Courses
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Pedagogy and Content Knowledge of Sociology, Economics and Geography
Apply the basic principles of teaching three disciplines covered in Sociology, Economics and Geography.
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Perspectives on Political Economy of Labour
This course is geared towards giving students an overview of concerns and questions that make up the landscape of labour in India.
Perspectives on Technological Change and Development
Exploring the role of technology and technological change in innovation in development.
Philosophy of Education
A course going over the concepts, methodologies and interdisciplinary intersections that determine educational action in various contexts.
Programmes
Planning and Management of Early Childhood Education Centres
A course to familiarize students with the working of various Early Childhood Education Centres run by voluntary organizations.
Planning, Implementing and Monitoring Development Actions for Gender Equity
Apply key frameworks of gender equality for development action and policy interventions.
Policy Analysis
An overview of the role of a policy analyst and the concepts and skills necessary for an understanding of public policies across domains.
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Policy architecture for environmental governance
Emphasizes on the role of various policy tools and institutions for environmental governance.
Political and Legal Institutions
An overview of the institutional structure and operation of governance in India.
Political Economy of Education
A close look at how decisions are shaped by conflicts within and across political, economic and social institutions and processes.
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Political Economy of Global Health
What are the forces that shape the way we formulate policies on health in a globalising world?
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Political Economy of Government Statistics
An exploration of the mutually constitutive relation between data, development and democracy.
Political Economy of International Development
This course introduces students to various ways in which power has shaped global flows of labour, capital and goods through history.
Political Economy of Violence
Looking at the political economy of violence in contemporary India.
Political Economy, Development and Governance
How does political power determine the economic gains of different social groups?
Political Economy: Theories of Power
This course introduces students to foundational, theoretical and conceptual tools of Political Economy.
Political Philosophy and Politics in India
How did the modern Indian state originate and how does interact with the people it is meant to act on behalf of?
Politics and Democracy in India
How is political authority constituted and legitimated in a society?
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Poverty – Concepts, Measurement and Critiques
The course will try to build a humanistic perspective to understand the multidimensionality of poverty and the lived experiences of the poor.
Processes of Institutional Decision Making
What is the state meant to do as per the Indian Constitution?
Programme Design and Evaluation in Education
A critical aspect of a study of public-school systems.
Programmes
Programme Evaluation
How are programmes and policies evaluated for their process and impact?
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Programme evaluation for development action
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Programme Planning and Designing for Development Interventions
The course focuses on the programmes and interventions of Social Sector Organisations and locates them in the context of the organisational mission, vision, goal and strategic plans.
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Programme Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
It is a skill based course that would take students through the processes of how to design, monitor and evaluate public health programs.
Programmes
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Project Management for Development Interventions
Familiarises with the full life-cycle of projects
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Public Health Care, Rights, and Accountability
The course aims to equip the students with the perspectives of human rights and social accountability, to apply this framework to understand the health rights of communities, and to learn tools and techniques for strengthening the public healthcare system.
Public Policy in India
What do public policy and public administration in India consist of?
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Public Writing on Social Action and Change
Designed to develop the capacity of the students in public writing on social action and change.
Qualitative Approaches to Analysing Public Policy
A survey of qualitative approaches informed by social science methods used and applied in generic policy domains in advocacy, analysis and evaluation.