Courses
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Exploring Interrelationships: Environment and health
Do gains in human health status come at the cost of future generations?
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Field Immersion in Development
A two week exploration of the life experiences of different communities
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Forests, Governance and Livelihoods
Understanding the major historical and contemporary policies/laws that have shaped forest-based livelihoods.
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Foundations of Social Research and Reasoning
Foundations of Social Research and Reasoning
Foundational aspects of research by using examples from developmental research and debates in India.
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Gender and Development
What is it about being a woman or a man that particularly heightens our risks of being affected by certain issues/problems?
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Gender, health and rights
Drawn on the experiences of community level experiments, national and global level advocacy allowing students to be part of the journey of several efforts in gender-based interventions.
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GIS for Sustainability
The course extends student capacity to analyse and understand the spatial dimension of these issues.
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Health Education and Communication
Health, Medicine and Society
A multidisciplinary understanding of public health through multiple perspectives on health, disease and medicine.
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Indian Economy and Development
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Introduction to Epidemiology
The course covering the basics of epidemiology, tools used in epidemiology and application of the tools for better decision making.
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Introduction to Programming and Basic Data Analysis
This course is designed to equip students to build important skills and create a culture of evidence-based investigation.
Introduction to Research
Is infant mortality a health or education related problem?
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Kautilya and his Arthasastra
An introduction to the rich diversity of the ancient Indian discussions on statecraft, economy, and law and the problems arising out of anachronistic interpretations of the past to address contemporary political exigencies.
Law and Governance
What are institutions? What is their role? How do they work? How do they shape political and administrative actions?
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Living Utopias
Explore utopian ideas for a vision of a sustainable future.
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Local democracy and development action in India
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Media, Development, and Communication
This course will explore the role of media and communication in the field of development.
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Methods for Social Research and Action
Deepens understanding of the various methods for social research.
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Migration in contemporary India
A course designed for future development practitioners, action-researchers, and social activists to understand the challenges faced by migrant workers.
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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.
Planning, Implementing and Monitoring Development Actions for Gender Equity
Apply key frameworks of gender equality for development action and policy interventions.
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Policy architecture for environmental governance
Emphasizes on the role of various policy tools and institutions for environmental governance.
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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, Development and Governance
How does political power determine the economic gains of different social groups?
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?
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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.