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BATCH II on 11th Oct 2011 ŸCourse commenced
Ÿ14 students from 9 states of India including one from Indonesia
ŸCourse Completion date 15th April 2012
Ÿ10 students with prior work experience
Ÿ6 students with social / political experience COURSE CONTENT
KAUTILYA ARTHASHASTRA Ÿ 6000 Sutras § 5 faculty § 125 Lectures (150 chapters) § 250 hours of text Study § 10 case studies § 18 Assignments § 1 Major Research Paper Ÿ Chanakya TV serial – 47 episodes Ÿ Chanakya Play by Manoj Joshi
MODULES
Faculty Topic Duration Rahul Desai Pol. Authority, history of democracy & comparative study of democracies 40 hours Mrudul Nile Our Constitution and Parliamentary framework 10 hours Kishor Gaikwad Social structures in ancient, medieval & contemporary history 6 hours Asavari Bapat Bheeshma Niti & Kanika Niti 6 hours Srilakshmi Peddada Indian Law and Women Empowerment 6 hours Anuraag Gupta Basics of Finance & Financial Literacy 4 hours
STUDY TOURS
Region Key Visits Duration (incl travel) Annamalai (Chidambaram), Indian Philosophical Congress, South Kanyakumari - Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Vivekananda 10days Kendra, Chennai Mayor’s Office, Agriculture, and Water Harvesting Museum Kutch – SPM Farms Sanitorium, Veerayatan, Mandvi , Rann of West 5 days Kutch, Mundhra Port, 72 Jain Temple Delhi – Parliament, MP Visits, Supreme Court Museum, Vivekananda Intnl Foundation, IC Centre for Governance, PRS North 5 days Legislative Research,Low Income Housing model project and Citizen’s Corporator at Gurgaon Guwahati, Itanagar (Naharlagun) – BJP team, APIDFC, North East 8 days Indigenous faith, Silicone Plant , Garo festival INTERACTION - POLITICAL INTERACTION - BUSINESS LEADERS Ÿ Sanjay Dina Patil (NCP, MP) Ÿ M.P. Ramachandran – MD, Jyothy Laboratories Ÿ Sanjeev Naik (NCP, MP) Ÿ Muulraj Chheda – Director, SPM Group Ÿ Mohan Bhagwat (RSS, Sarsanghchalak) Ÿ Prashant Shetty – MD, IDFC, Investment Banking Ÿ Tarun Vijay (BJP, MP & Spokesperson) Ÿ Shailesh Sheth – Consultant & Director, BFW Ltd. Ÿ Vikram Maadam (Cong., MP) Ÿ Santosh Gondhalekar – Director, Gangotree Consulting Ÿ M. Thambi Durai (AIADMK, MP & former Dy. (Alternative Energy) Speaker) Ÿ Paramjit Singh – Promoter Director, EPA Homes (LIG Ÿ S. Duraisamy (Chennai Mayor) Housing) Ÿ Rajesh Tope (NCP, Education Minister, Mah) Ÿ Gopal Shetty (BJP, MLA) INTERACTION - SPIRITUAL LEADERS Ÿ Nisha Singh (Citizen’s Corporator, Gurgaon) Ÿ Swami Tejomayananda – Global Head, Chinmaya Mission Ÿ Mahesh Tapase (NCP, Spokesperson) Ÿ Pramukh Swami – Global Head, Swaminarayan Movement INTERACTION - ADMINISTRATORS Ÿ Indra Udayana – Founder, Ashram Gandhipuri, Bali, Indonesia Ÿ Ajit Doval (Ex Director - IB) Ÿ Justice Srikrishna (Former Supreme Court Judge) Ÿ Prabhat Kumar (IAS & former Governor, Jharkhand) LIVE PROJECTS Ÿ Ambassador Neelam Deo (Ex Consul General US) Ÿ BMC Elections Affidavit entries (approx. 2000 affidavits) Ÿ Ambassador Prabhat Shukla (Ex Ambassador to Ÿ Election support to 5 Corporator aspirants across parties Russia) Ÿ Survey of potential for generation of Biofuels in N.E. India Ÿ Col. Parminder Singh (NSG – Western Region Head) Ÿ Study of financial inclusion models across states Ÿ R. Ramana (Additional Chief - Transport Planning, Ÿ Streamlining of MP’s office MMRDA) Ÿ Youth Day celebration – Tree plantation, rain water Ÿ Shantanu Bhagwat (Ex IFS, Investor & Social harvesting Activist) Ÿ 25 years of Department of Philosophy programmes Ÿ Analysis of culture, economy and governance in various states of India
FIELD VISITS Ÿ Total of 33 field visits for different projects Ÿ Study Tours to the 4 corners of India (nearly a month) Ÿ Participated in the Anna Hazare movement Ÿ Home visits to batchmates and faculty residences Ÿ Mumbai City tour STUDY TOUR SOUTH INDIA
Vivekanand Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari S.Duraisamy – Mayor, Chennai Indian Phil. Congress, Annamalai
STUDY TOUR WEST INDIA
SPM Farms, Kutch Primary School, Veerayatan, Kutch Solar Unit – Veerayatan, Kutch
Rann of Kutch Masjid – Punidi Village, Kutch 72 Jain Temple, Kutch STUDY TOUR NEW DELHI
Shri Sanjay Dina Patil & Shri Sanjeev Naik (MP-NCP, Mumbai & Thane)
Shri Vikram Maadam Shri Tarun Vijay MP-Congress, Jamnagar, Gujarat MP-BJP, Rajya Sabha
Shri Thambidurai Smt. Nisha Singh MP, Ex- Dy. Speaker, AIADMK Citizens’ Corporator, Gurgaon STUDY TOUR NEW DELHI
Vivekananda International Foundation With Shri Ajit Doval & Amb. Pradeep Shukla
Maj. D.P.Singh Shri Paramjit Singh Kargil War Amputee, ICICI Bank Low Income Housing, EPA Homes, Social Entrepreneur
Shri Prabhat Kumar Shri Prabhat Kumar & Team Ex Governor Jharkhand & President at IC Centre for Governance IC Centre for Governance STUDY TOUR NORTH EAST INDIA
Interaction BJP Leaders Factory Visit Arunachal Pradesh Jyothy Laboratories, Guwahati
LOCAL VISIT MUMBAI
Indra Udayana, Jamnalal Bajaj Awardee, SMS GupShup Patron & Visiting Faculty Along with Shri Rahul Bajaj Corporate Office Visit
Shri Mahesh Tapase Chinmaya Mission Spokesperson Mah., NCP Powai, Mumbai
Tom Alter, Corporate Chanakya Manoj Joshi, Stage Play Audio Book Launch ‘Chanakya’ VISITING FACULTY
Shri Azim Jamal, International Author Shri Ram Naik Corporate Sufi Former MP & Petroleum Minister
Swami Ishwarananda Shri Gopal Shetty Chinmaya Mission, USA MLA , Mumbai
Amb. Neelam Deo Shri Krishnaraj Rao & Ex Consul General, USA Shri Mohammed Afzal, RTI Activists VISITING FACULTY
Shri Shantanu Bhagwat Dr. Vijay Page Ex IFS &Social Activist Director General, MET Management Inst.
Dr. Gita Dharampal, South Asian Institute Col. Parminder Arora University of Heidelberg Head – NSG, West
Shri D. Sivanandhan Dr. Ajit Ranade Ex DGP, Mah. Police Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group VISITING FACULTY
Shri Rahul Desai Shri Ashish Dwivedi Global Telecom Aditya Birla Group
STUDENT’S HOME VISIT
Tamil Nadu Arunachal Pradesh
TEACHERS’ HOME VISIT
Mumbai Mumbai