Understand the different forms, scales, approaches and strategies for development interventions.

Understanding the contemporary developmental challenges faced by Adivasi community 

What is the nature of the small and marginal farmer and the non-farm informal sector?

Who are the people involved in India’s largest occupation and who is a farmer? 

Epidemiological analysis contributes to the understanding of how ​‘development’ as a process is closely connected to the building of a ​‘healthy’ society.

Understanding the most-prevalent types of Member Based Organisations (MBOs) that either work for the vulnerable communities or for rights of informal and formal labour.

Learning about the key concepts and regulations that shape social enterprises, as well as enable them to systematically plan for the establishment of a social enterprise.

Introduction to the three critical aspects of the subject- climate science, climate mitigation, and climate adaptation.

Understanding the nuances of commons, its governance, and its intricate relationship with the livelihood.

This course will help students with relevant knowledge and skills to conceptualise appropriate livelihood interventions incorporating people’s capacities and aspiration on the one hand while addressing the questions of sustainability, inclusion, dignity, and equity on the other.

Creating workable livelihood interventions with greater understanding and competencies.

Understanding the politics of collective mobilisation and mass public action in Indian political culture. 

What is the institutional architecture of financial institutions in India?

Explore the notions of mental health and well-being.

Engages critically with the ​‘Dalit Development Question’-i.e, how have Dalit communities engaged with the Indian State, and in turn, how has the State responded to that question both in colonial and post- colonial India.

Build a broad based perspective on poverty, inequality, social policies and constitutional principles using the capabilities approach.

Understanding of ​‘process’ as a concept for policy, intervention and implementation and will teach process tracing as a method for analysing process.

The history and socio-economic impact of development interventions on ecological systems.

Take a look at the economic perspective, with a special synoptic overview of economic development in the Indian experience.

What are the economics of creating a sustainable world?

A historically informed account of India’s economic development.

This course tries to answer interesting questions related to the domain of ​‘education for development’.

Exploring the two-way relationship between development and education. 

How is the physical phenomena of energy related to a sociological process like development?

What are the arrangements involved in natural resource management?

The course will cover a range of topics that are relevant to environmental health in India.

What is environmental justice and how is it made real in India?

Do gains in human health status come at the cost of future generations?