Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Course Information:
Research Methods in Social Sciences
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The Scientific approach, Problem formulation, hypothesis building, variable identification.
Field Research methods, the Case Method, The Empirical Method. Data Base, Scaling Techniques. Check list and Questionnaires, Interviews, Observational and Archival Data.
Elements of quantitative, policy research.
Qualitative Research Techniques: Ethnographic methods, PRA techniques, Participant observation.
Phenomenological, Hermeneutic and Linguistic methods in Social Sciences, De-constructive and Semiotic Methods, Genealogical Methods, Critique of Ideology. |
Computer-Aided Applied Statistics
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The course will provide an overview of univariate and multivariate descriptive and inferential statistics, and give an outline of logical and procedural aspects of the application of statistical methods for data reduction and hypothesis testing in social science research. The focus will be on how the concepts and tools are of statistics are used in the analysis rather than on the theorems and derivative aspects. The course will emphasise the use of computer software with special reference to SPSS software routines and sub-routines. Accordingly, the course will be computer-lab based.
Statistics and the research process, Scientific methods, the role of statistics in the study of behaviour.
Data displays, frequency distributions and graphical analysis. Measures of central tendency and dispersion.
Probability, the theory of statistical distributions, normal curve. The theory of statistical inference: Parametric and non-parametric tests, point and interval estimation.
Measures of Association: Nominal, Ordinal and Interval level. Correlation and regression.
Multivariate` analysis.
Introduction to factor, cluster and discriminent analysis,
Measurement of growth, productivity, well being and deprivation. |
Financial Economics
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Financing Economic Development
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Importance`` and` role` of` finance` in`` economic`` development - structure,` growth` and innovations in Indian` financial` system - Sources and` uses of funds - Changes in the rate and composition of savings` and capital formation - The role of commercial` banks` and development` banks` in`` financing private` and` public` sectors - Capital`` and` money `markets` and` changes` in` these`` markets - Institutional` financing` of` economic` development -` The`` role, limitations` and problems of internal and external` debt of Govt. and` dangers` of deficit, financing- Bilateral` and` multilateral foreign` aid - Private Foreign investment - Role of World` Bank,` IMF, and international capital markets in financing development. |
Cost-Benefit Analysis
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The`` welfare` and` Philosophical` foundations` of`` cost-benefit analysis - efficiency``` and``` distribution - Decision`` rules``` in appraising` cost and benefits of long-term projects - the` social rate` of discount, social time preference rate,` the` opportunity cost - the` valuation of cost and benefits, surrogate` prices - Risks and uncertainty - Cost-benefit analysis as a technique of `project` appraisal - Some case studies. |
International Competitiveness
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Applied Economics
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Introduction: Nature and Scope of Applied Economics ` Methodological Aspects `` Common Tools and Techniques.` Economics of Risk and Uncertainty ` Difference between Applied Economics and Economics.` Fundamental concepts associated with Applied Economics.`
Analysis of Demand and Supply and their Applications: Elasticity of Demand and Supply, and Applications to major Economic Issues.` Demand Estimation and Forecasting.` Study of Economic Environment.
Theory of the firm ` Objectives ` Production and Cost Analysis ` Production Function ` Efficiency and Productivity ` Decision making under Uncertainty ` The value of Information.` Various definitions of Costs for Managerial Applications ` Cost Estimation and Forecasting.
Market Structure & Pricing and Output Strategy: Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly` ` Game Theory and Competitive Strategy.` Fundamental Elements of Investment Analysis. |
Public Policy and Governance in Technology and Development
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Environmental Planning and Development
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Economic approaches to environmental problems: theoretical and methodological issues, techniques of environmental analysis-basic theorems, cost-benefit analysis. Project appraisal and evaluation, risk assessment.
Microfoundations of environmental economics: Theory of public goods, externalities and market failure, design of environmental policy, Baumols Standards and Charges Approach, Alternative Policy Instruments, Command and Control vs. Market Based Instruments, Direct and Indirect Economic Instruments, International Experience.
Macro aspects in environmental planning: sustainable development, economy and ecology, green/natural resource accounting, Valuation of Natural Resources: Direct and Indirect Methods Environmental impact assessment.
Natural resource management: Exhaustible, renewable, common property resources, institutions and enforcement economic growth and environment, economic reforms and environment.
Empirical assessment of the inter-linkages between environmental quality and economic development. Comparative experiences of developed and developing countries. Environmental problems and policies in . Environmental issues in the Global Context: GHG and Ozone Depletion, International protocols, global trade and Environmental standards and WTO. |
Creating and Managing IPR
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Science and Technology in India's Development
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Growth of S & T and their relationship to economy and social relations in the ancient and medieval India- Introduction of modern S & T in India in the colonial era - Development of S & T and their relationship to socio-economic systems in the post-independence period; alternative models -Emergence of big science and technology and their role in economic growth through industrialization.
The current adoption of high technology, which is largely imported, in not only raising productivity levels and rates of growth in different sectors, but also in shaping the structure of the economy and social relations-Technology transfer from foreign firms and plight of indigenous technology competing with imported technology-Technology absorption and assimilation by Indian firms - The emergence of dual society.
Debates on technology choice - Issues of high vrs. appropriate technology - technology for basic needs, for the conquest of hunger and unemployment, to overcome resources constraints, for raising productivity, for conservation of energy and environment, for people centred developement, and for sel-freliance, Monistic Vrs. Pluralistic views of S & T and newly emerging alternative views of S & T and corresponding models of development.
Case studies of technologies to solve specific developmental problems. |
Ecology and Society
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Philosophy of Development
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Limitations of Human Comprehension: Sy`dv`da and Anek`ntav`da, Adhy`sa, Madhyam`-pratipad of Buddhism, Primary and secondary qualities of Descartes, Kant`s phenomenon and noumenon, M`dhyamika Buddhism`s Sa`v`ti and Param`rtha satya, Diversity in J–`na Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Karma Yoga, Tradition and Modernity, Perennial Problems and Queries in Philosophy.
Man and the World: Nature and Environment, Going beyond/challenging natural courses, Adjusting to natural order, Material advancement, Science and Technology.
One and the Other: Society; Social Relations versus Ego-centricism, Selfishness and Individualism; `I ` Thou` Relationship; Cultural life: Inheritance and Transmission; Ethical life; Altruism and Philanthropy; Values; Struggle against Social Evils.
Being and the Doing: Consciousness of self-transcending; Not self-seeking; `Being`: Inner strength, Endurance and Fortitude, Equanimity, Honesty, Integrity, Freedom and Responsibility. The `Doing`: Beyond ` the Ethics of Love, Ni`k`ma-karma-yoga, Bodhisattva, Pa–ca-mah`-vratas, J`van-mukta, Golden Mean of Confucius and the Categorical Imperative of Kant. |
Law, Governance, Rights and Development
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The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the concepts of rights and governance and relate these to current debates on justice and development. This will include understanding in a historical perspective the important role of law in social, political, and economic development. The course will provide students with an understanding of the governance and development debates. It will enable them to understand the importance of laws, policies, social capital and civic participation for improving the effectiveness, accountability and legitimacy of governance for development. The course will also enhance students' capacity to develop and implement policies in public, private and NGO organizational environments. |
Disaster Management
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Development Planning & Policies: Issues & Alternatives
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Socio-Psychological Perspectives on Development and Change
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Defining Social Change: Patterns of change, factors and conditions of change, direction of change, control of change, planned change. Relevant concepts: Progress, Urbanization, industrialization, modernization, Developemnt, Revolution and Social movements as forms of change.
Theories of change: Modernization theory and conflict theory. 's response to modernity: Relations between tradition and modernity (antagonistic or continuity and persistence, modernization of tradition and traditionalization of modernity.) Theories of under-development/dependency, Relations between planning and development, social factors of economic planning and development.
Culture of development: Role of culture in social development values and development congruence, Indian values and behaviour dispositions in the context of National development, Reorganizing values for development, Designing organizational culture and behaviour tools for development.
Psychology of developing societies: Psychology of poverty and deprivation, perspectives on organizational alleviation of poverty and deprivation, psychology of rural poor.
Role of strategic organizations (including bureaucracy) in planning and development, Re-vitalization of sick strategic organizations. |
Human Resource Development
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Human Resource Development: Concepts, Strategies, quantitative indicators, models and techniques - Integration of human resource and general development planning - problems and issues of manpower planning - Demographic considerations - Labour Force: Levels and trends in size and growth-length of working life and implications. Humn resources development through Indian planning: Past experience and future challenges-Ethnic issues, illiteracy, social and protective discrimination. Motivation, training and development, performance appraisal, and leadership issues. Organizational change and development strategies for macro level. |
Technology, Forecasting and Assessment
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Forecasting` to support technological strategic` and` operational planning-Elements`` and`` techniques`` of`` forecasting-Technical assessment-Technological` gap analysis-Organizing for` technology forecasting-`` Technology`` in`` Social`` context-``` Assessment: Components, Problems definition, description, strategies,` Impact identification` and analysis-Economic impact` analysis-Assessment of` risk` and` uncertainty-safety` and` environment` regulations-Critiques. |
Engendering Development Thought and Practice
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Since 1975, feminist theory has had an impact on the development discourse. In too, the women`s movement and feminist scholarship has intervened in critical issues related to labour, sexuality, caste, environment, impact of technology and law and politics. Gender has been established as a crucial component of all development programmes and strategies. In this context, this course seeks to introduce the participants to:
1.Contemporary theoretical debates in Gender and Development.
2.Feminist interventions in the institutional framework of development thought and practice in .
3.Women`s struggles for resistance and strategies for empowerment.
This course, through the use of case material will train students to analyse the interactions between ideas and practices in relation to specific cases and examples of development interventions.
1. Debates on Gender and Development: A Background (FromWID to GAD, the Women, Development and , The Dual strategies framework)
2. Third World centered Feminism and critiques of development (Dislocating cultures, Re-orienting Western feminism, Postcolonial feminist critiques of Development, Feminisms and Internationalisms)
3. Analytical concepts in the institutional framework of development; Gender, patriarchy, sexual division of labour, production and reproduction
4. Understanding the institutional framework of gender and development in : Gender, caste and Kinship, household and labour, State policies and programmes, gendered poverty.
5. Women`s movements of resistance: Understanding the contemporary women`s movement, the spaces made by women in other emancipatory struggles, NGOisation of the women`s movement and its implications.
6. Strategies for empowerment: The concept of empowerment, case studies of SEWA, Ragpickers and Domestic workers . Gender training frameworks in state and non-governmental organisations. |
Classical Indian Thought in Modern Times
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The course divided into two sections. The first section consists of : Purusharthas, Varnasharama, Theory of Karma, Svadharma, Karma-Akarma-Vikarama, Pravrtti and Nivritti. Sreyas and Preyas.` The problem of Industrially developed societies and probable solutions.` Special methods for relieving stress and developing balanced mind. Great exemplaries and their practices.
In the second section selected portions from the following texts will be read: Kathopanishad, Samkhyakarika, Yogasutras of Patanjali and Bhagavadgita. |
Development, Global Order and Technology
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Development as a global process: Change from nationally organized social and economic order to globally organized pattern- Emerging Socio-Spatial networks of social interaction in the world today: Technology and the transformation in the International order; New transnational civil society and new world order.
Globalization as an emergent concept: Rise of the development project, formation of coalition building and developmentalist alliances:` Global production system and infrastructural dimension, global agribusiness and global regionalism across center- periphery boundaries; Freedom of enterprise under GATT regime, WTO as an integrated dispute settlement mechanism, Globalization of knowledge and politics of global intellectual property.
Technology and the power of e-governance: Globalization of telecommunications and the issue of Regulatory reform; Globalization and national sovereignty, Internet media and alternative sources of information: Change in the quality of democratic participation, electronic democracy and civic networking movement; e-democracy and criteria in Participatory Technology Decisions, tackling the problems of digital divide.
Social responses to globalization: Fundamentalism, Environmentalism, New Social Movement and alternative modes of development: Policies and Issues in Environment and Development: Poverty and global development, Feminism and feminist formulation in development-- from WID to GAD, multiculturalism and cosmopolitan localism: Structural characteristics of late modernity- `From Emancipatory to Llife Politics`. |
Public Administration for Integrity
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Human Development: A Psychological Perspective
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Objective- Professionals working with developmental agencies need to have a good understanding of individual / group behaviour. The objective of the course is to acquaint students with fundamental principles, which govern behaviour. The course will also emphasize the importance of psychology to daily life.
Contents of the course:
The Role of Psychology in Development Studies, Evaluating the Social World, Thinking about the Social World, The Dynamics of Adjustment, Personality Development- And its impact on individual performance, Stress and its effects, Coping processes, Interpersonal Behaviour, Development of the self, Interpersonal Dynamics, Effective Interpersonal Communication, Development Transitions, Careers and Work, Mental and Physical Health |
Panchayati Raj in India: Evolution, Lessons and Case Studies
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The concept of and need for public participation in development-Grass-root democracy-origin, evolution and working of community Development and Extension Programmes-Panchayat Raj Structure, organisation, functions and resources - Reports of various committees on Panchayat Raj in India-Impact, achievements and difficulties in Panchayat Raj - Case studies of Panchayat Raj in West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and other states. |
Program Information:
Humanities and Social Sciences
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Information on Training and Other Services
Additional InformationThe M.Phil. Programme of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, with a specialization in Planning and Development, was launched in July 1993. It is a 4 semester interdisciplinary course. The programme, with its theoretical-practical thrust, provides the students with a holistic understanding of socio-economic realities and the impact of technology. It also acquaints them with the various stages and levels of expertise involved in the formulation and implementation of development policies that can bring about desirable, stable and sustainable development. The programme includes both coursework and field work and requires the completion of a thesis. It is expected that students emerging from this programme will be capable of steering the national, state and regional planning and developmental processes. There is a paucity of such personnel in India at present and IIT Bombay is the first institute to start a programme with a view to addressing this insufficiency.
The M.Phil. programme has an average annual intake of about 10-12 students.
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