Biology XII Part-I

By Dr. Arun Pratap Sikarwar | DESM, NCERT, New Delhi

Learners enrolled: 385

The course is designed for class 12^th on NCERT textbook pattern. The course will deals with Reproduction in Organisms, Sexual Reproduction in Flowering plants, Human Reproduction and Reproductive Health from Unit 6. It also deals with Principles of Inheritence and Variation, Molecular Inheritance and Evolution from Unit 7. These chapters are divided into modules as per syllabus and each module will be having eContent file, Video tutorial, Self Assessment questions and Weblinks. Apart from it Transcription of the video will also be provided.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	24 weeks
Category :	School
Level :	School
Start Date :	16 Oct 2024
End Date :	25 Mar 2025
Enrollment Ends :	01 Mar 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	21 Mar 2025
Exam Date :	24 Mar 2025 IST

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

Chapter No.	Module No.	Module Name
Chapter 1	Module 1	Reproduction
	Module 2	Sexual Reproduction
	Module 3	Fertilization
Chapter 2	Module 4	Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants – Part 1
	Module 5	Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants – Part 2
	Module 6	Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants – Part 3
	Module 7	Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants – Part 4
Chapter 3	Module 8	Human Reproduction – Part 1
	Module 9	Human Reproduction – Part 2
	Module 10	Human Reproduction – Part 3
Chapter 4	Module 11	Reproductive Health – Part 1
Chapter 4	Module 12	Reproductive Health – Part 2
Chapter 5	Module 13	Principles of Inheritance and Variation – Part 1
	Module 14	Principles of Inheritance and Variation – Part 2
	Module 15	Principles of Inheritance and Variation – Part 3
	Module 16	Principles of Inheritance and Variation – Part 4
Chapter 6	Module 17	DNA and Search for genetic Material
	Module 18	Replication and Transcription
	Module 19	Transcription and Genetic code
	Module 20	Translation, Regulation of Gene expression
	Module 21	Human Genome Project and DNA Fingerprinting
Chapter 7	Module 22	Evolution - Origin of Life – Part 1
	Module 23	Evolution - Evidences of Evolution – Part 2
	Module 24	Evolution - Evidences of Evolution – Part 3
	Module 25	Evolution - Evidences of Evolution – Part 4
	Module 26	History & Mechaism of Evolution- Part 5
	Module 27	History & Mechaism of Evolution - Part 6
	Final Assessment

Books and references

NCERT "Biology" for Class - XII

url:- https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lebo1=0-16

Instructor bio

Dr. Arun Pratap Sikarwar

DESM, NCERT, New Delhi

Coordinator

Dr. Arun Pratap Sikarwar is serving as an Associate Professor (Zoology) at the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM), NCERT, New Delhi. Before joining NCERT, he was Assistant Professor at DEI (Deemed to be University), Agra, and taught UG, PG and doctoral scholars. He has mentored scholars in neurosciences, cognitive science, and biomedical science. Dr. Arun had earned his Ph.D. (Biochemistry) at ICMR-NIRRCH & University of Mumbai; M.Sc. (Biotechnology) at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), and a PGDEA (MBA in Educational Administration) from Symbiosis, Pune. After the doctoral degree, he has served as a Postdoctoral Associate (Scientist) at three institutions i.e., Brain & Mind Research Institute (BMRI) of Weill Cornell Medical College (Cornell University), Institute of Biomedicine, Aarhus University in Denmark, & at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore. Dr. Arun has delivered two TEDx talks (cognitive science topics) and is a resource person to the UGC- HRDC center of JNU, New Delhi. He enjoys a keen interest in science communication by the means of being a science expert panelist & resource person at various Hindi & English National TV news channels, Prasar Bharti/ All India Radio, & FM radios. He is a prolific author and contributes to science magazines and the national importance of newspapers. He is a quick learner and pays more interest in emotional quotient and passion quotient in his multidisciplinary career. He loves three things in his professional career i.e., learning, relearning, and unlearning and keeps striving for each day to be better, than previous.

Co-Coordinator

Dr. Munindra Ruwali

DESM, NCERT, New Delhi

Dr. Munindra Ruwali is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, NIE, NCERT, New Delhi. He has around 14 years of Research/Teaching experience. After receiving PhD Degree from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, he worked as a Marie Curie Fellow of the International Fellowship Programme of the European Commission at University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. He has been conferred Young Scientist Awards and was also the recipient of Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE), funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India. His major research focus is in Cell and Molecular Biology with specializations in Cancer Biology, Pharmacogenetics and Molecular Toxicology. Dr. Munindra has reported an association of genetic polymorphisms with head and neck cancer in Indian population. Besides he has also performed evaluation of the Nrf2 anti-oxidant response element (ARE) pathway as a promising target for alleviating chemoresistance in treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Dr. Munindra has completed research projects, funded by government of India, focussing on cancer biology and COVID19 diagnostics. He has also filed a patent entitled “RNA extraction free method for kit development to visually detect SARS-CoV-2 and methods thereof”. He has published several research articles in national and international journals of high repute and has also published several book chapters. Currently, Dr. Munindra is also working on projects dealing with NCERT books, Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), Project-based Learning Materials in Biology and Science Education with focus on content creation and pedagogy for improving learning outcomes at all stages of school education.

Course certificate

The final assessment will be conducted in the last week of the course i.e. from 24th March 2025 to 25th March 2025.
The participants will get completion certificate if they score 60% and above in the final assessment.

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