Courses
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.
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Qualitative Research Inquiry in Development Practice
Training in qualitative research and analysis to enhance skills and confidence to produce and analyse qualitative evidence.
Quality Discourses in Education (Schools and School Systems)
What is the ‘quality’ of education and how do we define it?
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Reading Nagaland
An introduction to the rich diversity of everyday lives in Nagaland through “non-academic” sources.
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Reading Regional Mahabharatas
An introduction to regional Mahabharatas as autonomous (knowledge) texts that are creative retellings of the Vyasa Mahabharata rather than imperfect, incomplete, or corrupt translations.
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Remote sensing for sustainable development
Explores the concepts and practical applications of satellite remote sensing to map and understand transformations in landscapes, relating these to impacts on development and sustainability.
Research Methods and Legal Writing
A systematic approach to research methodology for legal studies.
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Research Methods for Development Practice
Deepens understanding of the various methods for social research.
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Rural Governance in India
Aims to provide students with a board understanding of rural governance in India
Schools as Organisations
Studying schools as the most basic unit of a formal education system
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Science Education
Aims to develop an understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge and practices, the issues and ideas concerning the learning and teaching of science, and the study of the conceptual and practical demands of good science teaching.
Skills for Development Practice
Skills to work in organisations and understand how development ideas are put into practice.
Social and Economic Analysis of Development
Learning the skills for carrying out theoretically and methodologically sound analysis of the socioeconomic impact of development interventions.
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Social Interventions
This course enables students to understand deliberated and strategic actions for social change by analysing the subjects, sites and modes/modalities of social action.
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Social Research Methods in Health: Generating Qualitative Evidence in Health
Understand the relevance of qualitative evidence for making informed public health actions.
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Social Sector Organisations: Forms and Actions
The role of social sector organisations in actions ranging from sangharsh to nirmaan and impacts at the grassroots.
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Social Studies Education
See social studies in an integrated and interlocking manner along with their interfaces with the physical sciences.
Social Studies Teaching and Material Development
An introduction to the academic and curricular debates in the subjects that will also give them opportunities to translate their learnings into school contexts through curricular materials.
Sociology of Development
A study of ‘development’ requires an understanding of the social and cultural dimensions that shape the institutions that act upon people’s lives and landscapes.
Sociology of Development for Economists
This course introduces students to the sociological concepts, theories and methods in the study of contemporary development issues facing India.
Sociology of Education
How are the issues that surround education and its practices related to social processes?
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Sociology of Food
This course reflects on how social practices and traditions around food have critically impacted the availability and accessibility of food for certain groups and profoundly impacted their human development outcomes.
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Sociology of Modern India
Students learn concepts and analytical tools to develop a sociological lens to approach social change and development.
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State and Governance in India
Understand the role of the state as a “key actor” in India’s social and economic development.
State Transformation and Theories of Governance
A society-centric approach to survey the changes brought about in governance.
State, Democracy and Civil Society in India
Students study the centrality of state, democracy and the active engagement of the civil society in development
Statistical Methods with R
The course trains the students in statistical methods using the open-source software R.
Strategic Planning and Performance Management for Public and Non-Profit Organisations
Looking at the function of organisations that are public and not-profit and evaluating their performance.
Summer Field Apprenticeship in Development
Participate in a development intervention.
Summer Internship in Law and Public Policy
A six-week internship between Semester 02 and 03.