ARPIT Refresher Course in Economics

By Dr. Mallika Kumar | Shri Ram College of Commerce

Learners enrolled: 5844

The National Resource Centre, Shri Ram College of Commerce is delighted to offer the Online Refresher Course for the discipline “Economics” under ARPIT 2019, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).The theme of the course is,"Contemporary issues in Economics"

The process of unprecedented global transformation in the past few decades has entailed threats to Prosperity, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. The Online Refresher Course is geared to deliberate on policies and programmes, while adding new perspectives to contemporary issues. Undoubtedly, through our video lectures and E-Content, the course shall offer fresh insights and a meaningful and enriching experience to all the participants.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	16 weeks
Category :	Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT)
Level :	Continuing Education
Start Date :	01 Apr 2020
End Date :	01 Jan 2021
Exam Date :

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WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The objective of this course is threefold: 1. updating the subject knowledge- theoretical and practical 2. upgrading the skills of imparting it 3. obtaining greater insights into the institutional framework of policy implementation as well as the dynamics of the new world order.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This is a free of cost, online Refresher Course for Economics faculty from higher education institutions.As per MHRD UGC, this will be treated equivalent to face-to-face Refresher Course in Economics under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) of UGC.Researchers & students from India and abroad can also join the course for enrichment &learning.

PREREQUISITES

The participants should have knowledge of economic concepts and be interested in keeping pace with the ever changing economic environment and its associated economic policies.

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE COURSE?

To encourage fruitful learning for the participants in an increasingly dynamic world, we have invited highly competent subject experts and practitioners from diverse fields. These include academicians, researchers, policy-makers, experts, analysts, advisors, administrators, corporate professionals and practitioners.We look forward to engaging with you all in a continuous process of learning, growing, evolving and inspiring each other in making this course truly refreshing and meaningful.

Week Wise Plan	Broad Topic		Title	Resource Person
Week 1	Economic Policy: Growth, Inclusiveness and Sustainability	1	Changing Contours of India’s Economic Policy: From Past to Present	Prof. Simrit Kaur Professor of Economics and Public Policy Principal: Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
	In Search of Equilibrium	2	Economics Beyond Equilibrium	Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal Principal Advisor, Ministry of Finance
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 2	Sector Analysis and Linkages	3	Farms and Farmers: Policy Challenges in Agriculture	Dr. K.L. Prasad Principal Advisor (Secretary Level) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
	Sector Analysis and Linkages	4	Industry-Agriculture Linkages	Mr. Rajiv Jha Associate Professor, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 3	Sectoral Analysis	5	Network Linkages and Contagion Spreads	Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal Principal Advisor, Ministry of Finance
		6	Macroeconomic Overview	Dr. Ravi Kant Faculty, SRCC
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 4	Fiscal Policy: Expenditure Side	7	The Road Map for Making India Great: Where is the Theory of Change-Articulating the Various Causal Links	Prof. Anand P. Gupta Former Professor, Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Ahmedabad
Self Appraisal/Assessment/Assignment
Week 5	Fiscal Policy: Revenue Side	8	Goods and Services Tax	Prof. Ram Singh Dept. of Economics, Delhi School of Economics(DSE), University of Delhi
	Addressing Fiscal Constraints	9	Public Private Partnerships: Contemporary ways for Financing Infrastructure	Mr. Abhinav Prakash Singh Faculty, SRCC
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 6	Monetary Policy	10	Understanding Monetary policy	Ms. Mythili Bhusnurm Consulting Editor, Economic Times
		11	Contemporary Developments in the Banking Sector	Mr. Ravi S. Former Chairman BSE Limited.Former Director for UTI, Union Bank, Corporation Bank, BHEL, and LIC Housing)
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 7	Sustainable Development	12	Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Development: From MDGs to SDGs	Mr. Rajeev Chandran National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre (India and Bhutan) .
		13	Sustainable Development through Cooperatives	Mr. Balasubramanian Iyer Executive Director, International Cooperative Alliance-Asia Pacific
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 8	Environment and Sustainability	14	Resource Challenges in Indian Economy	Dr. Amrita Bajaj Deputy Dean, DSW, University of Delhi
		15	Climate Action	Ms. Rajshree Ray Economic Adviser in Dept. of Economic Affairs, MoF
		16	Green Economy	Prof Altaf Khan,Head, Dept. of Commerce, Jamia Millia Islamia
Self Appraisal/Assessment/Assignment
Week 9	Globalization and its Challenges	17	Trade Theory and Practice	Mr. Rajive Mishra, Adviser,Macro economic & external sector units Eco.Division.MoF
		18 19	World Trade Organisation: An Overview Impact of Global Financial Crisis	Prof. Rajan Ratna Sudesh, UN ESCAP, Former Prof. and Head, Centre for WTO studies, IIFT Mr. Dawa Sherpa, Jawahar Lal Nehru Unviersity (JNU)
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 10	Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship	20	Digital India: Transforming Lives	Dr. D. K. Tyagi Chief Executive Officer(CEO),CSE E-Governance,Dept. of Electronics & IT.
		21	Social Media and Economics	Mr. Rohit Bhatia Digital Media & Audience Engagement Advisor, Former online Communication Officer, World Bank, South Asia Region External Affairs
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 11	Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship	22	Innovation Policy & Industry 4.0	Mr. Aasheervad Diwedi Faculty,SRCC
		23	Startup Ecosystems in India	Mr. Nirankar Saxena Deputy Secretary, General,FICCI
		24	Contemporary Economics & Applied Statistics	Ms. Neeti Dixit Consultant, Dataperts Technologies
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 12	Nobel Laureates	25	Nobel Laureates in Macroeconomics	Prof. Partha Chatterjee Professor of Economics, Shiv Nadar University
Self Appraisal/Assessment/ Assignment
Week 13		26	Nobel Laureate: Elinor Ostrom	Dr. Mallika Kumar Associate Prof.,& Coordinator,Office of International Programmes(SRCC)
		27	Nobel Laureates in Contemporary Economics	Dr. Sonal Thukral Faculty, Delhi Technical University(DTU)
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 14	Teaching Pedagogy	28	Managing Behavioural Components of Effectiveness in Teaching	Prof. G. P. Thakur Former Head, Dept. of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University(BHU)
		29	Effective Teaching Pedagogy in Economics	Dr. Amit Sachdeva Associate Professor, SRCC
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 15	Research	30	Contemporary Issues in Research Methodology	Dr. Hemender Dangi Dept. of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics
		31 32	Book Reviews Analysing Indian Economy through Data	Dr. A.J.C. Bose Associate Professor, SRCC Ms. Aakanksha Arora Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance(MoF)
Self Appraisal/Assessment
Week 16		33	Research Writing and Publication	Prof. Simrit Kaur Professor of Economics and Public Policy Principal:Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)
Self Appraisal/Assessment/ Assignment

Note: Additional Lectures/Readings may be made available to the participants over the duration of the Course.

Books and references

List of books, references and links will be provided with respective lectures.

Instructor bio

Dr Mallika Kumar is a senior faculty at SRCC, with a teaching experience of 28 years. She is the Coordinator for the Office of International Programmes at SRCC and Coordinator for Cultural Council, University of Delhi.

As the coordinator of SRCC Office of International Programmes she has initiated: SRCC USA India Initiative (SUII), 2016; Global Millennium Summit (GMS) 2017; SRCC-OIP India Nepal Initiative 2019. She has convened the International Conference with Niti Aayog on Empowering Women (EWFEIS), July16-17,2018 at IIC, New Delhi with representation from across the Globe.

Mallika completed the Professional Development Course at Harvard University on ‘Managing yourself and leading others’. She has been a member of UNDP Microfinance Solution Exchange.

With a Ph.D. in Financial Cooperatives , JMI, New Delhi and with areas of specialization as Micro Finance and Financial Cooperatives, Mallika’s work has emphasized on the Rural Financial Cooperatives at National, State, District & Local level in India, a comparative analysis of Cooperatives in Indian and in the Global context. She has presented research papers and delivered lectures on Cooperatives and Financial Inclusion, Sustainability & Cooperative Business Model in International Conferences and workshops in different parts of the world.

Membership:

Empowered Committee for framing curriculum / syllabus for Foundation Courses under Four Year UG Programme, University of Delhi (2013-14) - Geographic & Socio- Economic Diversity
Expert Committee for revising B. Com Hons Course, School of Management Studies, IGNOU (July 27th2012): i) Economic theory ii) Money Banking & Financial Institutions.
Committee for London School of Economics (LSE) India Summit 2016,Curated by .Difficult Dialogue and The LSE South Asia Centre.
An Expert & Advisor for the evaluation of Central Sector Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Cooperation (CSISAC), undertaken by the AFC, Ministry of Agriculture.
Appointed as Expert by Apex organisation, NCUI for APJ Abdul Kalam Azad Scholarship 2017-18 for Research in Cooperatives in India, December 18, 2018

Mallika is associated with Saksham, a society that work for visually impaired. In her free time, she likes to play Sitar.

She’s a facilitator, a connector, and an encourager who believes that with positivity and passion anything is possible.

Course certificate

This is a 16 weeks, 40 hours course, delivered through the SWAYAM portal of MHRD. It includes 20 hours of Video Lectures, 20 hours of E-Content, Discussion Forum and Evaluation. Relevant reference material and links will be provided online along with the sessions. Successful completion of the course will include viewing of all presentations, participation in the discussions as and when mentioned and clearing of the end of the course examination which will earn certification for the higher education faculty in the discipline of Economics under the CAS scheme.

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