| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Core |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 15 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 5 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 12 Jan 2026 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 28 Feb 2026 |
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| Translation Languages : | English |
| NCrF Level : | 5.0 |
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Week 1 |
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1.
Origin and Development of the Indian party system |
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Regional parties: role and significance in Indian federalism |
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Week 2 |
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1.
Coalition politics and parties |
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2. Role
of opposition parties in Indian parliamentary system |
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3.
Determinants of voting behaviour: Populism |
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4. Caste
as a determinant of voting behaviour |
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Week 3 |
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1.
Ethnicity Region & Language as determinants of voting behaviour |
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2.
Class as a determinant of voting behaviour |
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3.
Gender as a determinant of voting behaviour |
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4.
Voting behaviour of Rural-Urban India |
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Week 4 |
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1.
Religion and voting behaviour |
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2.
Determinants of voting behaviour: Cult/Charisma/Personality |
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3.
Regionalism in India: a conceptual analysis |
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4.
Regionalism and Indian federalism |
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Week 5 |
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1.
Accommodation of regional aspirations—Linguistic reorganization |
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2.
Regional aspirations: Case study of Northeast India |
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3.
Autonomy and secessionism: Case of Punjab and Nagaland |
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4.
Statehood and Sub-regional movements: Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, and Uttarakhand |
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Week 6 |
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1.
Autonomy movements: Bodo homeland movement and the Gorkhaland movement |
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2.
Impact of globalization on regional movements: Telangana |
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3. Exploring the nature of
identity politics in India |
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4. Meaning
and nature of communalism |
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Week 7 |
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1.
Variants of communal politics in post independent India |
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2.
Factors responsible for the growth of communal politics in India |
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3.
Hindu nationalism: a historical analysis |
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4. Rise
of Hindutva politics in India: contemporary scenario |
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Week 8 |
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1. Indian
aspect of secularism |
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2.
Religion-State relationship: implications for right to equality |
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3.
Caste as an identity in India |
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4.
Dominant and entrenched caste and their role in Indian politics: a
contemporary scenario |
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Week 9 |
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1.
Caste and Indian constitutional provisions |
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2.
Electoral politics and the changing nature of caste |
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3.
Political mobilization of caste identities in India |
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4.
Caste and politics: a changing scenario |
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Week 10 |
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1.
Affirmative Action Policies in India: Sources, directions and implications
for class, caste and tribes |
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2. A
case of Affirmative Action in favour of the Adivasis: The Forest Rights
Act |
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3. The
Reservation Policy in India |
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4. Affirmative Action for women |
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Week 11 |
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1.
Securing social justice through Affirmative Action |
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2. Role
of Affirmative Action in achieving health equity in India |
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3.
Nature of the Indian state from Independence to 1990 |
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4.
Nature of the Indian state: post-liberalization era (1990 onwards) |
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Week 12 |
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1.
Relevance of the concept of Welfare State in India |
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2.
Poverty and Developmental issues in India |
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3. The
Indian state and its use of coercive power |
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4. The
Indian State: Welfare versus Development |
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Week 13 |
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1. ELECTORAL PROCESS IN INDIA |
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2. ELECTION COMMISSION AND
THE POLITICAL PROCESSES IN INDIA |
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Week 14 |
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1. SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES AND THE STATE IN INDIA |
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2. DEVELOPMENT WELFARE AND
THE STATE IN INDIA --- A STUDY OF MGNREGA |
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Week 15 |
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1. DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL
WELFARE: HEALTH |
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2. DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL
WELFARE: EDUCATION |
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