Trace how ideas of progress and growth have evolved

Introduction to development through case studies set in the Indian context

How do theories of development (such as modernisation, dependency and national development) imagine our futures?

Work with real datasets to interpret development trends

How do people make a living?

The course will help students to gain familiarity with various forms of organisations and critically assess the need for different forms.

Appreciating and interrogating the human-nature interactions in a contested land-sea ecological interface.

Exploring the ecology and livelihoods of the coastal zone which is gradually becoming the most contested ecological interface in the country today.

A course to help students discern sociological, political-economic, and phenomenological tenets on urbanisation and urbanisms in India that aid the students to map and analyse the interconnections, flows and processes of development.

The third component of the field practice occurs over eight weeks following the 3^rd semester.

This course provides a nuanced understanding of the domain of women’s work, agency and empowerment in the context of India