HSS UG COURSE CONTENTS DEPARTMENTAL COURSES HS 001 : Preparatory Course in English Listening comprehension.

Rapid reading and intensive reading skills. Oral skills with emphasis on conversational practice. Writing skills through guided composition - paragraphs and simple essays. Remedial grammar - word order, clause structure, and sentence types, articles, tenses, active and passive forms, and prepositions. Vocabulary development. Reading materials to be selected by the teachers. HS 002 : Preparatory Course in English Comprehension of passages of higher levels of difficulty. Guided and free composition essays of expository, descriptive, narrative, argumentative, and reflective types. Group discussion. Advanced grammar and usage: adverbials, conditionals, modals, infinitives, gerunds, reported speech, and comparisons. Reading materials to be selected by the teachers. HS 101 : Economics Basic economic problems. Resource constraints and Welfare maximization. Nature of Economics: Positive and normative economics; Micro and macroeconomics, Basic concepts in economics. The role of the State in economic activity; market and government failures; New Economic Policy in India. Theory of utility and consumer's choice. Theories of demand, supply and market equilibrium. Theories of firm, production and costs. Market structures. Perfect and imperfect competition, oligopoly, monopoly. An overview of macroeconomics, measurement and determination of national income. Consumption, saving, and investment. Commercial and central banking. Relationship between money, output and prices. Inflation - causes, consequences and remedies. International trade, foreign exchange and balance payments, stabilization policies: Monetary, Fiscal and Exchange rate policies.

Texts/References P.A. Samuelson & W.D. Nordhaus, Economics, McGraw Hill, New York, 1995. A. Koutsoyiannis, Modern Microeconomics, Macmillan, 1975. R. Pindyck and D.L. Rubinfeld, Microeconomics, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1989. R.J. Gordon, Macroeconomics 4th Edition, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1987. William F. Shughart II, The Organization of Industry, Richard D. Irwin, Illinois, 1990. (Chapter 3).

HS 202 : Introduction to Philosophy The course will acquaint the students of science and engineering with some issues on the nature and methods of science and mathematics, and the ethical issues arising out of the application of science and technology. The objective is to develop a critical, reflective and historical awareness on issues relating to the following topics: Philosophy and History of Science: Growth of scientific knowledge: factors leading to the emergence of modern science. Conceptual evolution: internal and external history. Methodology of science: induction, falsificationism, confirmation and probability. Nature of scientific laws and theories: realism, instrumentalism and underdetermination. Relationship between scientific observation, experiment and scientific theory. Nature of scientific explanation: teleological explanations and the covering law model. Selected case studies on scientific theories. Logic and the nature of mathematical reasoning: Inductive and deductive forms of reasoning. Nature of axioms: formal axiomatic systems. Concept of consistency, independence and completeness. Nature of rules of inference and proof. Selected examples of axiomatic systems and proof procedures. Cognition: Current approaches to the understanding of mind and mental processes: empiricist, rationalist, behaviourist and cognitivist. Ethics: Impact of science and technology on man and society: elements of environmental and professional ethics.

Texts/References A.C. Grayling (ed.) Philosophy: A Guide through the subject, Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1995. Marx W. Wartofsky, Conceptual Foundations of Scientific Thought: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Macmillan, London, 1968. I.B. Cohen, The Birth of a New Physics, Vakils, Feffer and Simons Pvt. Ltd., Bombay, 1968. H. Eves and C.V. Newsom, Foundations and Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics, Boston, PWS-Kart Pub. Co., 1990. K.E. Goodpaster and K.M. Sayre (eds.) Ethics and Problems of 21st Century, Univ. of Notre Dame Press, London, 1979. S.D. Agashe, A. Gupta & K. Valicha (eds.) Scientific Method, Science, Technology and Society: A Book of Readings, Univ. of Bombay Press, 1963.

HS 203 : Introduction to Psychology Understanding human experience and behaviour: Definition, schools, methods, branches and application of psychology for engineers; Measuring human abilities: Intelligence, Personnel testing; The individual working life: Personality - definition, approaches and theories; Psychological problems of everyday life: Stress and coping; Psychological disorders, Work and mental health; Human learning; Motivation : the concept and theoretical framework, motivating people at work; Attitude and work behaviour; Group dynamics Intergroup relations, conflict resolutions; Leadership and management. Texts/References McConnell, J.V., Psychology, New York: Holt., Rinehart & Wiaton, 1986. Morgan, C.T., King, R.A., Weiss, J.R., & Schopler, J., Introduction to Psychology (VIIth Ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986. Myers, D.G., Psychology (IVth Ed.), New York: Worth, 1995.

Asch, S.E., Social Psychology, OUP Oxford, 1987.

HS 204 : Introduction to Literature 1. Nature of Literature : Literature as a Humanistic Experience. Definitions: (i) Humanities : concern with culture, values, ideologies; (ii) Literature : concepts of imitation, expression, intuition & imagination. 2. Major Themes of Literature : Nature, Science, Selfhood, Love, Rebellion. 3. The Language of Literature : Modes of literary and non-literary expression. The concepts of Figurative language, imagery, symbolism, style. 4. The Forms of Literature : Prose Narratives (short stories & novels) Poetry Drama Essays. [Note: 1. Suitable texts are to be chosen by the instructors from the Texts and References listed below as well as from other sources. 2. Use of a Learner Dictionary (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is prescribed for language work.)] Texts/References 1. David Murdoch (ed.). The Siren's Song: An Anthology of British and American Verse, Orient Longman, 1988. 2. S. Alter & W. Dissanayake (eds.) The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories. Penguin Books (India), 1989. 3. Bertrand Russell, Impact of Science on Society. Allen & Unwin, 1952. 4. Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House, Macmillan India, 1982. 5. George Orwell, Animal Farm, Penguin, 1951.

6. J. Bronowski. The Ascent of Man, BBC, 1973.

HS 205 : Introduction to Sociology 1. What is sociology, some sociological concepts: social structure, status, role, norms, values etc. Socialization, and culture and change. 2. Social stratification - various approaches and concept of social mobility.

3. Population and society - Trends of demographic change in India and the world, Human Ecology, Trends of Urbanization in the developing countries and the world. 4. Major social institutions - Family and marriage, caste and tribe and organizations: (i) formal organization (bureaucracy) (ii) informal organization. 5. Processes of social change - Modernization (including Sanskritization), industrialization, environmental/ecological changes and development. 6. Social movements - protest movements, reformist movement and radical movements in India. Texts/References L. Broom, P. Selznick and D. Dorrock, Sociology, 11th Edn. 1990 (Harper International). M. Haralambos Sociology: Themes and Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 1980. M.S.A. Rao (ed) Social movements in India, vols. 1-2, 1984, Manohar. David Mandelbaum, Society in India, 1990, Popular. M.N. Srinivas, Social change in modern India, 1991, Orient Longman. Guy Rocher, A. General Introduction to Sociology, MacMillan, 1982.

HS 417 : Philosophy of Life

Philosophical examination of the basic concepts concerning life, death, and nature, The meaning and demeaning of life, difference between 'life' and 'existence', human nature, self, life and ownership, nature of morality, value and happiness, social security, relationship and irreplaceability, human freedom, abortion, euthanasia, the rights of the terminally ill, and the possibility of life after death. Different philosophical approaches to the meaning of life would be discussed. Indian perspectives: Charvaka; Advaita Vedanta; Bhagavad Gita; Buddhism Western perspectives: Aristotelian; Kantian; Existentialist; Analytical Texts / References: E.D. Klemke (ed.), The Meaning of Life (2nd edn.), Oxford University Press, New York, 2000 Robert Solomon, The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy, 5th ed., Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998 Erwin Schrodinger, What is Life?, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001 L. Stevenson, D. L. Haberman, Ten Theories of Human Nature, 4th edn., New York, OUP, 2004 L.Tolstoy, My Confessions, trans. Leo Weiner, London, Dent, 1905 Dalai Lama, Sleeping, Dreaming, And Dying, Wisdom, 1997

HS 419: Methodological Foundations of Indian Scientific Tradition Vyakarana: Structure of Sanskrit language Formation of words (sabdanis.patti) Phonology (sabdotpatti) Primary aphorisms (sutras) Secondary rules/Notes on aphorisms (vartika) Paribhas.a and domain of application of rules. Nyaya - Vaisesika: Classification of substances Characteristics of definition (Laksanalaksanam) The notion of absence (abhava) Jnana or cognition, Anumana of inference. The concept of (Vyapti) or invariable concommittance the combination of deductive and inductive reasoning Hetvabhasa or vitiated inference. Epistemology: Pramana of means of valid knowledge issues related to

redundancies Validity of knowledge its nature with reference to the origin (utpatti) and with reference to its cognition (jnapti) Theories explaining the concept of illusory cognition (khyativada) Use of avacchedaka, visesyata, prakarata and so on to achieve precision in definition. Texts/References: Rama Nath Sharma, The Astadhyay of Panini, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 1987. G. Cardona, Panini - A Survey of Research, The Hauge, Mouton. Mahamahopadhyaya Kuppuswami Sastri, A Primer of Indian Logic, KSRI, Chennai, 1998. Matilal B.K., The Navya-Nyaya Doctrine of Negation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1968. Matilal B.K., Logic, Language and Reality, Motilal Banarsidass, 1985. T.R.N. Rao and Subhash Kak, Computing Science in Ancient India, Centre for Advanced Computer Studies, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1998. HS 420 : Philosophy Of Mind Introduction: Mind and Science Mind and Metaphysics - Mind and Psychology. Cartesianism: Substance - Attributes - Modes Parallelism - Idealism Epiphenomenalism. Cognitivism: Behaviourism - MindBody Identity Theory Functionalism - Supervenience Theory. Contemporary Issues: Neuro-computational Theory of Mind - Mental Representation Intentionality - Mental Causation Qualia Subjectivity. Mental States: Propositional Attitudes - Thought and Language. Human Rationality and Artificial Intelligence: Strong AI Vs Weak AI. Self: Freedom of Will Self-knowledge and Self-Identity Text/References Lowe, E. J. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Heil, J. Philosophy of Mind: A contemporary Introduction, Routledge, London, 1998.

Dennett, D. C. Kinds of Minds: The Origin of Consciousness, Phoenix, London, 2001. Searle, J. R. The Rediscovery of the Mind, The MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1992. Searle, J. R. Minds, Brains and Science, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1984. Churchland, P. M. A Neurocomputational Perspective: The Nature of Mind and the Structure of Science, The MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1989.

HS 423 : Trends in Twentieth Century Drama This course offers a comparative prespective on important trends in modern drama. Through highly participatory pedagogic methods, the students are encouraged to share their special interest in examining specific themes, techniques of theatre representation, acting and writing. Definitions: The origin and function of drama. The connection between drama, literature, theatre, cinema and performing arts. Historical over-view of various trends in the West: Naturalism in the plays of Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg. Antinaturalistic movements such as expressionism of Luigi Pirandello, epic theatre of Bertolt Brecht, surrealism in the plays of Samuel Beckett, Ionesco. The rise of ritualistic, political theatre of Brook, Schechner, Akalitis. Developments in Post-independence Indian drama: Classical ritualistic theatre of Ramlila, Mahabharata etc. Intermediary or Political Folk drama, such as Jatra, Nautanki, Tamasha, Street Plays. Modern naturalistic drama of Badal Sircar, Mohan Rakesh, Vijay Tendulkar. Texts/References John Gassner (ed): A Treasury of Theatre: Modern European Drama from Henrik Ibsen To Jean Paul Sartre, Volume Two. Simon and Schuster. New York. Peter Brook (Tr.): Mahabharata, Harper and Row, 1985. Richard Schechner: Performative Circumstances from the Avant-Garde to Ramlila, Seagull Publications, 1983.

Eric Bentley: The Playwright As Thinker, 1967. Girish Karnad (Ed.): Contemporary Indian Theatre Interviews with Playwriters and Directors, Sangeet Natak Academi, 1989.

HS 425 : Stress and Coping Concept of stress-current and historical status. The nature of the stress response. Common sources of stress biological, personality and environmental. Coping styles defensive behaviours and problem-solving. Consequences of stress medical, psychological and behavioural. The role of social support in mitigating stress. Stress management techniques-relaxation, meditation, cognitive restructuring, self-control, bio-feedback and time management. The students will prepare their stress profile. Texts/References Walt, S. "Stress Management for Wellness". Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, N.York, 1994. D. Girdano and G. Everly., "Controlling Stress and Tension", Prentice-Hall, 1986. A. Monat and R. Lazarus, "Stress and Coping: An Anthology", Columbia Univ. Press, 1985. A. Weisman, "The Coping Capacity", Human Services Press, 1984.

HS 426 : Theory and Policy of Managerial Finance Introduction to financial statements. Concepts of compounding and discounting, Valuation of securities. Sources of finance - Trade credit. Bank finance. Term finance. Stock market. Dividend policy. Share valuation. Leverages. Theories of capital structure. Cost of capital. Capital budgeting. Cash flow analysis. Methods of depreciation. Methods of capital appraisal. Risk and uncertainty in capital budgeting.

Introduction to working capital management. Issues in financial planning. Tax planning. Break-even analysis. International aspects of financial management. Foreign exchange Market. Exchange rates. Currency risks etc. Texts/References: R. Brealey and S. Myers, S., Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw-Hill, 1987. J.C. Van Horne, Financial Management and Policy, Prentice Hall, 1971. L.M. Bhole, Financial Markets and Institutions, Second Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1992. Prasanna Chandra, Financial Management, Third Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1993.

HS 427 : Essentials of Gandhian Political Economy Meaning of Political Economy. Brief critique of mainstream economics. Gandhian approach to objectives of economic activity. Economics and ethics. Theory of consumption. Why and How of village reconstruction. Approach to agricultural and industrial development. Economics of khadi. Concept of Swadeshi. Views on public finance and foreign trade. Views on Communism, Socialism, Co-operatives, Planning, and Technology. The Role of the State. Theories of trusteeship and decentralization. Texts/References: M.K. Gandhi, Industrial and Agrarian Life and Relations, Navajivan Publishing House, 1986. A.T. Hingorani and G.A. Hingorani, The Encyclopedia of Gandhian Thought, Navajivan Publishing House, 1988. J.C. Kummarappa, Economy of Permanence, Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan, 1984. Pyarelal, Towards New Horizons, Navajivan Publishing House, 1959. E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, ABACUS Publications, 1974. D.F. Ross and M.S. Kanthi, Gandhian Economics, Prasad Publications, 1983.

HS 429 : Sociology of Science Socio-cultural bases of knowledge and science. Conceptions of science: positivistic, realistic, Weberian and forms of conventionalism. Theory of scientific creativity: Mertonian normative structure of science (and Mitroff's counter norms), notions of creativity of Kuhn, Mulkay, Koestler and Holton. Discoveries: singleton and multiples. scientism, anti-science movements, views, reflections and institutions, science and religion relations. Socio-economic and cultural aspects of scientific and technological revolution. Science and technology, conceptual distinction reconsidered, and relations between science and technology. Texts/References R.K. Merton, Sociology of Science, Theoretical and Empirical Investigations, University of Chicago Press, 1973. R. Keat, and J. Urry, Social Theory as Science, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. M.J. Mulkay, Science and Sociology of Knowledge, George Allen and Unwin, 1981. R. Dahrendorf et.al. (eds.), Scientific-Technological Revolution: Social Aspects, Sage Studies in International Sociology, 8, ISA, 1982. W. Krohn et.al. (eds.), The Dynamics of Science and Technology, D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1978.

HS 431 : Reading Fiction Salient topics of this course are as follows: The novel: birth of a genre in the eighteenth century; literary ancestors of the novel; evolution of the form; its coming of age in the nineteenth century; status of the novel as an art-form; potential for experimentation; self-consciousness and metafiction; the novel in the age of modernism and postmodernism.

In the twentieth century the evolution of the novel form has involved interesting and unconventional experiments such as John Fowless The French Lieutenants Woman (FLW) (1969) and Salman Rushdies Midnights Children (1981), for instance, which adapt the literary form of the historical novel into metafiction and magic realism respectively. As a result, a radical mode of reading is called for from the reader. FLW among other things offers two endings (as alternatives) from which the reader is invited to choose one. Reading fiction has become a challenging activity in the twentieth century. Often the reader is required to position her/himself within the story, and participate in the production of meaning as well as the carrying-forward of narrative. The course aims to provide a glimpse of these changes in the evolution of the form of the novel, and throw particular light on representative novels. Texts/ References Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870, Penguin Books, London, 1993. John Fowles: The French Lieutenants Woman, 1969, Pan Books, London, 1987. Salman Rushdie: Midnights Children, 1980, Avon Books, New York, 1982. Arnold Kettle: An Introduction to the English Novel, 2nd edition, Volumes One and Two, Hutchinson University Library, London, 1951, 1953. Brian McHale: Postmodernist Fiction, Routledge, London and New York, 1989.

HS 432 : An Introduction to the Sociology of Rural Development Sociology of rural development: key sociological issues; modernization theories and theories of underdevelopment. Rural development in India: A profile of the history of rural development in India; current experiences, programmes and achievements. Cooperative movement and rural development; leadership and rural development; politics, power and rural development; bureaucracy and rural development, technology for rural development; implications for the future.

Texts/References: A. Webster, Introduction to the sociology of development, Macmillan, 1984. S.R. Maheshwari, Rural Development in India: A public policy approach, Sage Publications, 1985. G.R. Madan, T. Madan, Village development in India: A Sociological Approach, Allied Publishers, 1983. A.R. Desai, Rural Sociology in India, Popular Prakashan, 1969. T.K. Oommen, Social Transformation in Rural India: Mobilization and State intervention, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., 1984. Vasant Desai, Rural Development, Vols. V & VI Himalaya Publishing House, 1988. Steve Jones, P.C. Joshi, and Mignd Murmis (eds.), Rural Poverty and Agrarian Reform, Allied Publishers Pvt.Ltd., 1982.

HS 434: Some Scientific Concepts from Sanskrit Texts Sanskrit, for many centuries, had been the language of ancient India not only for spoken communication, but also of scientific studies. Naturally the knowledge that was acquired is found embedded in various texts belonging to various branches or disciplines. The disciplines to be covered in the course are mathematics, chemistry and Sanskrit grammar. Some selected excerpts or paragraphs from the Sanskrit texts themselves. The texts chosen are Bijaganita (algebra), Rasaratnasamuccaya (alchemy), and Ashtadhyayi (Sanskrit grammar). The prominent theories or portions intended to be read are i) Bijaganita: Karani, Kuttaka, & Chakrawal, that means surds, linear equations in two unknowns and quadratic equation in two unknowns. ii) Rasaratnasamuccaya:: Preparation of chemical instruments and preparation of Bhasma; Paradsamskar (chemical reactions on mercury); Gandhak (chemical reactions on sulphur) iii) Ashtadhyayi: some sutras (aphorisms) with their commentary in Siddhantakaumudi especially from the Karaka-prakarana (case-endings in Sanskrit syntax)

Texts/References : Bhaskaracharyas Bijaganita (ed. & trans. V. P. Khanapurkar) Varada Prakashan, Pune, 1992. Rasaratnasamuccaya Delhi, 1999. (ed. Indradev Tripathy), Chaukhambha Publications, New

Ashtadhyayi (ed. S. C. Vasu), Motilal Banarasidas, New Delhi. Siddhanta-kaumudi, Motilal Banarasidas, New Delhi

HS 435 : Language and the Mind Language, a unique, higher order, human cognitive faculty has become a major concern of the fields of Psychology, Neuro-Biology and Computer science in the last two decades, yielding new areas of inquiry such as Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics and Computational Linguistics. This course is an introduction to these sub-fields of Cognitive Science that seek to discover how knowledge of language is represented in the mind/brain of its speakers. The aim of the course is to show that language is a complex and intricate system that is a peculiar adaptation of the human mind/brain and can be studied in the same way as any other intricate and complex physiological adaptation. Topics to be discussed include: (a) speakers utilization of their knowledge of language (internal grammar) in the production and comprehension of speech, (b) language development in children and the biological innateness of the language faculty, (c) location of language in the brain and its physiological correlates, (d) language deficits and impairments (aphasia), (e) language and communication in nonhuman primates, (f) language as an evolutionary adaptation specific to humans. Texts/References T. Bever, Carroll, J. and Miller, L. (eds.), Talking Minds: The Study of Language in the Cognitive Sciences. MIT Press, 1984. J. de Luce and Wilder, H. (eds.), Language in Primates: Perspectives and Implications. Springer Verlag, 1983. A. Elliot, Child Language. CUP, 1981.

F. Newmeyer (ed.), Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey, Vol. III, Language: Psychological and Biological Aspects. CUP, 1988. P. Whitelock , Wood, M., Somers, H., Johnson, R. and Bennet, P. (eds.), Linguistic Theory and Computer Applications. Academic Press, 1987.

HS 436: Indian Culture and Tradition Scope of learning culture. Meaning of the word, Sanskriti (Culture). Breadth and depth of knowledge contained in the scriptures of Indian Culture. Intricacies of Modern Society: different outlooks provided by Indian culture. Its origin, assumptions, merits and demerits. Impurities of mind and different methods of removing them as prescribed in Indian Culture. Human values in Indian culture; Great personalities in Indian culture: scientists and their discoveries. Great importance attributed to rationality, logic and proof in Indian Culture. Gross and Subtle attributes of Indian Culture. Tracts on Logic and Knowledge: Pramansamuccya by Dinnaga and Pramanavartika by Dharmakirti; myths about Indian Culture; J N Mohantys practical rationality in Indian thought; Skepticism and mysticism in Indian Thought; Tagores concept of self and human being; Dialogue between Tagore and Einstein on intuition and science. Nitisataka of Bhartruhari; Dhavnisastra in Indian tradition; Institutions of Ancient India; Womens Education in Ancient India; Life and Works of Adi Shankaracharya; Anekantavada and Pratityasamutpada; Schools of Indian Realism; Indology on the Internet; Stories of Nachiketa, Chayavan-Bhargav; the concept of time; Karma, Rebirth and Stithaprajnya in Bhagavadgita. Texts/References R.E. Hume, Thirteen Principal Upanisads, Oxford University press, Oxford, 1921. V. S. Sastri (ed.) Ekadasoupanisads, Motilal Banarasidas, New Delhi, 1966.

Radha Kumud Mookerji, Ancient Indian Education, Motilal Banarasidas, New Delhi,1922. A L Basham, The Wonder that was India , Rupa and Co. New Delhi, 1967. J N Mohanty, Explorations in Philosophy: Indian Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2001. Bimal Krishna Matilal, Mind, Language and World, Oxford University Press, New Delhi,2002. Bimal Krishna Matilal, The Character of Logic in India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999. Rabindranath Tagore, Religion of Man, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1931. Rabindranath Tagore, Dialogue with Einstein, Visva-Bharati,1954.

HS 438 : Intellectual Property Rights for Technology Development and Management This course is designed to introduce the subject of Intellectual Property Rights to students interested in the development/transfer/commercialization of technology. This appreciation will enhance their ability and skill to exploit the fruits of their innovations for enrichment and wealth generation for themselves and their organizations. This course is structured in the form of 8 modules. It starts with the Dynamics of Knowledge evolution, creation of ownership domains in the knowledge space using various instruments of IPR, outlines concepts of confidentiality and information security, explores their role in technology development and transfer integrating Intellectual Property in project planning, execution & commercialization, discusses the shifting paradigms of R&D and their linkage to IPR, introduces concepts of Valuation of IP & Value Realization, compares the Indian IPR system with international IPR frameworks especially in the context of WTO, followed by a few sessions on IPR litigations both for the enforcement of rights and business strategy. The course ends with a discussion on contentious issues of current interest such as Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, Protection of Traditional Knowledge, IPR and Electronic Commerce, TRIPS and Access to Medicines, Copyright issues in creative works, etc. Texts/References

Prabuddha Ganguli: Intellectual Property Rights Unleashing the Knowledge Economy. Tata McGraw Hill , New Delhi, 2001. Prabuddha Ganguli: Gearing Up for Patents The Indian Scenario. Universities Press India Ltd., Hyderabad, 1998. P. Narayan: Patent Law. Eastern Law Co., Calcutta. HS 440 : Industrial Economics The course aims to provide basic theoretical and empirical analysis of contemporary topics in industrial economics. It uses economic theory to analyze important issues facing firms, and examines the practical challenges of empirical applications of theory. In all parts of the course industrial organization theory will be mixed with applications. The course begins by reviewing the theory of the firm and basic models of perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly, and moves to learning Game theory and cooperative and non-cooperative models of firm behaviour. Behaviour of firms: Strategies with regard to entry, pricing, advertising, and R & D and innovation. The development of Firms, and Market and Industrial Structure: Stochastic models of firm growth, and market structure, inter-industry differences in growth rate variance, economies of scale, technical change, mergers and market concentration. Development of Competitive capabilities: Role of Technology and Skills, FDI and Technology Transfer, Technological Spillovers, Globalisation and Technology Intermediation. Organization of firms and industries, specifically the way that costs can influence organization and the way in which organization can influence performance. Texts/References: Carton, D. and J. Perloff . Modern Industrial Organization (Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley), 1999. Hay, Donald A. and Derek J. Morris. Industrial Economics and Organization: Theory and Evidence, 2nd Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 1991.

Lall, Sanjaya. Competitiveness, Technology and Skills (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), 2001. Scherer, F. M. and D. Ross. Industrial Market Structure and Economic rd Performance, 3 Edition (Houghton: Mifflin), 1990. Schmalensee, R., Inter-industry studies of Structure and Performance, in Schmalensee, R. and R. D. Willig (eds.): Handbook of Industrial Organization [Amsterdam: North-Holland] Vols. 2 Chapter 16, pp. 951-1009, 1989. Siddharthan, N. S. and Y.S. Rajan. Global Business, Technology and Knowledge Sharing: Lessons for Developing Country Enterprises (New Delhi: Macmillan), 2002. Tirole, Jean. The Theory of Industrial Organization (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press), 1988. Varian, Hal. Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach, Fifth Edition (New York: Norton), 1999. Waterson, Michael. Economic Theory of the Industry (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 1984. HS 442 : Logic and Foundations of Mathematics History of the relation between logic and mathematics. Geometry and the axiomatic nature of mathematics. Role of logic and mathematics in science. Syntax and semantics: formal systems. Example of first order language. Constructive problems in the notions of truth, model, consistency and completeness. Constructive criticisms of Godel's proof primitive Recursive Functions. Foundations of Number theory, Axiomatic and constructive approaches, Cantorian set theory and paradoxes. The problem of infinity, Mathematical Induction, Infinite sets. Brief survey of Platonism, Logicism, Formalism, Intuitionism, Conventionalism. Limitations of the formalist foundations and computability, Turing Machines, Markov Algorithms and Recursion theory. Meaning and existence in mathematics; views of mathematicians and philosophers. Examples of constructive results.

Texts/References G.K. Kneebone, Mathematical Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics: An Introductory Survey, Van Nostrand, 1963. Delong, Howard, A Profile of Mathematical Logic, Addison Wesle Publishing Co., 1971. R.L. Wilder, Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics, Second edition, John Wiley, 1965. S.C. Kleene, Introduction to Meta-Mathematics, Van Nostrand, 1952.

HS 443 : Philosophy and History of Science Development and growth of some of the major concepts, laws and theories from Babylonian astronomy to quantum theory by which physical scientists explain the phenomena of the external world. Use of selected case studies to stress the interconnection of concepts and conceptual schemes to experimentation and observation, the relation between observed data and theoretical concepts, the intellectual procedures of the working scientists, social and philosophical ideas, growth of knowledge. Analysis of the role of experience, logical thinking, and free imagination in science. In particular, geometry and mechanics are discussed as examples, with special emphasis on the distinction between empirical facts and the language by which those facts are described. The basic ideas of modern physics are presented with emphasis on the contribution they can make toward the solution of philosophic questions, such as the status of theoretical terms, models, theories, the nature of time, space, causal and statistical law, and the conflict between philosophical creeds like materialism, idealism, pragmatism etc. The views on science: the Received View, Popper Kuhn, Lukatos, Feyerabend, Toulmin. The growth of scientific knowledge. The nature of social science. The nature of general laws, theories and explanation in social science. The problems in developing a science of human behaviour. Texts/References J.B. Conant, Harvard Case Histories in Experimental Science, Harvard University

Press, Vol.I and II, 1948. Suppe, Frederick, The structure of Scientific Theories, Second Edition, of Illinois Press, 1977. T. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolution, University of Chicago, 1962. S.D. Agashe, A. Gupta and K. Valicha, (eds.), Science, Technology and Social Change, Univ. of Bombay, 1980. G.C. Homans, The Nature of Social Sciences, Harcourt Brace, and World, Inc., 1967.

HS Sociality

446:

Language

and

Interpreting

This course will examine a range of articulations drawn from literature, advertisement, journalism, social sciences, cinema etc. It will study how the stories, images, symbols and tropes of these texts work out our social concerns, anxieties and desires. What often gets obscured as we pass over the seemingly banal texts that we encounter everyday, or pour over the specialist and scholarly texts that we deem study-worthy, are the particular ways in which they flesh out cultural specificities and social processes. What also tends to be regularly overlooked is how language composes our ideas of social reality; how the social is available to us in language. The course will re-visit the divide between imaginative and factual writing and focus attention on a) the conditions of production of particular texts b) what a given text says and its inextricable connection with how it says c) what a text does d) its modes of persuasion e) how it positions the audience/reader f) the presuppositions that inform the reading process g) acts of cross-reading and comparative reading, etc. The attempt will be to socially situate exercises of interpretation and meaning production. It will explore how language constructs certain relationships to reality. While doing so, the course will engage range of social issues like gender, caste, pleasure, memory, identity, sexuality, consumption etc. It will seek to bring to a boil some of the ways by which we tell and interpret stories about our selves and our socialities. Texts/References

Batsleer, J. et al. ed. Rewriting English: Cultural Politics of Gender and Class. New York: Methuen, 1985. Cohen, Ralph, ed. Future of Literary Theory. New York: Routledge, 1989. Gregory M. & P. Fries, eds. Discourse in Society: Functional Perspectives. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing, 1994. Halliday, M.A.K. & Hasan, R. Language, Context, and Text. London: Oxford University Press, 1989. Lehtonen, Mikko. The Cultural Analysis of Texts. Trans. Leena Ahonen Aija and Kris Clarke. London: Sage, 2000. Sangari, Kumkum. Politics of the Possible: Essays on Gender, History, Narrative, Colonial English. New Delhi: Tulika, 2001.

HS 448 : Professional Ethics The values of liberal society. The nature and characteristics of professions. Obligations and professional services. Obligation to clients, professions and third parties. The foundations and norms of professional ethics. The need for separate code of conduct for professionals. The relation between professional and general ethics. Moral conflict and the issue of autonomy of professional ethics. Certain specific issues pertaining to medical ethics, legal ethics, environmental ethics, computer ethics and business ethics would be discussed. Texts/References: Camenisch, P.F.: Grounding Professional Ethics in a Pluralistic Society, N.Y.: Haven Publications, 1983. Bayles, M.D.: Professional Ethics, California: Wardsworth Publishing Company, 1981. Koehn, D. : The Ground of Professional Ethics, Routledge, 1995. Wuest, D.E. : Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility, Rowman & Littlefield,

1994.

HS 450 (Hindustani Classical) Music Appreciation

The soundscape of HCM instruments used and their functions, voice characteristics, idiom. Swaras, octave, mandra, Madhya and taara. Learning to recognize notes. Structure of performance and roles of soloist and accompanists. Notions of raga, ingredients of a raga. Formats of raga presentations. Bandish compositions. Qualities and features of bandishes. Rhythm and tempo tala, laya, avartan and sam. Relation between rhythm and dance. Compositions of tabla. Vilambit (slow tempo) purpose and beauty. Development of a raga (badhat). Imrovisational forms alap, bol-alap, tan etc. Tension and resolution. Symmetrical and complementary patterns of alap, taan etc. Medium (Madhya) and fast (drut) tempi. Relation between bandish and laya. Consonants, words, stress and balance. Improvisation in faster tempi. Different forms and styles of HCM, vocal and instrumental, khayal and dhrupad. Gharanas (schools).

Text/References Sandeep Bagchee:: Nad: Understanding Raga Music, Eeshwar, 1998. Martin Clayton:: Time in Indian Music Oxford University Press, 2000 Alain Danielou:: Ragas of Northern Indian Music South Asia Books: 1968, 1981 W H Deshpande:: Indian Musical Traditions South Asia Books: 1973, 2001 Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy:: The Rags of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution Wesleyan University Press, 1995

HS 452 : Economic Reforms in India The course begins with an exposition of analytical foundations of economic reforms with supporting empirical observations. The main themes to be discussed are: The theory of economic reforms. Limitations of planned industrialisation and import substitution as strategies of development. The debt crisis of 1991 and initiation of fiscal and financial reforms and reforms in industry, trade, and agriculture. The impact of reforms on poverty in India. The unfinished agenda: reforms related to infrastructure, labour market and capital account convertibility.

Texts/References: Isher Judge Ahluwalia and I.M.D. Little (eds.): Indias Economic Reforms and Development, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1998. Jeffrey D. Sachs, A. Varshney, and N. Bajpai (eds.): India in the Era of Economic Reforms, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1999. Uma Kapila (ed.): Recent Development in Indian Economy Part III, The Ongoing Economic Reforms, Academic Foundation, Delhi 1994. Deepak Lal, The Poverty of Development Economics, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985.

HS 454: Principles of Management The growth of management as a science. Contributions of Taylor, Fayol, Gilbreth, Bernard and Drucker. The functions of a manager. Planning - its nature and objectives, types of plans, long range planning, management by objectives (MBO) and making planning effective. Organising - departmentalisation, decentralisation. Staffing - selection and recruitment, appraisal, management development. Leading and directing - leadership, motivation and communication. Controlling - its nature, techniques, management synthesis. Texts/References H. Weihrich & H. Koontz, Management a Global Perspective, McGraw Hill, 1993.

J.L. Massie, Essentials of Management, Prentice-Hall, 1992. S. Robbins, Management: Concepts and Practices, Prentice Hall, 1984, F.A. Menzes, Cases in Management, Tata McGraw, 1977.

HS 456: Understanding Creativity and Creative Writing The aim of this course is to explore the distinctive features of creativity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyis insights into autotelic activities based on his study of creative people: chess masters, composers, surgeons, rock climbers etc. will be used. This broad framework is meant to develop better appreciation of the internal focus, skills, conviction that the creative act requires. Creative writing has its own distinctive demands. Within the above-mentioned exploratory model of creativity, the writing methodology and sources of inspiration of selected major writers will be analysed. This will entail reading of creative work as well as autobiographical material. To cite a few examples: Albert Camus Carnets will be read along with his last incomplete novel The First Man. Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie will be read along with his Paris Review Interview, Krishna Sobti and Mahasveta Devis interviews in Wordsmiths along with their short stories Ai Ladki and Arjun respectively from the same anthology. The students can add writers of their choice. To bring alive the dynamics of creative writing, practising Indian and Western writers will be invited to read from their work and share their view of creativity. The students will be encouraged to share their creative writing. For assignments and class tests students will be able to choose between analytical and creative writing. Texts/References Mihaly Csikszentmihaly: Beyond Boredom and Anxiety; The Experience of Play in Work and Games. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1975. Georege Plimpton (ed.): Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews. Series. Penguin Books, 1984. Albert Camus: Carnets 1935-1942, Hamish Hamilton, 1963. Sixth

Albert Camus: The First Man, Penguin Books, 1995. Meenakshi Sharma (ed.): The Wordsmiths. Katha, Rupa and Co. 1996.

HS 457 : Managerial Economics Nature and scope of Managerial Decisions. Objectives of firms. Techniques of analyses with special reference to econometric method. Analysis of demand pattern - demand forecasting. Production function and production planning - cost and product relationships - cost function. Break-evenpoint analysis. Pricing and price related policies. Labour productivities and wages. Optimization problems. Introductory aspects of capital budgeting. Selected case studies under Indian conditions. Texts/References A.S. Goldberger, Topics in Regression Analysis, Macmillan, 1969. W.W. Haynes, W.R. Henry, Managerial Economics - Analysis and Cases, Business Publications, Ind., Third Edition, 1974. V.L. Mote, S. Paul, G.S.Gupta, Managerial Economics - Concepts and Cases, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1977. T.V.S.R. Rao, Econometric Analysis of Managerial Decisions, Oxford and IBH, 1978. O.P. Chopra, Managerial Economics, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., 1984.

HS 458 : Indian Writing in English An overview of some of the major themes of Indian writing, from the rise of nationalism and the freedom struggle, to the trauma of partition and the resurgence

of reconstruction, form an integral part of approaching the texts comprising Indian Writing in English. In the process, the identity (in terms of content as well as style) of Indian literature in English will receive special attention in the study of these texts. This course charts the highlights of Indian literary writing in English, including those works of translation that have been translated by the authors themselves, thereby enabling the inclusion of writers like Rabindranath Tagore and Girish Karnad. At least two of the four major genres, Poetry, Prose, Novel and Drama, will be studied in some detail in representative selections. This would help in understanding the movement from traditional and imitative modes of representation as seen in the early poetry and novels, to recent modes of experimentation. Texts/References Girish Karnad, Naga Mandala, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1990. Saleem Peeradina, ed. Contemporary Indian Poetry in English: An Assessment and Selection, Macmillan, Bombay, 1972. Raja Rao, Kanthapura, Orient Paperbacks, Delhi. R.K. Dhawan, ed., Commonwealth Fiction, 3 Vols, Classical Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1988. K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Indian Writing in English, Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1973.

HS 463 : Introduction to Art and Aesthetics The aim of this course is to introduce the students to some of the basic issues pertaining to art through exposure to different art-media and art-works. The emphasis will be on critical analysis of art-works and aesthetic ideas, with special reference to literature and music. The following problems will be treated as central: What is art? Concepts of Imitation. Symbolization, Expression, Configuration. What is aesthetics? Theorizing about art and its relevance to creation, appreciation and criticism of art. Art and life: (a) art and society (Marxist approach); (b) art and psyche (Freudian

approach). Art as an autonomous activity: art and form. What is aesthetic response? Rasa-theory and emotionality; detached contemplation. Texts/References: M. Rader (ed.), A Modern Book of Aesthetics: an anthology, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. J. Hospers (ed.), Introductory Readings in Aesthetics, Free Press, 1969. R.B. Patankar, Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Nachiketa Publications, 1969. V. Raghavan, and Nagendra (eds.), An Introduction to Indian Poetics, Macmillan 1970. H. Osborne, Aesthetics and Art Theory: an historical introduction, Dutton, 1970.

HS 464 : Science, Technology and Society The course focuses on analysing issues relating to the impact of technology on society from the perspectives of the disciplines of economics and philosophy. The economics component discusses technical change at the firm level and the economy level using tools and concepts of economics. Major emphasis is on two areas: (a) Industrial R & D and innovation and their contribution to growth in productivity and output; (b) Select problems of current interest in India such as modernisation, employment and equity, technological options, Science and technology planning for national development and governmental policies on science and technology. The philosophy component studies the concepts of science and technology; man and nature; tradition, culture and society; social, cultural and other factors and their bearing on the growth of science and technology; technological change and social institutions, values; technological development and human welfare, choice of technology policy. Texts/References:

J. Schumpeter, The Theory of Economic Development, Oxford University Press, 1989. P. Stoneman, The Economic Analysis of Technological Change, Oxford University Press, 1983. C. Mitcham, and R. Mackey, (eds.), Philosophy and Technology, Free Press, 1972. N. Cross, D. Elliot, and R. Roy, (eds.), Man-Made Futures, Hutchinson Educational and Open University Press, 1974.

HS 465 : Moral and Political Philosophy Ethics and Politics The State-Power and Authority; Natural Law and Natural Rights; Liberty, Equality, Justice; Sovereignty, Political Obligation; Law and Morality; Punishment; Democracy. Anarchism; Individualism; Conservatism; Utilitarianism; Radical Humanism; Socialism; Liberalism & Communism; Civil Disobedience; Social Progress; Revolution; Terrorism and Militancy; Ethnicity, Peace and Conflict; Patriotism; Sarvodaya. Text / Reference Morgan, M. (ed.), Classics of Moral and Political Philosophy, 3rd edition. Indianapolis: Hackett. 2001 Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Introduction, Oxford University Press, New York, 2002 D.D. Raphael, Problems of Political Philosophy, Macmillan, 1970. H.J. Laski, The State in Theory and Practice, Allen Unwin, 1972. J. Feinberg, Social Philosophy, Prentice Hall, 1972. Benn and Peters, Social Principles and the Democratic Estate, Allen and Unwin, 1961

HS 466 : Introduction to Linguistics The scientific study of language as it has developed in the twentieth century has vital links with many other modern theories and disciplines which include the communication sciences and the systems approach. This course is an introduction to the science of language, called linguistics. It deals with the structure and function of language, with particular attention to Noam Chomsky's 'generative' model. The following topics will be discussed: Language and communication: animal and human communication; artificial and natural languages; social functions of language. The 'science' of language: language as a system; levels of linguistic structure; the 'generative' model of Chomsky. Evolution and variation of language: historical change; geographical variation; social variation. Language and mind: language and thought; language and the brain; language acquisition and child language. Texts/References: N. Chomsky, Reflections on Language, Fontana, 1975. N. Chomsky, Rules and Representations, Basil Blackwell, 1980. N. Smith and D. Wilson, Modern Linguistics: the results of Chomsky's revolution, Penguin, 1979. D. Bolinger, Aspects of Language, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1968. J. Lyons, Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics, Cambridge, 1969.

HS 467 : Indian Philosophy A study and examination of the logical, epistemological and ethical problems in the classical schools of Indian Philosophy, science and metaphysics in ancient India. The course will emphasize the insights of ancient Indian thinkers and their perennial

preoccupation with issues centering on man and his being in the world in society. Texts/References: M. Hiriyanna, The Essentials of Indian Philosophy, Allen and Unwin, 1967. S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, 2 Vols. Allen and Unwin, 1966. S. Radhakrishnan and C.A. Moore, (Eds.) A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, Princeton Univ. Press, 1967. Pappu S.S. Rama Rao (Ed.), Indian Philosophy Past and Future, Motilal Banarasidas, 1982.

HS 468 : Philosophy of Religion Science and Religion. Analysis and understanding of "religion" from different standpoints. Arguments for and against the existence of God. Historical religions, Mysticism and Occultism. Nature of man's reference to God. Religious experience and religious language. Theistic Existentialism. Hermeneutics and religious frames of reference. Texts/References: John Hick (Ed.), Classical and Contemporary Readings in the Philosophy of Religion, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1969. Winston, L. King, Introduction to Religion - A Phenomenological Approach, Harper and Row, 1970. Baruuch Brody (Ed.), Readings in the Philosophy of Religion, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1974. Robert Hall (Ed.), Studies in Religious Philosophy, American Book Co., 1969. Harris R. Raine (Ed.), Neoplatonism and Indian Thought, State University of New York Press, 1982.

HS 472: Psychology of Health

Course objective: The understanding of human physiological and psychological functions is one of the most useful and beneficial assets in a technological and industrial environment. It is for better management of human life that one must have a good understanding of human behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Among these, stress is one of the most common psycho-physiological phenomena of today and the young have been found to be its usual victims. Stress and its emotional components result from the complex interaction of genetic, physiological, behavioural and environmental factors, which finally disturb the homeostasis (balance among internal physiological conditions) of the body. This course is designed to cover the entire field of enquiry as given above. Course outline: Fundamentals of behavioural health. Behavioural health and industrial hazards, health aspects related to personality (focus on Type-A personality pattern, converted Type-A persons who are the great challenge of the 21st century), perception and emotionality. Drug addiction and rehabilitation. Alcoholism and other substance abuse. Understanding stress and its various causes. Stress and psychologically-oriented and physically-manifested disorders [Psychosomatic disorders] Manic depressive tendencies, socialization problems, eating disorders. Depression and other related psychological states that are also manifest in the technological/industrial environment. Stress and adjustment : Occupational, social, marital, sexual and environmental aspects. Technology and subjective well-being (SWB) Texts/References Andrew W. Baum, Jerome E. Singer & Tracey A. Revenson. Handbook of Health Psychology. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2001. Edward P. Sarafino. Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions. 4th Edition. John Wiley and Sons. 2001.

Linda Brannon & Jess Feist. Health Psychology An Introduction to Health and Behaviour. 4th Ed. Wadsworth. 1999. Virginia Ann Price. Type-A Behaviour Pattern. A model for Research and Practice. Academic Press. 1982. Robern C. Carson, James N. Butcher & James C. Coleman. Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life. 8th Edition, Scott, Foresman & Company. 1988.

HS 474: Postmodernism and Philosophy Enlightenment reason and its fragile interior: Validity claims and normative action, immanent and transcendent sources of realism and its critique through Kant, Nietzsche, Foucault and Deleuze. Derridas radical critique of knowledge: Deconstruction, Singularity and Alterity, Identity, Erasure; Subjectivity and Responsibility .in Emmanuel Levinas and Derrida. Recovering the text the and meaning: Communicative action of Habermas, Honneths Critique of power, Lyotards Report on Knowledge. Indeterminacy of meanings: Pragmatism of Richard Rorty, Internal realism of Hilary Putnam and belief revision in David Lewis. After the subject: Otherness in Helen Cixous, Femininity in Luce Irigaray, Presence in Jean Luc Nancy. Critiquing natural and human sciences: science as Praxis, Phenomenology of natural sciences, The neo-Heideggerian critique of science as a critical enterprise. Postpositivism and critical realism: Satya P. Mohanty and Roy Bhaskar. Texts/References Giles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition, Athlone Press, New York,1994. Jacques Derrida, Who's Afraid of Philosophy?: Right to Philosophy 1, Stanford University Press, Stanford (2002) Jurgen Habermas, The Liberating Power of Symbols: Philosophical Essays, translated by Peter Dews, MIT Press, Massachusettes, 2001. Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge,

Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1986. Richard Rorty, Philosophy and Social Hope. Penguin Books, London, 1999. Hilary Putnam, Reason, Truth and History, Cambridge University Press, 1981. David Lewis, Ways of Worldmaking, Hackett, Indianapolis, 1978. Helen Cixous, Stigmata: Escaping Texts, Routledge, London, 1998. Luce Irigaray, The Forgetting of Air in Martin Heidegger, University of Texas Press, Texas, 1999. Thomas A. Carlson, Reduction and Donation: Investigations of Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology, Northwestern University Press, Evanston, 1998. Satya P. Mohanty, Literary Theory and the Claims of History: Postmodernism, Objectivity and Multicultural Politics, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.

HS 476: Culture and Media Key concepts and theories: media, culture, high/low culture, and popular culture mass culture. Media in the global context: The development of cultural industries (case studies of cross cultural consumption, Mcdonaldisation, exoticization of the third world, United colors of Benneton) Cultural studies in India: Different perspectives, understanding the folk/popular practices in India. Print Culture: the emergence of the newspaper, print, capitalism and political identity. Calendar art and mass production of pictures and the middle class aesthetic, photography and film hoardings. Indian Cinema: The conflict of traditional forms and modern technology, the nationand the home - persistent themes in Hindi cinema, the post-90s Hindi cinema imagining the family and NRI cultures. Screening culture and cassette culture; Television in India - issues of modernity and development, discourse of national integration, narrative serials, commercial sponsorship, women oriented narratives, the mythologicals, global and regional networks, politics after television, popular music and technology, devotional music. Resisting power through the media.

Texts/References Niranjana, Tejaswini, P.Sudhir and Vivek, Dhareshwar (Eds.) Interrogating Modernity: Culture and Colonialism in India. Calcutta. Seagull Books.1993. Dwyer, Rachel and Christopher Pinney (eds.). Pleasure and the Nation. New Delhi. Oxford University Press. 2001. Grossberg, L., C. Nelson and P. Treichler (eds.) Cultural Studies. London. 1992 Edgar, Andrew and Peter Sedgwick (eds.) Key concepts in Cultural Theory. London. Routledge.1999 Singhal, Arvind and Rogers, Everett (Eds.) Indias Communication Revolution; From Bullock carts to Cyber marts. New Delhi. Sage.2001 Kapur, Geeta, When was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice, New Delhi: Tulika, 2000. Prasad Madhava. Ideology of Hindi Cinema. New Delhi: OUP.1998. Srivatsan. R. Conditions of Visibility. Calcutta. Stree. 2000. HS 484 : International Finance and Monetary Systems Open economy macroeconomics and balance of payments, components of balance of payments, disequilibrium in balance of payments, and the need for adjustment and/or financing. Approaches to balance of payment adjustment: Monetary, Income. Elasticities and absorption approaches. Exchange rate as an instrument of adjustment. Basic exchange rate concepts: spot vs. forward; real vs. nominal; fixed vs. flexible. Models of exchange rate determination; current account vs. capital account models. A historic perspective of International Monetary systems of the post-world war era; Bretton Woods system and the Managed Floating regime. Exchange Rate arrangements, supply of reserve assets, adjustment mechanisms in these systems. Relative roles of gold, national and supranational currencies (Special Drawing Rights and European Currency Unit) in the provision of international liquidity. Provision of short run and long run (development) finance by international agencies. The role of International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World bank and other

institutions in providing financial assistance to LDCs. Petrodollars and their recycling. Eurocurrency system. The third world and debt trap. Texts/References A. Crockett, International Money: Issues and Analysis, ELBS & Nelson, 1982. P. Hallwood, and R. MacDonald, International Money: Theory, Evidence and Institutions, Basil Blackwell, 1986. M.Levi, International Finance, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1990. F.L. Rivera-Batiz and L. Rivera-Batiz, International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics, Macmillan Pub.Co., 1985.

HS 485 : Management of Human Resources in Organizations This course is designed to understand the personal and interpersonal behavioural problems people face within an organization. It also intends to highlight the techniques of organizational behaviour through which the human resource potentialities of the personnel can be effectively utilized and developed for their self- and organizational development. An introduction of the personal and interpersonal dynamics of the organization Managing high performance: A challenge - Work motivation: Theoretical and behavioural framework. Improving work motivation in organizations. Human Resources Development (HRD); Behaviour scientist's view. Human capacity: Physical and psychological - Building management, decision, interpersonal and goal setting skills - The functions of HRD and Personnel Department. Organizational change and development - Organizational development (OD): Brief historical presentation. OD techniques: T group and sensitivity training, management by objectives (MBO), transactional analysis (TA), quality circles (QC), performance appraisal (PA), and training programmes. Managing human resources and organizational development: the present status. Texts/References: C.R. Anderson, Management: Skills, Functions, and Organizational Performance, W.

C. Brown, 1984. W.L. French, C.H. Bell, and R.A. Zawacki, Organizational development: Theory, Practice and Research, Irwin, 1989. P. Hersey and K.H. Blanchard, Management of Organizational Behaviour: Utilizing Human Resources. Prentice-Hall, 1988.

HS 487 : Planning and Economic Policies in India 1. Introduction: A chronological survey of Indian Plans. 2. Theoretical underpinnings of India's Planning Models. 3. Objectives of economic planning in India - Growth, Price stability, Employment generation, Poverty alleviation, Sustainable balance of payments etc. 4. A historical perspective on the economic policies implemented in India (during the post-independence period) to achieve the goals of planned economic development: Monetary and fiscal policies; Industrial policy; Foreign trade and exchange rate policies; Price and wage policies, etc. 5. A critique of Indian planning and policies in the light of select macroeconomic indicators such as: (i) Growth rate(s); (ii) Inflation rate(s); Unemployment levels; (iii) Incidence of poverty; and, (iv) External payments position. 6. Planning versus privatisation: Lessons from other countries experiences. Texts/References Bagchi, A. and Banerjee, N. (Eds.), Change and Choice in Indian Industry, K.P. Bagchi & Co., Calcutta, 1982. Brahmananda, P.R. and Panchmukhi, V.R. (Eds.), The Development Process of the Indian Economy, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1987. Chakravarty, S., Development Planning: The Indian Experience, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987.

Lucas, R.E.B., and Papanek, G.F. (Eds.), The Indian Economy: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1988. Rudra, A., Indian Plan Models, Allied Publishers, 1975. Joshi, V., & Little, I.M.D., India: Macroeconomics and Political Economy, 19641991, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1994.

HS 489: State, Polity and Society Classical and modern views on Economy, Polity and Society: Illustrations from selective texts (from Sociology), Positive Theory of the state and the system of control. The structure and the process in modern societies: Social frameworks of knowledge and development, Social change and Modernization, Process of society and community formation, Ethnic groups and states, conflicts in multiethnic societies, ethnicity and nation-building. Critical and systemic approaches to the study of development, world views and paradigms, Politics and ideology, Problems of social and system integration. Locus of control and agencies of social control: Structure of government, citizens and social institutions. Ethical and political orientation: Democratization and democratic theory responsive, identificational and epistemic conceptions of democracy, Civic morals and provinces of social ethics, Environmentalism and environmental ethics, Facts and standards, Education in the social and political environment, Policy perspectives for sustainable development, Inter-state relations and conceptions of world society. Texts/References Harry Elmer Barnes (edited), An Introduction to the History of Sociology: The University of Chicago Press, 1948. Anthony Giddens and David Held (edited), Classes, Power and Conflict classical and contemporary debates. The Macmillan Press Ltd. 1983 (2nd edition). Mark, S. Cladis, A Communitarian Defense of Liberalism: Emile Durkheim and Contemporary Social Theory, Stanford University Press, 1992. Daniel Bell, The coming of Post-Industrial Society: A venture in social forecasting, Penguin Books, 1974. B.G. Norton, Towards Unity Amongst Environmentalists, Oxford University Press,

1992. Paul R. Brass, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Theory and Comparison, Sage Publication, 1991. Karl R. Popper, The Open Society and its Enemies: Vol.1 & 2 (5th edition), Princeton University Press, 1966. Jurgen Habermas, Between Facts and Norms: Contribution to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy, trans, William Rehg, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1996.

HS 490 : Organizational Behaviour and Implications for Management This course is designed for final year engineering students. It has four interrelated goals. The first is to make prospective engineers familiar with the basic concepts of organizational behaviour. Second, to introduce the management and behaviour sciences theories along with their application for managing people at work. The third is to introduce major components of American and Japanese management. Finally, an attempt will be made to critically examine all management strategies of organizational behaviour with reference to Indian organizations. The course will be of help in applying engineering knowledge effectively in the field of business management and entrepreneurship development. An Introduction of Organizational Behaviour. Historical development and basic concepts. Understanding a social system. Mainsprings of motivation. Human needs and motivating employees. Interpreting motivational models of Maslow, Herzberg, Vroom, and McClelland. Job satisfaction and work performance. Appraising and rewarding performance. Leadership and organizational development. Supervision and participation, Interpersonal and communication problems within the organizations. Organizational Development : A brief introduction and theoretical development. Organizational Development Techniques : Their applications in Indian Organizations. Japanese Management : Basic philosophy and features. Comparative analysis of American and Japanese management. Organizational behaviour in perspective. Texts/References Davis, K. Human behaviour at work: Organizational behaviour. NY: The Groller

Business Library, 1987. Luthans, F. Organizational behaviour. NY: McGraw, 1995. Hersey, P. & Blanchard, K.H. Management of organizational behaviour: Utilising human resources. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1988.

HS 491: Contemporary Urban India: Sociological Perspective This course will introduce students to urban processes and patterns in India along the following lines: City: Basic concept and theories / approaches; nature, types and growth of cities. Aspects of urban society and structure: A: demographic change, occupational structure, social differentiation, spatial distribution, settlement patterns B: migration, ethnic groups, neighborhoods, and voluntary associations Urban space and social processes: factors influencing urban space: the built environment and urban life. Social stratification in cities: class, caste, status, ethnicity, and power. Aspects of urban society and culture: changes in gender, kinship and family relations. Continuity and change: tradition and modernity in urban India. Urbanization and social change: urban social institutions, urban influence on rural areas. Ethnicity and social movements: A: issues of identity and social mobilization B: urban social and political movements and ideologies: nationalism, secularism and communalism C: Urban Conflicts and violence The Indian city in the context of globalization. Texts/References Veena Das, Mirrors of Violence, OUP, New Delhi, 1991. R. Ramachandran, India's Urbanization, OUP, 1998.

M.S.A. Rao, Urban Sociology in India: A Reader and Sourcebook, Sangam Books, 1992. Robert Redfield and Milton Singer, "The Cultural Role of Cities", Economic Development and Cultural Change, Number 4, 1954. Saskia Sassen, Cities in a World Economy, Sage, 1995. A.M. Shah, B.S.Baviskar, and E.A. Ramaswamy, Social Structure and Change: Complex Organizations and Urban Communities, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 1996. Milton Singer When a great tradition modernizes: An anthropological approach to Indian civilization, University of Chicago Press, 1980. M.N. Srinivas, Social Change in Modern India, Orient Longman, 1972. Sylvia Vatuk, Kinship and Urbanization, University of California Press, 1972.

HS 493 : Sanskrit for Indian Science (A) Grammar (i) (ii) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (iii) The alphabet, vowels, consonants hard and soft, conjunct. The verbs: Parasmaipada and Atmanepada. Ten conjugations. Present tense: Conjugations 1st, 4th, 6th and 10th. Passive and impersonal forms of the above conjugations. Imperfect tense of the above conjugations. Past and Present participles. Moods: Imperative and potential.

The Nouns: (a) Eight cases and their uses. (b) Masculine and neuter nouns ending in De, F, G, $e (c) Feminine nouns ending in Dee, F, F&, G, T, $e Adverbs and pronouns. Students are not

(iv)

The grammar will be illustrated with suitable examples.

expected to learn the grammar by heart. (B) Excerpts from the text Tarkasamgraha Detailed reading of the excerpts will familiarise the student with the language and the modes of thought of the ancients. Texts/References Bhandarkar, R.G., First Book of Sanskrit, Keshav Bhikaji Dhawale, 47th Reprint, 1999. Athalya, Y.V. and Bodas, M.R (eds.), Tarkasamgraha of Annambhatta, The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, 1988. Dixitar et.al (Ed.) Manasar (1924). Vaze, K.V. Prachina Hindi Shilpa-sastra Sara. Varada Books, Pune, 1994.

HS 494 : Women in Third World Development The impact of development of women. Work: gender division of labour, women in agriculture, home-based workers, export-oriented industries especially textile/garment and electronics industry. The impact of technology on women's work. National and International migration of women: third world women workers especially domestic workers and nurses in developed countries. Women in tourism industry and impact of sex tourism. Sustainable development: deforestation and the quality of women's lives. Empowering women: literacy, employment and political participation. Assessment of development programs and projects from a feminist perspective. Texts/References Momsen, J. & Kinnaird, V., "Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America", Routledge: London, 1993. Momsen, J., "Women and Development in the Third World", Routledge: London, 1991. Ostergaard, L., "Gender and Development", Routledge: London, 1992.

Mies, M. "Housewives Produce for the World Market: The Lace-makers of Narsapur", ILO, Geneva, 1980. Rose, K., "Where Women are Leaders: The SEWA Movemenr in India", Zed: London, 1992. HS 496: Globalization: A Sociological Perspective 1. Genealogy of the concept: The different connotations of the term as an economic and cultural fact, as an ideology, as a symbol of unequal power relationships, etc. 2. A brief history of the growth of Capitalism and the advent of Globalization from late 1970s:Stages in the growth of capitalismmercantile capitalism, competitive industrial capitalism and monopoly capitalism. The economic crises in the developed nations (in the late 1970s). The transition from the Fordist system of mass production to the system of flexible accumulation. The main features of the Post-Fordist growth process. 3. The concept of Network society: Manuel Castells description of a network society: The Information Technology revolution of 1970s, relation between information technology and globalization, the Network enterprise, the culture of real virtuality, the concept of space of flows and timeless time. 4. The cultural dimensions of Globalization: Arjun Appadurais description of the five dimensions of global flow. Baudrillards and Featherstones description of postmodern consumer culture. Emergence of ideologies like multiculturalism, hybridization. 5. Impact of Globalization on the third world: The economic, social, political and cultural impact of globalization on Third World countries. Texts/References Castells, Manuel. The Rise of the Network Society, Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at Large : Cultural Dimensions of Globalisation, Delhi : Oxford Univ. Press, 1997. Ashley, David. History without a subject, Oxford : Westview Press, 1997. Robertson, Ronald. Globalization: Social theory and global culture, London: Sage, 1992. Mittelman, James (Ed). Globalization: Critical reflections, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Reinner publishers Ltd., 1997.

Scott, A. (ed.). The limits of Globalization, London: Routledge, 1997.