G. B. (2008). Linear Models in Statistics (Second edition), John Wiley and Sons



Course Objectives: To impart basic knowledge of Parametric and Non Parametric techniques of Testing of Hypothesis

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.  Goon A.M., Gupta M.K.: Das Gupta.B. (2005), Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. I,World Press, Calcutta.

2.  Rohatgi V. K. and Saleh, A.K. Md. E. (2009): An Introduction to Probability andStatistics. 2ndEdn. (Reprint) John Wiley and Sons.

3.  Miller, I. and Miller, M. (2002) : John E. Freund’s Mathematical Statistics (6thaddition, low price edition), Prentice Hall of India.

4.  Dudewicz, E. J., and Mishra, S. N. (1988): Modern Mathematical Statistics. JohnWiley & Sons.

5.  Mood A.M, Graybill F.A. and Boes D.C,: Introduction to the Theory of Statistics,McGraw Hill.

6.  Bhat B.R, Srivenkatramana T and Rao Madhava K.S. (1997) Statistics: A Beginner’sText,

Vol. I, New Age International (P) Ltd.

7.  Snedecor G.W and Cochran W.G.(1967) Statistical Methods. lowa State University


Course Objectives: To impart basic background knowledge of time series and forecasting

SUGGESTED READING:

1.  Kendall M.G. (1976): Time Series, Charles Griffin.

2.  Chatfield C. (1980): The Analysis of Time Series –An Introduction, Chapman & Hall.

3.  Mukhopadhyay P. (2011): Applied Statistics, 2nd ed. Revised reprint, Books and Allied



Course Objectives: To provide basic knowledge of different techniques of Population science

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.  Mukhopadhyay P. (1999): Applied Statistics, Books and Allied (P) Ltd.

2.   Gun, A.M., Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B. (2008): Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. II, 9th Edition, World Press.

3.  Biswas, S. (1988): Stochastic Processes in Demography & Application, Wiley Eastern Ltd.

4.   Croxton, Fredrick E., Cowden, Dudley J. and Klein, S. (1973): Applied General Statistics, 3rd Edition. Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

5.  Keyfitz N., Beckman John A.: Demography through Problems S-Verlag Newyork. 38



Course Objectives: To introduce C language

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.   Kernighan, B.W. and Ritchie, D. (1988): C Programming Language, 2ndEdition,Prentice Hall.

2.  Balagurusamy, E. (2011): Programming in ANSI C, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill.

3.     Gottfried, B.S. (1998): Schaum’s Outlines: Programming with C, 2nd Edition, Tata

McGraw Hill


Course Objectives: To Develop knowledge of the various aspects of Stochastic Processes and Queuing Theory

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.  Medhi, J. (2009): Stochastic Processes, New Age International Publishers.

2.  Basu, A.K. (2005): Introduction to Stochastic Processes, Narosa Publishing.

3.  Bhat,B.R.(2000): Stochastic Models: Analysis and Applications, New Age International Publishers.

4.  Taha, H. (1995): Operations Research: An Introduction, Prentice- Hall India.

5.  Feller, William (1968): Introduction to probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol I, 3rd Edition, Wiley International.



Course Objectives:To introduce mathematical and statistical techniques in Economics

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.     Gujarati, D. and Sangeetha, S. (2007): Basic Econometrics, 4th Edition, McGraw HillCompanies.

2.  Johnston, J. (1972): Econometric Methods, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill International.

3.    Koutsoyiannis, A. (2004): Theory of Econometrics, 2nd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan Limited,

4.    Maddala, G.S. and Lahiri, K. (2009): Introduction to Econometrics, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.


Course Objectives: To introduce multivariate analysis and distribution free concept

SUGGESTED READINGS

1.   Anderson, T.W. (2003): An Introduction to Multivariate Statistical Analysis, 3rdEdn.John Wiley

2.  Muirhead, R.J. (1982): Aspects of Multivariate Statistical Theory, John Wiley.

3.  Kshirsagar, A.M. (1972): Multivariate Analysis, 1stEdn. Marcel Dekker.

4.   Johnson, R.A. and Wichern, D.W. (2007): Applied Multivariate Analysis, 6thEdn.Pearson & Prentice Hall

5.  Mukhopadhyay, P.: Mathematical Statistics.

6.  Gibbons, J. D. and Chakraborty, S (2003): Nonparametric Statistical Inference. 4th Edition. Marcel Dekker, CRC.



Course Objectives: To familiarize with the techniques of field experimentation

SUGGESTED READINGS:

1.  Cochran, W.G. and Cox, G.M. (1959): Experimental Design. Asia Publishing House.

2.  Das, M.N. and Giri, N.C. (1986): Design and Analysis of Experiments. Wiley Eastern Ltd.

3.  Goon, A.M., Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B. (2005): Fundamentals of Statistics. Vol. II, 8thEdn. World Press, Kolkata.

4.  Kempthorne, O. (1965): The Design and Analysis of Experiments. John Wiley.

5.  Montgomery, D. C. (2008): Design and Analysis of Experiments, John Wiley.



Course Objectives: To Develop knowledge of various Statistical Methods

SUGGESTED READING:

1.   Goon A.M., Gupta M.K. and Dasgupta B. (2002): Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. I & II, 8th Ed. The World Press, Kolkata.

2.   Miller, Irwin and Miller, Marylees (2006): John E. Freund’s Mathematical Statistics with Applications, (7th Ed.), Pearson Education, Asia.

3.  Mood, A.M. Graybill, F.A. and Boes, D.C. (2007): Introduction to the Theory of Statistics, 3rd Ed., (Reprint), Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd.


Course Objectives :To provide basic knowledge of Probability and different discrete and continuous probability distributions.

SUGGESTED READING:

1.    Hogg, R.V., Tanis, E.A. and Rao J.M. (2009): Probability and Statistical Inference, Seventh Ed, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

2.   Miller, Irwin and Miller, Marylees (2006): John E. Freund’s Mathematical Statistics with

Applications, (7th Edn.), Pearson Education, Asia.

3.   Myer, P.L. (1970): Introductory Probability and Statistical Applications, Oxford & IBH Publishing, New Delhi



Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to familiarize students with Applied Statistics

SUGGESTED READING:

1.  Mukhopadhyay, P. (1999): Applied Statistics, New Central Book Agency, Calcutta.

2.   Gun, A.M., Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B. (2008): Fundamentals of Statistics, Vol. II,9th Edition World Press, Kolkata.

3.       Gupta, S. C. and Kapoor, V.K. (2008): Fundamentals Of Applied Statistics, 4thEdition(Reprint), Sultan Chand & Sons

4.   Montogomery, D. C. (2009): Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, 6th Edition,Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.



Course Objectives: To impart basic knowledge of Parametric and Non Parametric techniques of Testing of Hypothesis

SUGGESTED READING:

1.   Daniel, Wayne W., Bio-statistics: A Foundation for Analysis in the Health Sciences. John Wiley (2005).

2.  Goon, A.M., Gupta M.K. & Das Gupta, Fundamentals of statistics, Vol.-I & II(2005).

3.  Dass, M. N. &Giri, N. C.: Design and analysis of experiments. John Wiley.

4.   Dunn, O.J Basic Statistics: A primer for the Biomedical Sciences .(1964, 1977) byJ ohn Wiley.

5.  Bancroft, Holdon Introduction to Bio-Statistics (1962) P.B. Hoebar New York.

Goldstein, A Biostatistics-An introductory text (1971). The Mac million New York


Course Objectives: To impart basic knowledge of the three states of matter and the principles governing interaction of ions.)

Reference Books:

  1. Atkins, P. W. & Paula, J. de Atkin’s Physical Chemistry 10th Ed., Oxford University Press (2014).
  2. Ball, D. W. Physical Chemistry Thomson Press, India (2007).
  3. Castellan, G. W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Narosa (2004).
  4. Mortimer, R. G. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed. Elsevier: NOIDA, UP (2009).
  5. Engel, T. & Reid, P. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed. Pearson (2013).
  6. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011)
  7. Garland, C. W.; Nibler, J. W. & Shoemaker, D. P. Experiments in Physical Chemistry  8th  Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York (2003)
  8. Halpern, A. M. & McBane, G. C. Experimental Physical Chemistry 3rd  Ed.; W.H. Freeman & Co.: New York (2003).

Course Objectives: To understand the important features of the quantum mechanical model of atom. To study the various approaches of bonding and shape of molecules. To apply the electrode potential in redox reactions and redox principle in volumetric analysis

Reference Books:

  1. Lee, J.D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry ELBS, 1991.
  2. Douglas, B.E. and McDaniel, D.H. Concepts & Models of Inorganic Chemistry Oxford, 1970
  3. Atkins, P.W. & Paula, J. Physical Chemistry, 10th Ed., Oxford University Press, 2014
  4. Day, M.C. and Selbin, J. Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Publications, 1962.
  5. Rodger, G.E. Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry, Cengage Learning India Edition, 2002.
  6. Mendham, J., A. I. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis 6th Ed., Pearson, 2009

Course Objectives: To discuss the role of energy in chemistry. To discuss equilibrium and the direction of natural change in chemistry.

Reference Books

  1. Peter, A. & Paula, J. de. Physical Chemistry 10th Ed., Oxford University Press (2014).
  2. Castellan, G. W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed., Narosa (2004).
  3. Engel, T. & Reid, P. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall (2012).
  4. McQuarrie, D. A. & Simon, J. D. Molecular Thermodynamics Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.:New Delhi (2004).
  5. Assael, M. J.; Goodwin, A. R. H.; Stamatoudis, M.; Wakeham, W. A. & Will, S. Commonly Asked Questions in Thermodynamics. CRC Press: NY (2011).
  6. Levine, I .N. Physical Chemistry 6th Ed., Tata Mc Graw Hill (2010).
  7. Metz, C.R. 2000 solved problems in chemistry, Schaum Series (2006).
  8. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A., Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand  Co.: New Delhi (2011)
  9. Athawale, V. D. & Mathur, P. Experimental Physical Chemistry New Age International: New Delhi (2001).

Course Objectives: To introduce with a variety of structural aspects of organic molecules that are designed to lay the foundations for the study of the organic molecules.

Reference Books:

  1. Morrison, R. N. & Boyd, R. N. Organic Chemistry, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  2. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 1), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  3. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 2: Stereochemistry and the Chemistry of Natural Products), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  4. Eliel, E. L. & Wilen, S. H. Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, Wiley: London, 1994.
  5. Kalsi, P. S. Stereochemistry Conformation and Mechanism, New Age International, 2005.
  6. McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013.
  7. Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson Education (2009)
  8. Furniss, B.S.; Hannaford, A.J.; Smith, P.W.G.; Tatchell, A.R. Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed., Pearson (2012)

(Course Objectives: To understand basic chemistry of various drugs and their mechanism as well as their preparation)

Reference Books:

  1. Patrick, G. L. Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, Oxford University Press, UK, 2013.
  2. Singh, H. & Kapoor, V.K. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vallabh Prakashan, Pitampura, New Delhi, 2012
  3. Foye, W.O., Lemke, T.L. & William, D.A.: Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 4th ed., B.I. Waverly Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.


Course Objectives: To understand phase diagram which summarize the behavior of substances under different condition. To introduce the principles of the study of reaction rates.

Reference Books:

  1. Peter Atkins & Julio De Paula, Physical Chemistry 10th Ed., Oxford University Press (2014).
  2. Castellan, G. W.  Physical Chemistry, 4th Ed., Narosa (2004).
  3. McQuarrie, D. A. & Simon, J. D., Molecular Thermodynamics, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi (2004).
  4. Engel, T. & Reid, P. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall (2012).
  5. Assael, M. J.; Goodwin, A. R. H.; Stamatoudis, M.; Wakeham, W. A. & Will, S. Commonly Asked Questions in Thermodynamics. CRC Press: NY (2011).
  6. Zundhal, S.S. Chemistry concepts and applications Cengage India (2011).
  7. Ball, D. W. Physical Chemistry Cengage India (2012).
  8. Mortimer, R. G. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed.,Elsevier: NOIDA, UP (2009).
  9. Levine, I. N. Physical Chemistry 6th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (2011).
  10. Metz, C. R. Physical Chemistry 2nd  Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (2009).
  11. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011).
  12. Garland, C. W.; Nibler, J. W. & Shoemaker, D. P. Experiments in Physical Chemistry 8th Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York (2003).
  13. Halpern, A. M. & McBane, G. C. Experimental Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed.; W.H. Freeman & Co.: New York (2003).


Course Objectives: To impart basic knowledge on the chemistry of certain classes of organic compounds viz halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols, phenols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and their derivatives

Reference Books:

  1. Morrison, R. T. & Boyd, R. N. Organic Chemistry, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  2. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 1), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  3. Graham Solomons, T.W. Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  4. McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013.
  5. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Dhingra, S. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Qualitative  Analysis, University Press (2000).
  6. Furniss, B.S., Hannaford, A.J., Smith, P.W.G. & Tatchell, A.R. Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed. Pearson (2012)
  7. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Aggarwal, R. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Preparation and Quantitative Analysis, University Press (2000).
  8. Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson Education (2009)

Course Objectives: To understand Inorganic Chemistry in the form of materials science. To understand the occurrence of metals based on electrode potential, To classify substances as acids or bases according to Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis concepts, To understand Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB) principle and its application, To know the role of solvent in acidity or basicity of substances, To know the general chemistry of s & p block elements and basic idea on inorganic polymers

Reference Books:

  1. Lee, J.D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry, ELBS, 1991.
  2. Douglas, B.E; Mc Daniel, D.H. & Alexander, J.J. Concepts & Models of Inorganic Chemistry 3rd Ed., John Wiley Sons, N.Y. 1994.
  3. Greenwood, N.N. & Earnshaw. Chemistry of the Elements, Butterworth-Heinemann. 1997.
  4. Cotton, F.A. & Wilkinson, G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley, VCH, 1999.
  5. Miessler, G. L. & Donald, A. Tarr. Inorganic Chemistry 4th Ed., Pearson, 2010.
  6. Mendham, J., A. I. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis 6th Ed., Pearson, 2009.


(Course Objectives: To provide general overview on cosmetics and perfumes)

Reference Books:

  1. Stocchi, E. Industrial Chemistry, Vol-I, Ellis Horwood Ltd. UK (1990).
  2. Jain, P.C. & Jain, M. Engineering Chemistry Dhanpat Rai & Sons, Delhi.
  3. Sharma, B.K. & Gaur, H. Industrial Chemistry, Goel Publishing House, Meerut, (1996).

(Course Objectives: To understand the theories governing the flow of electric current in solution and the working of Galvanic cell.)

Reference Books:

  1. Atkins, P.W & Paula, J.D. Physical Chemistry, 10th Ed., Oxford University Press (2014).
  2. Castellan, G. W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed., Narosa (2004).
  3. Mortimer, R. G. Physical Chemistry 3rd  Ed., Elsevier: NOIDA, UP (2009)
  4. Barrow, G. M., Physical Chemistry 5th Ed., Tata McGraw Hill: New Delhi (2006).
  5. Engel, T. & Reid, P. Physical Chemistry3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall (2012).
  6. Rogers, D. W. Concise Physical Chemistry Wiley (2010).
  7. Silbey, R. J.; Alberty, R. A. & Bawendi, M. G. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2005).
  8. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011)
  9. Garland, C. W.; Nibler, J. W. & Shoemaker, D. P. Experiments in Physical Chemistry 8th Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York (2003).
  10. Halpern, A. M. & McBane, G. C. Experimental Physical Chemistry  3rd Ed.;W.H. Freeman & Co.: New York (2003).


(Course Objectives: To deal in detail the different aspects of the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, polynuclear hydrocarbons, alkaloids, terpenoids etc.)

Reference Books:

  1. Morrison, R. T. & Boyd, R. N. Organic Chemistry, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  2. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 1), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  3. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 2: Stereochemistry and the Chemistry of Natural Products), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  4. Acheson, R.M. Introduction to the Chemistry of Heterocyclic compounds,John Welly & Sons (1976).
  5. Graham Solomons, T.W. Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  6. McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry , 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013.
  7. Kalsi, P. S. Textbook of Organic Chemistry 1st Ed., New Age International (P) Ltd. Pub.
  8. Clayden, J.; Greeves, N.; Warren, S.; Wothers, P.; Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press.
  9. Singh, J.; Ali, S.M. & Singh, J. Natural Product Chemistry, Pragati Parakashan (2010).
  10. Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson Education  (2009)
  11. Furniss, B.S.; Hannaford, A.J.; Smith, P.W.G.; Tatchell, A.R. Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed., Pearson (2012)
  12. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Aggarwal, R. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry:  Preparation and Quantitative Analysis, University Press (2000).
  13. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Dhingra, S. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Qualitative Analysis, University Press (2000).

(Course Objectives: To understand bonding in coordination compounds. To have a basic knowledge of the properties of d and f block elements and to understand the role of metals in our body)

Reference Books:

  1. Purcell, K.F & Kotz, J.C.  Inorganic Chemistry W.B. Saunders Co, 1977.
  2. Huheey, J.E., Inorganic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1993.
  3. Lippard, S.J. & Berg, J.M. Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry Panima Publishing Company 1994.
  4. Cotton, F.A. & Wilkinson, G, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Wiley-VCH, 1999
  5. Basolo, F, and Pearson, R.C. Mechanisms of Inorganic Chemistry , John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1967
  6. Mendham, J., A. I. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis 6th Ed.,Pearson, 2009.


(Course Objectives: To study the basic chemistry of some industrially important compounds)

Reference Books:

  1. E. Stocchi: Industrial Chemistry, Vol-I, Ellis Horwood Ltd. UK.
  2. R. M. Felder, R. W. Rousseau: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.
  3. W. D. Kingery, H. K. Bowen, D. R. Uhlmann: Introduction to Ceramics, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.
  4. J. A. Kent: Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, CBS Publishers, New Delhi.
  5. P. C. Jain, M. Jain:Engineering Chemistry, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, Delhi.
  6. R. Gopalan, D. Venkappayya, S. Nagarajan: Engineering Chemistry, Vikas  Publications, New Delhi.
  7. Sharma, B.K. & Gaur, H. Industrial Chemistry, Goel Publishing House, Meerut (1996).E. Stocchi: Industrial Chemistry, Vol-I, Ellis Horwood Ltd. UK.
  8. R. M. Felder, R. W. Rousseau: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.
  9. W. D. Kingery, H. K. Bowen, D. R. Uhlmann: Introduction to Ceramics, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.
  10. J. A. Kent: Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, CBS Publishers, New Delhi
  11. P. C. Jain, M. Jain: Engineering Chemistry, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, Delhi.
  12. R. Gopalan, D. Venkappayya, S. Nagarajan: Engineering Chemistry, Vikas Publications, New Delhi.
  13. Sharma, B.K. & Gaur, H. Industrial Chemistry, Goel Publishing House, Meerut (1996).

GREEN CHEMISTRY

(Course Objectives: To understand quantum mechanics, mathematical approaches in quantum mechanics and calculation of different forms of energy relative to chemical bonding, To understand the basic theory and application of various types of spectroscopy)

Reference Books:

  1. Banwell, C. N. & McCash, E. M. Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy 4th Ed. Tata McGraw-Hill: New Delhi (2006).
  2. Chandra, A. K. Introductory Quantum Chemistry Tata McGraw-Hill (2001)
  3.  House, J. E. Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry 2nd  Ed. Elsevier: USA (2004).
  4. Kakkar, R. Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy: Concepts & Applications, Cambridge University Press (2015)
  5. Lowe, J. P. & Peterson, K. Quantum Chemistry, Academic Press (2005).
  6. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A.,  Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011).
  7. Garland, C. W.; Nibler, J. W. & Shoemaker, D. P. Experiments in Physical Chemistry 8th Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York (2003).
  8. Halpern, A. M. & McBane, G. C. Experimental Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed.;W.H. Freeman & Co.: New York (2003).


(Course Objectives: To understand the biochemistry  and biological process of our body)

Reference Books:

  1. Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L. & Stryer, L. (2006) Biochemistry. 6th Ed. W.H. Freeman and Co.
  2. Nelson, D.L., Cox, M.M. & Lehninger, A.L. (2009) Principles of Biochemistry. IV Edition.W.H. Freeman and Co.
  3. Murray, R.K., Granner, D.K., Mayes, P.A. & Rodwell, V.W. (2009) Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry. XXVIII edition. Lange Medical Books/ McGraw-Hill.
  4. Manual of Biochemistry Workshop, 2012, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  5. Arthur, I. V. Quantitative Organic Analysis, Pearson.


(Course Objectives: To understand the types as well as effect of various industrial gases in our human body. To understand the environment and ecology)

Reference Books:

  1. E. Stocchi: Industrial Chemistry, Vol-I, Ellis Horwood Ltd. UK.
  2. R.M. Felder, R.W. Rousseau: Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Wiley Publishers, New Delhi.
  3. J. A. Kent: Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry, CBS Publishers, New Delhi.
  4. S. S. Dara: A Textbook of Engineering Chemistry, S. Chand & Company Ltd. New Delhi.
  5. K. De, Environmental Chemistry: New Age International Pvt., Ltd, New Delhi.
  6. S. M. Khopkar, Environmental Pollution Analysis: Wiley Eastern Ltd, New Delhi.
  7. S.E. Manahan, Environmental Chemistry, CRC Press (2005).
  8. G.T. Miller, Environmental Science 11th edition. Brooks/ Cole (2006).
  9. A. Mishra, Environmental Studies. Selective and Scientific Books, New Delhi (2005).


(Course Objectives: To understand spectroscopic techniques use in organic chemistry, To understand the chemistry of dyes and polymers, To understand pericyclic reactins and basic systematic organic synthesis procedures.)

Reference Books:

  1. Kalsi, P. S. Textbook of Organic Chemistry 1st Ed., New Age International (P) Ltd. Pub.
  2. Morrison, R. T. & Boyd, R. N. Organic Chemistry, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  3. Billmeyer, F. W. Textbook of Polymer Science, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  4. Gowariker, V. R.; Viswanathan, N. V. & Sreedhar, J. Polymer Science, New Age International (P) Ltd. Pub.
  5. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 2: Stereochemistry and the Chemistry of Natural Products), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  6. Graham Solomons, T.W. Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  7. McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013.
  8. Clayden, J.; Greeves, N.; Warren, S.; Wothers, P.; Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press.
  9. Singh, J.; Ali, S.M. & Singh, J. Natural Product Chemistry, Prajati Prakashan (2010).
  10. Kemp, W. Organic Spectroscopy, Palgrave.
  11. Vogel, A.I. Quantitative Organic Analysis, Part 3, Pearson (2012).
  12. Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson Education (2009)
  13. Furniss, B.S.; Hannaford, A.J.; Smith, P.W.G.; Tatchell, A.R. Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed., Pearson (2012)
  14. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Aggarwal, R. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Preparation and Quantitative Analysis, University Press (2000).
  15. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Dhingra, S.  Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Qualitative Analysis, University Press (2000).


(Course Objectives: To understand the separation principle of cations and anions, To focus on the synthesis, structure and bonding, properties and reactivity of main group organometallics, organotransition metal chemistry and organometallic catalysis.)

Reference Books:

  1. Svehla, G. Vogel's Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, 7th Edition, Prentice Hall,  1996.
  2. Cotton, F.A.G.; Wilkinson & Gaus, P.L. Basic Inorganic Chemistry 3rd Ed.; Wiley India,
  3. Huheey, J. E.; Keiter, E.A. & Keiter, R.L. Inorganic Chemistry, Principles of Structure and Reactivity 4th Ed.,Harper Collins 1993, Pearson,2006
  4. Sharpe, A.G. Inorganic Chemistry, 4th Indian Reprint (Pearson Education) 2005
  5. Douglas, B. E.; McDaniel, D.H. & Alexander, J.J. Concepts and Models in Inorganic Chemistry 3rd  Ed., John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1994.
  6. Greenwood, N.N. & Earnshaw, A. Chemistry of the Elements, Elsevier 2nd Ed, 1997 (Ziegler Natta Catalyst and Equilibria in Grignard Solution).
  7. Lee, J.D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry 5th Ed.,John Wiley and sons 2008.
  8. Powell, P. Principles of Organometallic Chemistry, Chapman and Hall, 1988.
  9. Shriver, D.D. & P. Atkins, Inorganic Chemistry 2nd Ed.,Oxford University Press, 1994.
  10. Basolo, F. & Pearson, R. Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions: Study of Metal Complexes in Solution 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons Inc; NY.
  11. Purcell, K.F. & Kotz, J.C., Inorganic Chemistry, W.B. Saunders Co. 1977
  12.  Miessler, G. L. & Tarr, D.A. Inorganic Chemistry 4th Ed., Pearson, 2010.
  13. Collman, J. P. et al. Principles and Applications of Organotransition Metal Chemistry . Mill Valley, CA: University Science Books, 1987.
  14. Crabtree, R. H. The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals. J New York, NY: John Wiley, 2000.
  15. Spessard, G. O. & Miessler, G.L. Organometallic Chemistry. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996.
  16. Vogel’s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Revised by G. Svehla. Pearson Education, 2002.
  17. Marr & Rockett Practical Inorganic Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons 1972.


Atomic Structure, Bonding, Organic Chemistry and Aliphatic Compounds

Reference Books:

1.       Lee, J.D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry ELBS, 1991.

2.       Cotton, F.A., Wilkinson, G. & Gaus, P.L. Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd ed., Wiley.

3.       Douglas, B.E., McDaniel, D.H. & Alexander, J.J. Concepts and Models in Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons.

4.       Huheey, J.E., Keiter, E.A., Keiter, R.L. & Medhi, O.K. Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity, Pearson Education India, 2006.

5.       McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013

6.       Eliel, E.L. Stereochemistry of Carbon Compounds, Tata McGraw Hill education, 2000.

7.       Finar, I.L. Organic Chemistry (Vol. I & II), E.L.B.S.

8.       Bahl, A. & Bahl, B.S. Advanced Organic Chemistry, S. Chand, 2010.

9.       Svehla, G. Vogel’s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Pearson Education, 2012.

10.    Mendham, J. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson, 2009.

11.    Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. & Smith, P.W.G., Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, 5th edition, 1996.


Reference Books:

1.       Barrow, G.M. Physical Chemistry Tata McGrawHill (2007).

2.       Castellan, G.W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Narosa (2004).

3.       Kotz, J.C., Treichel, P.M. & Townsend, J.R. General Chemistry, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi (2009).

4.       Mahan, B.H. University Chemistry, 3rd Ed. Narosa (1998).

5.       Petrucci, R.H. General Chemistry, 5th Ed., Macmillan Publishing Co.: New York (1985).

6.       Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 2), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).

7.       Nelson, D. L. & Cox, M. M. Lehninger’s Principles of Biochemistry 7th Ed.,

8.       Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L. & Stryer, L. Biochemistry, W.H. Freeman, 2002.

9.       Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. & Smith, P.W.G., Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, 5th edition, 1996.

10.   Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry Orient-Longman, 1960.

11.   Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011)

12.   Ahluwalia, V.K. & Aggarwal, R. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry, Universities Press.


Transition Metal and Coordination Chemistry, States of Matters and Chemical Kinetics

Reference Books:

1.       Barrow, G.M. Physical Chemistry Tata McGrawHill (2007).

2.       Castellan, G.W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Narosa (2004).

3.       Kotz, J.C., Treichel, P.M. & Townsend, J.R. General Chemistry Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2009).

4.       Mahan, B.H. University Chemistry 3rd Ed. Narosa (1998).

5.       Petrucci, R.H. General Chemistry 5th Ed. Macmillan Publishing Co.: New York  (1985).

6.       Cotton, F.A. & Wilkinson, G. Basic Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley.

7.       Shriver, D.F. & Atkins, P.W. Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press.

8.       Svehla, G. Vogel’s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Pearson Education, 2012.

9.       Mendham, J. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson, 2009.


Reference Books:

1.       Lee, J.D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry ELBS, 1991.

2.       Cotton, F.A., Wilkinson, G. & Gaus, P.L. Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd ed., Wiley.

3.       Douglas, B.E., McDaniel, D.H. & Alexander, J.J. Concepts and Models in Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons.

4.       Huheey, J.E., Keiter, E.A., Keiter, R.L. & Medhi, O.K. Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity, Pearson Education India, 2006.

5.       McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013

6.       Eliel, E.L. Stereochemistry of Carbon Compounds, Tata McGraw Hill education, 2000.

7.       Finar, I.L. Organic Chemistry (Vol. I & II), E.L.B.S.

8.       Bahl, A. & Bahl, B.S. Advanced Organic Chemistry, S. Chand, 2010.

9.       Svehla, G. Vogel’s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Pearson Education, 2012.

10.    Mendham, J. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson, 2009.

11.    Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. & Smith, P.W.G., Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, 5th edition, 1996.


Reference Books:

1.       Graham Solomon, T.W., Fryhle, C.B. & Dnyder, S.A. Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons (2014).

2.       McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013.

3.       Sykes, P. A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry, Orient Longman, New Delhi (1988).

4.       Bahl, A. & Bahl, B.S. Advanced Organic Chemistry, S. Chand, 2010.

5.       Barrow, G.M. Physical Chemistry Tata McGrawHill (2007).

6.       Mahan, B.H. University Chemistry 3rd Ed. Narosa (1998).

7.       Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. & Smith, P.W.G., Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, 5th edition, 1996.

8.       Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry Orient-Longman, 1960.

9.       Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011).


Reference Books:

1.       Barrow, G.M. Physical Chemistry Tata McGrawHill (2007).

2.       Castellan, G.W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Narosa (2004).

3.       Kotz, J.C., Treichel, P.M. & Townsend, J.R. General Chemistry, Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi (2009).

4.       Mahan, B.H. University Chemistry, 3rd Ed. Narosa (1998).

5.       Petrucci, R.H. General Chemistry, 5th Ed., Macmillan Publishing Co.: New York (1985).

6.       Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 2), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).

7.       Nelson, D. L. & Cox, M. M. Lehninger’s Principles of Biochemistry 7th Ed.,

8.       Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L. & Stryer, L. Biochemistry, W.H. Freeman, 2002.

9.       Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. & Smith, P.W.G., Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, 5th edition, 1996.

10.   Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry Orient-Longman, 1960.

11.   Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011)

12.   Ahluwalia, V.K. & Aggarwal, R. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry, Universities Press.


Transition Metal and Coordination Chemistry, States of Matters and Chemical Kinetics

Reference Books:

1.       Barrow, G.M. Physical Chemistry Tata McGrawHill (2007).

2.       Castellan, G.W. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Narosa (2004).

3.       Kotz, J.C., Treichel, P.M. & Townsend, J.R. General Chemistry Cengage Learning India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (2009).

4.       Mahan, B.H. University Chemistry 3rd Ed. Narosa (1998).

5.       Petrucci, R.H. General Chemistry 5th Ed. Macmillan Publishing Co.: New York  (1985).

6.       Cotton, F.A. & Wilkinson, G. Basic Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley.

7.       Shriver, D.F. & Atkins, P.W. Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press.

8.       Svehla, G. Vogel’s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Pearson Education, 2012.

9.       Mendham, J. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson, 2009.


Course Objectives:

This course aims to get students acquainted with Classical Sanskrit Poetry. It intends to give an understanding of literature, through which students will be able to appreciate the development of Sanskrit Literature. The course also seeks to help students to negotiate texts independently.

Suggested Books/Readings:

1.  Raghuvaśam of Kālidāsa, ed. by C. R. Devadhar, MLBD, Delhi.

2.  Raghuvaśam of Kālidāsa, ed. by M. R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

3.  Raghuvaśam of Kālidāsa, ed. by Gopal Raghunath Nandargikar, MLBD, Delhi.

4.  Kumārasambhavam, ed. by M. R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

5.  Kirātārjunīyam of Bhāravi, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

6.  Nītiśatakam of Bharthari, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

7.  Mirashi, V. V.: Kālidāsa, Popular Publication, Mumbai.

8.  Keith, A.B.: History of Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

9.  Krishnamachariar, M.:  History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

10. Shastri, Gaurinath: A Concise History of Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

11. Winternitz, Maurice: Indian Literature (Vol. I-III), MLBD, Delhi

12.   Deva Goswami, Haramohan: Sanskrit Sahityar Buranji, Book Land,   Panbazar, Guwahati.

13.   Bhagavati, Kamakhya Charan: Sanskrit Sahityar Jilingoni,  Granthapith, Panbazar, Guwahati

14.   Sarma, Thaneswar: Sanskrit Sahityar Itivritta, Chandra Prakash,  Panbazar, Guwahati    

15.   Bhattacharyya, Biman Ch.: Sanskrit Sahityar Ruprekha, Calcutta.


Course Objectives:

This course aims to get students acquainted with the journey of Sanskrit literature from Vedic literature to Purāa. It also intends to give an outline of different shastric traditions, through which students will be able to know the different genres of Sanskrit Literature and Śāstras.

Suggested Books/Readings:

1.     Keith, A.B.: History of Sanskrit Literature, also Hindi translation, MLBD, Delhi.

2.     Krishnamachariar, M.: History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

3.   Shastri, Gaurinath: A Concise History of Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

 4.   Winternitz, Maurice: Indian Literature (Vol. I-III), also Hindi Translation, MLBD,  Delhi.

5.    Bose, Jogiraj: Vedar Parichay, Asom Prakasan Parishad, Guwahati.

6.    Sastri, Acharyya Manoranjan: Sahitya-Darsana, Chandra Prakash, Panbazar, Guwahati.

7.    Sarma, Tirtha Nath: Sahityavidya Parikrama, Bani Prakash Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati, 10th edn., 2008

8.    Sarmah, Mukunda Madhava: Sahitya Tattva aru Samalochana, Bani Prakash Pvt. Guwahati.

9.    Goswami, Trailokya Nath: Nandantattva: Prachya aru Prachatya, Bani Prakash Pvt. Ltd, Guwahati.

10.  Singh, Nag Sharan: An Introduction to Purāas, Delhi: Nag Publishers, 1st edn., 1985

11.  Sanyal, Jagadiswar: Guide to Indian Philosophy, Calcutta: Sribhumi Publishing Company, 1993

12.  Sinha, Jadunath: Outlines of Indian Philosophy, Delhi: Pilgrims Book Pvt. Ltd., 1999


Course Objectives:

This course aims to acquaint students with Classical Sanskrit Prose literature. Origin and development of prose, important prose romances and fables Sanskrit are also included here for students to get acquainted with the beginnings of Sanskrit Prose literature. The course also seeks to help students negotiate texts independently.

Suggested Books/Readings:

1.  Śukanāsopadeśa with Hindi com., ed. by Prahlad Kumar & Meharchand    Laksmandas, Delhi.

2.    Śukanāsopadeśa with Hindi com., ed. by Ramakanta Jha, Choukhamba Vidyabhavan, Varanasi.

3.    Visrutacaritam ed. by Surendradev Sastri, Sahityabhandar, Meerut.

4.    Viśrutacaritam ed. by Jagadish Chandra Sarma, Jagadish Sanskrit Pustakaya, Jayapur, 2016

5.    Keith, A. B.: History of Sanskrit Literature, also Hindi translation, MLBD, Delhi.

6.    Krishnamachariar, M.: History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

7.    Shastri, Gaurinath: A Concise History of Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi.

8.    Winternitz, Maurice: Ancient Indian Literature (Vol. I-III), MLBD, Delhi

9.    Sarma, Thaneswar: Sanskrit Sahityar Itibritta, Chandra Prakash,  Panbazar, Guwahati    

10. Bhagavati, Kamakhya Charan: Sanskrit Sahityar Jilingoni,  Granthapith, Panbazar, Guwahati


Course Objectives:

The objective of this course is to study the philosophy of self-management in the Gītā. The course seeks to help students negotiate the text independently without referring to the traditional commentaries so as to enable them to experience the richness of the text.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 

1.    Śrīmadbhagavadgītā - English commentary by Jayadayal Goyandka,   Tattvavivecinī, Gītā Press, Gorakhpur, 1997.

2.    Śrīmadbhagavadgītā - A Guide to Daily Living, English translation and notes by Pushpa Anand, Arpana Publications, 2000.

4.    Śrīmadbhagavadgītā - The Scripture of Mankind, text in Devanagari with transliteration in English and notes by Swami Tapasyananda, Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1984.

5.    Śrīmadbhagavadgītā Jathājath, trans. by Srimad Bhakticharu Swami, Bhaktivedanta book Trust, Kolkota.

6.    Radhanath Phukanar Rachanawali, Asom Prakashan Parishad.

7.    Chinmayananda: The Art of Man Making (114 short talks on the Bhagavadgītā), Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, Bombay, 1991.

8.    Panchamukhi, V. R.: Managing One-Self (Śrīmadbhagavadgītā : Theory and Practice), R.S. Panchamukhi Indological Research Centre, New Delhi & Amar Grantha Publications, Delhi, 2001.

9.    Sri Aurobindo: Essays on the Gītā, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, 1987.

10. Srinivasan, N. K.: Essence of Śrīmadbhagavadgītā : Health & Fitness 

(commentary on selected verses), Pustak Mahal, Delhi, 2006.      

11. Chaliha, Anjana: Gītā Anveshan, Grantha Sanskriti, Jorhat.


Course Objectives:

This course aims to acquaint students with three most famous dramas of Sanskrit literature which represent three stages in growth of Sanskrit drama.

Suggested Books / Readings:

1.    Svapnavāsavadattam: ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi

2.    Abhijñānaśakuntalam: ed. by C.R. Devadhar, MLBD, Delhi.

3.    Abhijñānaśakuntalam: ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

4.    Mudrārākasam: ed. by Nirupan Vidyalamkara, Sahitya Bhandar, Mareth.

5.    Mudrārākasam: ed. by Ramasankaram Tripathi, Varanasi.

6.    Mudrārākasam, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

7.    Winternitz, M.: A History of Classical Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, Delhi

8.    Sarma, Thaneswar: Sanskrit Sahityar Itivritta, Chandra Prakash,  Panbazar, Guwahati    

9.    Goswami, Haramohan: Sanskrit Sahityar Buranji Book Land,   Panbazar, Guwahati.


Course Objectives:

The study of Sāhityaśāstra (Sanskrit Poetics) embraces all poetic arts and includes concepts like alakāra, rasa, rīti, vakrokti, dhvani, aucitya etc. The entire domain of Sanskrit poetics has flourished with the topics such as definition of poetry and divisions, functions of word and meaning, theory of rasa and alakāra (figures of speech) and chandas (metre), etc. This develops capacity for creative writing and literary appreciation.

Recommended Books/Readings

1.  Sāhityadarpaa, ed. by Durgaprasad Dwivedi, M.   Lasmandas, New Delhi

2.    Sāhityadarpaa, ed. by Bimala Kanta Mukhupadhyaya,  Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

3.    Chandomanjari, ed. by Gurunath Bidyanidhi Bhattacharjee, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta 

4.    Chandomanjari, ed. by Dr. Naba K. Handique, Department of Assamese, Dibrugarh   

  University.  

5. Kāvyaprakāśa, ed. by Srinivas Shastri, Sahitya Bhandar, Meerut

6. Dwivedi, R.C.: The Poetic Light, Motilal Benarsidass, Delhi, 1967.

7. Kane P.V.: History of Sanskrit Poetics, Motilal Benarsidass, Delhi, 1971

8. Ray, Sharad Ranjan: Sāhityadarpaa of Viswanatha, (Ch I, VI & X) with Eng  Exposition, Delhi.

9. Sastri, Viswanarayan: Sāhitya-darpana (Assamese) Saraighat Prakasan, Guwahati-21.


Course Objectives:

Social institutions and Indian Polity have been highlighted in Dharmaśāstra literature. The aim of this course is to make the students acquainted with various aspects of social institutions and Indian polity as propounded in the ancient Sanskrit texts such as Sahitās, Mahābhārata, Purāa, Kauilya’s Arthaśāstra and other works known as Nītiśāstra.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1. Arthaśāstra of Kautilya, ed. by R. P. Kangale, Delhi, Motilal Benarsidas, 1965

2. Atharvaveda Sahitā, trans. by R.T.H. Griffith, Banaras

3. Mahābhārata (7 Vol), Eng trans. by H. P. Śāstri, London

4. Rāmāyaa of Valmiki, Eng trans. & ed. by H.P. Śāstri, London

5. gveda Sahitā (6 Vols,) Eng trans. by H.H. Wilson, Bangalore Printing & Publishing, Bangalore, 1946

6. Viṣṇu Purāam, Hindi trans. by Munilal Gupta, Gorakhpur: Gītā Press, Samvat 2065

7. Yājñavalkyasmti with Mitaksara commentary – Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi, 1967

8. Brihat Sahitā by Varahmihira, Hindi trans by Baladev Prasad Misra, Khemraj Srikrishnadas Prakashan, Mumbai

9. Satyagrahageeta by Pandita Ksamarao, Perish, 1932

10. Wilson, H.H.:     The Vishnu Purāa, Punthi Pustak, Calcutta, 1972.

11. Olivelle, P (ed.): Manu’s Code of Law, Oxford University Press, USA

12. Kane P.V.: Dharma Śāstra ka Itihas by (1-4 Parts) trans by Arjun Choube Kashyap, Hindi Samiti, Lakhnow, 1966

13. Altekar, A.S.: State and Government in Ancient India, MLBD, Delhi.

14. Altekar, A.S.: The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Delhi, 1965.

15. Bhandarkar, D.R.: Some Aspects of Ancient Indian Hindu Polity, Benaras Hindu University

16. Saletore, B.A.: Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions, Allahabad.


Course Objectives:

This course aims to acquaint the students with the epigraphical journey in Sanskrit, the only source which directly reflects the society, politics, geography and economy of the time. The course also seeks to help students to know the different styles of Sanskrit writings.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1.    Ojha, Gaurisankar Hirachand: Bharatiya Prachin Lipimala, Ajmer 1918

2.    Sircar, D. C.: Selected Inscriptions (Vol. I), Calcutta, 1965

3.    Pande, Rajbali: Bharatiya Puralipi, Lokabharati Prakashan, Allahabad,1974

4.    Bulhar, Gorge: Bharatiya Puralipi Śāstra, with Hindi trans. by Mangalnath Singh, MLBD, Delhi 1966

5.    Sircar, D.C.: Bharitiya Puralipividya, with Hindi trans. by Krishnadutta Bajpayei, Vidyanidhi Prakasan, Delhi, 1996.

6.    Satyamurty, K.: Text Book of Indian Epigraphy, Lower Price Publication Delhi, 1992

7.    Kamboj, Jiyalal: Utkirna-Lekha-Stabakam, Vidyanidhi Prakashan, Delhi

8.    Sarma, Mukunda Madhava (ed.): Inscription of Assam, Gauhati University, Guwahati-14

9.    Sarma, Dimbeswar (ed.): Kāmarupaśāsanāvali, Publication Board of Assam, Guwahati

10. Neog, Maheswar (ed): Prachyasasanavali, Publication Board of Assam, Guwahati

11. Das, Narayan: Biswalipir Bhumika, Bina Library, Guwahati

12. Goswami, Upendra Nath: Asomiya Lipi, Publication Board of Assam,    Guwahati

13. Kataki, Sarveswar: Prachin Asomiya Lipi, Banalata Prakashan, Guwahati

14. Bora, Mahendra: The Evolution of Assamese Script, Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat, Assam, 1981  

15. Pillai, Swami Kannu & K. S. Ramchandran: Indian Chronology (Solar,    Lunar and Planetary), Asian Educational Service, 2003


Course Objectives:

The purpose of this course is to expose students to the rich & profound tradition of Modern creative writing in Sanskrit, enriched by new genres of writing.

Recommended Books/Readings: 

1.    Prakāmakāmarūpam of Manoranjan Shastri, Assam Sanskrit Board, Guwahati.

2.    Sri Sri Sankaradeva Caritam of Dr. Maheswar Hajarika, S. H. Educational Trust, Tarun Nagar, Guwahati -5

3.    Avināśī of Biswanarayan Shastri, Manjushree Prakashan, Visvavani Parishad, Red Cross Road, Guwahati

4.    Ketakikāvyam of Manoranjan Shastri, Kitab Ghar, Nalbari

5.    Stutipraśastimañjari of Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sarma, LokaBhāsa Prachara Samiti, Shardhavali Puri-752002 , Orisa.

6.    Asamā Vānmañjarī of Dr. Dipak Kumar Sarma, New Bharatiya Book Corporation, New Delhi-110002  

7.     Joshi K.R. & Ayachuit, S.M.: Post Independence Sanskrit Literature, Nagpur, 1991.

8.    Prajapati, K. Manibhai: Post Independence Sanskrit Literature: A Critical Survey, Patna, 2005

9.    Sanskrit Studies in Assam (An article of Dr. Biswanarayan Shastri)

10. Goswami, Malini: Asamat Sanskrit Charchar Itihash, Asam Sahitya   Sabha, Jorhat, Assam

11. Tripathi RadhaVallabh: Sanskrit Sahitya Beesaveen Shatabdi, 1999, Delhi

12.  Musalgaonkar Kesava Rao: Adhunik Sanskrit Kāvya Parampara, 2004

13. Upadhyaya, Ramji: Adhunik Sanskrit Natak, Varanasi

14. Sukla, Hiralal: Adhunik Sanskrit Sahitya, Rachana Prakashan, Allahbad, 1971

15. Ruchi, Kulasrestha: Beesaveen Shatabdi ka Sanskritalaghukathasahitya, Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Delhi, 2008.

16. Bhargav, Dayananda: Adhunik Sanskrit Sahitya, Rajasthani Granthagar, Jodhapur, 1987.


Course Objectives:

The course is aimed to provide information to students about the spread & influence of Sanskrit literature and culture through the ages in various parts of the world in medieval & modern times.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 1.    Steiner, Rudolf: The Bhagavad Gītā and the West: The Esoteric Significance of the Bhagavad Gītā and its Relation to the Epistles of Paul, Anthroposophic press incorporated, 2009

2.    Banarji, Suresh Chandra: A Companion to Sanskrit Literature, MLBD,1971

3.    Kaith, A.B. : History of Sanskrit Literature, MLBD, 1993

4.    Influence of Bhagavad Gītā- wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

5.    James A. Hijiya: The Gītā of Robert Oppenheimer’ Proceeding of the American Philosophical Society, 144, No.2, Retrieved on 27 February 2011.

6.    Diwadi, Reva Prasad(ed.): Kalidas Granthavali,  BHU, Banaras, 1986

7.    Bharadwaj, Ramesh: Navajagaran evam Swatantata Andolan me Upanisodo ka Bhumika, Bidyanidhi, Delhi  

8.    Mahulikar, Dr. Gauri: Effect of Rāmāyaa on Various Cultures and Civilisation, Rāmāyaa Institute.

9.    Neria, Hebber H.: Influence of Upanisads in the West, Boloji.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-02

10. Tathagatananda, Swami: Journey of the Upanisads to the West, Advaita Ashram, Kolkata, 2005

11. Nath, Trailokya Mohan: Desh aru Bideshar Ramayani Sahityar Adhyayan, Pahi Prakash, Guwahati.

12. Sarma, Satyandra Nath: Rāmāyaar Itivritta, Bina Library, Guwahati.

13. Mukhapadhyaya, P. C.: Journey of the Upanisad to the West, Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd., Calcuuta, 1987


Course Objectives:

This course on Vedic literature aims to introduce various types of Vedic texts. Students will also be able to get some knowledge on Upaniadic Literature.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1.    Vedic Selection (Part. I & II) by U.C. Bandopadhyaya, Bidhan sarani, Calcutta, 2001

2.    New Vedic Selection (Part-I & II) by Telang & Choubey, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, Varanasi 5th edit., 1997

3.    Vedic Path Samkalan by Santi Bandopadhyaya published by Sadesh, Calcutta.

4.    Hymns from the gveda by Peter Peterson, revised by R. D. Karmakar, Bombay Sanskrit Series No. XXXVI.

5.    Upanishad Aakhanda Samshkaran published by Haraf Prakashan, Culcutta.

6.    Laxman, Panshikar Vasudev (ed.): One Hundred and Eight Upaniads, Nirnaya Sagar, Bombay.

7.     Īśopaniad withkarabhāya, Gītā Press, Gorakhpur.

8.     Eight Upaniads with the Commentary of Sankaracharya (Vol. I & II) trans by Swami Gambhirananda, Advaita Ashrama (Publication Dept.) Kolkata 700014

9.     Īśādidaśopaniada with Sakara Commentary, Motilal Banarsidas Delhi,1989

10. Macdonell, A. A.: A Vedic Reader for Students, Motilal Benarasidass, Delhi

11. Sarmah, Thaneswar: Riksuktartha Sancayana (Assamese), Chandra Prakash, Guwahati

12. Basu, Jogiraj: Vedar Parichaya (Assamese) Assam Publication Board, Guwahati

13. Bandopadhyaya, Santi: Vaidic Sahityer Ruprekha, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

14. Sarma, S. N.: A History of Vedic Literature, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi

15. Sarmah, Tirthanath: Upanisad Ashtak (Assamese) Assam Publication Board, Guwahati.


Course Objective:

This course aims to acquaint students with General Sanskrit Grammar and Prākt Grammar.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1.    Siddhāntakaumudi of Bhattoji Dikshit with Bālamanorama Part-I, edited by S.C. Shastri, Parimal Publication, Delhi

2.    Laghusiddhantakaumudi of Varadaraja, ed. by Sridharanandasastri, MLBD, Delhi, 1977

3.    Laghusiddhantakaumudi of Varadaraja, ed. by Pt. Gomati Prasad Misra, Chowkhamba Surbharati Prakashan, Varanasi, 2004

4.    Kale, M. R.: A Higher Sanskrit Grammar, MLBD, Delhi

5.    Vidyasagar, Iswar Chandra: Samagra Vyākaraa Kaumudī, Sahitya Kutir, Calcutta.

6.    Bhattacharya, Harichandra: Sanskrit Vyakaran Prova, Baruah Agency, Guwahati.

7.    The Prakrit Prakash of Vararuchi by Dr. Satya Ranjan Benarjee, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Culcutta

8.    Woolner, A.C.: Introduction to Prakrit, MLBD, Delhi

9.    Thakur, Nagen: Pali, Prakrit Apavramsa Bhāsa aru Sahitya, K.M. Publishing House, Guwahati.

10. Goswami, Satyandra Narayan: Prakrit Sahitya, Bani Prakash, Guwahati-1

11. Whitney, William Dwight: Sanskrit Grammar, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Pvt. Ltd, Delhi


Course Objective:

This paper aims at teaching composition and other related information based on Sanskrit Grammar.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 1.    Siddhanta Kaumudi of Bhattoji Dikshit with Balmonorama Part-I, ed. by S.C. Shastri, Parimal Publication, Delhi.

 2.    Vaiyakaranasiddhantakaumudi Part-I, ed. by Ramchandra Jha, Chowkhamba Krishnadas Academy,Varanasi

 3.    Kale, M.R.: A Higher Sanskrit Grammar, Motilal Banarasidas, Delhi

 4.    Apte, V. S.: The Students Guide to Sanskrit Composition, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series, Varanasi.

 5.    Vidyasagar, Iswar Chandra: Samagra Vyākaraa Kaumudī, Sahitya Kutir, Calcutta.

 6.    Nautial, Chakradhar: Brihad Anubad Chandrika, MLBD, Delhi.

 7.    Tripathi, Ramakanta: Nabin Anuvad Chandrika, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi.

8.    Dwevedi, Kapil Deva: Sanskrit Nibandha Satakam, University Publication, Varanasi.

9.    Bhattacharya, Harichandra: Sanskrit Vyākaraa Prabhā  (Assamese)

 10. Sarma, Dr. Rajendra Nath: Sanskrit Vyākaraa Surabhi, M. L. Publisher, Rajgarh, Guwahati.


Course Objectives:

This course aims to get the students acquainted with the cardinal principles of the Nyāya-Vaiśeika philosophy through the Tarkasagraha and to enable students to handle philosophical texts in Sanskrit. It also intends to give them an understanding of essential aspects of Indian Philosophy.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1.    Tarkasamgraha of Annambhatta (with Dipika & Nyayabodhini), ed. & trans by Athalye & Bodas, Mumbai, 1930

 2.    Tarkasamgraha of Annambhatta (with Dipika) ed. & trans. by Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Parimal Publication, Delhi-7, 2013.

 3.    khyakārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa with Gauapāda com., ed. by Dhundhiraj Shastri, Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series office, 9th edit. 1994

 4.    khyakārikā of Īśvarakṛṣṇa with Gauapāda com., trans. by Dr. T. G. Mainkar, Oriental Book Agency, 550 Narayan, Poona-30, 2nd edn., 1972

5.    Chatterjee, S.C. & Dutta, D.M.: Introduction to Indian Philosophy, Calcutta University, Calcutta, 1968

6.    Chatterjee, S.C.: The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge, Calcutta,1968

 7.    Hiriyanna, M.: Outline of Indian Philosophy,  London,1965

 8.    Radhakrishnan, S.: Indian Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Delhi 1990.

 9.    Bhattacharya, Chandrodaya: The Elements of Indian Logic and Epistemology, Modern Book Agency, Calcutta, 1963

 

10. Maitra, S. K.: Fundamental Questions of Indian Metaphysics & Logic  

 

11. Bhattacharya, Jyotsna: Bharatiya Darsana (Assamese), Nilgiri Publication, Guwahati

 

12.  Baruah,  Girish:  Bharatiya Darsanat Ebhumuki (Assamese), Bhagavati Prakashan, Golaghat

 

13.  Pujari, Bandana: Bharatiya Darsanat Ebhumuki (Assamese), Jyoti Prakashan, Guwahati


Course Objectives:

The acting is connected with the practical aspect of the play and depends on actor while script writing is closely related with society and this paper aims at teaching the theoretical aspect of this art. The training of composition and presentation of drama can further enhance one’s natural talent. This paper deals with the rules of presentation of play (acting) and dramatic composition (script writing) and aims at sharpening the dramatic talent of the students.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1. Ghosh, M. M.: Natyaśāstra of Bharatamuni.

2. Dasarupaka translated into assamese by Naba kumar Handique

3. Natyaśāstra trans.by Sudha Rastogi,Krisnadas Academy,Baranas

4. Natyaśāstra of Bharatamuni, Vol-I edited by M. M. Ghosh, Manisha Granthalaya,

   Calcutta, 1967

 

2.    The Dasarupaka-A treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy by George C. O. Hass; Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1962

 

3.    Indian Theatre: Traditions of performance, Vol-I edited by P. Richmond Farly; MLBD, Delhi 2007

 

4.    Sahityadarpana edited and translated by Prof. Bimala Kanta Mukhupadhya; Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta-700006.

 

5.    Sahityadarpana of Viswanath Kaviraja edited by Durgaprasad Dwivedi; M.Lasmandas, New Delhi.

 

6.    Bharatar Natya Shastra (Part-I) edited by Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sarma; Axom Natya Xanmilon,2006

 

7.    Dasharupakam (Assamese) by Dr. Nava Kumar Handique published by Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat-785001, 1998

 

8.    Paramparagata Prachya Natyavinaya by Dr. Satyandranath Sarma; Bina Library, Guwahati


Course Objectives:

The objectives of this course to learn Sanskrit meter for analysis and lyrical techniques. Students will get the complete information regarding selected Vedic and Classical meters with lyrical techniques.

Suggested Books/ Readings:

1.    Pingalacchandahsutra, by Asoke Chatterjee Sastri.

2.    Brown, Charles Philip (1869), Sanskrit Prosody and Numerical Symbols Explained. London: Trubner & Co.

3.    Chandomanjari, edited by Dr.  N. Handique, Published by Assamese Dept., Dibrugarh University.

4.    Chandomanjari, edited by Srimad Gurunath Bidyanidhi Bhattacharyee, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

5.    Rgveda-pratisakhyam, edited by Dr. Birendra Kumar Varma, Chawkhamba Sanskrit Pratisthan, Delhi.


Course Objectives:

This course aims to acquaint the students with Sanskrit drama and poetry.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1. Goswami, Haramohan Deva: Sanskrit Sahityar Buranji, Book Land, Panbazar, Guwahati.     

2. Bhagavati, Kamakhya Charan: Sanskrit Sahityar Jilingoni, Granthapith, Panbazar,     

     Guwahati.    

3. Sarma, Dr. Thaneswar: Sanskrit Sahityar Itivritta, Chandra Prakash, Panbazar,  

    Guwahati.    

           4. Bhattacharyya, Biman Ch: Sanskrit Sahityar Ruprekha, Calcutta.

          5. Abhijñānaśakuntalam, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

             6. Abhijñānaśakuntalam, ed. by Ramendramohan Bose, Modern Book Agency, Kolkata

           7. Mcchakatikam of Sudraka, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi

           8. Mcchakatikam, ed. by Dr. Jaysankar Tripathi, Sanskrit Hindi translation,

     Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series, Delhi      

           9. Meghadūtam, ed. by M.R. Kale, MLBD, Delhi.

           10. Bhatt, G.K. (ed.): Sanskrit Drama, by Karnataka University Press, Dharwar.



Course Objectives:       

This is an elementary course in Sanskrit language designed for students who wish to learn Sanskrit from the very beginning. Essential Sanskrit grammar will be introduced (without reference to Panini’s sutras) through the multiple example method with emphasis on students constructing themselves sentences.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1. Sarma, Dr. Rajendra Nath: Sanskrit Vyakaran Surabhi, M. L. Publisher, Rajgarh, Guwahati.

2. Chakravarti, Dr. Satyanarayan: Sanskrit Sabda Śāstra, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

3. Sarma, Dr. Rajendra Nath: Sanskrit Vyakaran aru Rachana, Chandra Prakash, Guwahati.
4. Radhanath Phukon Rachanawali, Asom Prakashan Parishad.
5. Baruah, Tarun: Srimadbhagavad Gītā, Borkataki Company Pvt. Ltd, Jorhat.
6. Bhattacharyya, Dr. Harichandra: Sanskrit Vyakaran Probha, Barua Agency, Ghy
7. Whitney, William Dwight: Sanskrit Grammar, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Pvt. Ltd, Delhi.
8. SrimadbhagavadGītā Yathayath, by Srimad Bhakticharu Swami, Bhaktivedanta book Trust, Kolkota.

Course Objectives:

This course aims to acquaint the students with ancient Indian Culture, Dharmaśāstras and ancient Indian Polity.

Suggested Books/Readings:

1. Basu, Jogiraj: Vedar Paricay, Assam Publication Board, Bamunimaidam, Guwahati.

2. Sarmah, S.N.: A History of Vedic Literature, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi

3. Cultural Heritage of India, Ramkrishna Mission, Calcutta.

4. Goswami, Pankaj: Pracin Bharatar Vijnan aru Prajuktividya by Kaustubh Prakasan, Dibrugarh

5. Manusmti, ed. by Haragovinda Shastri, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series, Varanasi.

6. Manusahitā (Assamese), ed. by Kiran Sarma, Chandra Prakash, Panbazar, Ghy.

7. Kautiliya Arthaśāstra, ed. by Rajanikanta Devasarma, Axom Prakasan Parisad, Ghy.

8. Kautiliyam Arthaśāstram, ed. by Dr. Manabendu Bandyopadhyaya Sastri, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Kolkota

9. Joshi, Kireet: The Veda and Indian Culture, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Delhi


Course Objective:

This course aims to get students acquainted with the Bhakti Literature & Modern Sanskrit Poem and also Sanskrit Poetics.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 1.    Mohamudgarah, ed. by Dr. Rajendra Nath Sarma, Kitab Ghar, Nalbari

 2.    Asamā Vānmañjarī’ by Dr. Dipak Kumar Sarma, New Bharatiya Book Corporation, New Delhi-110002

 3.    Stutipraśastimañjari by Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sarma, Lokabhasa Prachara Samiti, Shardhavali Puri-752002,Orisa

 4.    Shastri, Manoranjan: Sahityadarsana, Chandra Prakash, Panbazar Guwahati-1

 5.    Sarma, Tirtha Natha: Sahitya Vidya Parikrama, Bina Library, Guwahati

 6.    Sarma, Dr. Mukunda Madhava: Dhvani Aru Rasatattva, Bani Prakash Pvt. Ltd. Panbazar, Guwahati-1

 7.    Goswami, Trailokya Nath: Nandantattva Prachya aru Prachyatya, Bani Prakash Pvt. Ltd. Panbazar, Guwahati-1


Course Objectives:বাংলা   ভাষাতত্ত্ব এবং প্রাচীন ও মধ্যযুগের  সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস সম্পর্কে সাধারণ জ্ঞান লাভের জন্য এই পত্রটি প্রস্তুত  করা হয়েছে     

সহায়ক গ্রন্থ:

বাংলা সাহিত্যের সম্পূর্ণ ইতিবৃত্ত- ° অসিত কুমার বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

বাংলা সাহিত্যের রূপরেখা(প্রথম খণ্ড)প্রাচীন ও মধ্যযুগ-গোপাল হালদার

বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিকথা(প্রথম পর্যায়)-ভূদেব চৌধুরী

বাংলা ভাষাতত্ত্বের ভূমিকা-সুনীতিকুমার চট্টোপাধ্যায়

ভাষার ইতিবৃত্ত-শ্রী সুকুমার সেন

বাংলা ভাষা পরিক্রমা-শ্রীপরেশচন্দ্র মজুমদার     



 Course Objectives: বাংলা আধুনিক কবিতা( মধুসূদন দত্ত ও জীবনানন্দ দাশের নির্বাচিত কবিতা) এবং ছন্দ ও   অলঙ্কার সম্পর্কে অবহিত হওয়ার জন্য এই পত্রটি প্রস্তুত করা হয়েছে

 

সহায়ক গ্রন্থ:

১। মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত- জীবন ও সাহিত্য-সুরেশ চন্দ্র মৈত্র                 

২।মাইকেল সমীক্ষা-শ্রীদেবপ্রসাদ ভট্টাচার্য

চতুর্দশপদী কবিতাবলী-দেবপ্রসাদ ভট্টাচার্য

মধুসূদনের কবি-আত্মা ও কাব্যশিল্প- ° ক্ষেত্র গুপ্ত

মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্তের জীবনচরিত-যোগীন্দ্রনাথ বসু প্রণীত অধ্যাপক     

 সুখময় মুখোপাধ্যায় সম্পাদিত

কবিতার কারুকার্য ও জীবনানন্দ দাশ-মঞ্জুভাষ মিত্র

একটি নক্ষত্র আসে-অম্বুজ বসু                                                                           

এই সময় ও জীবনানন্দ-সম্পাদনা শঙ্খ ঘোষ 

জীবনানন্দ:জীবন আর সৃষ্টি-সুব্রত রুদ্র সম্পাদিত

১০অলঙ্কার চন্দ্রিকা-শ্রীশ্যামাপদ চক্রবর্তী

১১ছন্দ মীমাংসা ও অলঙ্কার সমীক্ষা-শ্রী পরেশ চন্দ্র ভট্টাচার্য

১২বাংলা ছন্দের মূলসূত্র-শ্রী অমূল্যধন মুখোপাধ্যায়

১৩ছন্দ পরিক্রমা-শ্রী প্রবোধচন্দ্র সেন                                                           


 Course Objectives:  রবীন্দ্রনাথের নাটক এবং মাণিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় ও তারাশঙ্কর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের উপন্যাস সম্পর্কে অবহিত হওযার জন্য এই পত্রটি প্রস্তুত করা হয়েছে

সহায়ক গ্রন্থ:

বাংলা নাট্যসাহিত্যের ইতিহাস- ড° আশুতোষ ভট্টাচার্য

রবীন্দ্রনাট্য প্রবাহ-প্রমথনাথ বিশী

রবীন্দ্রনাট্য পরিক্রমা-উপেন্দ্রনাথ ভট্টাচার্য

রবীন্দ্রনাথের তত্ত্ব নাটক-শ্রী কনক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

বঙ্গসাহিত্যে উপন্যাসের ধারা- শ্রীকুমার বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

বাংলা উপন্যাসের কালান্তর- সরোজ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস(আধুনিক যুগ)- ড° অসিত কুমার বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

মাণিক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের সমাজ জিজ্ঞাসা-ড° নিতাই বসু

তারাশঙ্করের শিল্পিমানস-° নিতাই বসু       


Course Objectives: আধুনিক যুগের বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস এবং একাঙ্ক নাটক ও ছোটগল্প সম্পর্কে  সাধারণ জ্ঞান লাভের জন্য এই পত্রটি প্রস্তুত করা হয়েছে 

সহায়ক গ্রন্থ:

বাংলা নাট্যসাহিত্যের ইতিহাস-ড° আশুতোষ ভট্টাচার্য

বাংলা নাটকের ইতিহাস-ড° অজিত কুমার ঘোষ

বাংলা একাঙ্ক নাট্যসংগ্রহ-ড° অজিত কুমার ঘোষ

একাঙ্ক নাটক প্রয়োগ ও বিচার-তপন ঘোষাল

নাটমঞ্চ নাট্যরূপ- পবিত্র সরকার

বাংলা নাটকে আধুনিকতা ও গণচেতনা-ড° দীপক চন্দ্র

বাংলা নাটকের বিবর্তন-সুরেশ মৈত্র

বাংলা ছোটগল্প রীতি,প্রকরণ ও নিবিড় পাঠ-ড° ইন্দ্রাণী চক্রবর্তী

বাংলা সাহিত্যের ছোটগল্প ও গল্পকার-ড° ভূদেব চৌধুরী

১০বাংলা ছোটগল্প পর্যালোচনা বিশ-শতক-শ্রাবণী পাল সম্পাদিত

১১বাংলা ছোটগল্পে প্রতিবাদী চেতনা-ড°  বিজিত ঘোষ

১২।কালের পুত্তলিকা-বাংলা ছোটগল্পের একশ বিশ বছর ১৮৯১-২০১০-অরুণকুমার মুখোপাধ্যায়

১৩ বাংলা সাহিত্যের সম্পূর্ণ ইতিবৃত্ত -ড° অসিত কুমার বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

১৪।বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিবৃত্ত (পঞ্চম-দশম খণ্ড)-ড° অসিত কুমার বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়  

১৫আধুনিক বাংলা সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস- ক্ষেত্র গুপ্ত                 



Course Objectives:      

This course aims to get the students acquainted with theories of art of living inherent in Sanskrit literature and apply them to live better life. Essential Sanskrit grammar will be introduced (without reference to Panini’s sutras) through the multiple example method with emphasis on students constructing themselves sentences.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 1.    ‘Yoga’ by Vivekananda Prakasan Vibhag, Guwahati, Fourth edition 2008

 2.    Patanjali’s Yogasutra translated by Swami Prabhavawanda and Christopher Isherwood, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

 3.    Bharatiya Darsan by Jyotsna  Bhattacharya

 4.    Bharatiya Darsan by Girish Baruah

 5.    Sadadarsan: Prabandha Panchadasi edited by Sambhu Nath Chakrabarti published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta-6.

 6.    Sanskrit Vyakaran Surabhi, ed. Dr. Rajendra Nath Sarma,  M.L. Publisher, Rajgarh Guwahati.

 7.    Sanskrit SabdaŚāstra, ed. Dr. Satyanarayan Chakravarti,  Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

8.    Sanskrit Grammar, William Dwight Whitney (ed), Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, Pvt. Ltd, Delhi.


Course Objectives:

Being audio-visual, drama is considered to be the best among all forms of arts. The history theater in India is very old, the glimpses of which can be traced in the hymns   (Samvādasūkta) of the gveda. The dramaturgy was later developed by the Bharatamuni. The objectives of this curriculum are to identify the beauty of drama and to introduce classical aspects of development of Indian theater among the students. 

Recommended books/Readings:

1.    Natyaśāstra of Bharatamuni, Vol-I edited by M. M. Ghosh, Manisha Granthalaya, Calcutta,1967.

2.    The Dasarupaka-A treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy by George C. O. Hass, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1962

3.    Indian Theatre: Traditions of performance, Vol-I edited by P. Richmond Farly; MLBD, Delhi 2007

4.    Sahityadarpana edited and translated by Prof. Bimala Kanta Mukhupadhya, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta-700006.

5.    Sahityadarpana of Viswanath Kaviraja, edited by Durgaprasad Dwivedi, M.Lasmandas, New Delhi.

6.    Bharatar Natya Shastra (Part-I) edited by Dr. Mukunda Madhava Sarma, Axom Natya Xanmilon,2006

7.    Dasharupakam (Assamese) by Dr. Nava Kumar Handique, published by Asam Sahitya Sabha, Jorhat-785001, 1998

8.    Paramparagata Prachya Natyavinaya by Dr. Satyandranath Sarma; Bina Library, Guwahati


Course Objective:

To acquaint the students with Sanskrit Kāvya: Poetry and Drama.

Recommended Books/Readings:

1.    The Gīta-Govinda of  Jayadeva with the commentaries Rasikapriya of King Kumbha & Rasamanjari of Mahamahopadhyaya Sankara Misra, Tuharam Javaji, Bombay, 1899.

 2.    The Gīta-Govinda, ed. with English trans. by Barbara Stoller Miller, MLBD, Delhi.

 3.    Gīta-Govinda with Saravati commentary of Sukladhaja, ed. with Assamese trans. by Satyendranath Sarma and Dr. Suresh Bora, Koras Publication, Guwahati, 1981.

 4.    Meghadūtam, ed. by M.R. Kale, Motilal Banarasidas, Delhi

 5.    Meghadūta O Saudamini by Dr. Satyanarayan Chakravarti, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

 6.    Kalidasa: A Critical Study by Amal Dhari Singh, Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan, Delhi.  First Edition 1976.

 7.    Kalidasar Sahitya by Kesada Mahanta, Banalata, Dibrugarh

 8.    Bhasar Natak Samagra by Dr. Thaneswar Sarma, Chandra Prakash, Guwahati

 9.    Meghadutam trans. by Dr. Thaneswar Sarma, Chandra Prakash, Panbazar, Guwahati-1.

 10. Madhyma-Vyayoga by Bhasa, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi

 11. Madhymavyayoga with ‘Jyotshna’ Sanskrit-Hindi Commentary, ed. by Dr. Sudhakar Malaviya.


Course Objective:

This course aims to get students acquainted to linguistics and Sanskrit linguistics.

Recommended Books/Readings:

 

1.    Language by Leonard Bloomfield.

2.    General Linguistic: As Introductory Survey by R.H. Robins

3.    Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jesperson

4.    Elements of the Science of Language by Taraporewala, Calcutta University Press, Calcutta. 1962  

5.    Introduction to Comparative Philology  by P.D. Gune, Chawkhamba Sanskrit Pratisthan, Delhi, 2005

6.    Bhasavijnan(Assamese) by Dr. Upendra Nath Goswami, published by Moni Manik Prakash, Guwahati

7.    Bhasavijnan Upakramanika (Assamese) by Dr. Arpana Knowar, published by Banalata Dibrugarh

8.    Bhasavijnan O Sanskrit Bhasa by Ratna Basu, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

9.    Tulanamulak Bhasatatva O Sanskrit by Dr. Bijaya Goswami ,published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

10.  Sanskrit Bhasatatva by Satya Ranjan Benarajee, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta

11.  A Handbook of Sanskrit Philology by Satya Ranjan Banarjee, published by Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, Calcutta.

12.  Sanskrit Language by T. Burrow (also trans. Into Hindi by Bholasankar Vyas), Chawkhamba Vidyabhavan, Varanasi, 1991

13.  Linguistic Introduction to Sanskrit by B. K. Ghosh, Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar Calcutta,1977

14.  A Students’ Handbook of Comparative Philology by T.K. Ramachandra Aiyar, R.S. Vidhyar & Sons, Kalpathi:Palghat-003

15.  Sanskrit O Prakrit Bhasar Kramavikash  by Paresh Chandra Majumdar , published by Dey’s Publishing, Calcutta-73


Course Objective: This course acquaints students with the constitutional design of states structures and institutions, and their actual working over time. The Indian Constitution accommodates conflicting impulses (of liberty and justice, territorial decentralization and a strong union, for instance) within itself. The course traces the embodiment of some of these conflicts in constitutional provisions, and shows how these have played out in political practice.

It further encourages a study of state institutions in their mutual interaction, and in interaction with the larger extra-constitutional environment.

READING LIST

·         G. Austin, (2010) ‘The Constituent Assembly: Microcosm in Action’, in The IndianConstitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New Delhi: Oxford University  Press, 15th print, pp.1 25.

·         R. Bhargava, (2008) ‘Introduction: Outline of a Political Theory of the Indian Constitution’, in R. Bhargava (ed.) Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-40.

·         D. Basu, (2012) Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi: Lexis  Nexis.

·         S. Chaube, (2009) The Making and Working of the Indian Constitution, Delhi: National Book Trust.

·         G. Austin, (2000) ‘The Social Revolution and the First Amendment’, in Working  a DemocraticConstitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 69-98.A. Sibal, (2010) ‘From Niti to Nyaya,’ Seminar, Issue 615, pp 28-34.

·         The Constitution of India: Bare Act with Short Notes, (2011) New Delhi: Universal, pp. 4-16.


 

 

·         B. Shankar and V. Rodrigues, (2011) ‘The Changing Conception of Representation: Issues, Concerns and Institutions’, in The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 105-173.V.

·         Hewitt and S. Rai, (2010) ‘Parliament’, in P. Mehta and N. Jayal (eds.) The OxfordCompanion to Politics in India, New Delhi: Ox.Univ. Press, pp. 28-42.

·         J. Manor, (2005) ‘The Presidency’, in D. Kapur and P. Mehta P. (eds.) Public Institutions in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.105-127.J.

·         Manor, (1994) ‘The Prime Minister and the President’, in B. Dua and J. Manor (eds.) Nehru to the Nineties: The Changing Office of the Prime Minister in India, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, pp. 20-47.

·         H. Khare, (2003) ‘Prime Minister and the Parliament: Redefining Accountability in the Age of Coalition Government’, in A. Mehra and G. Kueck (eds.) The  Indian Parliament: AComparative Perspective, New Delhi: Konark, pp. 350-368.

·         U. Baxi,  (2010)  ‘The  Judiciary  as a  Resource for Indian Democracy’, Seminar,

Issue 615, pp. 61-67.

·         R. Ramachandran, (2006) ‘The Supreme Court and the Basic Structure Doctrine’ in B. Kirpalet.al (eds.) Supreme but not Infallible: Essays in Honour of the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 107-133.

·         L. Rudolph and S. Rudolph, (2008) ‘Judicial Review Versus Parliamentary Sovereignty’, in Explaining Indian Institutions: A Fifty Year Perspective, 1956- 2006: Volume 2: The Realm of Institutions: State Formation and Institutional Change. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 183-210.14

·         M. Singh, and R. Saxena (eds.), (2011) ‘Towards Greater Federalization,’ in Indian Politics: Constitutional Foundations and Institutional Functioning, Delhi: PHI Learning Private Ltd., pp. 166-195.

·         V. Marwah, (1995) ‘Use and Abuse of Emergency Powers: The Indian Experience’, in B. Arora and D. Verney (eds.) Multiple Identities in a Single State: Indian Federalism in a Comparative Perspective, Delhi:  pp. 136-159.

·         B. Sharma, (2010) ‘The 1990s: Great Expectations’; ‘The 2000s: Disillusionment Unfathomable’, in Unbroken History of Broken Promises: Indian State and Tribal People, Delhi: Freedom Press and Sahyog Pustak Kuteer, pp. 64-91.

·         R. Dhavan and R. Saxena, (2006) ‘The Republic of India’, in K. Roy, C. Saunders and J. Kincaid (eds.) A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume 3, Montreal: Queen’s University Press, pp. 166-197.

·         R. Manchanda, (2009) The No Nonsense Guide to Minority Rights in South   Asia,

Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 105-109.

·         P. deSouza, (2002) ‘Decentralization and Local Government: The Second Wind of Democracy in India’, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.) India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices and Controversies, New Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 370-404.

·         M. John, (2007) ‘Women in Power? Gender, Caste and Politics of Local Urban Governance’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42(39), pp. 3986-3993.

·         Raghunandan, J. R (2012) Decentralization and local governments: The Indian Experience, Orient Black Swan, New Delhi

·         Baviskar, B.S and George Mathew (eds) 2009 Inclusion and Exclusion in local governance: Field Studies from rural India, New Delhi, Sage

·         Paul, Nayak and Sarmah, Bharatar Rajanaitik Byabastha, Arun Prakashan, Guwahati.



Course Objective: This course is divided into five units. The units introduce the students to the idea of political theory, its history and approaches, and an assessment of its critical and contemporary trends. Further the last two units tend to reconcile political theory and practice through reflections on the ideas and practices related to State, Citizenship and Democracy.

Reading List:

 

·         Bhargava, R. (2008) ‘What is Political Theory’, in Bhargava, R and Acharya,    A.

(eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 2-16.

·         Bellamy, R. (1993) ‘Introduction: The Demise and Rise of Political Theory’, in Bellamy, R.(ed.) Theories and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-14.

·         Glaser, D. (1995) ‘Normative Theory’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 21-40.

·         Sanders, D. (1995) ‘Behavioral Analysis’, in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds.)

Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 58-75.

·         Chapman,  J.  (1995)  ‘The  Feminist  Perspective’,  in  Marsh,  D.  and  Stoker, G.

(eds.) Theory and Methods in Political Science. London: Macmillan, pp. 94-114.

·         Bharghava,  R,  ‘Why  Do  We  Need  Political  Theory’,  in  Bhargava,  R.     and

Acharya, A. (eds.)

·         Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 17-36.

·         Bannett, J. (2004) ‘Postmodern Approach to Political Theory’, in Kukathas, Ch. and Gaus,

·         G. F. (eds.) Handbook of Political Theory. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 46-54.

·         Vincent, A. (2004) The Nature of Political Theory. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp.19-80.

·         Srinivasan,  J.  (2008)  ‘Democracy’,  in  Bhargava,  R.  and  Acharya,  A.    (eds.)

Political Theory:An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 106-128.

·         Owen, D. (2003) ‘Democracy’, in Bellamy, R. and Mason, A. (eds.) Political Concepts.Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, pp. 105-117.

·         Christiano, Th. (2008) ‘Democracy’, in Mckinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, NewYork: Oxford University Press, pp. 80-96.


 

·         Arblaster, A. (1994) Democracy. (2nd Edition). Buckingham: O. U. Press.

·         Roy, A. ‘Citizenship’, in Bhargava, R. and Acharya, A. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman, pp. 130-146.

·         Brighouse, H. (2008) ‘Citizenship’, in Mckinnon, C. (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 241-258.

·         Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies: An Introduction, P. Macmillan, 2012

·         Gauba, O.P., An Introduction to Political Theory, MacMillan India, Delhi, 2007

·         Dutta, A. R., Political Theory: Issues and Debates, Arun Prakashan, Ghy. 2011

·         Paul and Nayak, Rajanaitik Twatwa, Arun Prakashan, Guwahati



Course objective: Actual politics in India diverges quite significantly from constitutional legal rules. An understanding of the political process thus calls for a different mode of analysis - that offered by political sociology. This course maps the working of ‘modern’ institutions, premised on the existence of an individuated society, in a context marked by communitarian solidarities, and their mutual transformation thereby. It also familiarizes students with the working of the Indian state, paying attention to the contradictory dynamics of modern state power.

READING LIST

·         R. Kothari, (2002) ‘The Congress System’, in Z. Hasan (ed.) Parties and Party Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 39-55.

·         E. Sridharan, (2012) ‘Introduction: Theorizing Democratic Consolidation, Parties and Coalitions’, in Coalition Politics and Democratic Consolidation in Asia, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         Y. Yadav and S. Palshikar, (2006) ‘Party System and Electoral Politics in the

Indian States, 1952-2002: From Hegemony to Convergence’, in P. deSouza and

E. Sridharan (eds.) India’s Political Parties, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 73-115.

·         Y. Yadav, (2000) ‘Understanding the Second Democratic Upsurge’, in F. Frankel,

Z. Hasan, and R. Bhargava (eds.) Transforming India: Social and Political Dynamics in Democracy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 120-145.

·         C. Jaffrelot, (2008) ‘Why Should We Vote? The Indian Middle Class and the Functioning of World’s Largest Democracy’, in Religion, Caste and Politics in India, Delhi: Primus, pp. 604- 619.

·         R. Deshpande, (2004) ‘How Gendered was Women’s Participation in Elections 2004?’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, No. 51, pp. 5431-5436.

·         S. Kumar, (2009) ‘Religious Practices Among Indian Hindus,’ Japanese Journal of Political Science, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 313-332.

·         M. Chadda, (2010) ‘Integration through Internal Reorganisation’, in S. Baruah (ed.) Ethnonationalism in India: A Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 379-402.

·         P. Brass, (1999) ‘Crisis of National Unity: Punjab, the Northeast and Kashmir’, in The Politics of India Since Independence, New Delhi:  Cambridge  University Press and Foundation Books, pp.192-227.

·         T. Pantham, (2004) ‘Understanding Indian Secularism: Learning from its Recent Critics’, in R. Vora and S. Palshikar (eds.) Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 235-256.

·         N. Menon and A. Nigam, (2007) ‘Politics of Hindutva and the Minorities’, in Power and Contestation: India since 1989, London: Fernwood Publishing, Halifax and Zed Books, pp.36-60.

·         N. Chandhoke, (2010) ‘Secularism’, in P. Mehta and N. Jayal (eds.) The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 333- 346.

·         R. Kothari, (1970) ‘Introduction’, in Caste in Indian Politics, Delhi: Orient Longman, pp.3-25.

·         M. Weiner, (2001) ‘The Struggle for Equality: Caste in Indian Politics’, in Atul Kohli (ed.) The Success of India’s Democracy, New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. 193-225.

·         G. Omvedt, (2002) ‘Ambedkar and After: The Dalit Movement in India’, in G. Shah (ed.) Social Movements and the State, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 293-309.


 

 

·         M. Galanter, (2002) ‘The Long Half-Life of Reservations’, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.) India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices, Controversies, New Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 306-318.

·         C. Jaffrelot, (2005) ‘The Politics of the OBCs’, in Seminar, Issue 549, pp. 41-45.

·         M. John, (2011) ‘The Politics of Quotas and the Women’s Reservation Bill in India’, in M. Tsujimura and J. Steele (eds.) Gender Equality in Asia, Japan: Tohoku University Press, pp. 169-195.

·         S. Palshikar, (2008) ‘The Indian State: Constitution and Beyond’, in R. Bhargava (ed.) Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 143-163.

·         R. Deshpande, (2005) ‘State and Democracy in India: Strategies of Accommodation and Manipulation’, Occasional Paper, Series III, No. 4, Special Assistance Programme, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Pune.

·         M.  Mohanty,  (1989)  ‘Duality  of  the  State  Process  in  India:  A   Hypothesis’,

Bhartiya Samajik Chintan, Vol. XII (1-2)

·         T. Byres, (1994) ‘Introduction: Development Planning and the Interventionist State Versus Liberalization and the Neo-Liberal State: India, 1989-1996’, in T. Byres (ed.) The State, Development Planning and Liberalization in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp.1-35.

·         A. Verma, (2007) ‘Police Agencies and Coercive Power’, in S. Ganguly, L. Diamond and M. Plattner (eds.) The State of India’s Democracy, Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, pp. 130-139.

·         Paul and Nayak, Rajanaitik Twatwa, Arun Prakashan, Guwahati.


This course is divided into five units. The Course helps the student familiarize with the basic normative concepts of political theory. Each concept is related to a crucial political issue that requires analysis with the aid of our conceptual understanding. This exercise is designed to encourage critical and reflective analysis and interpretation of social practices through the relevant conceptual toolkit. Further this course introduces the students to the important debates in the subject. These debates prompt us to consider that there is no settled way of understanding concepts and that in the light of new insights and challenges, besides newer ways of perceiving and interpreting the world around us, we inaugurate new modes of political debates.

Reading List:

 

·         Mckinnon, Catriona (ed.) Issues in Political Theory, New York: Oxford University Press

·         Knowles, Dudley. (2001) Political Philosophy. London: Routledge

·         Swift, Adam. (2001)    Political Philosophy: A Beginners Guide for Student’s and

Politicians. Cambridge: Polity Press

·         Carter, Ian. (2003) ‘Liberty’, in Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew (eds.).

Political Concepts. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 4-15.

·         Bhargava, Rajeev and Acharya, Ashok. (eds.) Political Theory: An Introduction. New Delhi: Pearson Longman Bedau, Hugo Adam. (2003) ‘Capital Punishment’, in LaFollette, Hugh (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 705-733

·         Bellamy, Richard and Mason, Andrew (eds.). Political Concepts. Manchester: Manchester University Press

·         Andrew Heywood, Political Ideologies: An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

·         Gauba, O.P., An Introduction to Political Theory, MacMillan India Ltd, Delhi, 2007

·         Dutta, Akhil Ranjan, Political Theory: Issues and Debates, Arun Prakashan, Guwahati, 2011

·         Bellamy Richard.(ed.) Theories and Concepts of Politics. New York: Manchester University Press Amoah, Jewel. (2007) ‘The World on Her Shoulders: The Rights of the Girl-Child in the Context of Culture & Identity’, in Essex Human Rights Review, 4(2), pp. 1-23.

·         Paul and Nayak, Rajanaitik Twatwa, Arun Prakashan, Guwahati.

 

Working Group on the Girl Child (2007), A Girl’s Right to Live: Female Foeticide and

Girl Infanticide, available on http://www.crin.org/docs/Girl’s infanticide CSW 2007


Course Objective: This paper seeks to equip students with the basic intellectual tools for understanding International Relations. It introduces students to some of the most important theoretical approaches for studying international relations. The course begins by historically contextualizing the evolution of the international state system before discussing the agency structure problem through the levels-of-analysis approach. After having set the parameters of the debate, students are introduced to different theories in International Relations. It provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the major political developments and events starting from the twentieth century. Students are expected to learn about the key milestones in world history and equip them with the tools to understand and analyze the same from different perspectives. A key objective of  the course is to make students aware of the implicit Euro-centricism of International Relations by highlighting certain specific perspectives from the Global South.


Essential Readings:

·         M. Nicholson, (2002) International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New  York: Palgrave,pp. 1-4.

·         R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, (2007) Introduction to International Relations: Theories andApproches, 3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 2-7

·         S. Joshua. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: PearsonLongman, 2007, pp. 29-35

·         C.   Brown   and   K.   Ainley,   (2009)   Understanding   International  Relations,

Basingstoke: Palgrave,pp. 1-16.

·         K. Mingst and  J.  Snyder,  (2011)  Essential  Readings in International Relations,

New York:W.W. Nortan and Company, pp. 1-15.

·         M. Smith and R. Little, (eds) (2000) Introduction, in Perspectives on World Politics, NewYork: Routledge, 2000, 1991, pp. 1-17.

·         J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds), (2008) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction toInternational Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-6.

·         R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2008) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp.2-32.

·         RumkiBasu, (ed)(2012) International Politics: Concepts, Theories and Issues New Delhi,Sage.

·         R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2012) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp.33-68.

·         K. Mingst, (2011) Essentials of International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan andCompany, pp. 16-63.

·         P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security,Economy, Identity, Pearson Education, pp. 40-85.

·         J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens, (2008) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introductionto International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-89.

·         R. Mansbach and K. Taylor, (2008) Introduction to Global Politics, New York: Routledge, pp.70-135.


 

 

·         J Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 50-69.

·         E. Hobsbawm, (1995) Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991, Vikings.

·         S. Lawson, (2003) International Relations, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 21-60.

·         J. Singer, (1961) The International System: Theoretical Essays, World    Politics,

Vol. 14(1), pp.77-92.

·         B. Buzan, (1995) The Level of Analysis Problem in International Relations Reconsidered,inK. Booth and S. Smith, (eds), International Relations Theory Today, Pennsylvania: ThePennsylvania State University Press, pp. 198-216.

·         K. Mingst, (2011) Essentials of International Relations, New York: W.W. Nortan andCompany, pp. 93-178.

·         J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 35-49.

·         K. Waltz, (1959) Man, The State and War, Columbia: Columbia University Press.

·         E. Carr, (1981) The Twenty Years Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study ofInternational Relations, London: Macmillan, pp. 63-94.

·         H. Morgenthau, (2007) Six Principles of Political Realism, in R. Art and R. Jervis,

International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 7-14.

·         T. Dunne and B. Scmidt, (2008) Realism, in J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds), The Globalization ofWorld Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 90-107.

·         K. Waltz, (2007) The Anarchic Structure of World Politics, in R. Art and R. Jervis,International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 29- 49.

·         M. Nicholson, (2002) International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New  York: Palgrave,pp. 6-7.

·         H. Bull, (2000) The Balance of Power and International Order, in M. Smith   and

R. Little(eds), Perspectives on World Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 115- 124.

·         T. Dunne, (2008) Liberalism, in J. Baylis and S. Smith (eds.), The Globalization of WorldPolitics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp.108-123.

·         R. Keohane and J. Nye, (2000) Transgovernmental Relations and the InternationalOrganization, in M. Smith and R. Little (eds.), Perspectives on World Politics, New York:Routledge, pp. 229-241.

·         J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 127-137.

·         R. Jackson and G. Sorensen, (2007) Introduction to International Relations: Theories andApproaches, 3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 97- 128.

·         I. Wallerstein, (2000) The Rise and Future Demise of World Capitalist System: Concepts forComparative Analysis, in Michael Smith and Richard Little (eds), Perspectives on WorldPolitics, New York: Routledge, pp. 305-317.

·         S. Hobden and R. Jones, (2008) Marxist Theories of International Relationsin J. Baylis andS. Smith (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to


 

 

International Relations,New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 142-149; 155- 158.

·         J. Galtung, (2000) A Structural Theory of Imperialism, in M. Smith and R.  Little, (eds),Perspectives on World Politics, New York: Routledge, pp. 292-304.

·         A. Frank, (1966) The Development of UnderdevelopmentMonthly Review, pp. 17-30.

·         P. Viotti and M. Kauppi (2007), International Relations and WorldPolitics: Security, Economy, Identity, Pearson Education, pp. 40-85.

·         Modern History Sourcebook: Summary of Wallerstein on World System Theory, Available athttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Wallerstein.asp, Accessed: 19.04.2013

·         J. Tickner, (2007) A Critique of Morgenthaus Principles of Political Realism, in

R.  Art and R.Jervis, International Politics, 8th Edition, New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 15-28.

·         F. Halliday, (1994) Rethinking International Relations, London: Macmillan, pp. 147-166.

·         M. Nicholson, International Relations: A Concise Introduction, New York: Palgrave, 2002, pp.120-122.

·         J. Goldstein and J. Pevehouse, (2007) International Relations, New York: Pearson Longman,pp. 138-148.

·         S. Smith and P. Owens, (2008) Alternative Approaches to International Theory’  in J. Baylisand S. Smith (eds), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to InternationalRelations, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 181-184.

·         A. Acharya and B. Buzan, (2007) Why Is There No Non- Western IR Theory: Reflections onand From Asia, International Relations Of The Asia- Pacific, Vol 7(3), pp. 285-286.

·         T. Kayaoglu, (2010) 'Westphalian Eurocentrism in I R Theory', in International StudiesReview, Vol. 12(2), pp. 193-217.

·         O. Weaver and A. Tickner, (2009) Introduction: Geocultural Epistemologies,   in

A. Ticknerand O. Waever (eds), International Relations: Scholarship Around The World, London:Routledge, pp. 1-31.

·         R. Kanth (ed), (2009) The Challenge of Eurocentris: Global Perspectives,Policy& Prospects,New York: Palgrave-McMillan.

·         S. Amin, (2010) Eurocentrism: Modernity, Religion & Democracy, New York: Monthly ReviewPress.

·         Hobsbawm, E. (1995) Age of Extreme: The Short Twentieth Century, 19141991. London:Abacus, pp. 22-35.

·         Carr, E.H. (2004) International Relations between the Two World Wars: 1919- 1939. NewYork: Palgrave, pp. 197-231 and 258-278.

·         Taylor, A.J.P. (1961) The Origins of the Second World War. Harmondsworth: Penguin, pp.29-65.

·         Carrtuthers, S.L. (2005) International History, 1900-1945in Baylis, J. and  Smith, S. (eds.)(2008)The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn.Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 76-84.

·         Calvocoressi, P. (2001) World Politics: 19452000. Essex: Pearson, pp. 3-91.


 

 

·         Baylis, J. and Smith, S. (eds.) (2008) The Globalization of World Politics. An Introduction to International Relations. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 93-101.

·         Brezeznski, Z. (2005) Choice: Global Dominance or Global Leadership. New York: BasicBooks, pp. 85-127.34

·         Gill, S. (2005) Contradictions of US Supremacyin Panitch, L. and Leys, C.  (eds.) SocialistRegister: The Empire Reloaded. London: Merlin Press. 2004, London, Merlin Press and NewYork, Monthly Review Press. Socialist Register, pp.24-47.

·         Therborn, G. (2006) Poles and Triangles: US Power and Triangles of Americas, Asia andEuropein Hadiz, V.R. (ed.) Empire and Neo Liberalism in Asia. London: Routledge, pp.23-37.


Objective: The course provides an introduction to the discipline of public administration. This paper encompasses public administration in its historical context with an emphasis on the various classical and contemporary administrative theories. The course also explores some of the recent trends, including feminism and ecological conservation and how the call for greater democratization is restructuring public administration. The course will also attempt to provide the students a comprehensive understanding on contemporary administrative developments.

READINGS

 

·         Nicholas Henry, Public Administration and Public Affairs, Prentice Hall, 1999

·         D. Rosenbloom, R. Kravchuk. and R. Clerkin, (2009) Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics and Law in Public Sector, 7th edition, New Delhi: McGraw Hill, pp. 1-40

·         W. Wilson, (2004) ‘The Study of Administration’, in B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya (eds), Administrative Change and Innovation: a Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 85-101

·         M. Bhattacharya, (2008) New Horizons of Public Administration, 5th Revised Edition. New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, pp. 37-44.

·         G. Alhson, (1997) ‘Public and Private Management’, in Shafritz, J. and Hyde, A. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 4th Edition. Forth Worth: Hartcourt Brace, TX, pp. 510-529.

·         N. Henry,Public Administration and Public Affairs, 12th edition. New Jersey: Pearson,2013

·         M.Bhattacharya,Restructuring Public Administration: A New Look, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2012

·         P.Dunleavy and C.Hood, “From Old Public Administration to New Public Management”, Public Money and Management, Vol. XIV No-3, 1994

·         M. Bhattacharya, New Horizons of Public Administration, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2011

·         Basu, Rumki, Public Administration : Concepts and Theories Sterling Publishers, New Delhi 2014

·         D. Gvishiani, Organisation and Management, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972

·         F. Taylor, ‘Scientific Management’, in J. Shafritz, and A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004

·         P. Mouzelis, ‘The Ideal Type of Bureaucracy’ in B. Chakrabarty, And M. Bhattacharya, (eds), Public Administration: A Reader, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,2003

·         D. Ravindra Prasad, Y. Pardhasaradhi, V. S. Prasad and P. Satyrnarayana, [eds.], Administrative Thinkers, Sterling Publishers, 2010

·         E. J. Ferreira, A. W. Erasmus and D. Groenewald , Administrative Management, Juta Academics, 2010

·         M. Weber,‘Bureaucracy’, in C. Mills, and H. Gerth, From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1946

·         Warren. G.Bennis, Beyond Bureaucracy, Mc Graw Hill, 1973

·         D. Gvishiani, Organisation and Management, Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1972

·         B. Miner, ‘Elton Mayo and Hawthrone’, in Organisational Behaviour 3: Historical Origins and the Future. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006

·         S. Maheshwari, Administrative Thinkers, New Delhi: Macmillan, 2009

·         Fredrickson and Smith, ‘Decision Theory’, in The Public Administration Theory Primer. Cambridge: Westview Press, 2003

·         R. Arora, ‘Riggs’ Administrative Ecology’ in B. Chakrabarty and M.  Bhattacharya (eds), Public Administration: A reader, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2003


 

 

·         A. Singh, Public Administration: Roots and Wings. New Delhi: Galgotia Publishing Company, 2002

·         F. Riggs, Administration in Developing Countries: The Theory of Prismatic Society. Boston: Houghton Miffin,1964

·         Peter Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Harper Collins,1999

·         Peter F. Drucker , The Practice of Management, Harper Collins, 2006

·         T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall, pp. 1-44

·         The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy ,OUP,2006

·         Xun Wu, M.Ramesh, Michael Howlett and Scott Fritzen ,The Public Policy Primer: Managing The Policy Process, Rutledge, 2010

·         Mary Jo Hatch and Ann .L. Cunliffe Organisation Theory : Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives, Oxford University Press,2006

·         Michael Howlett, Designing Public Policies : Principles And Instruments, Rutledge, 2011 The Oxford Handbook Of Public Policy, Oxford University Press, 2006

·         Prabir Kumar De, Public Policy and Systems, Pearson Education, 2012

·         R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar, Public Policy Making In India, Pearson,2009

·         Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [Eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies And Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004

·         M. Bhattacharya, ‘Chapter 2 and 4’, in Social Theory, Development Administration and Development Ethics, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2006

·         F. Riggs,The Ecology of Public Administration, Part 3, New Delhi: Asia Publishing House, 1961

·         M. Bhattacharya, Public Administration: Issues and Perspectives, New Delhi: Jawahar Publishers, 2012

·         H. Frederickson, ‘Toward a New Public Administration’, in J. Shafritz, & A. Hyde, (eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004

·         U. Medury, Public administration in the Globalization Era, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2010

·         A. Gray, and B. Jenkins, ‘From Public Administration to Public Management’   in

E. Otenyo and N. Lind, (eds.) Comparative Public Administration: The Essential Readings: Oxford University Press, 1997

·         C. Hood, ‘A Public Management for All Seasons’, in J. Shafritz, & A. Hyde,

(eds.) Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition, Belmont: Wadsworth, 2004

·         R.B.Denhart & J.V.Denhart [Arizona State University] “ The New Public Service: Serving Rather Than Steering”, in Public Administration Review ,Volume 60, No-6,November- December 2000

·         A.  Leftwich,  ‘Governance  in  the  State  and  the  Politics  of  Development’,  in

Development and Change. Vol. 25,1994

·         M. Bhattacharya, ‘Contextualizing Governance and Development’ in B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya, (eds.) The Governance Discourse. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,1998

·         B. Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The India Experience. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007

·         U. Medury, Public administration in the Globalisation Era, New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2010


 

 

·         Camila Stivers, Gender Images In Public Administration, California : Sage Publishers,2002

·         Radha Kumar, The History of Doing, New Delhi: Kali For Women, 1998

·         Sylvia Walby, Theorising Patriarchy, Oxford, Basil Blackwell.1997

·         Amy. S. Wharton, The Sociology Of Gender, West Sussex : Blackwell-Wiley Publishers,2012

·         Nivedita Menon [ed.], Gender and Politics, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999

·         Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, London: Picador, 1988

·         Alison Jaggar, Feminist Politics And Human Nature, Brighton: Harvester Press,1983

·         Maxine Molyneux and Shahra Razavi , Gender, Justice, Development and  Rights

,Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002



Course objective: This is a foundational course in comparative politics. The purpose is  to familiarize students with the basic concepts and approaches to the study of  comparative politics. More specifically the course will focus on examining politics in a historical framework while engaging with various themes of comparative analysis in developed and developing countries.

Readings:

·         J. Kopstein, and M. Lichbach, (eds), (2005) Comparative Politics: Interests, Identities, and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.1-5; 16- 36; 253-290.

·         M. Mohanty, (1975) ‘Comparative Political Theory and Third World Sensitivity’, in Teaching Politics, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 22-38

·         A. Roy, (2001) ‘Comparative Method and Strategies of Comparison’, in Punjab Journal of Politics. Vol. xxv (2), pp. 1-15.

·         J. Blondel, (1996) ‘Then and Now: Comparative Politics’, in Political Studies. Vol. 47 (1), pp.152-160.

·         N. Chandhoke, (1996) ‘Limits of Comparative Political Analysis ‘, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 31 (4), January 27, pp.PE 2-PE2-PE8

·         R. Suresh, (2010) Economy & Society -Evolution of Capitalism, New Delhi, Sage Publications, pp. 151-188; 235-268.

·         G. Ritzer, (2002) ‘Globalization and Related Process I: Imperialism, Colonialism, Development, Westernization, Easternization’, in Globalization: A Basic Text. London: Wiley- Blackwell, pp. 63-84.

·         M. Dobb, (1950) ‘Capitalism’, in Studies in the Development of Capitalism. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, pp. 1-32.

·         E. Wood, (2002) ‘The Agrarian origin of Capitalism’, in Origin of Capitalism: A Long View. London: Verso, pp. 91-95; 166-181.

·         A. Hoogvelt, (2002) ‘History of Capitalism Expansion’, in Globalization and Third World Politics. London: Palgrave, pp. 14-28.

·         A. Brown, (2009) ‘The Idea of Communism’,  in  Rise and Fall of    Communism,

Harpercollins (ebook), pp. 1-25; 587-601.

·         J. McCormick, (2007) ‘Communist and Post-Communist States’, in Comparative Politics in Transition, United Kingdom: Wadsworth, pp. 195-209

·         R. Meek, (1957) ‘The Definition of Socialism: A Comment’, The Economic Journal. 67 (265), pp. 135-139.

·         P. Duara, (2004) ‘Introduction: The Decolonization of Asia and Africa in the Twentieth Century’, in P. Duara, (ed), Decolonization: Perspective From Now  and Then. London: Routledge, pp. 1-18.

·         J. Chiryankandath, (2008) ‘Colonialism and Post-Colonial Development’, in P. Burnell, et. al,Politics in the Developing World. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 31-52.

·         M. Mohanty, (1999) ‘Colonialism and Discourse in India and China’, Available at

http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_40033.html http, Accessed: 24.03.2011.

·         L. Barrington et. al (2010) Comparative Politics - Structures & Choices, Boston, Wadsworth, pp. 212-13; 71-76; 84-89.

·         M. Grant, (2009) ‘United Kingdom Parliamentary System’ in The UK Parliament.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 24-43

·         J. McCormick, (2007) Comparative Politics in Transition, UK: Wadsworth, pp. 260-270 (China)

·         M. Kesselman, J. Krieger and William (2010), Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, UK: Wadsworth. pp. 47-70 (Britain); 364- 388 (Nigeria); 625-648 (China); 415-440 (Brazil).

·         Charles Herman Prichett (1977), The American Constitution. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Ellen Frankel Paul and Howard Dickman (ed.) Liberty, Property,   and


 

 

the Foundations of the American Constitution. New York: State University of New York Press.

·         Mark Tushnet et al. (2015), The Oxford Handbook of the US Constitution, New York: OUP.

·         P. Rutland, (2007) ‘Britain’, in J. Kopstein and M. Lichbach. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Interest, Identities and Institutions in a Changing Global Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 39-79.



Course objective: This course introduces students to the key debates on the meaning and nature of globalization by addressing its political, economic, social, cultural and technological dimensions. In keeping with the most important debates within the globalization discourse, it imparts an understanding of the working of the world economy, its anchors and resistances offered by global social movements while analyzing the changing nature of relationship between the state and trans-national actors and networks. The course also offers insights into key contemporary global issues such as the proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological issues, international terrorism, and human security before concluding with a debate on the phenomenon of global governance.

READING LIST

·         G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 33- 62.

·         M. Strager, (2009) Globalization: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford University Press,pp. 1-16.

·         R. Keohane and J. Nye Jr, (2000) Globalization: Whats New? Whats Not? (And So What?),in Foreign Policy, No 118, pp. 104-119.

·         A. McGrew, (2011) Globalization and Global Politics, in J. Baylis, S. Smith   and

P. Owens(eds.) Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, New York:Oxford University Press, pp. 14-31.

·         A. Heywood, (2011) Global Politics, New York: Palgrave-McMillan, pp. 1-24.

·         W. Ellwood, (2005) The No-nonsense Guide to Globalization, Jaipur: NI-Rawat Publications,pp. 12-23.

·         R. Keohane, (2000) Sovereignty in International Society, in D. Held and A. McGrew (eds.)The Global Trans-Formations Reader, Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 109-123.

·         K. Shimko, (2005) International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies, New York:Houghton Mifflin, pp. 195-219.

·         T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice, pp. 130-140 (IMF), 208-218(WTO).

·         R. Picciotto, (2003) A New World Bank for a New Century, in C. Roe Goddard  et al.,International Political: State-Market Relations in a Changing Global Order, Boulder: LynneReinner, pp. 341-351.

·         A. Narlikar, (2005) The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction,

New York:Oxford University Press, pp. 22-98.

·         J. Goldstein, (2006) International Relations, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 392-405 (MNC).P. Hirst, G. Thompson and S. Bromley, (2009) Globalization in Question, Cambridge: PolityPress, pp. 68-100 (MNC).

·         G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 180- 190.

·         F. Lechner and J. Boli (ed.), (2004) The Globalization Reader, London: Blackwell, pp. 236-239(WTO).

·         D. Held et al, (1999) Global  Transformations: Politics, Economics and    Culture,

California:Stanford University Press, pp. 242-282 (MNC).

·         T. Cohn, (2009) Global Political Economy, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 250-323 (MNC).

·         M. Steger, (2009) Globalization: A Contested Concept, in Globalization: A Very ShortIntroduction, London: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-16.

·         A. Appadurai, (2000) Grassroots Globalization and the Research Imagination,  in

PublicCulture, Vol. 12(1), pp. 1-19.

·         J. Beynon and D. Dunkerley, (eds.), (2012) Globalisation: The Reader,  New Delhi: RawatPublications, pp. 1-19.

·         A. Vanaik, (ed.), (2004) Globalization and South Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives, NewDelhi: Manohar Publications, pp. 171-191, 192-213, 301-317, 335-357.


 

 

·         G. Ritzer, (2010) Globalization: A Basic Text, Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 487- 504

·         R. OBrien et al., (2000) Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutionsand Global Social Movements, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-23.

·         J. Fisher, (1998) Non-Governments: NGOs and Political Development in the Third World,Connecticut: Kumarian Press, pp. 1- 37 (NGO).

·         G. Laxter and S. Halperin (eds.), (2003) Global Civil Society and Its Limits, New York:Palgrave, pp. 1-21.

·         N. Carter, (2007) The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, pp. 13-81.

·         P. Bidwai, (2011) Durban: Road to Nowhere, in Economic and Political   Weekly,

Vol.46, No.53, December, pp. 10-12.

·         K.Shimko, (2005) International Relations Perspectives and Controversies, New York:Hughton-Mifflin, pp. 317-339.

·         D. Howlett, (2011) Nuclear Proliferation, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 384-397.P. Viotti and M. Kauppi, (2007) International Relations and World Politics: Security, Economyand Identity, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 238-272.

·         A. Vanaik, (2007) Masks of Empire, New Delhi: Tulika, pp. 103-128.

·         S. Castles, (2012) Global Migration, in B. Chimni and S. Mallavarapu (eds.) InternationalRelations: Perspectives For the Global South, New Delhi: Pearson, pp. 272-285.

·         A. Acharya, (2011) Human Security, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.)

Globalizationof World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 480-493.

·         S. Tadjbakhsh and A. Chenoy, (2007) Human Security, London: Routledge, pp. 13-19; 123-127; 236-243.

·         A. Acharya, (2001) Human Security: East versus West, in International  Journal,

Vol. 56, no.3, pp. 442-460.

·         J. Rosenau, (1992) Governance, Order, and Change in World Politics, in J. Rosenau, and E.Czempiel (eds.) Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics,Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-29.

·         A. Kumar and D. Messner (eds), (2010) Power Shifts and Global Governance: Challengesfrom South and North, London: Anthem Press.

·         P. Dicken, (2007) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, NewYork: The Guilford Press.

·         J. Close, (2001) The Global Shift: A quantum leap in human evolution, Available athttp://www.stir-global-shift.com/page22.php, Accessed: 19.04.2013.



Objective: The paper seeks to provide an introduction to the interface between public policy and administration in India. The essence of public policy lies in its effectiveness in translating the governing philosophy into programs and policies and making it a part of the community living. It deals with issues of decentralization, financial management, citizens and administration and social welfare from a non-western perspective.

READINGS:


·         T. Dye, (1984) Understanding Public Policy, 5th Edition. U.S.A: Prentice Hall

·         R.B. Denhardt and J.V. Denhardt, (2009) Public Administration, New Delhi: Brooks/Cole

·         J. Anderson, (1975) Public Policy Making. New York: Thomas Nelson and sons Ltd.

·         M. Howlett, M. Ramesh, and A. Perl, (2009), Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policysubsystems, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press

·         T. Dye, (2002) Understanding Public Policy, New Delhi: Pearson

·         Y. Dror, (1989) Public Policy Making Reexamined. Oxford: Transaction Publication

·         Satyajit Singh and Pradeep K. Sharma [eds.] Decentralisation: Institutions And Politics InRural India, OUP,2007

·         D. A. Rondinelli and S.Cheema, Decentralisation and Development, Beverly Hills: SagePublishers, 1983

·         N.G.Jayal, Democracy and The State: Welfare, Secular and Development in ContemporaryIndia, Oxford : Oxford University Press,1999

·         Bidyut Chakrabarty, Reinventing Public Administration: The Indian Experience, OrientLongman,2007

·         Noorjahan Bava, Development Policies and Administration in India, Delhi: Uppal Publishers,2001

·         Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba, The Civic Culture, Boston: Little Brown,  1965

·         M.P.Lester, Political Participation- How and Why do People Get Involved in Politics Chicago: McNally, 1965

·         Erik-Lane, J. (2005) Public Administration and Public Management: The Principal AgentPerspective. New York: Routledge

·         Henry, N.(1999) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey:Prentice Hall

·         Caiden,  N.(2004)  ‘  Public  Budgeting  Amidst  Uncertainity  and  Instability’, in

Shafritz, J.M. &

·         Hyde, A.C. (eds.) Classics of Public Administration. Belmont: Wadsworth

·         R. Putnam , Making Democracy Work , Princeton University Press, 1993

·         Jenkins, R. and Goetz, A.M. (1999) ‘Accounts and Accountability: Theoretical Implications ofthe Right to Information Movement in India’, in Third World Quarterly. June

·         Sharma, P.K. & Devasher, M. (2007) ‘Right to Information in India’ in Singh, S. and Sharma,P. (eds.) Decentralization: Institutions and Politics in Rural India. New Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press

·         Vasu Deva, E-Governance In India: A Reality, Commonwealth Publishers, 2005

·         World Development Report, World Bank, Oxford University Press, 1992.

·         M.J.Moon, The Evolution of Electronic Government Among Municipalities: Rheoteric orReality, American Society For Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Vol 62,Issue 4, July –August 2002

·         Pankaj Sharma, E-Governance: The New Age Governance, APH Publishers, 2004

·         Pippa Norris, Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet inDemocratic Societies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

·         Stephan Goldsmith and William D. Eggers, Governing By Network: The New Shape of thePublic Sector, Brookings Institution [Washington], 2004


 

 

·         United Nation Development Programme, Reconceptualising Governance, New York, 1997

·         Mukhopadyay, A. (2005) ‘Social Audit’, in Seminar. No.551.

·         Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India, Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1995

·         J.Dreze and Amartya Sen, Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives, Oxford:Clareland Press, 1997

·         Reetika Khera- Rural Poverty And Public Distribution System, EPW, Vol- XLVIII, No.45-46, Nov,2013

·         Pradeep Chaturvedi [ed.], Women And Food Security: Role Of Panchayats, ConceptPublishers, 1997

·         National Food Security Mission: nfsm.gov.in/Guidelines/XIIPlan/NFSMXII.pdf

·         Jugal Kishore, National Health Programs of India: National Policies and Legislations, CenturyPublications, 2005

·         K. Lee and Mills, The Economic Of Health In Developing Countries, Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress, 1983

·         K. Vijaya Kumar, Right to Education Act 2009: Its Implementation as to Social Developmentin India, Delhi: Akansha Publishers, 2012.

·         Marma Mukhopadhyay and Madhu Parhar(ed.) Education in India: Dynamics ofDevelopment, Delhi: Shipra Publications, 2007

·         Nalini Juneja, Primary Education for All in the City of Mumbai: The Challenge Set By LocalActors', International Institute For Educational Planning, UNESCO: Paris, 2001

·         Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [eds.] Good Governance, Democratic Societies andGlobalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004

·         Basu Rumki (2015) Public Administration in India Mandates, Performance and FuturePerspectives, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers

·         www.un.org/millenniumgoals

·         http://www.cefsindia.org

·         www.righttofoodindia.org



Course objective: In this course students will be trained in the application of comparative methods to the study of politics. The course is comparative in both what we study and how we study. In the process the course aims to introduce undergraduate students to some of the range of issues, literature, and methods that cover comparative political.

READING LIST

·         M. Pennington, (2009) Theory, Institutional and Comparative Politics, in J. Bara andPennington. (eds.) Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic System. Sage Publications,New Delhi, pp. 13-40.

·         M. Howard, (2009) Culture in Comparative Political Analysis, in M. Lichback and A.Zuckerman, pp. 134- S. (eds.) Comparative Political: Rationality, Culture, and Structure.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

·         B. Rosamond, (2005) Political Culture, in B. Axford, et al. Politics, London: Routledge, pp.57-81.

·         P. Hall, Taylor and C. Rosemary, (1996) Political Science and the Three NewInstitutionalism, Political Studies. XLIV, pp. 936-957.

·         L. Rakner, and R. Vicky, (2011) Institutional Perspectives, in P. Burnell, et .al. (eds.) Politicalin the Developing World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 53- 70.

·         A. Heywood, (2002) Representation, Electoral and Voting, in Politics. New York: Palgrave,pp. 223-245.

·         A.  Evans,  (2009)  Elections  Systems,  in  J.  Bara  and  M.  Pennington,   (eds.)

Comparativepolitics. New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 93-119.

·         R. Moser, and S. Ethan, (2004) Mixed Electoral Systems and Electoral System Effects:Controlled Comparison and Cross-national Analysis, in Electoral Studies. 23, pp. 575-599.

·         A. Cole, (2011) Comparative Political Parties: Systems and Organizations, in J. Ishiyama, andM. Breuning, (eds) 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Book. Los Angeles: SagePublications, pp. 150-158.

·         A. Heywood, (2002) Parties and Party System, in Politics. New York : Palgrave, pp. 247-268.

·         B. Criddle, (2003) Parties and Party System, in R. Axtmann, (ed.)  Understanding DemocraticPolitics: An Introduction. London: Sage Publications, pp. 134-142.

·         W. OConner, (1994) A Nation is a Nation, is a Sate, is a Ethnic Group, is a …’, in J.Hutchinson and A. Smith, (eds.) Nationalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 36-46.

·         K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) The Development of the Modern State , in Foundations ofComparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, pp. 13-33.

·         A. Heywood, (2002), The State, in Politics. New York: Palgrave, pp. 85-102


 

 

·         T. Landman, (2003) Transition to Democracy, in Issues and Methods of ComparativeMethods: An Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 185-215.

·         K. Newton, and J. Deth, (2010) Democratic Change and Persistence, in Foundations ofComparative Politics: Democracies of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, pp. 53-67.

·         J. Haynes, (1999) State and Society, in The Democratization. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 20-38;39-63.

·         B. Smith, (2003) Democratization in the Third World, in Understanding Third World Politics:Theories of Political Change and Development. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.250-274.

·         M. Burgess, (2006) Comparative Federalism: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, pp.135-161.

·         R. Watts, (2008) Introduction, in Comparing Federal Systems. Montreal and Kingston:McGill Queens University Press, pp. 1-27

·         R. Saxena, (2011) Introduction, in Saxena, R (eds.) Varieties of Federal Governance: MajorContemporary Models. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, pp. xii-x1.



Course objective: This courses objective is to teach students the domestic sources and the structural constraints on the genesis, evolution and practice of Indias foreign policy. The endeavor is to highlight integral linkages between the domesticand the international ‘aspects of Indias foreign policy by stressing on the shifts in its domestic identity and the corresponding changes at the international level. Students will be instructed on Indias shifting identity as a postcolonial state to the contemporary dynamics of India attempting to carve its identity as an aspiring power. Indias evolving relations with the superpowers during the Cold War and after, bargaining strategy and positioning in international climate change negotiations, international economic governance, international terrorism and the United Nations facilitate an understanding of the changing positions and development of India’s role as a global player since independence.

READING LIST

·         S. Ganguly and M. Pardesi, (2009) Explaining Sixty Years of Indias Foreign Policy, in IndiaReview, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 419.

·         Ch. Ogden, (2011) International Aspirationsof a Rising Power, in David Scott (ed.),Handbook of Indias International Relations, London: Routeledge, pp.3-31

·         W. Anderson, (2011) Domestic Roots of Indian Foreign Policy, in W. Anderson, Trysts withDemocracy: Political Practice in South Asia, Anthem Press:  University Publishing Online.

·         J. Bandhopadhyaya, (1970) The Making Of India's Foreign Policy, New Delhi: AlliedPublishers.

·         S. Mehrotra, (1990) Indo-Soviet Economic Relations: Geopolitical and Ideological Factors,inIndia and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer, Cambridge University Press:Cambridge, pp. 8-28.

·         R. Hathaway, (2003) The US-India Courtship: From Clinton to Bush, in S. Ganguly (ed.),India as an Emerging Power, Frank Cass: Portland.

·         A. Singh, (1995) India's Relations with Russia and Central Asia, in International Affairs, Vol.71 (1): 69-81.

·         M. Zafar, (1984), Chapter 1, in India and the Superpowers: India's Political Relations withthe Superpowers in the 1970s, Dhaka, University Press.

·         H. Pant, (2008) The U.S.-India Entente: From Estrangement to Engagement,   in

H. Pant,Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy: India Negotiates Its Rise in theInternational System, Palgrave Macmillan: London.

·         D. Mistry, (2006) Diplomacy, Domestic Politics, and the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement, inAsian Survey, Vol. 46 (5), pp. 675-698.

·         H. Pant, (2011) Indias Relations with China, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of IndiasInternational Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 233-242.

·         A. Tellis and S. Mirski, (2013) Introduction, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.), Crux of Asia:China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie  Endowment for International Peace:Washington.

·         S. Raghavan, (2013) Stability in Southern Asia: Indias Perspective, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski(eds.), Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace: Washington.

·         Li Li, (2013) Stability in Southern Asia: Chinas Perspective, in A. Tellis and S. Mirski (eds.),Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace: Washington.

·         S. Muni, (2003) Problem Areas in Indias Neighbourhood Policy, in South Asian Survey, Vol.10 (2), pp. 185-196.

 ·         S. Cohen, (2002) India: Emerging Power, Brookings Institution Press.V. Sood, (2009) Indiaand regional security interests, in Alyssa Ayres and C. Raja Mohan (eds), Powerrealignments in Asia: China, India, and the United States,  New Delhi: Sage.

·         M. Pardesi, (2005) Deducing Indias Grand Strategy of Regional Hegemony from Historicaland Conceptual Perspectives, IDSS Working Paper, 76, Available athttp://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/WorkingPapers/WP76.pdf, 19.04.2013.

·         D. Scott, (2009) India's Extended NeighbourhoodConcept: Power Projection for a RisingPower, in India Review, Vol. 8 (2), pp. 107-143

·         S. Cohen, (2002) The World View of Indias Strategic Elite, in S. Cohen, India: EmergingPower, Brookings Institution Press, pp. 36-65.

·         A. Narlikar, (2007) All that Glitters is not Gold: Indias Rise to Power, in Third WorldQuarterly, Vol. 28 (5) pp. 983 996.N. Dubash, (2012) The Politics of Climate Change in India: Narratives of Enquiry and Cobenefits,Working Paper, New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research.

·         N. Jayaprakash, (2000) Nuclear Disarmament and India, in Economic and Political Weekly,Vol. 35 (7), pp. 525-533.

·         P. Bidwai, (2005) A Deplorable Nuclear Bargain, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 40(31), pp. 3362-3364.

·         A. Anant, (2011) India and International Terrorism, in D. Scott (ed.), Handbook of IndiasInternational Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 266-277.

·         R. Rajgopalan and V. Sahni (2008), India and the Great Powers: Strategic Imperatives,Normative Necessities, in South Asian Survey, Vol. 15 (1), pp. 532.

·         C. Mohan, (2013) Changing Global Order: Indias Perspective, in A. Tellis   and

S. Mirski(eds.), Crux of Asia: China, India, and the Emerging Global Order, Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace: Washington.

·         A. Narlikar, (2006) Peculiar Chauvinism or Strategic Calculation? Explaining the NegotiatingStrategy of a Rising IndiaInternational Affairs, Vol. 82 (1), 59-76.

·         P. Mehta, (2009) Still Under Nehrus Shadow? The Absence of Foreign Policy Frameworks inIndia, in India Review, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 209233.

Online Resources:

Government of Indias Ministry of External Relations website at http://www.mea.gov.in/and specially its library which provides online resources at http://mealib.nic.in/

The Council of Foreign Relations has a regularly updated blog on Indias foreign policy:http://www.cfr.org/region/india/ri282

Centre for Policy Researchs blog on IR and strategicaffairs though it is not exclusively on Indias foreign policy.http://www.cprindia.org/blog/international- relations-and- security-blogInstitute for Defence Studies and Analyses: http://www.idsa.in/

Research and Information System: www.ris.org.in/ Indian Council of World Affairs: www.icwa.in/ Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies: www.ipcs.org/

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations: www.icrier.org/



Course objective: This course attempts to build an understanding of human rights among students through a study of specific issues in a comparative perspective. It is important for students to see how debates on human rights have taken distinct forms historically and in the contemporary world. The course seeks to anchor all issues in the Indian context, and pulls out another country to form a broader comparative frame. Students will be expected to use a range of resources, including films, biographies, and official documents to study each theme. Thematic discussion of sub-topics in the second and third sections should include state response to issues and structural violence questions.

READING LIST

·         J. Hoffman and P. Graham, (2006) Human Rights, Introduction to Political Theory, Delhi, Pearson, pp. 436-458.

·         SAHRDC (2006) Introduction to Human Rights; Classification of Human Rights: An Overview of the First, Second, and Third Generational Rights, in Introducing Human Rights, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Chapter 2: Bill of Rights.

·         The Constitution of India, Chapter 3: Fundamental Rights

·         M. Lippman, (1979) The Protection of Universal Human Rights: The Problem of TortureUniversal Human Rights, Vol. 1(4), pp. 25-55

·         J. Lokaneeta, (2011) Torture in the TV Show 24: Circulation of Meanings; Jurisprudence on Torture and Interrogations in India, in Transnational Torture Law, Violence, and State Power in the United States and India, Delhi: Orient Blackswan,

·         D. OByrne, (2007) Human Rights: An Introduction, Delhi: Pearson

·         D. Lyon, (2008) Surveillance Society, Talk for Festival del Diritto, Piacenza, Italia, September 28, pp.1-7.

·         u Hualing, (2012) Politicized Challenges, Depoliticized Responses: Political Monitoring in Chinas Transitions, paper presented at a conference on States of Surveillance: Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14 December.

·         U. Singh, (2012) Surveillance Regimes in India, paper presented at a conference on States of Surveillance: Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, 13-14 December.

·         E.  Scarry,  (2010)  Resolving  to  Resist,  in  Rule  of  Law,  Misrule  of      Men,

Cambridge: Boston

Review Books, MIT, pp.1-53.

·         M. Ahmad, (2002) Homeland Insecurities: Racial Violence the Day after September 11,Social Text, 72, Vol. 20(3), pp. 101-116.

·         U. Singh, (2007) The Unfolding of Extraordinariness: POTA and the Construction of Suspect Communities, in The State, Democracy and Anti-terror Laws in India, Delhi: Sage Publications, pp.165-219

·         A. Pinto, (2001) UN Conference against Racism: Is Caste Race?, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 36(30)

·         R. Wasserstorm, (2006), Racism, Sexism, and Preferential Treatment: An approach to the Topics, in R. Goodin and P. Pettit, Contemporary Political Philosophy: an Anthology, Oxford: Blackwell, pp-549-574

·         R. Wolfrum, (1998) Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racismin J. Symonides, Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges, Aldershot, Ashgate/UNESCO, pp.181-198.

·         A. Khan and R. Hussain, (2008), Violence Against Women in Pakistan: Perceptions and Experiences of Domestic Violence, Asian Studies Review, Vol. 32, pp. 239 253


 

 

·         K.Kannabiran (2012) Rethinking the Constitutional Category of Sex, in Tools of Justice: Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi, Routledge, pp.425-443

·         N. Menon (2012) Desire, Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi: Zubaan/Penguin, pp. 91-146

·         H. Goodall, (2011) International Indigenous Community Study: Adivasi Indigenous People in India, in A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning, pp.254-259.

·         K. Kannabiran, (2012) Adivasi Homelands and the Question of Liberty, in Tools of Justice: Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution, New Delhi: Routledge, pp.242-271.

·         N. Watson (2011) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identitiesin A. Cadzow and J. Maynard (eds.), Aboriginal Studies, Melbourne: Nelson Cengage Learning, pp.43-52.

·         W. Fernandes (2008) India's Forced Displacement Policy and Practice. Is Compensation up to its Functions?, in M. Cernea and H. Mathus (eds), Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment? Reforming Resettlement through Investments and Benefit-Sharing, pp. 181-207, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         A. Laws and V. Iacopino, (2002) Police Torture in Punjab, India: An Extended Survey, in Health and Human Rights, Vol. 6(1), pp. 195-210

·         J. Morsink, (1999) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Origins, Drafting and Intent, Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, pp. ix-xiv

·         J. Nickel, (1987) Making Sense of Human Rights: Philosophical Reflections on  the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Berkeley: University of California Press.

·         J. Goldman, (2005) Of Treaties and Torture: How the Supreme Court Can Restrain the Executive, in Duke Law Journal, Vol. 55(3), pp. 609-640.

·         K. Tsutsui and C. Wotipka, (2004) Global Civil Society and the International Human Rights Movement: Citizen Participation in Human Rights International Nongovernmental Organizations, in Social Forces, Vol. 83(2), pp. 587-620.

·         L. Rabben, (2001) Amnesty International: Myth and Reality, in Agni, No. 54, Amnesty International Fortieth Anniversary pp. 8-28

·         M. Mohanty, (2010) In Pursuit of Peoples Rights: An Introduction, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed: Inventory of Peoples Rights in India, New Delhi: Danish Books, pp.1-11

·         M. Cranston, (1973) What are Human Rights? New York: Taplinger

·         M. Ishay, (2004) The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era, Delhi: Orient Blackswan.

·         R. Sharan, (2009) Alienation and Restoration of Tribal Land in Jharkhand in N Sundar (ed.) Legal Grounds, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 82-112

·         Text of UDHR available at http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml

·         U. Baxi, (1989) From Human Rights to the Right to be Human: Some Heresies, in S. Kothari and H. Sethi (eds.), Rethinking Human Rights, Delhi: Lokayan, pp.181-166


Course objective: This course introduces the specific elements of Indian Political Thought spanning over two millennia. The basic focus of study is on individual thinkers whose ideas are however framed by specific themes. The course as a whole is meant to provide a sense of the broad streams of Indian thought while encouraging a specific knowledge of individual thinkers and texts. Selected extracts from some original texts are also given to discuss in class with a critical appreciation. The list of additional readings is meant for teachers as well as the more interested students.

Reading List:


·         T. Pantham, and K. Deutsch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage Publications

·         A. Altekar, (1958) ‘The Kingship’, in State and Government in Ancient India, 3rd edition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 75-108.

·         M. Shakir, (1986) ‘Dynamics of Muslim Political Thought’, in T. Pantham, and

K. Deutsch (eds.), Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage Publications, pp. 142- 160

·         G. Pandey, (1978) Sraman Tradition: Its History and Contribution to Indian Culture, Ahmedabad: L. D. Institute of Indology, pp. 52-73.

·         S. Saberwal, (2008) ‘Medieval Legacy’, in Spirals of Contention, New Delhi: Routledge

·         The Mahabharata (2004), Vol. 7 (Book XI and Book XII, Part II), Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.

·         V. Varma, (1974) Studies in Hindu Political Thought and Its Metaphysical Foundations, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 211- 230.

·         B. Chaturvedi, (2006) ‘Dharma-The Foundation of Raja-Dharma, Law and Governance’, in The Mahabharta: An Inquiry in the Human Condition, Delhi: Orient Longman

·         Manu, (2006) ‘Rules for Times of Adversity’, in P. Olivelle, (ed. &  trans.) Manu’s Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava- Dharamsastra, New Delhi: OUP

·         V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Cosmic Vision: Manu’, in Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar

·         R. Sharma, (1991) ‘Varna in Relation to Law and Politics (c 600 BC-AD 500)’, in Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 233- 251.

·         P. Olivelle, (2006) ‘Introduction’, in Manu’s Code of Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Manava –Dharmasastra, Delhi: Oxford University Press

·         Kautilya, (1997) ‘The Elements of Sovereignty’ in R. Kangle (ed. and trns.),

Arthasastra of Kautilya, New Delhi: Motilal Publishers, pp. 511- 514.

·         V.  Mehta,  (1992)  ‘The  Pragmatic  Vision:  Kautilya  and  His  Successor’,      in

Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 88- 109.

·         S. Collins, (ed), (2001) Agganna Sutta: An Annotated Translation, New Delhi: Sahitya Academy, pp. 44-49.


 

 

·         S. Collins, (2001) ‘General Introduction’, in Agganna Sutta: The Discussion on What is Primary (An Annotated Translation from Pali), Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 1- 26.

·         B. Gokhale, (1966) ‘The Early Buddhist View of the State’, in The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. XXVI, (1), pp. 15- 22.

·         I. Habib, (1998) ‘Ziya Barni’s Vision of the State’, in The Medieval History Journal, Vol. 2, (1), pp. 19- 36.

·         M. Alam, (2004) ‘Sharia Akhlaq’, in The Languages of Political Islam in India 1200- 1800, Delhi: Permanent Black, pp. 26- 43

·         A. Fazl, (1873) The Ain-i Akbari (translated by H. Blochmann), Calcutta: G. H. Rouse, pp. 47- 57.

·         V. Mehta, (1992) ‘The Imperial Vision: Barni and Fazal’, in Foundations of Indian Political Thought, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 134- 156

·         G. Omvedt, (2008) ‘Kabir and Ravidas, Envisioning Begumpura’, in Seeking Begumpura: The Social Vision of Anti Caste Intellectual, Delhi: Navayana, pp.  91- 107.

·         L. Hess and S. Singh, (2002) ‘Introduction’, in The Bijak of Kabir, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 3- 35.



Course objective: This course goes back to Greek antiquity and familiarizes students with the manner in which the political questions were first posed. Machiavelli comes as an interlude inaugurating modern politics followed by Hobbes and Locke. This is a basic foundation course for students.

Reading List:

·         T. Ball,  (2004)  ‘History and  Interpretation’ in C. Kukathas  and  G. Gaus,  (eds.)

Handbook of Political Theory, London: Sage Publications Ltd. pp. 18-30.

·         B. Constant, (1833) ‘The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns’, in D.Boaz, (ed), (1997) The Libertarian Reader, New York: The Free Press.

·         J. Coleman, (2000) ‘Introduction’, in A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 1-20.

·         Q. Skinner, (2010) ‘Preface’, in The Foundations of Modern Political Thought Volume I,

·         Cambridge: Cambridge University Press pp. ix-xv.

·         A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections. New Delhi: Pearson Education, pp. 9-32.

·         R. Kraut (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Plato. Cambridge: Cambridge University PressC.

·           D. Boucher and P. Kelly, (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the  Present,

Oxford: Oxford University Press

·         S. Okin, (1992) ‘Philosopher Queens and Private Wives’, in S. Okin Women in Western

Political Thought, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 28-50

·      J. Barnes (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 232-258

·      J. Coleman A History of Political Thought: From Ancient Greece to Early Christianity, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers

·      Q. Skinner, (2000) ‘The Adviser to Princes’, in Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 23-53

·      C. Macpherson, (1962) The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke. Oxford University Press, Ontario, pp. 194-214.


Course objective: Based on the study of individual thinkers, the course introduces a wide span of thinkers and themes that defines the modernity of Indian political thought. The objective is to study general themes that have been produced by thinkers from varied social and temporal contexts. Selected extracts from original texts are also given to discuss in the class with a critical appreciation. The list of additional readings is meant for teachers as well as the more interested students.

Reading List:

 

·         V. Mehta and T. Pantham (eds.), (2006) ‘A Thematic Introduction to Political Ideas in ModernIndia: Thematic Explorations, History of Science, Philosophy  and Culture in Indian civilization’Vol. 10, Part: 7, New Delhi: Sage Publications

·         D. Dalton, (1982) ‘Continuity of Innovation’, in Indian Idea of Freedom:  Political Thought ofSwami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi,Academic Press: Gurgaon

·         R. Roy, (1991) ‘The Precepts of Jesus, the Guide to Peace and Happiness’, S. Hay, (ed.)Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2. Second Edition. New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 24-29.

·         C. Bayly, (2010) ‘Rammohan and the Advent of Constitutional Liberalism in  India 1800-1830’, in Sh. Kapila (ed.), An intellectual History for India, New Delhi: Cambridge UniversityPress, pp. 18- 34.

·         T. Pantham, (1986) ‘The Socio-Religious Thought of Rammohan Roy’, in Th. Panthom andK. Deutsch, (eds.) Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp.32-52.

·         S. Sarkar, (1985) ‘Rammohan Roy and the break With the Past’, in A Critique on colonialIndia, Calcutta: Papyrus, pp. 1-17.

·         P. Ramabai, (2000) ‘Woman’s Place in Religion and Society’, in M. Kosambi

(ed.), Pandita

·         Ramabai Through her Own Words: Selected Works, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,pp. 150-155.

·         M. Kosambi, (1988) ‘Women’s Emancipation and Equality: Pandita Ramabai’s Contributionto Women’s Cause’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 23(44), pp. 38-49.

·         U. Chakravarti, (2007) Pandita Ramabai - A Life and a Time, New Delhi: Critical Quest, pp.1-40.

·         G. Omvedt, (2008) ‘Ramabai: Women in the Kingdom of God’, in Seeking Begumpura: TheSocial Vision of Anti Caste Intellectuals, New Delhi: Navayana. pp. 205-224.

·         S. Vivekananda, (2007) ‘The Real and the Apparent Man’, S. Bodhasarananda (ed.),Selections from the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, pp.126-129.

·         A. Sen, (2003) ‘Swami Vivekananda on History and Society’, in Swami Vivekananda, Delhi:Oxford University Press, pp. 62- 79.


 

 

·         H. Rustav, (1998) ‘Swami Vivekananda and the Ideal Society’, in W. Radice (ed.), SwamiVivekananda and the Modernisation of Hinduism, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 264-280.

·         M. Gandhi, (1991) ‘Satyagraha: Transforming Unjust Relationships through the Power ofthe Soul’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2.Second Edition, New Delhi:Penguin, pp. 265-270.

·         A. Parel, (ed.), (2002) ‘Introduction’, in Gandhi, freedom and Self Rule, Delhi: VistaarPublication.

·         D. Dalton, (1982) Indian Idea of Freedom: Political Thought of Swami Vivekananda,AurobindoGhose, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, Gurgaon: The AcademicPress, pp. 154- 190.

·         B. Ambedkar, (1991) ‘Constituent Assembly Debates’, S. Hay (ed.), Sources of IndianTradition, Vol. 2, Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 342-347.

·         PhukonGirin, Glimpse to Political Thought, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2013

·         V. Rodrigues, (2007) ‘Good society, Rights, Democracy Socialism’, in S. Thorat and Aryama(eds.), Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Jaipur: IIDS andRawat Publications.

·         B. Mungekar, (2007) ‘Quest for Democratic Socialism’, in S. Thorat, and Aryana (eds.),Ambedkar in Retrospect - Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Jaipur: IIDS and RawatPublications, pp. 121-142.

·         P. Chatterjee, (2005) ‘Ambedkar and the Troubled times of Citizenship’, in V. Mehta andTh. Pantham (eds.), Political ideas in modern India: Thematic Explorations, New Delhi:Sage, pp. 73-92.

·         R. Tagore, (1994) ‘The Nation’, S. Das (ed.), The English Writings of Rabindranath Tagore,Vol. 3, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, pp. 548-551.

·         R. Chakravarty, (1986) ‘Tagore, Politics and Beyond’, in Th. Panthams and K.

Deutsch (eds.),Political Thought in Modern India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 177-191.

·         M. Radhakrishnan, and Debasmita, (2003) ‘Nationalism is a Great Menace: Tagore andNationalism’ in P. Hogan, Colm and L. Pandit, (eds.) Rabindranath Tagore: Universality andTradition, London: Rosemont Publishing and Printing Corporation, pp. 29-39.

·         M. Iqbal, (1991) ‘Speeches and Statements’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition,Vol. 2, Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 218-222.


 

·         A. Engineer, (1980) ‘Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’, in

SocialScientist, Vol.8 (8), pp. 52-63.

·         Madani, (2005) Composite Nationalism and Islam, New Delhi: Manohar, pp. 66- 91.

·         J. Nehru, (1991) ‘Selected Works’, in S. Hay (ed.), Sources of Indian Tradition, Vol. 2,

Second Edition, New Delhi: Penguin, pp. 317-319.

·      R. Pillai, (1986) ‘Political thought of Jawaharlal Nehru’, in Th. Pantham, and K.

Deutsch(eds.), Political Thought in Modem India, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 260- 274.

·      B. Zachariah, (2004) Nehru, London: Routledge Historical Biographies, pp. 169- 213.

·      M. Anees and V. Dixit (eds.), (1984) Lohia: Many Faceted Personality, Rammanohar LohiaSmarak Smriti.

·      S. Sinha, (2010) ‘Lohia’s Socialism: An underdog’s perspective’, in Economic  and PoliticalWeekly, Vol. XLV (40) pp. 51-55.

·      A. Kumar, (2010) ‘Understanding Lohia’s Political Sociology: Intersectionality of Caste, Class,Gender and Language Issue’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLV (40), pp. 64-70.



Course objective: Philosophy and politics are closely intertwined. We explore this convergence by identifying five main tendencies here. Students will be exposed to the manner in which the questions of politics have been posed in terms that have implications for larger questions of thought and existence.

Reading List:

 ·           Review:      I.      Kant.     (1784)      ‘What      is      Enlightenment?,’      available      at

http://theliterarylink.com/kant.html, Accessed: 19.04.2013

·           S. Hall (1992) ‘Introduction’, in Formations of Modernity UK: Polity Press pages 1- 16

·        B. Nelson, (2008) Western Political Thought. New York: Pearson Longman, pp. 221-255.

·           M. Keens-Soper, (2003) ‘Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract’, in M.  Forsyth and M. Keens-Soper, (eds) A Guide to the Political Classics: Plato to Rousseau. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 171-202.

·           C. Jones, (2002) ‘Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindications and their Political Tradition’ in

C. Johnson, (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Mary Wollstonecraft, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 42-58.

·           S. Ferguson, (1999) ‘The Radical Ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft’, in Canadian Journal of Political Science XXXII (3), pp. 427-50, Available at http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/politics, Accessed: 19.04.2013.

·           H. Magid, (1987) ‘John Stuart Mill’, in L. Strauss and J. Cropsey, (eds), History of Political Philosophy, 2nd edition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 784-801.

·           P. Kelly, (2003) ‘J.S. Mill on Liberty’, in D. Boucher, and P. Kelly, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 324-359.

·           J. Cropsey, (1987) ‘Karl Marx’, in L. Strauss and J. Cropsey, (eds) History of Political Philosophy, 2ndEdition. Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 802-828.

·           L. Wilde, (2003) ‘Early Marx’, in D. Boucher and P. Kelly, P. (eds) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 404-435.

·           V.  Bryson,  (1992)  ‘Marxist  Feminism  in  Russia’  in  Feminist  Political   Theory,

London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 114-122

·           C. Sypnowich, (1993) ‘Alexandra Kollontai and the Fate of Bolshevik Feminism’

Labour/Le Travail Vol. 32 (Fall 1992) pp. 287-295

·        A. Skoble and T. Machan, (2007) Political Philosophy: Essential Selections, New Delhi: Pearson Education, pp. 328-354.

·        Phukon Girin, Glimpse to Political Thought, DVS Publishers, Guwahati, 2013

·        B. Ollman (1991) Marxism: An Uncommon Introduction, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers.

·        G. Blakely and V. Bryson (2005) Marx and Other Four Letter Words, London: Pluto

·           A. Kollontai, (1977) ‘Social Democracy and the Women’s Question’, in Selected Writings of Alexandra Kollontai, London: Allison & Busby, pp. 29-74.

·           C. Porter, (1980) Alexandra Kollontai: The Lonely Struggle of the Woman who  defied Lenin, New York: Dutton Children’s Books.

·        Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky

·        Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent



Course Objective: Given the growing recognition worldwide of the importance of the political economy approach to the study of global order, this course has the following objectives:

1. To familiarize the students with the different theoretical approaches;

2. To give a brief overview of the history of the evolution of the modern capitalist world;

3. To highlight the important contemporary problems, issues and debates on how these should be addressed.



Course objective: The purpose of this course is to help students understand the struggle of Indian people against colonialism .It seeks to achieve this understanding by looking at this struggle from different theoretical perspectives that highlight its different dimensions. The course begin with the nineteenth century Indian responses to colonial dominance in the form of reformism and its criticism and continues through various phases up to the events leading to the partition and independence. In the process, the course tries to highlight its various conflicts and contradictions by focusing on its different dimensions: communalism, class struggle, caste and gender questions.

Suggested /Essential Reading


1.  S. Bandopadhyay: From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, New Delhi, Orient Longman

 

2.  P.Desouza (ed): Contemporary India: Transitions New Delhi, Sage Publications

 

3.  S Bhattacharya (ed): Development of Modern Indian Thought and the Social Sciences, Vol X, New Delhi, Oxford University Press

 

4.  S.Sarkar: Modern India, New Delhi, Macmillan

 

5.  P. Chatterjee: The Nation and its Fragments: Colonial and Post Cololonial Histories, New Delhi, Oxford University Press

 

6.  G.Shah: Social Movements and the state.

 

7.  A. Jalal and S Bose: Modern South Asia: History, Culture and Political Economy, New Delhi, Oxford University Press

 

8.  B. Chakrabarty and R. Pandey: Modern Indian Political Thought, New Delhi, Sage Publications

 

9.  R. Pradhan: Raj to Swaraj New Delhi, Macmilan

 

10.M.A.K. Azad:India Wins Freedom




Course Objective: The aim of the course is to explain contemporary debates on  feminism and the history of feminist struggles. The course begins with a discussion on construction of gender and an understanding of complexity of patriarchy and goes on to analyze theoretical debates within feminism. The paper also covers the history of feminism in the west, socialist societies and in anti-colonial struggles. Further a gendered analysis of Indian society, economy and polity with a view to understanding the structures of gender inequalities.

Reading List:

·         Geetha, V. (2002) Gender. Calcutta: Stree.

·         Geetha, V. (2007) Patriarchy. Calcutta: Stree.

·         Jagger, Alison. (1983) Feminist Politics and Human Nature. U.K.: Harvester Press, pp. 25-350.

·         Lerner, Gerda. (1986) The Creation of Patriarchy. New York: Oxford University Press.

·         Rowbotham, Shiela. (1993) Women in Movements. New York and London: Routledge, Section I, pp. 27-74 and 178-218.

·         Jayawardene, Kumari. (1986) Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World. London: Zed Books, pp. 1-24, 71-108, and Conclusion.

·         Forbes, Geraldine (1998) Women in Modern India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,pp. 1-150.

·         Eisentein, Zillah. (1979) Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism. New York: Monthly Review Press, pp. 271-353.

·         Funk, Nanette & Mueller, Magda. (1993) Gender, Politics and Post-Communism. New York and London: Routledge, Introduction and Chapter 28.

·         Chaudhuri, Maiyatree. (2003) ‘Gender in the Making of the Indian Nation State’, in Rege, Sharmila. (ed.) The Sociology of Gender: The Challenge of Feminist Sociological Knowledge. New Delhi: Sage.

·         Banarjee, Sikata. (2007) ‘Gender and Nationalism: The Masculinisation of Hinduism and Female Political Participation’, in Ghadially, Rehana. (ed.) Urban Women in Contemporary

India: A Reader. New Delhi: Sage.

·         Roy, Kumkum. (1995) ‘Where Women are Worshipped, There Gods Rejoice: The Mirage of the Ancestress of the Hindu Women’, in Sarkar, Tanika & Butalia, Urvashi. (eds.) Women and the Hindu Right. Delhi: Kali for Women, pp. 10-28.

·         Chakravarti, Uma. (1988) ‘Beyond the Altekarian Paradigm: Towards a New Understanding of Gender Relations in Early Indian History’, Social Scientist, Volume 16, No. 8.

·         Banerjee, Nirmala. (1999) ‘Analysing Women’s work under Patriarchy’ in Sangari, Kumkum & Chakravarty, Uma. (eds.) From Myths to Markets: Essays  on Gender. Delhi: Manohar.

·         Gandhi,  Nandita  &  Shah,  Nandita.  (1991)  The  Issues  at  Stake  –  Theory and

Practice in Contemporary Women’s Movement in India. Delhi: Zubaan, pp. 7-72.

·         Shinde, Tarabai (1993) ‘Stri-Purush Tulna’, in Tharu, Susie & Lalita, K. (eds.) Women Writing in India, 600 BC to the Present. Vol. I. New York: Feminist Press.

Desai, Neera & Thakkar, Usha. (2001) Women in Indian Society. New Delhi: National Book Trust.



Course Objective: This course acquaints Students with the constitutional design of state structures and institutions, and their actual working overtime .The Indian constitution accommodates conflicting impulses (of Liberty and justice, territorial decentralization and a strong union for instance )within itself .The course traces the embodiment of some of this conflicts in constitutional provisions and shows how these have played out in political practice.  It further encourages a study of state institutions in their mutual interaction, and in interaction with the larger extra constitutional environment.

Suggested /Essential Readings

1.D.Basu: Introduction to the Constitution of India; New Delhi, Lexis Nexis

2.S Chaube: Making and Working  of the Indian Constitution; New Delhi, National Book Trust.

3.G.Austin: The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation ; New Delhi, Oxford University Press

4.R.  Bhargava(ed) : Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution ; New Delhi,Oxford University press

5P. Mehta and N. Jayal (eds): The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, New Delhi, Oxford University Press.

6.D.Kapur and P Mehta (eds)Public Institutions in India New Delhi, Oxford University Press.

7.B.Dua and J.Manon (eds) : Nehru to the Nineties : The changing office of the Prime Minister in India , Vancouver, University of British,Columbia Press.

8.B.Kirpal et.al (eds): Supreme but not Infallible: Essays in honour of the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press

9.A.R. Dutta (ed): Politics in India( Issues , Institutions,Processes) Guwahati, Arun Prakashan

10.Dr. K C Pal,P C Nayak and S Sarmah: Snatok Moholar Bharotor Rajonoitik Byabastha, Ghy, Arun Prakashan

11.B R Agarwala: Our Judiciary,New DelhiNational Book Trust

12.S C Kashyap: Our Parliament,New Delhi,National Book Trust

13.S C Kashyap:Our Constitution , New Delhi, National Bok Trust

14.M Aslam;Panchayati Raj in India; New Delhi ,National Book Trust

15.S  C Kashyap: Our Political System, New Delhi ,National Book Trust


Objectives: This paper deals with concepts and different dimensions of governance highlighting the major debates in the contemporary times. There is a need to understand the importance of the concept of governance in the context of a globalizing world, environment, administration, development. The essence of governance is explored through the various good governance initiatives introduced in India

READINGS:

·         B. Chakrabarty and M. Bhattacharya, (eds.) The Governance Discourse. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,1998

·         Surendra Munshi and Biju Paul Abraham [eds.] , Good Governance, Democratic Societies And Globalisation, Sage Publishers, 2004

·         United Nation Development Programme , Reconceptualising Governance, New York, 1997

·         Carlos Santiso, Good Governance and Aid Effectiveness: The World Bank and Conditionality, Johns Hopkins University, The Georgetown Public Policy Review

,Volume VII, No.1, 2001

·         Vasudha Chotray and Gery Stroker , Governance Theory: A Cross Disciplinary Approach , Palgrave Macmillan ,2008

·         J. Rosenau, ‘Governance, Order, and Change in World Politics’, in J. Rosenau, and E. Czempiel (eds.) Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ,1992

·         B. Nayar (ed.), Globalization and Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007 pp. 218-240.

·         Smita Mishra Panda , Engendering Governance Institutions: State, Market And Civil Society, Sage Publications,2008

·         Neera Chandhoke, State And Civil Society Explorations In Political Theory , Sage Publishers,1995

·         B. C. Smith, Good Governance and Development, Palgrave, 2007

·         World Bank Report, Governance And Development, 1992

·         P. Bardhan, ‘Epilogue on the Political Economy of Reform in India’, in The Political Economy of Development in India. 6th edition, Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2005

·         J. Dreze and A. Sen, India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995

·         Niraja Gopal Jayal[ed.], Democracy in India, Oxford University Press, 2007

·         Ramachandra Guha, Environmentalism: A Global History, Longman Publishers, 1999

·         J.P. Evans, Environmental Governance, Routledge , 2012

·         Emilio F. Moran, Environmental Social Science: Human - Environment interactions and Sustainability, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

·         Burns H Weston and David Bollier, Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons, Cambridge University Press, 2013

·         Bina Agarwal, Gender And Green Governance , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013

·         J. Volger, ‘Environmental Issues’, in J. Baylis, S. Smith and P. Owens (eds.) Globalization of World Politics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 348-362.

·         A. Heywood, Global Politics, New York: Palgrave, 2011, pp. 383-411.

·         N. Carter, The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 13-81

·         Pranab Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee, Decentralization And Local Governance In Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective, MIT Press, 2006


 

 

·         T.R. Raghunandan, Decentralization And Local Governments: The Indian Experience, Readings On The Economy, Polity And Society, Orient Blackswan, 2013

·         Pardeep Sachdeva, Local Government In India, Pearson Publishers, 2011

·         P. de Souza, (2002) ‘Decentralization and Local Government: The Second Wind of Democracy in India’, in Z. Hasan, E. Sridharan and R. Sudarshan (eds.) India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices and Controversies, New Delhi: Permanent Black, 2002

·         Mary John, ‘Women in Power? Gender, Caste and Politics of Local Urban Governance’, in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42(39), 2007

·         Niraja Gopal Jayal , Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism, and Development in Contemporary India, Oxford University Press, 1999

·         Reetika Khera[ed.], The Battle for Employment Guarantee, Oxford University Press,2011

·         Nalini Juneja, Primary Education for All in the City of Mumbai: The Challenge Set By Local Actors' , International Institute For Educational Planning,  UNESCO

: Paris, 2001

·         Maxine Molyneux and Shahra Razavi , Gender, Justice, Development, and Rights

, Oxford University Press, 2002

·         Jugal Kishore, National Health Programs of India: National Policies and Legislations, Century Publications, 2005

·         Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India, Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Oxford University Press, 1995

·         K. Lee and Mills, The Economic Of Health In Developing Countries, Oxford University Press,1983

·         Marmar Mukhopadhyay and Madhu Parhar (eds.) Education in India: Dynamics of Development, Shipra Publications, 2007

·         K. Vijaya Kumar, Right to Education Act 2009: Its Implementation as to Social Development in India, Akansha Publishers, 2012

·         Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze, Omnibus: Poverty and Famines, Hunger  and Public Action, India- Economic Development and Social Opportunity, Oxford University Press, 1998

·         Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, An Uncertain Glory: India And Its Contradictions, Princeton University Press, 2013

·         Reetika Khera- Rural Poverty And Public Distribution System, EPW, Vol- XLVIII,No.45-46,Nov 2013

·         Pradeep Chaturvedi , Women And Food Security: Role Of Panchayats , Concept Publishing House, 2002

·         Bidyut Mohanty, “Women, Right to Food and Role of Panchayats”,   Mainstream,

Vol. LII, No. 42, October 11, 2014

·         D. Crowther, Corporate Social Responsibility, Deep and Deep Publishers, 2008

·         Sanjay K. Agarwal, Corporate Social Responsibility in India, Sage Publishers, 2008

·         Pushpa Sundar, Business & Community: The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility in India, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2013


Course objective: This course is broadly intended to introduce Ambedkar’s ideas and their relevance in contemporary India, by looking beyond caste. Ambedkar’s philosophical contributions towards Indian economy and class question, sociological interpretations on religion, gender, caste and cultural issues; ideas on politics such as concepts of nation, state, democracy, law and constitutionalism are to be pedagogically interrogated and interpreted. This will help students to critically engage themselves with the existing social concerns, state and economic structures and other institutional mechanisms. This also will facilitate them to strengthen their creative thinking with a collective approach to understand ongoing social, political, cultural and economic phenomena of the society.

READING LIST

·         G.   Omvedt,   (2008)   ‘Phule-Remembering   The   Kingdom   of   Bali’, Seeking

Begumpura Navyana,pp. 159-184.M.

·         Gore, (1993) The Social Context of an Ideology: Ambedkar’s Political and  Social

Thought,Delhi: Sage Publication, pp. 73-122 ; 196-225.

·         B. Ambedkar, (1989) ‘Annihilation of Caste with a Reply to Mahatma Gandhi’, in Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches: Vol. 1, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 23-96.

·         E. Zelliot, (1996) ‘From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement’, in TheLeadership of Babasaheb Ambedkar, Delhi: Manohar, pp. 53- 78.

·         G. Omvedt, Liberty Equality and Community: Dr. Ambedkar’s Vision of New Social        Order,                                         Available                           at http://www.ambedkar.org/research/LibertyEquality.htm, Accessed: 19.04.2013.

·         B. Ambedkar, (1987) ‘The Hindu Social Order: Its Essential Principles’, in Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar Writings and Speeches: Vol. 3, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, 1989, pp. 95-129.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003) ‘Conditions Precedent for the successful working of Democracy’, in Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-III, Education Deptt, Government ofMaharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 472-486.

·      G. Aloysius, (2009). Ambedkar on Nation and Nationalism, Critical Quest, Delhi.

·         B. R. Ambedkar, (2003), ‘I have no Homeland’, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings andSpeeches Vol- 17, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp- 51-58.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003), ‘Role of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in Bringing The Untouchables on thePolitical Horizon of India and Lying A Foundation of Indian Democracy’, in Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-I, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra,Mumbai, pp-63-178.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003) ‘Buddhism paved way for Democracy and Socialistic Pattern of Society’,in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17- III, Education Deptt.,Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 406-409.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003) ‘Failure of Parliamentary Democracy will Result in Rebellion, Anarchyand Communism’, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-III, EducationDeptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 423-437.


 

 

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003) ‘Prospects of Democracy in India’, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writingsand Speeches, Vol. 17-III, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 519-523.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003) ‘People cemented by feeling of one country, One Constitution and OneDestiny, Take the Risk of Being Independent’, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings andSpeeches Vol. 17-III, Education Deptt, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 13-59.

·         Constituent Assembly Debates, Ambedkar’s speech on Draft Constitution on 4th November1948, CAD Vol. VII, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Government of India, 3rd Print, pp. 31-41.

·      B. Ambedkar, (2013), States and Minorities, Delhi: Critical Quest.

·         A. Gajendran, (2007) ‘Representation’, in S. Thorat and Aryama (eds.), Ambedkar inRetrospect: Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Delhi: Rawat Publishers, pp. 184-194.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003), ‘Depressed Classes against Second Chamber: Dr. Ambedkar on JointParliamentary Committee Report Provision for Better Representation Demanded’, in Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-I, Education Deptt, Government ofMaharashtra, Mumbai, pp. 231-243.

·         B. Ambedkar, (1987) ‘Buddha or Karl Marx’, in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings andSpeeches, Vol. 3, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp-442-462.

·         S. Thorat, (2007) ‘Economic System, Development and Economic    Planning’, in

S.    Thorat andAryama (eds), Ambedkar in Retrospect: Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Delhi:Rawat Publishers, pp. 25-48.

·         B. Ambedkar, (1991) ‘Labor and Parliamentary Democracy and Welfare’, in Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 10, Education Deptt., Government of Maharashtra,Mumbai, pp. 106-112; 139-143; 243-252

·         B. Mungekar, (2007) ‘Labour Policy’ in S. Thorat and Aryama (eds), Ambedkar  in Retrospect:Essays on Economics, Politics and Society, Delhi: Rawat Publishers, pp. 76-92.

·         R. Ram, (2010) ‘Dr, Ambedkar, Neo Liberal Market-Economy and Social Democracy in India’,in Human Rights Global Focus, Vol. V (384), pp. 12-38, Available atwww.roundtableindia.co.in, Accessed: 19.04.2013.

·         B. Ambedkar, (2003) ‘Trade Union must Enter Politics to Protect their Interests’, in Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Vol. 17-III, Education Deptt, Government ofMaharashtra, Mumbai, pp.174-192.

·         B. Ambedkar, (1991) ‘Why Indian Labour determined to War’, in Dr. Babasaheb AmbedkarWritings and Speeches, Vol. 10, Education Deptt, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai, pp.36-43.

·         A. Teltumbde and S. Sen (eds), ‘Caste Question in India’, in Scripting the Change, SelectedWritings of Anuradha Ghandi, pp. 62- 91.



Course objective: Locating Gandhi in a global frame, the course seeks to elaborate Gandhian thought and examine its practical implications. It will introduce students to key instances of Gandhi’s continuing influence right up to the contemporary period and enable them to critically evaluate his legacy.

Reading list:

·         B. Parekh, (1997) ‘The Critique of Modernity’, in Gandhi: A Brief Insight, Delhi: SterlingPublishing Company, pp. 63-74.

·         K. Ishii, (2001) ‘The Socio-economic Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi: As an Origin ofAlternative Development’, Review of Social Economy. Vol. 59 (3), pp. 297-312.

·         D. Hardiman, (2003) ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’, in Gandhi in his Time and Ours. Delhi:Oxford University Press, pp. 224- 234.

·         A Baviskar, (1995) ‘The Politics of the Andolan’, in In the Belly of the River: Tribal ConflictOver Development in the Narmada Valley, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.202-228.

·         R Iyer, (ed) (1993) ‘Chapter 4’ in The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi:Oxford University Press.

·         R. Ramashray, (1984) ‘Liberty Versus Liberation’, in Self and Society: A Study in GandhianThought, New Delhi: Sage Publication.

·         B. Parekh, (1997) ‘Satyagrah’, in Gandhi: A Brief Insight, Delhi: Sterling Publishing Company,pp. 51-63.

·         D. Dalton, (2000) ‘Gandhi’s originality’, in A. Parel (ed) Gandhi, Freedom and Self-Rule, NewDelhi: Lexington Books, pp.63-86.

·         D. Hardiman, (1981) ‘The Kheda Satyagraha’, in Peasant Nationalists of  Gujarat: KhedaDistrict, 1917-1934, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 86-113.

·         J. Brown, (2000) ‘Gandhi and Human Rights: In search of True humanity’, in A. Parel (ed)Gandhi, Freedom and Self-Rule, New Delhi: Lexington Books, pp. 93- 100.

·         R. Iyer, (2000) ‘Chapter 10 and 11’, in The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi,New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 251-344

·         P. Rao, (2009) ‘Gandhi, Untouchability and the Postcolonial Predicament: A Note’. SocialScientist. Vol. 37 (1/2). Pp. 64-70.

·         B. Parekh, (1999) ‘Discourse on Unsociability’, in Colonialism, Tradition and Reform: AnAnalysis of Gandhi's Political Discourse, New Delhi: Sage Publication.

·         D. Hardiman, (2003) ‘Fighting Religious Hatreds’, in Gandhi in His Time and Ours. Delhi:Oxford University Press.

·         D. Hardiman, (2003) ‘Gandhi’s Global Legacy’, in Gandhi in His Time and Ours. Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press, pp. 238-283.

·         Manimala, (1984) ‘Zameen Kenkar? Jote Onkar: Women’s participation in the Bodhgaya struggles’, in M. Kishwar and R. Vanita (eds) In Search of Answers: Indian Women’s Voices from Manushi, London: Zed Press.


 

 

·         A. Ghosh and T. Babu, (2006) ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai: Unravelling Brand ‘Gandhigiri’, Economic and Political Weekly, 41 (51), pp. 5225 – 5227.

·      J Brown and A Parel (eds), Cambridge Companion to Gandhi, Cambridge University Press 2011

·         P. Chatterjee, (1986) ‘The Moment of Maneuver’, in Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A derivative discourse?, Delhi: Zed Books.

·         Indian Council for Historical Research (1976) ‘The Logic of Gandhian Nationalism: Civil Disobedience and the Gandhi – Irwin Pact, 1930-31’, Indian Historical Review, Available at http://www.ichrindia.org/journal.pdf, Accessed: 18.04.2013.

·         D. Dalton, (1996) ‘Swaraj: Gandhi’s Idea of Freedom’, in Mahatma Gandhi: Selected PoliticalWritings, USA: Hackett Publishing, pp. 95-148.

·         A. Parel (ed.) (1997) ‘Editor’s Introduction’, in Gandhi, Hind Swaraj and Other WritingsCambridge: Cambridge University Press.

·         A. Baviskar, (1995) ‘National Development, Poverty and the environment’, in In the Belly ofthe River: Tribal Conflict Over Development in the Narmada Valley, Delhi: Oxford UniversityPress, pp. 18-33.

·         B. Parekh, (1997) ‘Religious Thought’, in Gandhi: A Brief Insight, Delhi: Sterling PublishingCompany.

·      R. Iyer, (1993) The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi: Oxford UniversityPress, pp. 299-344; 347-373.

·      S. Sarkar, (1982) Modern India 1885-1947, New Delhi: Macmillan, pp. 432-39.

·      R. Iyer, (2001) The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press. pp. 344-358.

·         H. Coward, (2003) ‘Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Untouchability’, in H. Coward (ed) IndianCritiques of Gandhi, New York: State University of New York Press, pp. 41-66.

·         J. Lipner, (2003) ‘A Debate for Our Times’, in Harold Coward (ed) Indian Critiques of Gandhi,New York: State University of New York Press, pp. 239-58

·         M. Gandhi, (1941) ‘Chapter 1, 2, 9, 15, and 16’, in Constructive Programme: Its Meaning andPlace, Ahmedabad: Navjivan Trust.

·      R. Terchek, (1998) Gandhi: Struggling for Autonomy, USA: Rowman and LittlefieldPublishers.

·         N. Dirks, (2001), ‘The Reformation of Caste: Periyar, Ambedkar and Gandhi’, in Castes ofMind: Colonialism and the making of Modern India,  Princeton: Princeton University Press.

·      R. Mukharjee, (ed) (1995), The Penguin Gandhi Reader, New Delhi: Penguin.

·      T. Weber, (2006) 'Gandhi is dead, Long live Gandhi- The Post Gandhi Gandhian Movement in India', in Gandhi, Gandhism and the Gandhians, New Delhi

·      A. Taneja, (2005) Gandhi Women and the National Movement 1920-1947, New Delhi:Haranand Publishers.

·      J. Brown, (2008) Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: The Mahatma in Indian Politics, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2008

·         R. Ramashray, (1984) ‘What Beyond the Satanic Civilization?’, in Self and Society: A Study inGandhian Thought, New Delhi: Sage Publication.



Course Objective: The course introduces the historical legacies and geopolitics of South Asia as a region. It imparts an understanding of political regime types as well as the socioeconomic issues of the region in a comparative framework. The course also apprises students of the common challenges and the strategies deployed to deal with them by countries in South Asia.

Essential Reading:


·         Hewitt,   V.   (1992)   ‘Introduction’,   in   The   International   Politics   of   South Asia.

Manchester:Manchester University Press, pp.1-10.

·         Hewitt, V. (2010) ‘International Politics of South Asia’ in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge

Handbookof South Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp.399-418.

·         Muni, S.D. (2003) ‘South Asia as a Region’, South Asian Journal, 1(1), August- September, pp.1-6

·      Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia. London: Oxford UniversityPress, pp.376-394.

·         Baxter, C. (2010) ‘Introduction’, Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics.London: Routledge, pp.1-24

·         De Silva, K.M. (2001)‘The Working of Democracy in South Asia’, in Panandikar, V.A (ed.)Problems of Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research & KonarkPublishing House, pp. 46-88.

·         Wilson, J. (2003) ‘Sri Lanka: Ethnic Strife and the Politics of Space’, in Coakley, J. (ed.)

TheTerritorial Management of Ethnic Conflict. Oregon: Frank Cass, pp. 173-193.

·         Mendis, D. (2008) ‘South Asian Democracies in Transition’, in Mendis, D. (ed.) ElectoralProcesses and Governance in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp.15-52.

·         Subramanyam, K. (2001) ‘Military and Governance in South Asia’, in V.A (ed.) Problems ofGovernance in South Asia. New Delhi: Centre for Policy Research & Konark PublishingHouse, pp.201-208.

·         Hachethi, K. and Gellner, D.N.(2010) ‘Nepal : Trajectories of Democracy and Restructuring ofthe State’, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics. London: Routledge,pp. 131-146.

·         Kukreja,   V.   2011.   ‘Federalism   in   Pakistan’,   in   Saxena   R.   (ed.)   Varieties    of

FederalGovernance. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 104-130.

·         Jha, N.K. (2008) ‘Domestic Turbulence in Nepal: Origin, Dimensions and India’s PolicyOptions’, in Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds.) Democracy, Development and Discontent inSouth Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 264-281.

·         Burki, S.J. (2010) ‘Pakistan’s Politics and its Economy’, in Brass, P. (ed.) Routledge

Handbookof South Asian Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 83-97.

·         Kaul, N. (2008)‘Bearing Better Witness in Bhutan’, Economic and Political Weekly,

13September, pp. 67-69.

·         Phadnis, U.(1986) ‘Ethnic Conflicts in South Asian States’, in Muni, S.D. et.al. (eds.) DomesticConflicts in South Asia : Political, Economic and Ethnic Dimensions. Vol. 2. New Delhi: SouthAsian Publishers, pp.100-119.

·      Kukreja, V. (2003) Contemporary Pakistan. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 75-111 and 112- 153.

·         Narayan,  S.  (2010)  ‘SAARC  and  South  Asia  Economic  Integration’,  in  Muni,  S.D.

(ed.)Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 32-50.

·         Muni, S.D. and Jetley, R. (2010) ‘SAARC prospects: the Changing Dimensions’, in Muni, S.D.(ed.) Emerging dimensions of SAARC. New Delhi: Foundation Books, pp. 1- 31.


 

 

·         Baral, L.R. (2006) ‘Responding to Terrorism: Political and Social Consequences in South Asia’,in Muni, S.D. (ed.) Responding to terrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, pp.301-332.

·         Muni,  S.D.  (2006)  ‘Responding  to  Terrorism:  An  Overview’,  in  Muni,  S.D.    (ed.)

Responding toterrorism in South Asia. New Delhi: Manohar, pp.453-469.

·         Hoyt, T.D. (2005) ‘The War on Terrorism: Implications for South Asia’, in Hagerty,

D.T. (ed.)South Asia in World Politics. Lanham: Roman and Littlefield Publishers, pp.281-295.

·         Lama, M. (2003) ‘Poverty, Migration and Conflict: Challenges to Human Security in SouthAsia’, in Chari, P.R. and Gupta, S. (eds.) Human Security in South Asia: Gender, Energy,Migration and Globalisation. New Delhi: Social Science Press, pp. 124-144

·         Acharya, J. and Bose, T.K. (2001) ‘The New Search for a Durable Solution for Refugees: SouthAsia’, in Samaddar, S. and Reifeld, H. (eds.) Peace as Process: Reconciliation and ConflictResolution in South Asia. New Delhi: Vedams ,pp-137-157

·      Baxter, C. (ed.) (1986) The Government and Politics of South Asia. London: Oxford UniversityPress.

·      Rizvi, G. (1993) South Asia in a Changing International Order. New Delhi: Sage._Thakur, R.and Wiggin, O.(ed.) (2005) South Asia and the world. New Delhi: Bookwell.

·      Hagerty, D.T.(ed.) (2005) South Asia in World Politics, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield.

·         Samaddar, R. (2002) ‘Protecting the Victims of Forced Migration: Mixed Flows and MassiveFlows’, in Makenkemp, M. Tongern, P.V. and Van De Veen, H. (eds.) Searching forPeace in Central and South Asia. London:

·      Lynne Reinner._Kukreja, V. and Singh, M.P. (eds)(2008) Democracy, Development and Discontent in SouthAsia. New Delhi: Sage.


Objectives: This course opens up the question of womens’ agency, taking it beyond womens’ empowerment’ and focusing on women as radical social agents.It attempts to question the complicity of social structures and relations in gender inequality.This is extended to cover new forms of precarious work and labour under the new economy.Special attention will be paid to feminism as an approach and outlook.



Objectives: The primary aim of this paper is to acquaint the students with the politics of contemporary Assam.

Books Recommended:

·         Joysankar Hazarika : Geopolitics of Northeast India, Gyan Publishers, New Delhi,1996

·         Manirul Hussain : The Assam Movement : Class, Identity and Ideology, Manak Publications,New Delhi, 1993

·         Sandhya Goswami : Language Politics in Assam, Ajanta, New Delhi, 1997

·         K.M. Deka (ed.) : Nationalism and Regionalism in Northeast India, Dibrugarh University,1985

·         K.M. Deka & K.N. Phukon: Ethnicity in ASSAM, Dibrugarh University, 2001

·         Girin Phukon : Assam’s Attitude to Federalism, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1984     : Inter-Ethnic conflict in Northeast India, (South Asian Publishers, NewDelhi, 2005)

: Politics of Regionalism in Northeast India (Spectrum Publication, NewDelhi, 2003.

·         Girin Phukon & : Politics of Identity and Nation Building in Northeast India, South AsianN.L. Dutta (eds), Publishers, New Delhi, 1997

·         A.K.Baruah: Social Tensions in Assam

·         J.Upadhyay : Student Politics in Assam, 2017

·         Monirul Hussain: Iterrogating Development, Sage, 2008

·         S.K. Chaube : Hill Politics in Northeaswt India, Orient Longman Ltd., New Delhi, 1999

·         Meeta Deka : Student Movement in Assam, Vikas, New Delhi, 1996

·         Samir Kr. Das : ULFA, (United Liberation Front of Assam) : A Political analysis, 1994

·         B. Dutta Roy : Re-organisation of Northeast India since, 1947 (Concept PublishingCompany, New Delhi, 1996)



Objectives: The primary aim of this paper is acquaint with the students with the sensitive peripheral states of India that has attracted the attention of the social scientists since a few year back. Moreover, being the citizen of the North East region it is invariably the concern of the students to have proper understanding of their own area. This is also one of the objectives of introducing this paper.

Text Books:

Joysankar Hazarika: Geopolitics of Northeast India, gyan Publishers,New Delhi,1996

Manirul    Hussain:    The    Assam    movement:    Class,    Identity   and   Ideology,Manak Publications, New Delhi,1993

Sandhya goswami : Language politics in Assam, Ajanta, New Delhi,1997

K.m.Deka (ed) : Nationalisim and Regionalisim in North East India,Dibrugarh University,1985

K.M. Deka & K.N. Phukan: Ethnicity in Assam, Dibrugarh University,2001

Girin Phukan: Assam’s Attitude to Federalism,sterling Publishers, New Delhi,1984

: Inter-Ethnic conflict in North East India, ( South Asian Publishers, New De4lhi,2005)

 


: Politics of Regionalisim in North East India ( Spectrum   Publication,New

 

Girin Phukan & N.L. Dutta (eds): Politics of identity and Nation Building in North East India, South Asian Publishers, New Delhi,1997

Reference Books:

S.K.Chaube: Hill Politics in Northeast India, Orient Longman Ltd, New Delhi,1999 Meeta Deka: Stude4nt Movement in Assam, Vikas, New Delhi,1996

Samir Kr. Das: ULFA ( United Liberation Front of Assam) : A political analysis, 1994

B.Dutta roy: Re-organisation of Northeast India since,1947 ( Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi,1996)



Course Objective: This course provides a theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts and methods that can be employed in the analysis of public policy. It uses the methods of political economy to understand policy as well as understand politics as it is shaped by economic changes. The course will be useful for students who seek an integrative link to their understanding of political science, economic theory and the practical world of development and social change.

READING LIST

·      Jenkins, B. (1997) 'Policy Analysis: Models and Approaches' in Hill, M. (1997)

The PolicyProcess: A Reader (2nd Edition). London: Prentice Hall, pp. 30-40.

·      Dye, T.R. (2002) Understanding Public Policy. Tenth Edition. Delhi: Pearson, pp.1-9, 32-56and 312-329.

·      Sapru, R.K.(1996) Public Policy : Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation. New Delhi:Sterling Publishers, pp. 26-46.

·      IGNOU. Public Policy Analysis. MPA-015. New Delhi: IGNOU, pp. 15-26 and 55-64.

·         Wildavsky, A.(2004), ‘ Rescuing Policy Analysis from PPBS’ in Shafritz, J.M. & Hyde, A.C.(eds.) Classics of Public Administration. 5th Edition. Belmont: Wadsworth, pp.271-284.

·      Dunleavy, P. and O'Leary, B. (1987) Theories of the State. London: Routledge.

·      McClennan, G. (1997) 'The Evolution of Pluralist Theory' in Hill, M. (ed.) The Policy Process:A Reader. 2nd Edition. London: Prentice Hall, pp. 53-61.

·      Simmie, J. & King, R. (eds.) (1990) The State in Action: Public Policy and Politics. London:Printer Publication, pp.3-21 and 171-184.

·      Skocpol, T. et al (eds.) (1985) Bringing the State Back In. Cambridge: Cambridge UniversityPress, pp. 3-43 and 343-366.

·      Dye, T.R. (2002) Understanding Public Policy. 10th Edition. Delhi: Pearson, pp.11-31.

·      Lukes, S. (1986) Power. Basil: Oxford , pp. 28-36.

·      Lukes, S. (1997) 'Three Distinctive Views of Power Compared', in Hill, M.  (ed.),

The PolicyProcess: A Reader. 2nd Edition. London: Prentice Hall, pp. 45-52.

·      Giddens,   A.  (1998)   The   Third   Way:   The   Renewal   of   Social Democracy.

Cambridge: PolityPress, pp. 27-64 and 99-118.

·      Hogwood, B. & Gunn, L. (1984) Policy Analysis for the Real World. U.K: Oxford UniversityPress, pp. 42-62.

·      Sabatier, P.L. & Mazmanian, D. (1979) 'The Conditions of Effective Policy Implementation', inPolicy Analysis, vol. 5, pp. 481-504.

·      Smith, G. & May, D. (1997) 'The Artificial Debate between Rationalist and IncrementalistModels of Decision-making', in Hill, M. The Policy Process: A Reader. 2nd Edition. London:Prentice Hall, pp. 163-174.

·      IGNOU. Public Policy Analysis. MPA-015, New Delhi: IGNOU, pp. 38-54.

·      Henry, N.(1999) Public Administration and Public Affairs. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, pp. 346-368.

·      Basu Rumki (2015) Public Administration in India Handates, Performance and Future

Perspectives, New Delhi, Sterling Publishers

·      Self, P. (1993) Government by the Market? The Politics of Public Choice. Basingstoke:MacMillan, pp. 1-20,70-105,113-146,198-231 and 262-277.

·         Girden,E.J.(1987) ‘Economic Liberalisation in India: The New Electronics  Policy’ in AsianSurvey. California University Press. Volume 27, No.11. Available at -www.jstor.org/stable/2644722.



Course objective: Under the influence of globalization, development processes in India have undergone transformation to produce spaces of advantage and disadvantage and new geographies of power. The high social reproduction costs and dispossession of vulnerable social groups involved in such a development strategy condition new theaters of contestation and struggles. A variety of protest movements emerged to interrogate and challenge this development paradigm that evidently also weakens the democratic space so very vital to the formulation of critical consensus. This course proposes to introduce students to the conditions, contexts and forms of political contestation over development paradigms and their bearing on the retrieval of democratic voice of citizens.

READING LIST

·         Mozoomdar, (1994) ‘The Rise and Decline of Development Planning in India’, in

S.     Byres(ed.) The State and Development Planning in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 73-108.

·         A. Varshney, (2010) ‘Mass Politics or Elite Politics? Understanding the Politics  of India’sEconomic Reforms’ in R. Mukherji (ed.) India’s Economic Transition: The Politics of Reforms,Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 146-169.

·         P. Chatterjee, (2000) ‘Development Planning and the Indian State’, in Zoya Hasan

(ed.),Politics and the State in India, New Delhi: Sage, pp.116-140.

·         P. Patnaik and C. Chandrasekhar, (2007) ‘India: Dirigisme,  Structural Adjustment, and theRadical Alternative’, in B. Nayar (ed.), Globalization and Politics in India. Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press, pp. 218-240.

·         P. Bardhan, (2005) ‘Epilogue on the Political Economy of Reform in India’, in The PoliticalEconomy of Development in India. 6th impression, Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         T. Singh, (1979) ‘The Planning Process and Public Process: a Reassessment’,    R.

R. KaleMemorial Lecture, Pune: Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics.

·         A. Aggarwal, (2006) ‘Special Economic Zones: Revisiting the Policy Debate’,  in

Economic andPolitical Weekly, XLI (43-44), pp.4533-36.

·         B.  Nayar  (1989)  India’s  Mixed  Economy:  The  Role  of  Ideology  and  its

Development, Bombay:Popular Prakashan.

·         F. Frankel, (2005) ‘Crisis of National Economic Planning’, in India’s Political Economy (1947-2004): The Gradual Revolution, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 93-340.

·         L. Fernandes, (2007) India’s New Middle Class: Democratic Politics in an Era of

Economic Reform, Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         S. Shyam, (2003) ‘Organizing the Unorganized’, in Seminar, [Footloose Labour: A Symposiumon Livelihood Struggles of the Informal Workforce, 531] pp. 47-53.

·         S.   Chowdhury,   (2007)    ‘Globalization    and   Labour’,    in    B.    Nayar    (ed.)

Globalization and Politicsin India, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.516-526.

·         V. Chibber, (2005) ‘From Class Compromise to Class Accommodation: Labor’s Incorporationinto the Indian Political Economy’ in R. Ray, and M.F. Katzenstein (eds.) SocialMovements inIndia, Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp 32-60.

·      A. Desai, (ed.), (1986) Agrarian Struggles in India After Independence, Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press, pp. xi-xxxvi

·         F.  Frankel,  (1971)  India’s  Green  Revolution:  Economic  Gains  and   Political

Costs, Princetonand New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

·      F. Frankel, (2009) Harvesting Despair: Agrarian Crisis in India, Delhi: Perspectives, pp. 161-169.

·         J. Harriss, (2006) ‘Local Power and the Agrarian Political Economy’ in Harriss, J. (ed) PowerMatters: Essays on Institutions, Politics, and Society in India, Delhi. Oxford University Press,pp. 29-32.

·         K. Suri, (2006) ‘Political economy of Agrarian Distress’, in Economic and Political Weekly,XLI(16) pp. 1523-1529.

·      P. Joshi, (1979) Land Reforms in India: Trends and Perspectives, New Delhi: Allied publishers.

·         P. Appu, (1974) ‘Agrarian Structure and Rural Development’, in Economic and PoliticalWeekly, IX (39), pp.70 – 75.

·         P. Sainath, (2010) ‘Agrarian Crisis and Farmers’, Suicide’, Occasional Publication22, NewDelhi: India International Centre (IIC).

·         M. Sidhu, (2010) ‘Globalisation vis-à-vis Agrarian Crisis in India’, in R. Deshpande and S.Arora, (eds.) Agrarian Crises and Farmer Suicides (Land Reforms in India Series), New Delhi:Sage, pp. 149-174.

·         V. Sridhar, (2006) ‘Why Do Farmers Commit Suicide? The Case Study of Andhra Pradesh’, inEconomic and Political Weekly, XLI (16).

·         G. Haragopal, and K. Balagopal, (1998) ‘Civil Liberties Movement and the State in India’, inM. Mohanty, P. Mukherji and O. Tornquist, (eds.) People’s Rights: Social Movements and theState in the Third World New Delhi: Sage, pp. 353-371.

·         M. Mohanty, (2002) ‘The Changing Definition of Rights in India’, in S. Patel, J. Bagchi, and K.Raj (eds.) Thinking Social Sciences in India: Essays in Honour of Alice Thorner Patel, NewDelhi: Sage.

·         G. Omvedt, (2012) ‘The Anti-caste Movement and the Discourse of Power’, in N. Jayal (ed.)Democracy in India, New Delhi: Oxford India Paperbacks, sixth impression, pp.481-508.

·         P. Ramana, (2011) ‘India’s Maoist Insurgency: Evolution, Current Trends and Responses’, inM. Kugelman (ed.) India’s Contemporary Security Challenges, Woodrow Wilson InternationalCentre for Scholars Asia Programme, Washington D.C., pp.29-47.

·         A.  Ray,  (1996)  ‘Civil  Rights  Movement  and  Social  Struggle  in  India’,      in

Economic and PoliticalWeekly, XXI (28). pp. 1202-1205.

·         A. Roy, (2010) ‘The Women’s Movement’, in N.Jayal and P. Mehta (eds.) The OxfordCompanion to Politics in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.409-422.

·         N. Sundar, (2011) ‘At War with Oneself: Constructing Naxalism as India’s Biggest SecurityThreat’, in M. Kugelman (ed.) India’s Contemporary Security


 

 

Challenges, Woodrow WilsonInternational Centre for Scholars Asia Programme, Washington D.C., pp.46-68.

·         M.  Weiner,  (2001)  ‘The  Struggle  for  Equality:  Caste  in  Indian  Politics’,   in

A.Kohli. (ed.) TheSuccess of India’s Democracy, Cambridge: CUP, pp.193-225.

·         S. Sinha, (2002) ‘Tribal Solidarity Movements in India: A Review’, in G. Shah.

(ed.) SocialMovements and the State, New Delhi: Sage, pp. 251-266.

·         S. Banerjee, (1986) ‘Naxalbari in Desai’, in A.R. (ed.) Agrarian Struggles in  India AfterIndependence. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.566-588.

·      B. Nayar, (ed.), (2007) Globalization and Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·      S. Roy and K. Debal, (2004) Peasant Movements in Post-Colonial India: Dynamics ofMobilization and Identity, Delhi: Sage.

·      G. Omvedt, (1983) Reinventing Revolution, New Social Movements and the SocialistTradition in India, New York: Sharpe.

·      G. Shah, (ed.), (2002) Social Movements and the State. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

·      G. Shah, (2004) Social Movements in India: A Review of Literature, New Delhi: SagePublications.

·      G. Rath, (ed.), (2006) Tribal development in India: The Contemporary Debate, New Delhi:Sage Publications.

·      J. Harris, (2009) Power Matters: Essays on Institutions, Politics, and Society in India. Delhi:Oxford University press.

·      K. Suresh, (ed.), (1982) Tribal Movements in India, Vol I and II, New Delhi: Manohar(emphasis on the introductory chapter).

·         M.  Mohanty,  P.  Mukherji  and  O.Tornquist,  (1998)  People’s  Rights:     Social

Movements andthe State in the Third World. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

·      M. Rao, (ed.), (1978) Social Movements in India, Vol. 2, Delhi: Manohar.

·      N. Jayal, and P. Mehta, (eds.), (2010) The Oxford Companion to Politics in India, Delhi:OxfordUniversity Press.

·      P. Bardhan, (2005) The Political Economy of Development in India, 6th impression, Delhi:Oxford University Press.

·         R. Mukherji, (ed.), (2007) India’s Economic Transition: The Politics of Reforms, Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press.

·      R, Ray and M. Katzenstein, (eds.), (2005) Social Movements in India, Delhi: Oxford UniversityPress.

·      S. Chakravarty, (1987) Development Planning: The Indian Experience, Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press.



Course Objective: The Proposed course aims to acquaint student with the structure and manner of functioning of the legal system in India.

Essential Reading

Creating Legal Awareness, edited by Kamala Sankaran and Ujjwal Singh (Delhi: OUP, 2007)Legal literacy: available amongst interdisciplinary courses on Institute of Life Long Learning

(Delhi University) Virtual Learning Portal namely vle.du.ac.in

Reading list for course on Legal Literacy

·         Multiple Action Research Group, Our Laws Vols 1-10, Delhi. Available in Hindi also.Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, Legal Literacy Series Booklets. Available in Hindi also.

·         S.K. Agarwala, Public Interest Litigation in India, K.M. Munshi Memorial Lecture,Second Series, Indian Law Institute, Delhi, 1985.

·         S.P. Sathe, Towards Gender Justice, Research Centre for Womens' Studies,  SNDT

Women's University, Bombay, 1993

Asha Bajpai, Child Rights in India : Law, Policy, and Practice, Oxford University Press,New Delhi,2003

Agnes, Flavia Law and Gender Equality, OUP, 1997.

Sagade, Jaga, Law of Maintenance: An Empirical Study, ILS Law College, Pune 1996.

·         B.L. Wadhera, Public Interest Litigation - A Handbook, Universal, Delhi, 2003.

·         Nomita Aggarwal, Women and Law in India, New Century, Delhi, 2002.

·         P.C. Rao and William Sheffiled Alternate Dispute Resolution: What it is and How it Works, Universal Law Books and Publishers, Delhi, 2002

·         V.N. Shukla's Constitution of India by Mahendra P. Singh, Eastern Book Co. 10th edition2001.


 

 

·         Parmanand Singh, 'Access to Justice and the Indian Supreme Court', 10 & 11 Delhi LawReview 156, 1981-82.

·         J. Kothari, (2005) ‘Criminal Law on Domestic Violence’, Economic and Political Weekly,Vol. 40(46), pp. 4843-4849.

·         H. Mander, and A. Joshi, The Movement for Right to Information in India, People’s         Powerfor                      the                  Control of                  Corruption.                   Available athttp://www.rtigateway.org.in/Documents/References/English/Reports/12.%20A n%20article%20on%20RTI%20by%20Harsh%20Mander.pdf.

·         P. Mathew, and P. Bakshi, (2005) ‘Indian Legal System’, New Delhi: Indian SocialInstitute.

·         P. Mathew, and P. Bakshi, (2005) ‘Women and the Constitution’, New Delhi: Indian SocialInstitute.

·         N. Menon, (2012) ‘Sexual Violence’, in Seeing Like a Feminist, New Delhi: Zubaan andPenguin, pp. 113-146.

·         M, Mohanty et al. (2011) Weapon of the Oppressed, Inventory of People’s  Rights

in India.Delhi: Danish Books.\

·         Centre for Good Governance, (2008) Right to Information Act, 2005: A Citizen’s Guide,Available athttp://www.rtigateway.org.in/Documents/Publications/A%20CITIZEN'S%20G UIDE.pdf

·         A. Pandey, (2004) Rights of the Consumer. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.

·         Andrew, (1996) ‘Arbitrary Government and the Rule of Law’, in Arguing About the Law,An Introduction to Legal Philosophy, Wordsworth, Boston., pp.3-19.

·         SAHRDC, (2006) ‘Criminal Procedure and Human Rights in India’ in Oxford Handbook ofHuman Rights and Criminal Justice in India- The system and Procedure, New Delhi:Oxford University Press, pp.5-15.

·         K. Sankaran and U. Singh, (2008) ‘Introduction’, in Towards Legal Literacy. New Delhi:Oxford University Press, pp. xi – xv.

·         Pandey, (2008) ‘Laws Relating to Criminal Justice: Challenges and Prospects’, in K.Sankaran and U. Singh, Towards Legal Literacy, New Delhi: Oxford  University Press,pp.61-77.

·         SAHRDC, (2006)‘Reporting a Crime: First Information Report’, in Oxford Handbook ofHuman Rights and Criminal Justice in India- The system and Procedure, New Delhi:Oxford University Press, pp.16-26.

·         SAHRDC, (2006) ‘Bail’, in Oxford Handbook of Human Rights and Criminal Justice in India-The system and Procedure, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp.59-71.

·         SAHRDC, (2006) ‘Detention’, in Oxford Handbook of Human Rights and Criminal Justice inIndia- The system and Procedure. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, Pp.72-84.

·         P. Mathew, (2003) Your Rights if you are Arrested, New Delhi. Indian Social Institute.

·         Gender Study Group, (1996) Sexual Harassment in Delhi University, A Report, Delhi:University of Delhi.

·         P. Mathew, (2002) The Law on Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.

·         K. Saxena, (2011) ‘Dalits’, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed,

Inventory ofPeople’s Rights in India. Delhi: Danish Books, Pp.15-38


 

·         K. Saxena, (2011) ‘Adivasis’, in M. Mohanty et al., Weapon of the Oppressed,

Inventory ofPeople’s Rights in India, Delhi: Danish Books, Pp.39-65.

·         S. Durrany, (2006) The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act 2005, NewDelhi: Indian Social Institute.

·         V. Kumari, (2008) ‘Offences Against Women’, in K, Sankaran and U. Singh (eds.) TowardsLegal Literacy, New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         P. D. Mathew,(2004)The Measure to Prevent Sexual Harassment of Women in WorkPlace. New Delhi: Indian Social Institute.

·         D. Srivastva, (2007) ‘Sexual Harassment and Violence against Women in India:Constitutional and Legal Perspectives’, in C. Kumar and K. Chockalingam (eds) HumanRights, Justice, and Constitutional Empowerment, Delhi: Oxford University Press.

·         S. Naib, (2013) ‘Right to Information Act 2005’, in The Right to Information in India,     NewDelhi:                    Oxford                University     Press,                  Available athttp://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/rti/guide_to_use_rti_act_200 5_English2012_light_Aspire.pdf.

·         Consumer             Protection              Act,             1986,             Available             at http://chdslsa.gov.in/right_menu/act/pdf/consumer.pdf.

·         Criminal             law             Amendment            Act,             2013,            Available athttp://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2013/E_17_2013_212.pdf                          , Accessed:10.04.2013.

·         Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Available athttp://wcd.nic.in/wdvact.pdf.

·         Right to Information Act, 2005, Available at http://righttoinformation.gov.in/rti- act.pdf.

·         Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, Available athttp://tribal.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/poaact989E4227472861.pdf.

·         Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights)Act                                              2006,                             Available                              at http://tribal.gov.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1033.pdf.

·         The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights, FullParticipation)       Act,                                                     1995,                     Available athttp://bhind.nic.in/Sparsh_disability%20act%201995.pdf.

·         The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, Available athttp://www.delta.org.in/form/rte.pdf.

·         The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)Bill,                                                                  2012,                                          Available athttp://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/PassedLoksabha/144C_2010_LS_ Eng.pdf.

·         Criminal          Law          Amendment          Act,          2013,          Available          at

,mha.nic.in/pdfs/TheCrimnalLaw030413.pdfFile  Format:  PDF/Adobe  Acrobat –

QuickView.



Course Objective: This course will introduce the students to the debates, principles and practices of public opinion polling in the context of democracies, with special reference to India. It will familiarize the students with how to conceptualize and measure public opinion using quantitative methods, with particular attention being paid to developing basic skills pertaining to the collection, analysis and utilization of quantitative data.

READING LIST

·         R. Erikson and K. Tedin, (2011) American Public Opinion, 8th edition,  New York: PearsonLongman Publishers,. pp. 4046.

·         G. Gallup, (1948) A guide to public opinion polls Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1948.Pp. 313.

·         G. Kalton, (1983) Introduction to Survey Sampling Beverly Hills, Sage Publication.

·         Lokniti Team (2009) ‘National Election Study 2009: A Methodological Note’,

Economic andPolitical Weekly, Vol. XLIV (39)

·         Lokniti Team, (2004) ‘National Election Study 2004’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.XXXIX (51).

·         ‘Asking About Numbers: Why and How’, Political Analysis (2013), Vol. 21(1): 4869, (firstpublished online November 21, 2012)

·         H. Asher, (2001) ‘Chapters 3 and 5’, in Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen ShouldKnow, Washington DC: Congressional Quarterly Press.

·         R. Erikson and K. Tedin, (2011) American Public Opinion, 8th edition,  New York, PearsonLongman Publishers, pp. 4046.

·         A. Agresti and B. Finlay, (2009) Statistical methods for the Social Sciences, 4th edition, Uppersaddle river, NJ: PearsonPrentice Hall,

·         S. Kumar and P. Rai, (2013) ‘Chapter 1’, in Measuring Voting Behaviour in  India, New Delhi:Sage.

·         R. Karandikar, C. Pyne and Y. Yadav, (2002) ‘Predicting the 1998 Indian ParliamentaryElections’, Electoral Studies, Vol. 21, pp.6989.

·         M. McDermott and K. A. Frankovic, (2003) ‘Horserace Polling and Survey Methods Effects:An Analysis of the 2000 Campaign’, Public Opinion Quarterly 67, pp. 244264.

·         K. Warren, (2001) ‘Chapter 2’, in In Defence of Public Opinion Polling, Boulder: WestviewPress, pp. 4580.

·         W. Cochran, (2007) ‘Chapter 1’, Sampling Techniques, John Wiley & Sons.

·         G. Gallup, (1948) A Guide to Public Opinion Polls. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp.1420; 7375.

·         D. Rowntree (2000) Statistics Without Tears: an Introduction for Non Mathematicians,Harmondsworth: Penguin.



Course Objective: The objective of an undergraduate application course for common students in Peace and Conflict Studies will cover in-depth knowledge of conflict analysis,conflict resolution, conflict prevention, as well as the historical and cultural context of organized violence. Peace and Conflict Resolution addresses the  sources of war, social oppression and violence and the challenges of promoting peace and justice internationally and domestically. It also introduces more equitable, cooperative and nonviolent methods that can be used to transform unjust, violent or oppressive world situations. This course provides students with an overview of the Peace and Conflict Studies discipline, including key concepts and related theories. The course is designed to familiarize students with the historical background of various peace movements, to analyze principles used to resolve conflict, and to provide a view of how peace and conflict resolution are being pursued today. The course will also cover extensive understanding of current research and development within the field of peace and conflict studies and perspective of the environment, gender, migration, and ethnicity.

READING LIST

·      Kriesberg, Louis, Constructive Conflicts: From Escalation to Resolution, Rowman &Littlefield, Maryland, 1998, pp. 58-150

·      Starkey, Boyer, and Wilkenfield, Negotiating a Complex World. Rowman &Littlefield, Maryland, 1999, pp. 1-74

·      Zartman, William (ed.), Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration ofLegitimate Authority, Reiner, Boulder, 1995, pp. 1-14 and 267-273

·      Zartman, William & Touval, Saadia "International Mediation in the Post-Cold WarEra", in Crocker et al., Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1996, pp. 445-461

·      Zartman, William, "Dynamics and Constraints in Negotiations in Internal Conflicts", inZartman, William (ed), Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars, The BrookingsInstitution, Washington, 1995, pp. 3-29

·      Zartman, William (ed.), Collapsed States: The Disintegration and Restoration ofLegitimate Authority, Reiner, Boulder, 1995, pp. 1-14 and 267-273

·      Zartman, William & Touval, Saadia "International Mediation in the Post-Cold WarEra", in Crocker et al., Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1996, pp. 445-461

·      Levy, Jack, "Contending Theories of International Conflict: A Levels-of- AnalysisApproach" in Crocker et al, Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1995, pp. 3- 24

·      Carr, Edward H., "Realism and Idealism," Richard Betts (ed), Conflict After the ColdWar, Boston: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

·      Carr, Edward H., "Realism and Idealism," Richard Betts (ed), Conflict After the ColdWar, Boston: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

·      Waltz, Kenneth N., "Structural Causes and Economic Effects," Richard Betts (ed),Conflict After the Cold War, Boston: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

·      Hampson, Fen Osler, Nurturing Peace, USIP, 1996, pp. 3-25

·      Galtung, Johan, There Are Alternatives: Four Roads to Peace and Security,Nottingham, Spokesman, 1984, pp. 162-205

·      Galtung, Johan, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and conflict, Development andCivilization, Sage, London, 1996, pp. 9-114

·      Galtung, Johan, The True Worlds: A Transnational Perspective, New York, Free Press,1980, pp. 107-149

·      Kelman, Herbert C., "Interactive Problem Solving", in Fisher, Ronald J. (ed.)Interactive Conflict Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 1997, pp. 56-74

·      Kritz, Neil J., "The Rule of Law in the Post-conflict Phase: Building a Stable Peace", inCrocker et al, Managing Global Chaos, USIP, 1996, pp. 587-606

·      Galtung, Johan, "The Basic Need Approach", in Human Needs: a Contribution to theCurrent Debate, Verlag, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 55-126

·      Saunders, Harold H., A Public Peace Process: Sustained Dialogue to Transform Racialand Ethnic Conflicts, New York, 1999, pp. 1-80

·      Galtung, Johan, There Are Alternatives: Four Roads to Peace and Security,Nottingham, Spokesman, 1984, pp. 162-205

·      Galtung, Johan, "The Basic Need Approach", in Human Needs: a Contribution to the

Current Debate, Verlag, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 55-126

·      Galtung, Johan, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and conflict, Development andCivilization, Sage, London, 1996, pp. 9-114


 

 

·      Galtung, Johan, The True Worlds: A Transnational Perspective, New York, Free Press,1980, pp. 107-149

·      Deutsch, Morton, The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes,New Haven, Yale University Press, 1973, pp. 1-123

·      Galtung, Johan, Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and conflict, Development andCivilization, Sage, London, 1996, pp. 9-114

·      Zartman, William, "Dynamics and Constraints in Negotiations in Internal Conflicts", inZartman, William (ed), Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars, The BrookingsInstitution, Washington, 1995, pp. 3-29

Kelman, Herbert C., "Interactive Problem Solving", in Fisher, Ronald J. (ed.)Interactive Conflict Resolution, Syracuse University Press, 1997, pp. 56-74


Course objective: To acquaint the student broadly with the legislative process in India at various levels, introduce them to the requirements of peoples’ representatives and provide elementary skills to be part of a legislative support team and expose them to real life legislative work. These will be, to understand complex policy issues, draft new legislation, track and analyse ongoing bills, make speeches and floor statements, write articles and press releases, attend legislative meetings, conduct meetings with various stakeholders, monitor media and public developments, manage constituent relations and handle interoffice communications. It will also deepen their understanding and appreciation of the political process and indicate the possibilities of making it work for democracy.

Suggested Readings:

 

·      Madhavan, M.R. & N.Wahi Financing of Election Campaigns PRS, Centre forPolicy    Research,                                           New                                    Delh, 2008:http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/conference/Campaign_finance_brief

.pdf

·         Vanka, S. Primer on MPLADS Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, 2008.can be accessed on:http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/mplads‐487/

·      Kalra, H. Public Engagement with the Legislative Process PRS, Centre forPolicy Research,                           New           Delhi,           2011.           can           be           accessed on:http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/media/Conference%202011/Pu blic%20Engagement%20with%20the%20Legislative%20Process.pdf

·      Government of India (Lok Sabha Secretariat) Parliamentary  Procedures(Abstract          Series),                                            2009.              Can             be             accessed on:http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/abstract/index.aspx

·         Government of India, (Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) Legislation,Parliamentary Procedure, 2009. Can be accessed on:http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter‐09.htm

·         Government of India, (Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) SubordinateLegislation, Parliamentary Procedure, 2009. Can be accessed on:http://mpa.nic.in/Manual/Manual_English/Chapter/chapter‐11.htm

·         Kapur, Devesh and Pratap Banu Mehta, “The Indian Parliament as anInstitution  of Accountability,” Democracy, Governance and Human  Rights,Programme Paper Number 23, United Nations Research Institute for SocialDevelopment, January           2006.                Can      be        accessed on:http://www.unrisd.org/UNRISD/website/document.nsf/240da49ca467a53f802 56b4f005ef245/8e6fc72d6b546696c1257123002fcceb/$FILE/KapMeht.pdf

·         Agarwal, O.P. and T.V. Somanathan, “Public Policy Making in India: Issues andRemedies,”                                    February,            2005.            Can            be            accessed on:http://www.cprindia.org/admin/paper/Public_Policy_Making_in_India_1420 5_TV_SOMANATHAN.pdf.

·         Debroy, Bibek, “Why we need law reform,” Seminar January 2001.

·         Mehta, Pratap Bhanu, “India’s Unlikely Democracy: The Rise of JudicialSovereignty,” Journal of Democracy Vol.18, No.2, pp.7083.

 

Government links:

·      http://loksabha.nic.in/; http://rajyasabha.nic.in/; http://mpa.nic.in/


 

 

·      Sanyal,K.Strengthening Parliamentary Committees PRS, Centre for PolicyResearch, New Delhi, 2011. can be accessed on:http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/media/Conference%202011/Str engthening%20Parliamentary%20Committees.pdf

·         Celestine, A. How to read the Union Budget PRS, Centre for Policy Research,New        Delhi,                                     2011.              can                 be               accessed on:http://www.prsindia.org/parliamenttrack/primers/how‐to‐read‐the‐unionbudget

1023/



Objectives: The basic purpose of this course is to orient the students to the world of  social responsibility. In this course the students will have on exposure to various welfare activities being undertaken at different levels and thereby they will have some opportunities to develop their organizational and leadership skills.

Essential Readings

·         Arblaster, A. (2006) ‘The Rise and Decline of Western Liberalism’ in Lal, D. Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twentyfirst Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 1- 8, 17- 30, and 48- 51.

·      Mandel, E. (1979) An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory. New York: Pathfinder Press, 3rd print, pp. 3-73.

·      Kersbergen, K.V. and Manow, P. (2009) Religion, Class Coalition and Welfare State.

·      Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chapters 1 and 10, pp. 1-38; 266-295

·      Andersen, J. G. (ed.) (2008) 'The Impact of Public Policies' in Caramani, D

Comparative

·      Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch 22, pp. 547- 563 .

·      Harvey, D. (2005) A Brief History of Neo-liberalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1- 206.

·      Ghosh, B.N. (2007) Gandhian Political Economy: Principles, Practice and Policy. Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp. 21- 88.

·      Phukan, M. (1998) The Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe. Delhi: Macmillan India, (ch.14: Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism), pp. 420- 440.

·      Gilpin, R. (2003) Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order.Hyderabad: Orient Longman, pp. 278- 304.

·      Kennedy, P. (1993) Preparing for the Twentieth Century. UK: Vintage, Ch. 3

·      Gelinas, J. B. (2003) Juggernaut Politics- Understanding Predatory Globalization. Halifax, Fernwood, Ch.3. Available from: www.globalpolicy.org


 

 

·      Gilpin, R. (2003) Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order.Hyderabad: Orient Longman, Ch. 8, pp. 196- 233.

·      Prasad, K. (2000) NGOs and Social-economic Development Opportunities. New Delhi: Deep & Deep, ch. 1, 2, 3, 5.

·         Fisher, J. (2003) Non-governments – NGOs and the Political Development in the Third World.Jaipur: Rawat, ch. 1, 4, 6.81

·         Media and Television Mackay, H. (2004) ‘The Globalization of Culture’ in Held,

D. (ed.) A

·      Globalizing World? Culture, Economics and Politics. London: Routledge, pp. 47- 84

·         Tomlinson, J. (2004) ‘Cultural Imperialism’ in Lechner, F. J and Boli, J. (eds.)

The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 303- 311.

·      Lechner, F. J and Boli, J. (eds.) (2004) The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 361- 376 and 398- 404.

·      Held, D. and Mcrew, A. (eds.) (2000) The Global Transformations Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 374- 386.

·      Singh, S. (1997) Taming the Waters: The Political Economy of Large Dams in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 133- 163, 182- 203, 204- 240.

·      Kesselman, M. (2007) The Politics of Globalization. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 330- 339.

·         Marglin, S. (1990) ‘Towards the Decolonisation of the Mind’ in Marglin, S. and Marglin, F. A. (eds.) Dominating Knowledge: Development, Culture and Resistance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1- 28.

·      L. Lechner, F. J and Boli, J. (eds.) (2004) The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 211- 244.

·      Held, D. and Mcrew, A. (eds.) (2000) The Global Transformations Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 105-155.

·         Omahe, K. (2004) ‘The End of the Nation State’, L. Lechner, F. J and Boli, J.

(eds.) The Globalization Reader. Oxford: Blackwell, ch. 29.

·      Glen, J. (2007) Globalization: North-South Perspectives. London: Routledge, ch.6.

·      Sen, A. (2006) Identity and Violence: Illusion and Destiny. London: Penguin/Allen Lane, ch.7, pp. 130-148.


 

 

·         Berkovitch, N. (2004) ‘The Emergence and Tranformation of the International Women’s

·         Movements’ in L. Lechner, F. J and Boli, J. (eds.) The Globalization Reader.

Oxford: Blackwell, ch.31, pp. 251- 257.

·         Steans, J. (2000) ‘The Gender Dimension’ in Held, D. and Mcrew, A. (eds.), The Global Transformations Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press, ch.35, pp. 366- 373.

·         Tickner, J. A. (2008) ‘Gender in World Politics’ in Baylis, J.,Smith, S. & Owens,

P. (eds.) Globalization of World Politics, 4th edn., New Delhi: Oxford University Press, ch.15.

·      Kesselman, M. and Krieger, J. (2006) Readings in Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas. Boston: Houghton Miffin Company, pp. 243- 254 and 266- 276.

·      Arya, S. and Roy, A. (eds.) Poverty Gender and Migration. New Delhi: Sage, Ch. 1

·      Kesselman, M. (2007) The Politics of Globalization. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 450- 462.

Nayyar, D. (ed.) (2002) Governing Globalization. Delhi: OUP, pp. 144- 176.





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