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Agrarian sociology

By Prof .C Ganesh   |   Arts College Osmania University Department of sociology
Learners enrolled: 1119
Given below are the objectives of the course

To understand the social, economic and power structure of Rural Indian society
To examine the changing trends in Indian villages
To analyze the rural development, strategies, policies and programmes.
To analyze the various social and economic issues persisting in Indian society.
To understand the methods and approaches for the study of rural development in India
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 15 weeks
Category :
  • Sociology
Credit Points : 5
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 07 Jul 2025
End Date : 31 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends : 31 Aug 2025
Exam Date : 12 Dec 2025 IST
NCrF Level   : 5.5
Industry Details : Government, public service
Exam shift :

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Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

1 Origin and Growth of Rural Sociology 7/7/2025 Monday  
2 Characteristics of Rural Communities  7/8/2025 Tuesday  
3 Concepetualisation of Peasantry 7/9/2025 Wednesday  
4 Rural - Urban Continuum 7/10/2025 Thursday  
    7/11/2025 Friday Assignment
         
5 Lenin-Peasant theory  7/14/2025 Monday  
6 Chayanov's Theory of Peasant economy 7/15/2025 Tuesday  
7 Marx on Peasantry 7/16/2025 Wednesday  
8 Approaches to the study of Peasants  7/17/2025 Thursday  
    7/18/2025 Friday Assignment
         
9 What is Agrarain Society  7/21/2025 Monday  
10 Agrarian Social Structure  7/22/2025 Tuesday  
11 Changing Rural Family - Structure and Function  7/23/2025 Wednesday  
12 Caste System and Changing Trends in Rural Society  7/24/2025 Thursday  
    7/25/2025 Friday Assignment
         
13 Rural Economy - Landlords, Peasants, Teanat farmers  7/28/2025 Monday  
14 Rural Polity- Changing Rural Power Structure  7/29/2025 Tuesday  
15 The Agrarian queation and the Agrarain Economy  7/30/2025 Wednesday  
16 Agrarain Commodity System  7/31/2025 Thursday  
    8/1/2025 Friday Assignment
         
17 Themes in Agrarian sociology  8/4/2025 Monday  
18 Agrarian class structure  8/5/2025 Tuesday  
19 Land Reforms, Green Revolution  8/6/2025 Wednesday  
20 Land Tenure System in India  8/7/2025 Thursday  
    8/8/2025 Friday Assignment
         
21  LAND REFORMS IN INDIA AND ITS CONSEQUENCE 8/11/2025 Monday  
22 LAND REFORMS IN INDIA – A CRITICAL EVALUATION 8/12/2025 Tuesday  
23 Green Revolution and Social Implications 8/13/2025 Wednesday  
24 Democratic Decentralization and Emergence of  Panchayati Raj Institutions in India 8/14/2025 Thursday  
    8/15/2025 Friday Assignment
         
25 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF  PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS 8/18/2025 Monday  
26  Commercialization and Mechanization of agriculture 8/19/2025 Tuesday  
27 FEMINIZATION OF AGRICULTURE 8/20/2025 Wednesday  
28 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA 8/21/2025 Thursday  
    8/22/2025 Friday Assignment
         
29 Sustainable Agriculture 8/25/2025 Monday  
30 RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES 8/26/2025 Tuesday  
31 ICT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT 8/27/2025 Wednesday  
32 Globalisation – GATT, WTO, IPR 8/28/2025 Thursday  
    8/29/2025 Friday Assignment
         
33 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS AND CROP PATTERNS 9/1/2025 Monday  
34 ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE 9/2/2025 Tuesday  
35 AGRARIAN MOVEMENT 9/3/2025 Wednesday  
36 AGRARIAN DISTRESS AND FARMER’S SUICIDES 9/4/2025 Thursday  
    9/5/2025 Friday Assignment
         
37 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 9/8/2025 Monday  
38 RURAL SOCIETY IN TRANSITION – NATURE AND DIMENSION 9/9/2025 Tuesday  
39 AGENTS OF CHANGE 9/10/2025 Wednesday  
40 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND REGIONAL DISPARITY 9/11/2025 Thursday  
    9/12/2025 Friday Assignment
         
41 New Agricultural Strategy 9/15/2025 Monday  
42 Peasant Movements in Pre-Independent India 9/16/2025 Tuesday  
43 Peasant Movements at the Eve of Independent and Afterwards 9/17/2025 Wednesday  
44 Irrigation And Agriculture Development 9/18/2025 Thursday  
    9/19/2025 Friday Assignment
         
45 AGRARIAN ECONOMY IN INDIA 9/22/2025 Monday  
46 AGRARIAN POLICIES IN INDIA 9/23/2025 Tuesday  
47 AGRICULTURAL LABOUR 9/24/2025 Wednesday  
48 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING IN INDIAS PART 1 9/25/2025 Thursday  
    9/26/2025 Friday Assignment
         
49 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING IN INDIA 9/29/2025 Monday  
50 MARKET, STATE AND TECHNOLOGY 9/30/2025 Tuesday  
51 CREDIT SYSTEM IN RURAL INDIA 10/1/2025 Wednesday  
52 Agrarian Relations and Market Linkages in Rural India 10/2/2025 Thursday  
    10/3/2025 Friday Assignment
         
53 MARKET ECONOMY, AGRARIAN CRISIS AND MIGRATION 10/6/2025 Monday  
54 Prospects for Future Research in Agrarian Sociology 10/7/2025 Tuesday  
    10/8/2025 Wednesday Assignment
         

Books and references

A.R. Desai (2005) Rural India in Transition, 2nd ed Popular Prakashan Mumbai
S.C Dube (1955) Indian Village Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 
Singh Kartar (1999) Rural Development in India Sage Publications. 
S.L. Doshi, (1999)  Rural Sociology, Rawat Publishers

Instructor bio

Prof .C Ganesh

Arts College Osmania University Department of sociology
Prof C. Ganesh is the coordinator for this
course. He is a senior professor in the
Department of sociology teaching Rural
Sociology and Rural Development for
the past three decades. He has also
published number of articles in the field
of rural development. He has delivered
many lectures in National level
institutions in the field of rural
development. He was  the
Director, Centre for Distance Education
in Osmania University. As a Director of
the centre he has the experience of
developing new online courses and
producing the quality material for
various courses offered by Osmania
university through distance mode. Presently he is Principal of University college for Arts and Social Sciences, Osmania University , Hyderabad. He is engaged with developing
MOOCs courses for Sociology for
under-graduate courses

Course certificate

- Internal Assessment- Weekly assessments released in the course shall be considered for Internal Marks and will carry 30 percent for the Overall Result. Out of all weekly assignments, the best/top five scores will be considered for the final Internal Assessment marks.

- End-term Assessment - The final exam shall be conducted by NTA, and will carry 70 percent for the overall Result.

- All students who obtain 40% marks in the internal assessment and 40% marks in the end-term proctored exam separately will be eligible for the SWAYAM Credit Certificate.

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