The Department of English and Cultural Studies, in consonance with its mission statement, is committed to promoting an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation and innovative ideation. The department encourages students to engage critically with literary aesthetics, historic and socio-cultural debates and develop a unique perspective in liberal arts.  Located at Delhi-NCR, the Department of English & Cultural Studies offers courses in core areas of literary and cultural studies along with hands-on modules in multimedia production. Our dual focus on literary studies and communication enable our students to pursue diverse careers in academia and industry. The department also has a range of extra-curricular activities through department association and clubs which enable a well-rounded development of our students. The Value-Added Courses offered by the department are designed to enhance the potential for employability of our graduates.

Towards a critical reading of the Self, the Society and the Imagined.

 Mission

The Department of English aspires to promote an intellectual climate through artistic creation, critical mediation and innovative ideation in a culture of reciprocal transformation.

The National Capital Region (NCR) - Delhi being one of Asia’s best places to pursue studies in journalism, media, and psychology - attracts thousands of students every year not only from India, also from other parts of the world. The proximity to India’s political capital, where the legislative, executive, and judicial headquarters situate will help the students to get access and exposure to high-level political and public policy processes. As most of the regional, national, and international media houses have either headquarters or bureaus in Delhi, students of BA in Media and Psychology at CHRIST (Deemed to be University) NCR Campus will have unparalleled career and internship opportunities.

Our multi-cultural and quality driven academic environment, well-conceptualized industry-institution interface, special lectures by experts in the domains of media and public policy, collaborations with public policy think tanks and intensive hands-on training to impart research and media skills will give a competitive advantage to the graduates of this path breaking academic programme. 

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Demonstrate critical thinking, scientific inquiry, argumentation and sensitivity to diversity while applying disciplinary concepts to everyday life and real-world situations.

PO3: Design, conduct, and communicate basic research following fundamental methods and ethical standards in social sciences and humanities

PO4: Use the knowledge of Media Studies, and Psychology to enhance self-awareness, well-being, interpersonal relationships, career-decision making, and social responsibility in personal and professional domains.

Programme Specific Outcome:

PSO2: Use the knowledge of Media Studies, and Psychology to enhance self-awareness, well-being, interpersonal relationships, career-decision making, and social responsibility in personal and professional domains.

Programme Educational Objective:

PEO2: Develop an analytical and conceptual framework for the student to professionally study and understand human social realities

PEO3: Help the student to develop a foundational understanding of research and career options in Psychology and Media

PEO4: Equip the student to understand the nuances of human existence in societies

Continuous Internal Assessments and Submissions are course specific. 

Introduction, genesis & evolution of marketing in society, Importance and Scope of Marketing, Elements of Marketing – Need, Want, Demand, Desire, Marketing Philosophies, Mccarthy’s 4P classification, Lauterborn’s 4C’s classification & 4A’s Framework of rural marketing, Product service continuum.

Basics of Marketing Environment, Factors Affecting Marketing Environment, Environmental analysis – SWOT & PESTLE, Marketing Environment in India, Legal & regulatory framework in India, Marketing Mix (Four Ps of Marketing).

Market Segmentation, Basis of segmentation & its types - Demographic, Geographic, Psychographic and behavioral Segmentation etc, Targeting- Five Patterns of Target Market Selection, Positioning-Concept of Positioning, Perceptual Mapping.

Product Life Cycle concept, marketing implications of PLC stages, corresponding strategies, dealing with competition, Perceptual Mapping, Consumer Behaviour – Rational V/s Emotional, Consumer proposition & acquisition process, buying motives, its types, Consumer Behaviour process

Nature, Meaning and Significance of Sales Management and Personal selling; Evolution of Sales Management, Role of Selling in Marketing, Characteristics of a successful Salesman; Types of Selling, Selling Functions, Sales Funnel; Process of Effective Selling: Sales strategies; Prospecting: Meaning, process & methods; Ways to approach a customer

Sales presentation; Handling objections; Closing a sale; Current issues in sales management; Case lets and applications, Meaning of Sales Force Management; Determining the sales force and size of the sales force, Introduction to: Sales organization concepts; Sales territories

1. Kotler, P., & Keller, K. (2015). Marketing management 15th edition. Prentice Hall.
2. Kotler, P. (2013). Marketing management: A south Asian perspective.  13^th edition, Pearson Education India.
3. Panda, T. K., & Sahadev, S. (2^nd Edition, 2011). Sales and distribution management. Oxford Publication.
4. Spiro, R. L., Rich, G. A., & Stanton, W. J. (12^th Edition, 2008). Management of a sales force. McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

1. Ramaswami, S., Namakumari. S,(2013) marketing management–Global Perspective Indian Context, Macmillan Publishers India Ltd, 5th Edition
2. Rajan Saxena, Marketing Management, (2009) 4th edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Education
3. Etzel M.J., Walker B.J. and Stanton William J - Marketing concept & Cases special Indian 14^th Edition Tata Mc Graw Hill.
4. Czinkota, Kotabe, Marketing Management, II edition, Thomson Publications.
5. Still, R. R., Cundiff, E. W., & Govoni, N. A. (1988). Sales management: decisions, strategies, and    cases, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
6. Coughlan, A. T., Anderson, E., Stern, L. W., & Adel, I. (2006). El-Ansary. Marketing Channels. Prentice-Hall.
7. Jobber, D., & Lancaster, G. (2007). Selling and sales management. Painos. Harlow: Pearson Education.
8. Cron, Decarlo T. E. (2016). Sales Management concepts and cases: Wiley India
9. Pingali Venugopal (2008). Sales and Distribution Management, Sage Publication 

CIA 2: 20 MARKS ( LATER CONVERTED TO 10 MARKS)

CIA 3: 50 MARKS ( LATER CONVERTED TO 25 MARKS)

Attendance 5 marks 

Total 50 marks 

The success of organizations are predominantly determined by the effectiveness of it people resources. To succeed in this global competition, it is imperative for the organizations to build hig performing teams. The core of building high performing teams is to understand team dynamics and build collaboration within teams, between teams and work as a team of teams. The course will enable the students to understand the nuances of team dynamics, experience the power of synergy working as a team and collaborate effectively for the benefit of personal, organizational and societal growth.

The course aims: 

●        To facilitate better understanding of group and phases of group development

●        To provide a deeper understanding of team dynamics and qualities of being a good team player

●        Resolve team conflicts and build synergy

●        Build trust, offer constructive feedback, coach and mentor others

To inculcate the spirit of working as a team

Concept of Groups, why people join groups, Phases of Group Development, Group Cohesiveness, Group Think, Group Decision Making, Techniques.

Concept of Team, Significance of working as Team, Difference between Work Groups and Work Teams, Types of Teams, Team Effectiveness, Qualities of a good Team Player, Self-Managed Teams.

Concept of Team Building, Barriers to Team Building, Resolving Team Conflicts, Achieving Synergy through team work.

Building Trust and Credibility, Constructive Feedback, Coaching and Mentoring.

Bonding, Team Building, Trust Building, Team Competitive Games, Group Dynamics, Identifying High Performing Teams and Achieving Team Effectiveness.

Higher Education

 Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience by Hughes, R.L., Ginnett, R.C., & Curphy, G.J. (2019), 9th Edition, McGraw Hill Education, Chennai, India.

●       https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2020/09/16/14-characteristics-of-high-performing-teams/?sh=4708d51316c6

https://hbr.org/2021/10/5-things-high-performing-teams-do-differently

CIA 2- 10 MARKS

CIA3- 25 MARKS

ATTENDANCE- 5 MARKS

Human Resource is considered as a valuable resource in every organization. The world class companies compete among themselves to attract the best talent across the globe.  They view talent as competitive differentiator and one where the acquisition, engagement, development and retention of talent is considered as a strategic priority of business.  This course exposes the students to methods and practices to acquire, engage and develop talent, focus on development of strategic leaders within an organization and also deals with how talent and knowledge can be managed effectively for the development of the organization

Meaning and concept of talent management, need and scope for talent management, Talent vs Knowledge, Talent management models: Process and Integrated model, Talent management initiatives, Techniques for potential appraisal, Talent management grid, Benefits of talent management.

Building blocks for talent management strategy, Developing and implementing Effective Talent Management System, Measuring the effectiveness of talent management, creating talent management system for organizational excellence.

Competency Mapping- Meaning, Importance and Steps in competency mapping, Competency model, Role of leaders and HR in talent management, Talent Management Approaches, Mapping Business Strategies and Talent Management Strategies, Achieving competitive advantage, Best practices in talent management- Case studies

Introduction to knowledge management, types of knowledge, Benefits of Knowledge Management, Integrating talent management and knowledge management, Role of Information technology in talent and knowledge management.

Introduction, Use of Technology in Talent Management, Use of AI in Talent Management, Talent Management using Design Thinking

Experiential Learning Activity: Identifying any one organization in the manufacturing or service sector- Interacting, observing and conducting interviews with their senior HR leaders to understand how they manage and retain talent in their organizations.  

●       Mohapatra.M & Dhir.S (2022); Talent Management-A contemporary perspective (2022), Sage Publications

●       Marshal Gold Smith and Louis Carter (2018): Best practices in talent management, A Publication of the practice institute, Pfeiffer, A Wiley Imprint.

●       Atheer Abdullah Mohammed (2019), Integrating Talent and Knowledge Management: Theory and practice, Lamber Publishing co.,

●       Cappeli Peter: Talent on Demand –Managing Talent in an age of uncertainty, Harvard Business press.

Sphr Doris Sims, Sphr Matthew Gay(2007),Building Tomorrow’s Talent : A Practitioner’s Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning, Author House

The course aims at enhancing their financial skills as well as training the students to be financial educators with family and friends. There is a need for students to effectively plan and monitor their spending. The course aims at effectively training students and equipping them with the knowledge and tools to manage their finances and also teach others the same.

Introduction, Evolution, Meaning and importance of -  Income, Expenses, Savings, Budget, Money, Currency, Bank account, savings investment, JAM-balance sheet – purpose features, format – Technology in finance – FinTech, TechFin, Regtech, sandox, Mobile-based Banking – post offices – Savings vs investments – Power of Compounding – risk and Return-Time Value of Money- Simple Interest-Compound Interest-

Introduction to Financial Planning - Analysing the resources of the person - Concepts in Financial Planning:The time value of money, Diversification - 'spreading risk', Investment Timing - Financial Products for Savers: Financial Products options for savers, personal budget – family budget – financial planning procedure.

Introduction and evolution of Banking – Banking in India – RBI – Role of RBI in India– Savings and Deposits – Deposits, Accounts, KYC,e/v KYC Types of Deposits - Saving Bank Accounts, Fixed Deposit Accounts, Recurring Deposit Account, Special Term Deposit Schemes, Loans and Types of loan advanced by Banks and Other secondary functions of Bank – PAN, NSDL: PAN, Meaning of Cheque and types of cheques – CTS_MICR-IFSC – e- Banking – ATM, Debit, Credit, Smart Card, UPI, e-Wallets, Payment Banks-NPCI: Products and role in regulating the online payments, CIBIL – Banking complaints and Banking Ombudsman. Mutual Funds_ Types of Mutual Funds-NAV. Digital Currency-Bitcoin- NFO

Post Office Savings Account(SB)​​​​​, National Savings Recurring Deposit Account (RD)​​, ​National Savings Time Deposit Account (TD), National Savings Monthly Income Account (MIS), Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Account (SCSS)​, Public Provident Fund Account (PPF)​, Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA)​, National Savings Certificates (VIIIth Issue) (NSC), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), PM CARES for Children Scheme, 2021, Interest rates (New)​, How to avail services, Schedule of Fee – IPBS – KYC. Employees Provident Fund (EPF) - Public Provident Fund (PPF), Superannuation Fund, Gratuity, Other Pension Plan, and Post-retire Counselling-National Pension Scheme(NPS)

Life Insurance Policies: Life Insurance, Term Life Insurance, Pension Policies, ULIP, Health Insurance, Endowment Policies, Property Insurance: Policies offered by various general insurance companies. Post office life Insurance Schemes: Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance (PLI/RPLI). Housing Loans: Institutions providing housing loans, loans under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Rural and Urban-Atal Pension Yojana (APS),

1. Mittra, S., Rai, S. K., Sahu, A. P., & Starn, H. J. (2015). Financial Planning. New Delhi: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
2. https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/content/pdfs/GUIDE310113_F.pdf

CIA2  25 marks 

ESE  50 marks 

• To expose learners to a variety of texts to interact with
• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
• To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values

• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information

·         To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes

·         To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning

·         To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning

·         To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expressions

·         To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

• 1. The Happy Prince- Oscar Wilde
• 2. Sonnet 18- William Shakespeare

Common errors- subject-verb agreement, punctuation, tense errors  Just a minute talk, cubing

 Why We Travel-Pico Iyer 

Sentence fragments, dangling modifiers, faulty parallelism,

Thinking Like a Mountain  By Aldo Leopold

Note taking

Aarushi-Hemraj Murder Article 

Newspaper report

 My Story- Nicole DeFreece

Essay writing

Paraphrasing and interpretation skills

• Casey at the Bat-  Ernest Lawrence Thayer

CIA 2=50 

CIA 3= 20 

ESE= 50 marks

This is an introductory course to understanding the emergence and development of crime fiction as a literary genre. Once considered as popular literature insignificant to the canon, crime fiction exists as a genre that is relevant to the current times, especially to understand the society in which we live in today. This course will engage discussions on the concepts of crime and justice, and enable students to identify how crime impacts individuals and communities. Certain discourses will include socio-cultural understanding of crime and punishment, role of detectives and police officers and their interactions with civilians, and how gender, race, class, religion play a role in these narratives. Through this course, students will critically analyse textual works in the form of short stories, chapters, essays, novels, along with visual sources such as documentaries, films, television and web series and animated works.

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to:

●      Sensitise students to the real-world scenario of conflict and violence and its consequence thereof.

●      Introduce crime fiction and its sub-genres

●      Study the impact of crime on literature and society.

●      Explore different forms of crime fiction from across the globe.

●      Identify works of crime fiction that are yet unexplored such as regional works with linguistic variabilities.

This unit will focus on understanding how we define crime. It will look into various instances of crimes such as homicide, war crimes, white collar crime, physical assault, terrorism and so on, across societies in history. The unit will include how punishment and torture were used as tools to persuade the masses to follow law and order. Prison systems based on the panopticon will also be considered. This unit aims at understanding the society around us and how incidences of crime shapes our lives today.

Topics for Discussion:

●      Crime

○      War Crimes (Jews genocide, Russia Ukraine War, Kashmiri Pundit genocide)

○      Homicide (Jack the Ripper murder case)

○      Rape and assault (December 16th; Partition narratives)

○      White Collar crimes (Frank Abagnale Jr, Harshad Mehta)

○      Terrorism (9/11, 26/11)

●      Punishment

○      Torture Instruments

○      Prisons (Panopticon: Cellular Jail)

Readings:

●      Beccaria, C. (1764). An essay on crime and punishments. The Portable Enlightenment Reader, 525-532. Ed. Isaac Kramnick. USA: Penguin Books, 1995. Print.

●      Bentham, J. (1789). Cases unmeet for punishment. The Portable Enlightenment Reader, 541-546. Ed. Isaac Kramnick. USA: Penguin Books, 1995. Print.

Suggested Reading

●      Althusser, Louis. "Ideology and ideological state apparatuses (notes towards an investigation) (1970)." Cultural theory: an Anthology (2010): 204-222.

●      Foucault, Michel. “Discipline and Punish”.  Readings in the Theory of Religion. Routledge, 2016. 549-566.

●      Dostoevsky.  Crime and Punishment.

This unit will focus on the emergence of crime fiction from mystery stories, riddles and puzzles. It will explore how crime fiction has developed over a period of time into different sub-genres.

Topics for Discussion:

●      Definition of crime fiction

●      Sub-genres of crime fiction

●      Rules of writing crime fiction

Readings:

●      Todorov, Tzvetan. “The Typology of Detective Fiction”. Poetics of Prose. 1966.

●      Edgar Allan Poe. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. 1841.

●      Arthur Conan Doyle. “A Scandal in Bohemia”. 1891.

Suggested Readings:

●      SS Van Dine’s “Twenty Rules of Writing Detective Stories” (1928)

●      Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex

●      Select folk tales of Charles Perrault and Grimm Brothers.

●      Arthur Conan Doyle “The Red Headed League”. 1891. ​The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes​. Project Gutenberg, EBook, 2002. 18-33

●      Scaggs, John. Crime Fiction: A New Critical Idiom. Oxon: Routledge, 2005

●      Wilder, Ursula M. “Odysseus, the Archetypal Spy”. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 2021, pp. 1–17. DOI: 10.1080/08850607.2020.1847517.

●      Auden, W. H. “The Guilty Vicarage: Notes on the Detective Story, by an Addict”. Harper’s Magazine. May 1948 issue. Web. https://harpers.org/archive/1948/05/the-guiltyvicarage/

●      Kayman, Martin A. “The Short Story from Poe to Chesterton”. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Ed. Martin Priestman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 41–58.

●      Seed, David. “Spy Fiction”. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Ed. Martin Priestman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 115–134.

From short stories to the novel form, crime fiction has become more elaborate in terms of how it reflects the society and culture of its setting. This unit delves into the emergence of the police officers in crime fiction narrative as a public figure as opposed to the private detective. Concepts of policing system and jurisprudence will be discussed here along with social issues related to race, gender, class as reflected in the texts.

Reading:

●      Keigo Higashino. Malice. 1996.

Suggested Readings

●      Rendell, Ruth. Simisola. New York: Kingsmarkham Enterprises Ltd, Dell Publishing, 1995.

●      Dove, George N. The Police Procedural. Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1982.

●      James, P.D. “The Art of the Detective Novel”. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. 133, no. 5349, 1985, pp. 637–649. Web. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41374015

●      ---, Talking About Detective Fiction. New York: Vintage Books, 2009.

●      ---, “P.D. James: ‘Some People Find Conventions Liberating’”. Interview by Sarah Crown. YouTube, uploaded by The Guardian, 6 August 2010. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAECcqmDTaM

●      Knight, Stephen. Crime Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

●      Effron, Malcah. “Fictional Murders in Real “Mean Streets”: Detective Narratives and Authentic Urban Geographies”. Journal of Narrative Theory, vol. 39, no. 3, 2009, pp. 330–346. JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41427212.

●      Porter, Dennis. “The Private Eye”. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Ed. Martin Priestman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 95–114.

●      Kadonaga, Lisa. “Strange Countries and Secret Worlds in Ruth Rendell’s Crime Novels”. Geographical Review, vol. 88, no. 3, 1998, pp. 413–428. Web. http://www.jstor.org/stable/216017.

●      Erdmann, Eva. “Nationality International: Detective Fiction in the Late Twentieth Century”. Investigating Identities: Questions of Identity in Contemporary International Crime Fiction. Eds. Marieke Krajenbrink and Kate M. Quinn. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2009, pp. 11–26.

●      Mills, Rebecca. “Victims”. The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction. Eds. Janice Allan, Jesper Gulddal, Stewart King and Andrew Pepper. London and New York: Routledge, 2020, pp. 149–158

●      Close, Glen S. Female Corpses in Crime Fiction: A Transatlantic Perspective. USA: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99013-2.

●      Lloyd, Joanne Reardon. “Talking to the Dead – The Voice of the Victim in Crime Fiction”. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, vol. 11, no. 1, 2014, pp. 100–108. DOI: 10.1080/14790726.2013.871295.

Crime Fiction has transcended space in terms of geographies and become a global literature, but has also grown beyond the textual space to the digital. Many of them include adaptations of novels. The genre is gaining popularity in the form of films, television and web series and is widely watched on OTT platforms today.

Content:

●      Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window

●      Animated Series: Tantei Gauken Kyu (select episodes)

●      Web series: Paatal Lok (select episodes)

Suggested Content

●      Jonathan Demme’s Silence of the Lambs (1991)

●      Steven Spielberg’s Catch me if you can (2002)

●      The Pink Panther series

●      David Fincher’s The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo (2011) (Adaptation of Steig Larsson)

●      Abrid Shine’s Action Hero Biju (2016)

●      Byomkesh Bakshi series

●      The Godfather Trilogy

●      Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990)

Suggested Reading

●      Unur, Ayşegül Kesirli. “Representing Female Detectives in Turkish Police Procedurals”. Television in Turkey: Local Production, Transnational Expansion and Political Aspirations. Eds. Yeşim Kaptan and Ece Algan. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 125–148. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-4601-8_7

●      Berglund, Karl. “With a Global Market in Mind: Agents, Authors, and the Dissemination of Contemporary Swedish Crime Fiction.” In Crime Fiction as World Literature, edited by Louise Nilsson, David Damrosch, and Theo D’haen. New York: Bloomsbury, 2017.

●      Boltanski, Luc. Mysteries and Conspiracies: Detective Stories, Spy Novels and the Making of Modern Societies. Translated by Catherine Porter. Cambridge: Polity, 2014.

●      Charlotte Beyer. ““Death of the Author”: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö’s Police Procedurals”. Cross-Cultural Connections in Crime Fictions. Ed. Vivien Miller and Helen Oakley. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 141–159. DOI: 10.1057/978117016768.

●      Farish, Matthew. “Cities in Shade: Urban Geography and the Uses of Noir”. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, vol 23, 2005, pp. 95–118. DOI: 10.1068/d185

●      Schmid, David. “From the Locked Room to the Globe: Space in Crime Fiction”. Cross Cultural Connections in Crime Fiction. Eds. Miller V and Oakley H. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 7–23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137016768_2

●      Beccaria, C. (1764). An essay on crime and punishments. The Portable Enlightenment Reader, 525-532. Ed. Isaac Kramnick. USA: Penguin Books, 1995. Print.

●      Bentham, J. (1789). Cases unmeet for punishment. The Portable Enlightenment Reader, 541-546. Ed. Isaac Kramnick. USA: Penguin Books, 1995. Print.

●      Todorov, Tzvetan. “The Typology of Detective Fiction”. Poetics of Prose. 1966.

●      Edgar Allan Poe. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. 1841.

●      Arthur Conan Doyle. “A Scandal in Bohemia”. 1891.

●      Keigo Higashino. Malice. 1996.

●      Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window

●      Animated Series: Tantei Gauken Kyu (select episodes)

●      Web series: Paatal Lok (select episodes)

●      Althusser, Louis. "Ideology and ideological state apparatuses (notes towards an investigation) (1970)." Cultural theory: an Anthology (2010): 204-222.

●      Foucault, Michel. “Discipline and Punish”.  Readings in the Theory of Religion. Routledge, 2016. 549-566.

●      Dostoevsky.  Crime and Punishment.

●      SS Van Dine’s “Twenty Rules of Writing Detective Stories” (1928)

●      Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex

●      Select folk tales of Charles Perrault and Grimm Brothers.

●      Arthur Conan Doyle “The Red Headed League”. 1891. ​The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes​. Project Gutenberg, EBook, 2002. 18-33

●      Scaggs, John. Crime Fiction: A New Critical Idiom. Oxon: Routledge, 2005

●      Wilder, Ursula M. “Odysseus, the Archetypal Spy”. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 2021, pp. 1–17. DOI: 10.1080/08850607.2020.1847517.

●      Auden, W. H. “The Guilty Vicarage: Notes on the Detective Story, by an Addict”. Harper’s Magazine. May 1948 issue. Web. https://harpers.org/archive/1948/05/the-guiltyvicarage/

●      Kayman, Martin A. “The Short Story from Poe to Chesterton”. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Ed. Martin Priestman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 41–58.

●      Seed, David. “Spy Fiction”. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Ed. Martin Priestman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 115–134.

●      Rendell, Ruth. Simisola. New York: Kingsmarkham Enterprises Ltd, Dell Publishing, 1995.

●      Dove, George N. The Police Procedural. Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1982.

●      James, P.D. “The Art of the Detective Novel”. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. 133, no. 5349, 1985, pp. 637–649. Web. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41374015

●      ---, Talking About Detective Fiction. New York: Vintage Books, 2009.

●      ---, “P.D. James: ‘Some People Find Conventions Liberating’”. Interview by Sarah Crown. YouTube, uploaded by The Guardian, 6 August 2010. Web. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAECcqmDTaM

●      Knight, Stephen. Crime Fiction, 1800-2000: Detection, Death, Diversity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

●      Effron, Malcah. “Fictional Murders in Real “Mean Streets”: Detective Narratives and Authentic Urban Geographies”. Journal of Narrative Theory, vol. 39, no. 3, 2009, pp. 330–346. JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41427212.

●      Porter, Dennis. “The Private Eye”. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Ed. Martin Priestman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 95–114.

●      Kadonaga, Lisa. “Strange Countries and Secret Worlds in Ruth Rendell’s Crime Novels”. Geographical Review, vol. 88, no. 3, 1998, pp. 413–428. Web. http://www.jstor.org/stable/216017.

●      Erdmann, Eva. “Nationality International: Detective Fiction in the Late Twentieth Century”. Investigating Identities: Questions of Identity in Contemporary International Crime Fiction. Eds. Marieke Krajenbrink and Kate M. Quinn. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2009, pp. 11–26.

●      Mills, Rebecca. “Victims”. The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction. Eds. Janice Allan, Jesper Gulddal, Stewart King and Andrew Pepper. London and New York: Routledge, 2020, pp. 149–158

●      Close, Glen S. Female Corpses in Crime Fiction: A Transatlantic Perspective. USA: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99013-2.

●      Lloyd, Joanne Reardon. “Talking to the Dead – The Voice of the Victim in Crime Fiction”. New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing, vol. 11, no. 1, 2014, pp. 100–108. DOI: 10.1080/14790726.2013.871295.

●      Unur, Ayşegül Kesirli. “Representing Female Detectives in Turkish Police Procedurals”. Television in Turkey: Local Production, Transnational Expansion and Political Aspirations. Eds. Yeşim Kaptan and Ece Algan. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, pp. 125–148. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-4601-8_7

●      Berglund, Karl. “With a Global Market in Mind: Agents, Authors, and the Dissemination of Contemporary Swedish Crime Fiction.” In Crime Fiction as World Literature, edited by Louise Nilsson, David Damrosch, and Theo D’haen. New York: Bloomsbury, 2017.

●      Boltanski, Luc. Mysteries and Conspiracies: Detective Stories, Spy Novels and the Making of Modern Societies. Translated by Catherine Porter. Cambridge: Polity, 2014.

●      Charlotte Beyer. ““Death of the Author”: Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö’s Police Procedurals”. Cross-Cultural Connections in Crime Fictions. Ed. Vivien Miller and Helen Oakley. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 141–159. DOI: 10.1057/978117016768.

●      Farish, Matthew. “Cities in Shade: Urban Geography and the Uses of Noir”. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, vol 23, 2005, pp. 95–118. DOI: 10.1068/d185

●      Schmid, David. “From the Locked Room to the Globe: Space in Crime Fiction”. Cross Cultural Connections in Crime Fiction. Eds. Miller V and Oakley H. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. 7–23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137016768_2

CIA 1: Assignment (20 marks)

CIA 2: Presentation (20 marks)

CIA 3: Term Paper Submission (50 marks)

The present decline in environmental quality calls for a stricter enforcement of laws relating to protection of environment. The objective of this course is to give an insight into various legislations that has been enacted in our country for protection of environment and also to create awareness among the citizens of the country about the duties cast on them under various legislations in relation to protection of environment.

Course Objectives:

• To impart an in-depth knowledge of environmental legislations to students from diverse backgrounds.
• To interpret, analyse and make a critique of the legislations and Case laws relating to environment
• To provide a brief understanding of various developments that has taken place at international level to check various environmental harms.

INTRODUCTION

INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND ENVIRONMENT

JUDICIAL REMEDIES AND PROCEDURES AVAILABLE FOR ABATEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986

ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986

WATER (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT 1974

FORESTS AND CONSERVATION LAWS

 WILD LIFE PROTECTION AND THE LAW

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

MCQ exam: 50 Marks

This course, thus, has been specifically designed for the non-law people. It aims to address the linkages between the corporate and the human rights in the form of CSR. It critically analyses one significant question – whether the issues of human rights should be addressed by the corporate sector mandatorily or voluntarily, in different social contexts? The strengths and weaknesses of the CSR initiatives in India and other countries are analysed. Also, the international commitments, with special reference to the role of United Nations are seen.

Course Objectives: Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR, as it is popularly referred to, is a combination of ethical, philanthropic, legal and economic responsibilities of a corporate organization towards the social transformation by addressing the social issues in collaboration with Government and NGOs. The corporate entities are more into profit making business and in this race, they often forget that their activities are causing harm to and not protecting the environment as well as human rights of the people.

Meaning and origin of CSR; Meaning of human rights; Linkage between human rights and CSR

CSR by companies in India affecting human rights; CSR and the provisions of the Companies Bill, 2012; CSR by companies in other countries affecting human rights

United Nations commitments on CSR relating to human rights; other international commitments on CSR affecting human rights

Strengths and weakness of CSR in terms of promotion of human rights in India as well as globally

Suggestions to improve upon the weaknesses of the CSR for the protection of human rights

"Business and Human Rights: From Principles to Practice"-  Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and Justine Nolan, 1st edition, Routledge publication

"Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ethical Approach"- Mark S. Schwartz, 1st edition, Broadview Press

"The Responsibility to Protect: Human Rights and the New Global Moral Compact" by Ramesh Thakur and William Maley.

CIA 1 - 25 marks. 

CIA 2   - 25 Marks 

CIA 3 -  50 marks.

Students must bring their own sheets, stapler and necessary stationery with them on the date of the exam.

This course – Introduction to Media and Communication – is designed to help students to critically survey, examine and analyze the communication and media landscape. It will introduce the students to basic concepts in communication and the media processes, origin and history of media, selected theories and models of communication, and paradigms of media effects. The course also explores some pertinent themes - media and society, democracy, and public sphere along with the recent trends and media related issues in the modern political economy.

1.Communication: Definition, Elements, Processes, and Barriers/Noise

2.Types of Communication: Verbal and Non-Verbal; Formal and Informal; Mediated and Non-Mediated; Vertical and Horizontal

3.Forms of Communication: Intra-personal, Interpersonal, Group, Public and Mass Communication

4.Media: Types and Functions (Folk, Print, Broadcast, Film, New Media & Alternative Media)

1. The Pre-Gutenberg Era: Cave Paintings and Rock Art, Roman Newsreaders and Acta Diurna, Earlier Writing/Printing Techniques

2. Printing Revolution: Origin of Newspapers, Magazines and News Agencies, Emergence of Penny Press, Yellow Journalism and Tabloids

3. History of Radio and Television

4. Press in India: History,  Contributions to Independence Movement, Press During Emergency, Media in the Post-Liberalization Era

1. Communication Models: Linear (Aristotle, Shannon and Weaver, Harold Lasswell, David Berlo) and Non-Linear (Osgood-Schramm, Westley and Maclean, Helical Model by Frank Dance, Interactive and Transactional Models)

2. Normative Theories of the Press

3. Denis McQuail’s Four Models of Communication

4. Sadharanikaran – Indian Communication Theory

1. Direct Effects: Hypodermic Needle/ Magic Bullet Theory, Propaganda Theory, Agenda-Setting Theory, and Narcotizing Dysfunction

2. Limited Effects: Personal Influence Theory, Individual Difference Theory, and Elite Pluralism

3. Cultural Effects: Cultivation Analysis and Spiral of Silence

4. Alternative Paradigm - Uses and Gratification Model, Active Audience, and Play Theory

1. Media and Democracy: Media as the watchdog of democracy, Fourth pillar/estate of democracy

2. Media and the Public Sphere – Jurgen Habermas

3. Communication and Media in the Digital Age: Changing Trends (News, Mobile Journalism, Entertainment, Social Networking Sites and Mobile Applications)

4. Critical Media Literacy - Douglas Kellner

Fiske, John (1982). Introduction to Communication Studies. New York: Routledge.

Kumar, J. K. (2012). Mass Communication in India. New Delhi Jaico Publishing House.

McQuail, D. (2012). McQuails Mass Communication Theory. Los Angeles: SAGE.

Narula, Uma (2006). Handbook of Communication: Models, Perspectives and Strategies. New Delhi: Atlantic Publications.

DeFleur, Melvin L. & DeFleur, Margaret H. (2016). Mass Communication Theories: Explaining Origins, Processes, and Effects. New York: Routledge.

Kellner, D. & Share, J. (2007) Critical Media Literacy, Democracy, and the Reconstruction of Education. In D. Macedo & S.R. Steinberg (Eds.), Media literacy: A Reader. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

Pavlik, John V. (2008). Media in the Digital Age. New York: Columbia University Press.

Williams, Kevin (2003). Understanding Media Theory. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

This course explores the intricate relationship between media and social movements, examining how media platforms and technologies have shaped the formation, mobilization, and impact of contemporary social movements. Through an interdisciplinary lens, students will analyze the role of media in fostering collective action, amplifying marginalized voices, and challenging power structures. They will critically examine various forms of media, including traditional news outlets, social media platforms, and alternative media, and investigate their influence on activism, protest, and social change. Drawing on case studies from around the world, students will gain insights into the complexities of media representation, framing, and manipulation, as well as strategies employed by social movements to harness media for their causes. By the end of the course, students will develop a nuanced understanding of the dynamic interplay between media and social movements in the contemporary global context.

This chapter defines the symbiotic relationship between media and society. Though the relevance of contemporary media activism has its roots back over a half-century or more, they each have a unique essence in today’s emerging ‘global’ era. The initial restrictions on media activism have not altogether diminished but these restrictions have been transformed by the ever-expanding possibilities of connection and coordination. Media activism today emerges as a global phenomenon in a newer form that involves synchronized protests worldwide for global inclusive justice involving diverse lengths of movements. In this increasingly globalization of mass media be it television, press or digital media, the information flow of ideas is gigantic marked by the proliferation of the internet offering newer means of opportunities and modes of direct communication to the social and political actors.

• Media and the Global Public Sphere
• Representation of Gender, Public Sphere, Ethnicity and Subaltern groups
• Ideology and Hegemony in Media
• Media and Globalization: Trends and Challenges.

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, global politics seem to be provoked due to the aggressive encounter between authoritative states and armed groups.The veil behind these conflicts consists of several kinds of actors at work in society all over the world. Forms of peaceful protests marked by social and political changes have permeated all spaces and spheres of social life across regions. Activism involves both local and international power structures and attempts to offer recourse to the politics of oppression.

Activist politics are spread across various forms of movements, networks, organizations and websites. They persuade ‘mainstream’ politics over significant global issues like trade, gender relations and the environment.  It is this relationship among actors, agency and structure that has been the focus of study of this chapter.

• Media as an Advocacy and Campaign Tool
• Global Activism and Activist Media 
• Use of Traditional/Folk Media for Advocacy/Campaigns
• Activism in the Print and Electronic Platforms 
• Activism in the Digital Space

We live in a period where politics is communication, be it politicians’ manifestos, pressure groups propaganda or peaceful protests - all make their attempts to gear their communication in reaching people as a mass. All political conflicts occur majorly within and through organized media of communication, but these are much more diverse than the term ‘mass media’ implies. Direct communication takes place from political actors to audiences in media that actors themselves define. It is indirect, when it travels through formal media institutions. In the twenty-first century, transformations of communications technology offer many radical new possibilities of communication between these varied forms of actors and the masses. The chapter undertakes all the diverse case studies in media activism in relation to democracy, corruption, gender equality, race, economic justice, and environmental issues.

• Arab Spring
• India Against Corruption
• #MeToo
• #BlackLivesMatter
• Occupy Wall Street
• Greta Thunberg
• Malala Yousafzai

• Planning, Scheduling, and Budgeting for Digital/Social Media Campaigns
• Networking for Social Media Campaigns
• Final Project and Presentation (Students will undertake a social media campaign on a local/regional social/development issue and present their work)

This course - Writing for Newspapers - is designed to teach basic writing skills for newspapers. It primarily covers news writing techniques for print. The course also introduces students to other aspects of writing for media like - feature stories, press releases, and reviews (books, films etc.). Students will enhance their writing skills as they take advanced courses of Reporting and Editing, Radio and Television Production and Digital Storytelling Techniques in the coming semesters.

1. News: Definition, Types, and News Values

2. Anatomy of a Newspaper

3. News Writing Principles: Thoroughness, Accuracy, Fairness, and Transparency

4. The 5Ws and H

5. Angle/Perspective of the News

6. Readability

7. Stylebook

1. Styles of Writing: Inverted Pyramid and Hour-Glass

2. Structure of a News Report – Headline, Lead, Nutgraph, Body, and Tail/End

3. Headline: Types and Writing Principles

4. Lead: Types and Writing Principles

5. Writing Interviews

6. Writing Captions

7. Feature Stories

1. Opinion Articles

2. Editorials

3. Press Releases and Press Statements

4. Profiles

5. Letter to the Editor

6. Reviews: Film, Books, Music, Gadgets

7. Writing Obituaries

Earnshaw, Steven (2007). The Handbook of Creative Writing. Edinburgh University Press.

Raman, Usha (2009). Writing for the Media. Oxford University Press

Rich, C. (2010). News Reporting and Editing. New Delhi: Cengage.

Westley, B. (1980). News Editing (3rd ed). New Delhi: IBH Publications.

Brooks, B., Jack & Baskette, F..K. (1992). The Art of Editing (5th ed.). New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co.

French, C (EdS.) (1987). The AP Style Book & Libel Manual. USA: Addison-Wesley Publication Co, Inc.

Garst, R, & Theodore Bernstein (1982). Headlines and Deadlines (4th ed.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Morley, David (2007). The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing. Cambridge University Press.

Olterman, P. (Ed). (2009). How to Write. London: Guardian Books.

Parthasarthy, R. (1996). Here is the News! Reporting for the Media. New Delhi: Sterling Publishing Pvt. Ltd. 

Ross-Larson, B. C. (2002). Writing for the Information Age: Light, Layered, and Linked. WW Norton & Company.

This course – Design and Layout – will help students to acquire graphic design and layout skills, a key requisite for a successful career in media.  The course is designed to meet the requirement of those students who wants to master in multiple aspects of graphic design. The first part of the course introduces the students to computer and software fundamentals as well as tools and techniques in digital illustration. The second part details image editing and layout techniques including working with colours, typography, and various design elements.

1. Computer Basics

2. Internet & Networking

3. Introduction to Graphic Design - Design Elements

4. Raster & Vector Graphics

5. Grid Systems

6. Vector Shapes and Illustrations

7. Measurement & Sizing

8. Drawing Techniques

9. Developing a Personal Illustration Style

10. Case Studies and Projects

1. Advanced Raster Techniques

2. Collage and Masking

3. Image Retouching and Colour Balancing

4. Using Filters

5. Typography

6. Information Hierarchy

7. Colour Theory

8. Designing Brochures & Catalogues

9. Layouts for Newspapers, Magazines & All Kinds of Publications

10. UI and UX

Adobe Photoshop User Guide (2020)

Corel Draw X7 Guidebook (2014)

Dayley, Brad and Dayley, Da Nae (2012). Adobe Photoshop CS6 Bible, New Delhi: Wiley.

https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/designing/

Popularly known as ‘Father of the Nation,’ Mahatma Gandhi was the leading figure of

India’s freedom movement. It was his mass-based mobilization and campaign marked by the

method of non-violence and Satyagraha which changed the course of the movement. His

guiding method and principles continue to fascinate and inspire many both in India and

around the world. Gandhi elevated pacifism to an empowering political force, which inspired

world leaders like Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Walesa, etc. His views – although

developed in the context of a struggle in South Africa and India many years ago – Gandhi's

ideology has influenced myriad spheres of human experience: politics, economics, education,

nation-building etc. The course seeks to introduce to the students the ideas and thought of

Gandhi and why the interest on him has only increased.

Course Objectives

 The course is designed to acquaint the students with the life and works of Mahatma

Gandhi and also to make them understand how M.K. Gandhi transformed from a

lawyer to a Mahatma?

 To introduce the political thought of Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violent protest.

 The significance and Relevance of Gandhian values in the contemporary world.

Introducing Gandhi

Formative Years

Indian Influences: Epics, Narratives, Gita, Raichand Bhai, Folklore

Western Influences: Ruskin, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Quakers

Gandhi in South Africa

Return of Gandhi

Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement

Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930.

Communal Award and Poona Pact

Constructive Programme

Gandhi and the Quit India Movement

Partition of India

Moderates, Extremists and Revolutionaries

Religious Nationalists

Tagore, Nehru and Ambedkar

Gandhi and the Left

Publications, 2017. (Chapter X- What do the Untouchables say? Beware of Gandhi!).

Bhattacharya, Sabyasachi, ed. "The mahatma and the poet: Letters and debates between

Gandhi and Tagore, 1915-1941." National Book Trust.

Gandhi, M.K, Hind Swaraj (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House), 1999.

Gandhi, M.K. An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Ahmedabad:

Navajivan Publishing House), 2001.

Gandhi, M.K. Hind Swaraj and other Writings, edited by Anthony J. Parel. Cambridge

University Press, 1997.

Gandhi, M.K. Satyagraha in South Africa (Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House), 1992.

Gandhi. M.K. ‘Letter to Adolf Hitler’, December 24,

1940.https://www.mkgandhi.org/letters/hitler_ltr1.htm.

to Gandhi, edited by Judith M. Brown and Anthony Parel. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Pp. 51-70.

Dalton, Denis. “Satyagraha Meets Swaraj: The Development of Gandhi’s Ideas, 1896-1917,”

in Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Power in Action. Columbia University Press, 2012. pp. 12-

29.

Guha, Ramachandra. Gandhi before India. Penguin UK, 2013.

Guha, Ramachandra. Gandhi: The years that changed the world, 1914-1948. Vintage, 2018.

Guha, Ramachandra. Patriots and partisans. Penguin UK, 2016.

Mukherjee, Bipan Chandra Mridula and Others, India’s Struggle for Independence 1859-

1947 (New Delhi: Viking), 1998.

Parekh, Bhikhu. Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 1997. (Chapter

1- Life and Work, pp. 1-24).

This course has been conceptualized in order to introduce the students to the study of international relations. It introduces students to major theoretical approaches to understand international politics and diplomacy.

 To introduce the students to:

●       The nature, scope and importance of International Relations/Politics

●       The basic concepts of International Relations such as Sovereignty, Security, balance of Power etc.

●       The contemporary global issues

International Relations: Meaning, nature and scope of international relations;

Key Concepts of International Relations: Sovereignty (territorial sovereignty), Balance of Power, National Power, Security and Globalization.

Theories of International Relations: Realism (Classical Realism and Neo-Realism), Liberalism (Neoliberalism), Constructivism.

First World War, Second World War: Causes and Consequences, dynamics of strategic interaction between the great powers including the alliances, Inter war period (multipolarity), the Cold War (bipolarity) and the post-Cold War period (unipolarity).

Power shifts in the post-Cold War international system, Great Powers: traditional and non-traditional security threats, Emergence of new powers (rise of China and India as a challenge to the west).

Environmental Issues, Terrorism, Human Security, Migration.

Goldstein, Joshua S, and Jon C. Pevehouse. (2012) International Relations. Boston: Pearson Longman.

Basu, Rumki. (2010) International Politics: Concepts, Theories and Issues. New Delhi: SAGE Publications.

H. Andrew, Ben Whitham (2011) Global Politics, Bloomsbury.

Ghai, K.K. (2005). International Relations: Theory and Practice of International Politics. New Delhi: Kalyani.

Carter, N. (2007) The Politics of Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 13-81.

Waltz, K. (1979). Theory of International Politics. Illinois: Waveland Press (reissued 2010).

Morgenthau, Hans J. (1948) Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. New York: A.A. Knopf.

This first-semester course introduces undergraduate psychology majors to the scientific study of human nature. The student would be able to understand how psychologists ask questions from several different perspectives. Students will learn about the various scientific methods psychologists use to study behaviour and become acquainted with many of psychology's important findings and theoretical approaches. Further, students will be able to appreciate the shape that contemporary psychology has taken. The aim is to build a familiarity with psychology’s intellectual origins and to foster an awareness of its many false steps, dead-ends, and alternative pathways to appreciating the social, cultural, and psychological influences on theorising in psychology. The course will equip the student with knowledge and scope for careers in psychology and develop an understanding of the professional skills required for such a career. Students will have learned to think critically about psychological evidence through journal clubs and class discussions embedded in the course.

Definition, Goals, Principles of psychology. Psychology as a science: Objectivity versus subjectivity. mind-body connection; Why study behaviour; Thinking like a psychologist about psychological information; Myths and misconceptions about psychology

Roots of psychology: Schools and perspectives of psychology, including Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychodynamic, Biological, Behaviouristic, Gestalt, Cognitive, Humanistic, Cross-cultural and Evolutionary. Eastern philosophies broader perspectives– Confucius and Taoism, Indian - Buddhism, (special comparing Eastern and Western principles in major concepts like consciousness and meditation). Psychology in modern India (Indigenous nature) 

Why study psychology? what is the scope Describe the value of psychology and possible career paths for those who study psychology? Specific focus on opportunities after BA; Allied professionals -social work, public health Broad focus on professional skills (especially as a practitioner and researcher) essential to be a psychologist and discuss the temper required to pursue psychology as a career. What can students do at BA to pursue a career in psychology? Multicultural and ethical issues; professional responsibility- Personal and professional roles.

Methods – use of scientific methods in psychology; scientific temper. How to review literature- discuss current issues and trends- Mental health literacy, psychological literacy, Current trends in Psychology, and issues discussed in CO 1,2 or 3

Writing and communicating using APA standards -Critically reviewing academic texts (books, journal articles etc.). APA style of writing Basic APA formatting for articles, APA referencing style, Academic writing skills.  

Weiten, W. (2014). Psychology: Themes and Variations (Briefer Version, 9th edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning. 

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Ed.).https://doi.org/10. 1037/0000165-000

Dalal, A. K., & Misra, G. (2010). The core and context of Indian psychology. Psychology and developing societies, 22(1), 121-155.

Brennan, J.F. (2003). History and systems of psychology (6thEdn.).New Delhi: Pearson Education Inc.

Hergenhahn, B.R. & Henley, T. (2013). An Introduction to the History of Psychology. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.

Hockenbury, D. H. & Hockenbury, S. E. (2011). Discovering Psychology (5th edition). Worth Publishers 

 Showman, A., Cat, L. A., Cook, J., Holloway, N., & Wittman, T. (2013). Five essential skills for every undergraduate researcher. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 33(3), 16+. https://link.gale.com/a pps/doc/A324399343/ AONE?u=monash&sid =googleScholar&xid= a3697d9b

CIA 1 & 3 will be individual assignments

CIA2- will be a mid-semester exam- with case study-based questions

End Semester Pattern- 2 hrs- 50 Marks

Section A (Very Short Answer). 2 Marks X 5Qs= 10 Marks

Section B (Short answers). 5 Marks X 2Qs= 10 Marks

Section C (Essay questions). 10 Marks X 2Qs= 20 Marks

Section D (Case study). 10 Marks x 1Q= 10 Marks

This course will develop an understanding of how advertising affects the human mind by giving unique and valuable insight from the industry. The course will help in studying the relationship between advertising and human mind and also apply this learning to advertising strategy, positioning, brand, and marketing communications that prepare students for the competitive world of advertising and marketing.

Course objectives

This course aims to

• Introduce psychological perspectives of advertisements in real life situations. 
• Orient students towards the various functions and roles of cognitive, affective and behavioral responses in the field of advertisement.
• Help students to identify and apply the various theories and principles of advertisement psychology in the field of marketing.

Introduction to advertisements; Its objectives and importance; Types and forms of advertising; Effects of advertisements a psychological perspective; Classic and contemporary approaches of classifying advertisement effectiveness.

Influence of advertisements on buying behaviors; Dynamics of Attention,Comprehension,Reasoning for advertisements; Attitudes and attitude changes with the influence of advertisements;Principles of persuasion and attitude change; Achieving advertisement compliance without changing attitude.

Emergence of International Advertising; Advertising in Multicultural Environment; Ethics in Advertising; Integrated marketing communication and marketing mix.

Andrew,A.Mitchell.(1993).AdvertisingExposure,MemoryandChoice.LawrenceErlbaumAssociates.Hillsdale,NJ.

Linda,F.Alwitt & Andrew,A.Mitchell (1985).PsychologicalProcessesandAdvertising Effects:Theory,Research,andApplications. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Hillsdale, NJ. London.

Rolloph,M.E.&Miller,G.R.(Eds)(1980).Persuasion:NewDirectionsinTheoryandResearch.Sage.N.Y.

Eddie.M.Clark,Timothy.C.Brock,&DavidW.Stewart.(1994).Attention,AttitudeandAffectinResponsetoAdvertising.LawrenceErlbaumAssociates.Hillsdale,NJ.

This course is designed to address the changing ideas of the conceptualisation of youth in contemporary times in relation to popular culture. It explores the question of the formation of youth identity in popular culture and the debates challenging the dominant idea of youth identity in popular culture through the lens of gender, caste, class and minorities. The course takes up the case study of social media as the particular site mediating popular culture to explore these questions of youth identity formation as usage of social media by young people is increasing, especially in countries like India which has one of the highest populations of youth in the world. Popular culture and media are intertwined and social media has emerged as a phenomenon of popular culture which shapes youth identity either by mobilising youth in a powerful way in favour of dominant socio-political norms or social movements which challenge the dominant socio-political trends. In recent times, the participation of youth in electoral politics through social media has multiplied phenomenally in India shaping the nature of engagement of youth with popular culture. The conceptualisation of youth as a democratic dividend has implications for defining the relationship between youth and social media in relation to popular culture. Similarly, conceptualisation of youth as a subculture is constitutive of the relationship between youth and media. Thus, the case study of social media will be linking the theoretical conceptualisations with the empirical phenomena.

 1.1 Youth as a Cultural Category

1.2 Youth as Demographic Dividend

1.3 Youth as Democratic Dividend

1.4 Youth as Subculture

2.1 Caste: Dalit Youth and Popular Culture

2.2 Class: Rethinking the Youth from Class Perspective

2.3 Gender: Addressing the Gendered Idea of Youth and Popular Culture

3.1 Social Media, Youth and and Dominant Socio-Political Norms

3.2 Social Media, Youth and Social Movements

·         Mead, M. (1928). Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for West.

·         Chandrasekhar, C. P., J. Ghosh, & A. Roychowdhury. (2006). The 'Demographic Dividend' and Young India's Economic Future’, Economic and Political Weekly, 41 (49), 5055-5064.

·         James, K. S. (2008). Glorifying Malthus: Current Debate on 'Demographic Dividend' in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 43(25). 63-69.

·         National Population Policy of India 2000.

·         Hall, Stuart and Tony Jefferson (1976), (Ed.), Resistance through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain. Routledge: London & New York. pp. 9-79.

·         Hebdige D. (1979). Subculture: the Meaning of Style. London: Methuen. pp.1-22. McRobbie, Angela (1991). Settling Accounts with Subculture: A Feminist Critique. Feminism and Youth Culture, 16-34.

·         Wyn, Johanna and White, Rob. (1997). Rethinking Youth, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd.

·         Stephen, Cynthia. (2022). ‘Popular Culture and Caste: The Three Indias’, Economic and Political Weekly. Volume 57, Issue 9.

·         Kumar, Vijay. (2020). ‘5 Dalit Artists Challenging Casteism Through Music, Films and Literature’, Feminism in India.com (https://feminisminindia.com/2020/04/15/dalit-artists-challenging-casteism-music-films-literatur e/)

·         Kumar, Nitish. (2021). Social Media, Dalits and Politics of Presence: An Anlalysis of the Presence of Dalit Voices in the Indian Media. Social and Political Research Foundation. (https://sprf.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SPRF-2021_Dalit-Media_Final.pdf)

·         Mukhopadhyay, S and Mazumdar, S. (2020). ‘Echoing Global Marginalised Voices: A Study of Rap Music in India’, Heritage Times. (https://www.heritagetimes.in/echoing-global-marginalised-voices-a-study-of-rap-music-in-india )

·         Samos, Sumeet. (2021). ‘Dalit Rap is India’s New Musical Vanguard’, Music Opinion. (https://www.frieze.com/article/dalit-rap-indias-new-musical-vanguard)

·          Ingole, Prashant. (2019). ‘Ambedkarite Protest Music and the Making of a “Counter Public”: An Overview’, Indian Cultural Forum. (https://indianculturalforum.in/2019/10/11/ambedkarite-protest-music-and-the-making-of-a-coun ter-public/)

·         Banaji, Shakuntala. (2014). ‘A Tale of Three Worlds: Young People, Media and Class in India’, LSE Research Online, http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/57563/1/__lse.ac.uk_storage_LIBRARY_Secondary_libfile_shared_repository_Content_Banaji%2C%20S_Tale%20of%20three%20worlds_Banaji%20_Tale%20of%203 %20worlds_2014.pdf

·         Cohen, P. (1972). Rethinking the Youth Question: Education, Labour and Cultural Studies. Capital & Class, 23(3), 171-173.

·         Gooptu, Nandini (ed.). 2013. Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India: Studies in Youth, Class, Work and Media. Routledge.

·         Lukose, Ritty (2005). Consuming Globalization: Youth and Gender in Kerala, India. Journal of Social History. 38 (4), 915-935.

·         O’Connor, Laura. (2020). ‘Digital Activism and The Increased Role of Dalit Activism in Intersectional Feminism in India’, The Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Policy and Society (UJPPS), Vol. 3, No.1. (https://www.ujpps.com/index.php/ujpps/article/view/99)

·          Kujat, Christopher Norman. (2016). ‘Can the Subaltern Tweet?: A Netnography of India’s Subaltern Voices Entering the Public via Social Media’, http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1483945/FULLTEXT01.pdf

·         Udupa, Sahana. (2017). ‘Gaali Cultures: The politics of abusive exchange on social media’, New Media & Society 20(4): 1506-1522.

·         Jamil, Ghazala. (2022). ‘Tech-mediated Misogyny and Communal Vitriol’, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 57, Issue 3.

·         Kumar, Rajesh and Thapa, Devam. (2014). ‘Social media as a catalyst for civil society movements in India: A study in Dehradun city’, New Media & Society. Volume: 17 issue: 8, page(s): 1299-1316.

·         Sonkar, Madhulika; Soorma, Ishita and Akanksha, Sreshtha. (2020). ‘Social Media and the Mobilization of Collective Action on Sexual Violence against Women: A Case Study of the ‘#MeToo’ Movement in India’, Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis, Volume 1, Issue 1. (http://maitreyi.ac.in/Datafiles/cms/2021/vantage%202021%20new/7.%20MeToo%20paper.pdf)

·         Mead, M. (1928). Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for West.

·         Chandrasekhar, C. P., J. Ghosh, & A. Roychowdhury. (2006). The 'Demographic Dividend' and Young India's Economic Future’, Economic and Political Weekly, 41 (49), 5055-5064.

·         James, K. S. (2008). Glorifying Malthus: Current Debate on 'Demographic Dividend' in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 43(25). 63-69.

·         National Population Policy of India 2000.

·         Hall, Stuart and Tony Jefferson (1976), (Ed.), Resistance through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain. Routledge: London & New York. pp. 9-79.

·         Hebdige D. (1979). Subculture: the Meaning of Style. London: Methuen. pp.1-22. McRobbie, Angela (1991). Settling Accounts with Subculture: A Feminist Critique. Feminism and Youth Culture, 16-34.

·         Wyn, Johanna and White, Rob. (1997). Rethinking Youth, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd.

·         Stephen, Cynthia. (2022). ‘Popular Culture and Caste: The Three Indias’, Economic and Political Weekly. Volume 57, Issue 9.

·         Kumar, Vijay. (2020). ‘5 Dalit Artists Challenging Casteism Through Music, Films and Literature’, Feminism in India.com (https://feminisminindia.com/2020/04/15/dalit-artists-challenging-casteism-music-films-literatur e/)

·         Kumar, Nitish. (2021). Social Media, Dalits and Politics of Presence: An Anlalysis of the Presence of Dalit Voices in the Indian Media. Social and Political Research Foundation. (https://sprf.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SPRF-2021_Dalit-Media_Final.pdf)

·         Mukhopadhyay, S and Mazumdar, S. (2020). ‘Echoing Global Marginalised Voices: A Study of Rap Music in India’, Heritage Times. (https://www.heritagetimes.in/echoing-global-marginalised-voices-a-study-of-rap-music-in-india )

·         Samos, Sumeet. (2021). ‘Dalit Rap is India’s New Musical Vanguard’, Music Opinion. (https://www.frieze.com/article/dalit-rap-indias-new-musical-vanguard)

·          Ingole, Prashant. (2019). ‘Ambedkarite Protest Music and the Making of a “Counter Public”: An Overview’, Indian Cultural Forum. (https://indianculturalforum.in/2019/10/11/ambedkarite-protest-music-and-the-making-of-a-coun ter-public/)

·         Banaji, Shakuntala. (2014). ‘A Tale of Three Worlds: Young People, Media and Class in India’, LSE Research Online, http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/57563/1/__lse.ac.uk_storage_LIBRARY_Secondary_libfile_shared_repository_Content_Banaji%2C%20S_Tale%20of%20three%20worlds_Banaji%20_Tale%20of%203 %20worlds_2014.pdf

·         Cohen, P. (1972). Rethinking the Youth Question: Education, Labour and Cultural Studies. Capital & Class, 23(3), 171-173.

·         Gooptu, Nandini (ed.). 2013. Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India: Studies in Youth, Class, Work and Media. Routledge.

·         Lukose, Ritty (2005). Consuming Globalization: Youth and Gender in Kerala, India. Journal of Social History. 38 (4), 915-935.

·         O’Connor, Laura. (2020). ‘Digital Activism and The Increased Role of Dalit Activism in Intersectional Feminism in India’, The Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Policy and Society (UJPPS), Vol. 3, No.1. (https://www.ujpps.com/index.php/ujpps/article/view/99)

·          Kujat, Christopher Norman. (2016). ‘Can the Subaltern Tweet?: A Netnography of India’s Subaltern Voices Entering the Public via Social Media’, http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1483945/FULLTEXT01.pdf

·         Udupa, Sahana. (2017). ‘Gaali Cultures: The politics of abusive exchange on social media’, New Media & Society 20(4): 1506-1522.

·         Jamil, Ghazala. (2022). ‘Tech-mediated Misogyny and Communal Vitriol’, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 57, Issue 3.

·         Kumar, Rajesh and Thapa, Devam. (2014). ‘Social media as a catalyst for civil society movements in India: A study in Dehradun city’, New Media & Society. Volume: 17 issue: 8, page(s): 1299-1316.

·         Sonkar, Madhulika; Soorma, Ishita and Akanksha, Sreshtha. (2020). ‘Social Media and the Mobilization of Collective Action on Sexual Violence against Women: A Case Study of the ‘#MeToo’ Movement in India’, Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis, Volume 1, Issue 1. (http://maitreyi.ac.in/Datafiles/cms/2021/vantage%202021%20new/7.%20MeToo%20paper.pdf)

This course is designed to introduce students to urban transformations mediated through digital technology. The paper specifically explores the urban transformations in the economic and cultural sphere. In the economic sphere, the paper addresses the changing forms of work and labour, thereby the political economy of the digital technology mediated urban transformations will be explored. In the cultural sphere, the paper will introduce students to the changing nature of social relations induced by the technological advancements in cities. 

- Relationship between Labour and Capital  

- Changing Forms for Work and Labour 

- Changing Forms of Unionisation in Gig Economy 

- Consumption Patterns and Lifestyles 

- Changing patterns of Mobility 

- Changing patterns of Identity 

- App based Transportation

- Labour Code 

1. Athique, Adrian & Parthsarathi, Vidbodh (Eds.). (2020). Platform  Capitalism  in India. Palgrave Macmillan

2. Fuchs, Christian. (2014). Digital Labour and Karl Marx. Routledge. 

3. Harvey, David. (1985). The Urbanization of Capital. Johns Hopkins University Press.

4. Mosco, Vincent. (2019). The Smart City in a Digital World. Emerald Publishing Limited.

5. Mukherjee, Rahul and Nizaruddin, Fathima. (2022). ‘Digital Platforms in Contemporary India: The Transformation of Quotidian Life Worlds’, Asiascape: Digital Asia, 9, page 5-18. 

6. Standing. Guy. (2011). The Precariat. Bloomsbury Academic. 

7. Woodcock, Jamie. (2021). The Fight Against Platform Capitalism: An Inquiry into the Global Struggles of the Gig Economy. University of Westminster Press. 

8. Zuboff, Shoshana (2019). The  Age  of  Surveillance  Capitalism:  The  Fight  for  a  Human  Future at the New Frontier of Power. Public Affairs.

2. Ganapathy, Venkatesh. (2017). Urban Mobility in the Era of Sharing Economy: An Empirical Study of Smartphone App Based Ridesourcing Services. Journal of Global Economy, Vol.13, No.4. 

3. Hodson, Mike et. al. (Eds.). (2020). Urban Platforms and the Future City: Transformations in Infrastructure, Governance, Knowledge and Everyday Life. Routledge

4. Ilavarasan, Vigneswara et.al. ‘Sharing economy platforms as enablers of urban transport in the global south: Case of digital taxi aggregators in New Delhi, India’, In Urban Transport in the Sharing Economy Era Collaborative Cities. CIPPEC. 

5. M.G, Deepika and M. Madhusoodhan. (2022). ‘Labour Laws for Gig Workers in the Context of Labour Law Reforms’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.57, No.30. 

6. ‘Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers' Occupational Health and Safety.’ (2020). Report prepared by Indian Federation of App-based Transport workers (IFAT) in collaboration with the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), New Delhi Office. 

7. Punathambekar, Aswin & Mohan, Sriram (Eds.). (2019). Global  Digital  Cultures: Perspectives from South Asia.  University of Michigan Press. 

8. Rao, Ursula & Nair, Vijayanka (2019), ‘Aadhaar: Governing with Biometrics’. Journal of South Asian Studies, , 42(3), 469–481.

9. Sundaram, Ravi (2020), ‘Hindu Nationalism’s Crisis Machine’. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 10(3), 734–741.

10. Tarnoff, Ben. (2022). Internet for the People; The Fight for our Digital Future. New York: Verso.

11. Zuboff, Shoshana (2019). The  Age  of  Surveillance  Capitalism:  The  Fight  for  a  Human  Future at the New Frontier of Power. Public Affairs.

CIA 2 - 20 Marks (converted out of 10)

CIA 3 - 50 Marks (converted out of 25)

Attendance  - 10 (converted out of 5) 

The course aims at imparting knowledge on Marketing Management from the perspective of Marketing Communications.Great marketing strategies can be powerful. Every year companies spend approximately $200 billion promoting their products and services – and that’s just in the United States alone! Explore how marketing campaigns, ads, and commercials are brought to life which will lead the exploration of various aspects of Advertising and sales promotion techniques which includes its objectives, classification, creative aspect and functions. This course introduces students to the concepts and processes of marketing and takes them deeper into the world of marketing.

Course Objectives: This course intends

●        Describe the history of the advertising industry and its relation to today’s marketplace.
●        List the roles and responsibilities of various advertising, marketing, and promotions professionals.
       Develop students’ understanding and skill in development of communication strategy of a firm, particularly with advertising and sales promotions.

Meaning, elements, structure, and role of marketing communications. Theories of marketing communication: hierarchy of effects of communication, information processing theories, Marketing Communication Process,communication and attitude formation and change. Key communication terminologies. Miscommunication issues.

Marketing communication mix. Integrated marketing communication. Formulation of marketing communication strategy. Marketing communication barriers. Communication budgeting issues and methods. Promotion campaign planning and management.

Meaning, elements,Functions, objectives and role of advertising. Evolution of advertising. Types of advertising. Social, ethical and legal issues of advertising.Role of Advertising in 21^st Century.

Creative process and methods. Visualization process and visualizer qualities. Message design: message theme, models, considerations. Message strategies: cognitive, affective, conative, and brand strategies. Advertising appeals. Essentials of a good appeal. Execution frameworks. Use of color in advertising.

Print advertising media: types of media and media choice. Copywriting for print media: types of ad copies. Ad copy objectives and requisites of a good copy. Print copy development process. Print copy elements: choice of headline, sub-heads, body copy, slogan and signature. Layout: functions, qualities of a good layout, layout principles.Television advertising:  nature, pros and cons. TVC development: script writing, story board, air-time buying and other considerations. Radio advertising: nature, pros and cons. Producing radio advertisements. Emerging advertisements: internet advertising and ambient advertising. Product placement strategies.

Scope and role of sales promotions. Reasons for the increased use of sales promotions. Consumer-oriented sales promotion methods: objectives and tools of consumer promotions. Trade-oriented sales promotions: objectives,tools and techniques to boost sales.

      5.Integrated Advertising, Promotion and Marketing Communications, Clow, Baack, Pearson

CIA II: 10 MARKS

CIA III: 25 MARKS

ATTENDANCE :   05 MARKS

Course Description

This course examines the investment and financial issues arising from personal wealth management activities. The course commences with an introduction to the financial planning industry and the regulatory framework. It then covers various topics required for constructing a comprehensive financial plan, including identifying client financial status and goals, asset allocation, securities trading, managed funds, superannuation, estate planning, and social security. This course focuses on understanding the nature, usage, and regulations of the advice of various financial products and legal instruments for developing personal wealth management plans.

Concepts, Role of Financial Planner, Personal Financial Planning Process, Ethical and professional consideration in financial planning – Code of ethics, Contract and Documentation, Client Data Collection, Client Data Analysis, Life Cycle Wealth Cycle - Risk Profiling and Asset Allocation - Systematic Approach to Investing - Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) - Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP) - Systematic Transfer Plan (STP), Legal aspects of Financial Planning.

Financial Planning to Wealth Management, Economic Cycles and Indicators - Lag Indicators - Co-incident Indicators - Lead Indicators, Interest Rate Views, Currency Exchange Rate, The Deficits -Revenue Deficit and Fiscal Deficit - Current Account Deficit

Role of Equity, Debts & Alternative Assets, Active and Passive Exposures, Returns from Passive Exposure to S&P CNX Nifty, Sector Exposure and Diversification, Deposits and Debt Securities, Credit Exposure and Debt Investments, Concentration Risk, Passive Investments in Debt, Alternative Assets Investment Routes, Alternative Assets returns from Gold, Real Estate, Role of Real Estate, Real Estate Investment Routes, Real Estate Indices – Assets & Liabilities, Nomination, Inheritance Law, Will & Trust, Risk Management through Insurance.

Asset allocation Decision, Equity portfolio strategies – Active Vs Passive Management strategies, Value Vs growth investing, Asset allocation Strategies – Tactical, Fixed & Flexible, , Asset Allocation Returns in Equity, Debt & Gold, Bond Portfolio Management Strategies – Passive – Buy and Hold, Indexing – Active – interest rate anticipation, Valuation analysis, Credit analysis, Yield spread analysis and Bond swaps – Core plus management strategy -Immunization strategies – Allocation to Speculation, Diversification in Perspective.  Taxation of investment products.

Introduction to Retirement Planning - Types of Retirement Plans – Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plan, Superannuation and other retirement plans, Group Life and Health Insurance; Retirement planning and Strategies, Post Retirement Counseling, Retirement Income Streams Pension Sector Reforms

[Vision Books, 2012]

2. S. K. Bagchi (2009). Wealth Management. New Delhi. Jaico Publishing House.

3. Mark Diehl (2011). The Wealth Management Manual. New Delhi. Aventine Press.

4. Dun & Bradstreet (2009). Wealth Management, New Delhi. Tata McGraw Hills Publications.

5. Kapoor Jack R, Dlabay L R, Huges R J (2008). Personal Finance. New Delhi: Tata Mc-Graw Hills Publications

6. NCFM Wealth Management Module

CIA 2 - 10

CIA 3- 25

Attendance - 5

Course Description: The course covers topics such as income, expenditure, savings & investment avenues, borrowing, managing risk, budgeting, etc. Participants would also learn about various financial institutions and in what ways they can benefit from these institutions. The course helps participants to become aware of different products through which they can meet their financial needs and learn about the benefits of prudent financial behavior.

Course Objectives: Through the course, the instructor aims to

1. To provide the foundations for financial decision-making.

2. To list out various saving and investment alternatives available for a common man.

3. To give a detailed overview of stock markets and stock selection.

4. To orient the learners about mutual funds and the criteria for selection.

Need for Financial Literacy, Role of financial education in achieving financial well-being, Importance of Financial Planning, Key concepts of Personal Finance: Savings, Investment, Borrowing, Income and Expenses, Surplus/Deficit, Assets and Liabilities, Inflation, Time Value of Money, Active and Passive Income, Instant and Delayed Gratification, etc. Power of compounding and Rule of 72, Concept of Rupee Cost Averaging.

Define Financial Planning, Financial Planning Process, Steps involved in Financial Planning Process, SMART financial goals, and three pillars of investments. Concepts of risk and return, Budgeting and its importance in financial planning.

Types of bank accounts: Savings account, Current account, fixed deposits, recurring deposits. Various modes of transfer through banking channels: NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, UPI. Account opening process and importance of KYC norms. Do’s and don’ts while using digital payments. Credit cards and Debit cards. Role of Reserve Bank of India.

Investment avenues offered by Securities Markets, Primary Market and Secondary Market, Operational aspects of securities markets: placement of orders, contract note, pay-in, and pay-out, trading and settlement cycle. Various risks involved in investing in securities markets. Benefits of investing through Mutual Funds. Mutual Fund categorization and product labeling of mutual funds. Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) and its advantages. The role played by Commodity Derivatives markets in the hedging of commodity price risk. Products traded in Commodity Derivatives Exchanges and their usefulness to various stakeholders.

Role of Insurance as a risk management tool, various types of Insurance products and their key features. Regulatory role of IRDAI. Importance of Pension and its Role in providing financial security in old age. National Pension System (NPS).

Borrowing, Collateral and Equated Monthly Instalments (EMI). Documents required for obtaining Loans. Various loan products offered by Financial Institutions and their key features. 5Cs of Credit. Credit Information Organizations and Credit Score.

2. NSE Knowledge Hub, an AI-powered Learning Experience Platform for BFSI

3. NSE Academy Certification in Financial Markets (NCFM) Modules.

CIA 2 - 30 Marks

CIA 3 - 30 Marks

Class Participation - 10 Marks

The course provides an overview of Income-tax Law. The course intends to provide a basic understanding of various concepts under the taxation system in India. It familiarises students with the multiple heads of income, deductions under each head, deductions from gross total income and computation of Gross Total Income. The course provides basic knowledge on the calculation of the income of individuals and also gives an insight into the tax planning that arises to reduce tax liability.

Basic concepts: Assessment year, previous year, person, assessee, Income, charges on income, gross total income, capital and revenue receipts, and residential status.

Brief note /provisions on various heads/sources of Income-Income from Salary - Definition; Characteristics of Salary Income; Deduction from Gross Salary u/s 16 – Computation of income from salary. Income from House property - Computation of Income from Let-Out House Property, Income from Self Occupied House Property.

Business income, capital gains & income from other sources

Permissible deductions –under Chapter VI-A -Claim of Deductions under section 80 for Individual Assesses- 80C, 80D,80DD,80DDB, 80E, 80G

Computation of Tax liability for individuals – old and new regime, slab rates for different age groups, surcharge and cess rates.

Procedure for filing Tax Returns, types of returns, Requirement of PAN, form 16 and 16A, ITR -1 and ITR- 2

2. Dr.V.Rajesh Kumar and Dr.R.K.Sreekantha: Income Tax – I, Vittam Publications

3. Dr. Mehrotra and Dr. Goyal: Direct Taxes – Law and Practice, Sahitya Bhavan Publication

This course focuses on the importance of data visualization for business intelligence and decision making. The course provides a practical approach to assess and enhance the impact of visuals for the database/dataset and use  data visuals to convey distributions and relationships.To make students understand, how to compare and contrast performance measurement data using effective data visuals and also use construct effective data visuals to solve workplace problems.

Dashboard Basics: Introduction - What is Dashboard? - Uses of Dashboard - User Requirements - Assembling the Data - Worksheet Functions: Vloopup - Xlookup - Index and Match - Sum product Function - Tables. Pivot Table - Building the Table - Dashboard case studies.

Separating Data Layers - Working with External Data - Power Query vs Power Pivot - Text Files - Excel Files - Access Databases - SQL Server Database - Transforming Power in Query - Managing Columns and Rows - Transforming Columns.

Creating effective visualization - Driving Meaning with color - Focusing attention with Text - Non-Chart Visualization - Format - Date and Time Format - Icons - Sparklings.

Creating Infographics using shapes - Working with shapes - Framing with Data Shapes - Creating Charts with Shapes. Visualizing Performance Comparisons - Single Measurement.

Column Charts - Bullet Charts - XY charts - Bubble Charts - Dot Plot Charts - Pie Charts - Line Charts - Animated Charts - Chart Automation - Manipulating Chart Objects.

[2] Data Visualization in Excel: All Excel Charts and Graphs. United States: Packt Publishing, 2020 Academy, Start-Tech.

• To expose learners to a variety of texts to interact with
• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
• To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values

• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information

·         To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes

·         To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning

·         To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning

·         To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expressions

·         To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

Witches’ Loaves

O Henry

Presentation skills

In the Height of Fashion-Henry Lawson

Report writing

The Story of Mumbai Dabbawalas- ShivaniPandita

Resume Writing

Interview skills and CV writing

If

By Rudyard Kipling

Who were the Shudras?

By Dr Ambedkar

Developing arguments- debating

Developing arguments- debating

Dhauli

By JayantaMahapatra

email writing

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Truth in the time of Social Media' by Girish Balachandran

MSE-50

CIA3- 20

ESE- 50

 It is a solitary principle of industrial relations that a happy and content labourer is an indispensable asset for any employer. However, labourers have not received their due on account of historical wrongs, and in this era of a market economy, labourers do not seem to get the minimum standards of social security. As a result, industrial peace and harmony have remained a distant dream.

Hence, constant efforts are being made by the governments to ameliorate the working conditions of labour in order to ensure minimum welfare for the workers.

Introduction: nature and meaning; Licensing of contractors; Regulation and abolition of Contract Labour

Meaning and nature of social security; Public assistance v. Public insurance; Constitutional foundations and the role of ILO

Introduction; Manufacturing and hazardous processes; Health, safety and welfare in factories; Working hours and employment of young persons

Introduction; Employment of or work by women; Right to payment of maternity benefit; Dismissal and deduction of wages

Introduction; Important definitions; ESI Corporation; Various benefits

IPR have assumed increased significance in global trade. Over the last two decades IPR protection has expanded in an unprecedented pace resulting in economic growth. Understating IPR legal regime is vital for protecting innovation and creation. This course aims at providing basic working knowledge in the area of intellectual property and examines, analyzes and studies the remarkable subject of International Intellectual Property Law and how to enforce trademarks, patents and copyrights beyond national boundaries. Special emphasis will be placed on international standards for intellectual property and its implementation, application and practices in national jurisdictions. In addition the course covers the differences and similarities between the diverse national intellectual property systems.