Course Name: Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought

Course abstract

Modern Indian political thought is one of the fascinating areas of scholarly debates and discussions in contemporary India. It also signifies a shift away from excessive reliance upon Eurocentric views, methods and concepts to study and interpret Indian society and its politics. The major objective of this course is to introduce the students to some of the key modern Indian thinkers and their ideas which helped in shaping the society and politics of modern India.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Mithilesh Kumar Jha

Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Jha teaches Political Science at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research interests are - political thought in comparative perspective particularly Indian and Western political thought, political theory, Indian politics especially language and related issues of state formations in modern India. His important publications are Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India: Making of the Maithili Movement, Oxford University Press, New Delhi (2018); Glimpses of Mithila and Maithili: The Correspondence of George Abraham Grierson, Kalyani Foundation: Darbhanga (2013).
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Teaching Assistant(s)

ANKIT PAL

M.A. (DEVELOPMENT STUDIES)

Meenakshi Gogoi

P.hD

Prarthana Dutta

P.hD

 Course Duration : Jan-Apr 2020
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 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020
 Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 20-Mar-2020
 Exam Date : 25-Apr-2020

Enrolled

1307

Registered

43

Certificate Eligible

30

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

11

Elite

15

Successfully completed

3

Participation

1

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought - Toppers list

ANN JUDE ALPHONS 91%

STELLA MARIS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

KAKARLA SRINIVASA RAO 84%

S.K.B.R. GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE

MOHAMMED MAQSOOD AHMED 84%

MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1307

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 204

Assignment Statistics



Outstanding performance of professor regarding this courseI think no have changes in this course because all have very good good for lecture lecture videos and assignment very difficult almost result is the good. Thank you so much sir specially to you doctor Arvind sivaramakrishnan.


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Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.