CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

Paper Code: 
GEO 401
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO1:  This part helps the student to study India in detail knowing its culture, demographic structure and various government policies regarding this. 

CO2.  Students are enabled to know the social processes in Indian society, settlements, and livelihood activities in urban and rural areas. CO3: Enhance the knowledge of regional

planning structure of India in current scenario.  CO4: They also get the subcontinent and political behaviour of Indian gait with special reference to geopolitical approach.

CO5: Enlighten student’s knowledge on contemporary issues and techniques of disaster management.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration,

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning

assignments, Effective questions, Seminar

presentation

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz,

Assignments,

Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00

 

• Major tribes and their problems
  • Population: Growth, distribution and density of population;
  • Population problems and policies

 

9.00

Settlements

  • Classification and types of rural settlements
  • Functional classification of urban settlements
  • Urbanization, Problems of Urban Slums in metropolitan cities

 

9.00

 

 

 
  •  Regional Development and Planning
  • Objectives of five year plans
  • Multilevel planning
  • Planning for backward areas and region
  • Role of NITI AAYOG in development of India
9.00

India and Geopolitics

• Geographical basis of Indian federalism;

• Role of India: SAARC, ASEAN, G20, BRICS

 

9.00

Contemporary Issues

  • North eastern tribes and their issues
  • Environmental hazards–landslides, earthquakes, floods and droughts, environmental pollution and environmental management strategies.
  • Sustainable development goals (SDGs)

 

Essential Readings: 

 

• Deshpande C.D. : India-A Regional Interpretation, Northern book Centre, New

 

Delhi. 1992.

  • Mitra, A : Levels of Regional Development India Census of India, Vol. I, Part I-A (i) and (ii) New Delhi, 1967.
  • Routray, J.K. : Geography of Regional Disparity, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 1993.
  • Shafi, M : Geography of South Asia, McMillan & Co., Calcutta, 2000.
  • Singh, R.L. (ed.) : India A Regional Geography. National Geographical Society. India, Varanasi, 1971.
  • Spate, O.H.K. and Learmonth, A.T.A. India and Pakistan - Land, People and Economy Methuen & Co. London. 1967.

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023