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Fostering Social Responsibility & Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions in India  11

               c)  Credit

                    2 credit, 30 hours, at least 50% in field, compulsory for all students

               d)  Contents

               Divided into four Modules, field immersion is part of each Unit

               Course Structure: 2 Credits Course (1 Credit for Classroom and Tutorials and 1 Credit for
               Field Engagement)

                 S.    Module Title      Module Content         Assignment         Teaching/      No. of
                No.                                                                Learning      Classes
                                                                                 Methodology
                  1   Appreciation      Rural life style, rural  Prepare  a  map  - Classroom       2
                      of Rural          society,  caste  and  (physical,  visual  discussions
                      Society           gender  relations,  or  digital)  of  the
                                        rural        values  village you visited  -  Field visit**   4
                                        with  respect  to  and write an essay
                                        community, nature  about inter-family  -  Assignment
                                        and      resources,  relations  in  that  Map               2
                                        elaboration of “soul  village.
                                        of  India  lies  in
                                        villages’  (Gandhi),
                                        rural infrastructure

                  2   Understanding  Agriculture,            Describe     your  - Field visit**     3
                      rural economy  farming,                analysis  of  rural
                      & livelihood      landownership,       h o u s e h o l d  -  Group            4
                                        water                economy,       its  discussions in
                                        management,          challenges    and  class
                                        animal husbandry,  possible pathways  -  Assignment         1
                                        non-farm             to address them
                                        livelihoods and
                                        artisans, rural
                                        entrepreneurs,
                                        rural markets

                  3   Rural             Traditional rural    How  effectively  - Classroom          2
                      Institutions      organisations,       are    Panchayati
                                        Self-help Groups,    raj   institutions  -  Field visit**   4
                                        Panchayati raj       functioning     in
                                        institutions         the village? What  -  Group            2
                                        (Gram Sabha,         would you suggest  presentation
                                        Gram Panchayat,      to  improve  their  of assignment
                                        Standing             effectiveness?
                                        Committees), local  Present  a  case
                                        civil society, local   study  (written  or
                                        administration       audio-visual)
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