Course Curriculum

• The Story of Village Palampur (Economics)

  • Introduction
    17 minutes

• India-Size and Location

  • Introduction
    25 minutes
  • India and the World, India’s Neighbours
    12 minutes

• What is Democracy? Why Democracy? (Political Science)

  • What is Democracy?
    38 minutes

• People As Resource (Economics)

  • People As Resource : Part – 01
    24 minutes
  • People As Resource : Part – 02
    16 minutes
  • Education & Health
    17 minutes
  • Unemployment – Types Of Unemployment
    22 minutes
  • Self Employment
    14 minutes

• The French Revolution (History)

  • Storming of Bastille, French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century
    22 minutes
  • The Struggle To Survive, A Growing Middle Class Envisages an End to Privileges, The Outbreak of the Revolution
    32 minutes
  • France Becomes a Constitutional Monarchy, Reading Political Symbols, France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic
    28 minutes
  • The Reign of Terror, A Directory Rules France, Did Women Have a Revolution?
    22 minutes
  • The Abolition of Slavery, The Revolution and Everyday Life
    23 minutes

• Constitutional Design (Political Science)

  • Democratic Constitution In South Africa, Struggle against apartheid, Towards a new Constitution
    25 minutes
  • Why Do We Need A Constitution? Making Of The Indian Constitution.
    20 minutes
  • The Path to Constitution, The Constituent Assembly
    25 minutes
  • Guiding Values Of The Indian Constitution, Philosophy Of The Constitution, Institutional Design
    25 minutes

• Physical Features of India (Geography)

  • Introduction, The Movement Of Plates, Gondwanaland
    21 minutes
  • The Himalayan Mountains, Some Highest Peaks Of Himalayas
    22 minutes
  • The Northern Plains,The Peninsular Plateau, Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats
    28 minutes
  • The Indian Desert, The Coastal Plains, The Islands
    15 minutes

• Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution (History)

  • The Age of Social Change Liberals, Radicals and Conservatives, Industrial Society and Social Change
    24 minutes
  • The Coming of Socialism to Europe, Support for Socialism, The Russian Revolution, The Russian Empire in 1914, Economy and Society
    30 minutes
  • Socialism in Russia, A Turbulent Time: The 1905 Revolution, The First World War and the Russian Empire
    26 minutes
  • The February Revolution in Petrograd, After February, The Revolution of October 1917
    23 minutes
  • What Changed after October? The Civil War, Making a Socialist Society
    18 minutes
  • Stalinism and Collectivisation, The Global Influence on the Russian Revolution and the USSR
    16 minutes

• Poverty as a Challenge (Economics)

  • Overview, Introduction, Two Typical Cases Of Poverty, Urban Case, Rural Case, Poverty as seen by social scientists, Social Exclusion, Vulnerability
    23 minutes
  • Poverty Line, Poverty Estimates, Vulnerable Groups
    20 minutes
  • Story of Sivaraman, Inter-State Disparities, Global Poverty Scenario
    21 minutes
  • Causes Of Poverty, The Challenges Ahead
    31 minutes

• Climate (Geography)

  • Introduction, Climatic Controls
    22 minutes
  • Factors Affecting India’s Climate, Latitude.Altitude, Pressure and Winds
    29 minutes
  • The Onset Of The Monsoon And Withdrawal, The Seasons, The Cold Weather Season (Winter), The Hot Weather Season (Summer)
    27 minutes
  • Advancing Monsoon (The Rainy Season), Retreating/Post Monsoons (The Transition Season)
    15 minutes
  • Distribution Of Rainfall, Monsoon As A Unifying Bond
    13 minutes

• Electoral Politics (Political Science)

  • Overview, Why Elections? Why do we need elections?
    23 minutes
  • What makes an election democratic? Is it good to have political competition?
    18 minutes
  • What Is Our System Of Elections?, Electoral Constituencies, Reserved Constituencies
    18 minutes
  • Voters list, Nomination Of Candidate
    18 minutes
  • Election Campaign, Polling And Counting Of Votes
    22 minutes
  • What Makes Elections In India Democratic?, Independent Election Commission, Popular Participation
    24 minutes
  • Acceptance of election outcome, Challenges to free and fair elections
    11 minutes

• Nazism and the Rise of Hitler (History)

  • Introduction, Birth Of Weimar Republic
    21 minutes
  • The Effects of the War, Political Radicalism and the Economic Crises
    21 minutes
  • The Years Of Depression
    16 minutes
  • Hitler’s Rise To Power, The Destruction Of Democracy, Reconstruction
    27 minutes
  • The Nazi Worldview, Establishment Of Racial State
    19 minutes
  • The Racial Utopia, Steps To Death, Youth In Nazi Germany, The Nazi Cult of Motherhood, The Art of Propaganda, Ordinary People And The Crimes Against Humanity, Knowledge about the Holocaust
    41 minutes

• Natural Vegetation And Wild Life (Geography)

  • Introduction, Relief, Climate, Ecosystem, Types Of Vegetation, Tropical Evergreen Forests, Tropical Deciduous Forests
    27 minutes
  • The Thorn Forests and Scrubs, Montane Forests, Mangrove Forests, Wildlife
    24 minutes

• Working of Institutions (Political Science)

  • Introduction, How is a major policy decision taken?, The Decision Makers
    25 minutes
  • Need for Political Institutions, Parliament, Why do we need a Parliament?
    18 minutes
  • Two Houses Of Parliament, Political Executive, Political and Permanent Executive
    19 minutes
  • Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Powers of the Prime Minister, The President, The Judiciary
    31 minutes