Instrumentation

Unit-1 (10 Lectures, Marks 15)

DC and AC indicating Instruments: Accuracy and precision, Types of errors, PMMC
galvanometer, sensitivity, Loading effect , Conversion of Galvanometer into ammeter,
Voltmeter and Shunt type ohmmeter, Multimeter.

Unit- 2 (20 Lectures, Marks 25)

Oscilloscopes: CRT, wave form display and electrostatic focusing, time base and sweep
synchronisation, measurement of voltage, frequency and phase by CRO, Oscilloscope
probes, Dual trace oscilloscope, Sampling Oscilloscope, DSO and Powerscope: Block
diagram, principle and working, Advantages and applications, CRO specifications
(bandwidth, sensitivity, rise time).
Signal Generators: Audio oscillator, Pulse Generator, Function generators.

Unit - 3 (10 Lectures, Marks 15)

Transducers: Basic requirements of transducers, Transducers for measurement of nonelectrical quantities: Types and their principle of working , measurement of Linear
displacement, Acceleration, Flow rate, Liquid level, strain, Force, Pressure, Temperature.

Unit - 4 (20 Lectures, Marks 25)

Data acquisition systems: Block diagram, brief description of preamplifier, signal
conditioner, instrumentation amplifier, waveform generator, A/D and D/A converter blocks,
computer controlled test and measurement system.
Bio-medical instrumentation: Bio-Amplifiers: Bio potentials - Bio-electricity - Necessity for
special types of amplifiers for biological signal amplifications - Different types of Bio-OP
- Amps. Electrodes for ECG, EEG, and EMG, block diagram of ECG and EEG systems,
brief analysis of graphs.

Suggested Books:

1. Electrical Measurement in Measuring Instruments. Goldwing E.W. and Widdies
2. Electrical and Electronics Measurement and Instrumentation Sahwany A.K.
3. Instrumentation devices and systems: Rangan, Sarma, Mani, TMH
4. Instrumentation measurement and analysis: Nakra B C, Chaudry K K, TMH
5. Handbook of biomedical instrumentation: Khandpur R S, TMH
6. Measurement systems applications and design: Doeblin E O, McGraw Hill, 1990.
7. Electron measurements and instrumentation techniques: Cooper W D and Helfric A
D, PHI, 1989.
8. Biomedical instrumentation and measurements: Leslie-Cromwell, Fred J Weibell,
Erich A Pfieffer, PHI, 1994.
9. Mechatronics – principles and applications, Godfrey C Onwubolu, Elsevier, 2006

Instrumentation Lab
60 Lectures , Marks 40

1. Design of multi range ammeter and voltmeter using galvanometer.
2. To determine the Characteristics of resistance transducer - Strain Gauge
(Measurement of Strain using half and full bridge.)
3. To determine the Characteristics of LVDT.
4. To determine the Characteristics of Thermistors and RTD.
5. Measurement of temperature by Thermocouples and study of transducers like
AD590 (two terminal temperature sensor), PT-100, J- type, K-type.
6. Characterization of bio potential amplifier for ECG signals.
7. Study on ECG simulator
8. Measurement of heart sound using electronic stethoscope. Study on ECG heart rate
monitor /simulator
9. Study of pulse rate monitor with alarm system
10. Measurement of respiration rate using thermister /other electrodes.

Paper II Oral History

Objectives:
Oral history is a dominant field of history writings for knowledge and information. The
purpose of this course is to introduce students to the theories, methods and ethics of oral
history and its significance to the historical literature. It will help students in better
understanding of the tools available for history writing beyond static sources.

Unit-1 1.01 Definitions of Oral history-Meaning of Key Concepts
1.02 Scope-Significance of Oral history, Objectivity and Oral Sources

Unit-2 2.01 Collecting and Preserving memoirs and Oral history
2.02 Facts versus Truth-Errors in Oral history
2.03 Listening –Ethics and responsibilities

Unit-3 3.01 Myths
3.02 Folklore
3.03 Gender and Oral history

Unit-4 3.01 Interviewing techniques
3.02 Interpreting memories
3.03 Transcribing and Oral history

Suggested References:
Baum, W.K. Transcribing and Editing Oral History
Hoopes,James Oral History: An Introduction for Students
McMahan, E.V. & Rogers, K.L. (eds) Interactive Oral History: Interviewing
Perks R & Thomson, A. The Oral History Reader
Riitchie D.A., Doing Oral History A Practical Guide

Operational Amplifiers and Applications

Unit-1 (18 Lectures, Marks 25)

Basic Operational Amplifier: Concept of differential amplifiers (Dual input balanced and unbalanced
output), constant current bias, current mirror, cascaded differential amplifier stages with concept of level
translator, block diagram of an operational amplifier (IC 741)
Op-Amp parameters: input offset voltage, input offset current, input bias current, differential input
resistance, input capacitance, offset voltage adjustment range, input voltage range, common mode rejection
ratio, slew rate, supply voltage rejection ratio.

Unit-2 (18 Lectures, Marks 25)
Op-Amp Circuits: Open and closed loop configuration, Frequency response of an op-amp in open loop and
closed loop configurations, Inverting, Non-inverting, Summing and difference amplifier, Integrator,
Differentiator, Voltage to current converter, Current to voltage converter. Comparators: Basic comparator,
Level detector, Voltage limiters, Schmitt Trigger.
Signal generators: Phase shift oscillator, Wein bridge oscillator, Square wave generator, triangle wave
generator, saw tooth wave generator, and Voltage controlled oscillator(IC 566).

Unit-3 (12 Lectures, Marks 15)

Multivibrators (IC 555): Block diagram, Astable and monostable multivibrator circuit, Applications of
Monostable and Astable multivibrators. Phase locked loops (PLL): Block diagram, phase detectors, IC565.
Fixed and variable IC regulators: IC 78xx and IC 79xx -concepts only, IC LM317- output voltage equation

Unit-4 (12 Lectures, Marks 15)

Signal Conditioning circuits: Sample and hold systems, Active filters: First order low pass and high pass
butterworth filter, Second order filters, Band pass filter, Band reject filter, All pass filter, Log and antilog
amplifiers.

Suggested Books:

1. R. A. Gayakwad, Op-Amps and Linear IC’s, Pearson Education (2003)
2. R. F. Coughlin and F. F. Driscoll, Operational amplifiers and Linear Integrated circuits, Pearson
Education (2001)
3. J. Millman and C.C. Halkias, Integrated Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill,(2001)
4. A.P.Malvino, Electronic Principals,6th Edition , Tata McGraw-Hill,(2003)
5. K.L.Kishore,OP-AMP and Linear Integrated Circuits, Pearson(2011)

Operational Amplifiers and Application Lab (Hardware and Circuit Simulation Software)
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. Study of op-amp characteristics: CMRR and Slew rate.
2. Designing of an amplifier of given gain for an inverting and non-inverting configuration using an opamp.
3. Designing of analog adder and subtractor circuit.
4. Designing of an integrator using op-amp for a given specification and study its frequency response.
5. Designing of a differentiator using op-amp for a given specification and study its frequency response.
6. Designing of a First Order Low-pass filter using op-amp.
7. Designing of a First Order High-pass filter using op-amp.
8. Designing of a RC Phase Shift Oscillator using op-amp.
9. Study of IC 555 as an astable multivibrator.
10. Study of IC 555 as monostable multivibrator.
11. Designing of Fixed voltage power supply using IC regulators using 78 series and 79 series 

C Programming and Data Structures

Unit- 1 (12 Lectures, Marks : 15)

C Programming Language: Introduction, Importance of C, Character set, Tokens, keywords, identifier,
constants, basic data types, variables: declaration & assigning values. Structure of C program
Arithmetic operators, relational operators, logical operators, assignment operators, increment and decrement
operators, conditional operators, bit wise operators, expressions and evaluation of expressions, type cast
operator, implicit conversions, precedence of operators. Arrays-concepts, declaration, accessing elements,
storing elements, two-dimensional and multi-dimensional arrays. Input output statement and library functions
(math and string related functions).

Unit-2 (20 Lectures, Marks : 25)

Decision making, branching & looping: Decision making, branching and looping: if, if-else, else-if, switch
statement, break, for loop, while loop and do loop. Functions: Defining functions, function arguments and
passing, returning values from functions.
Structures: defining and declaring a structure variables, accessing structure members, initializing a structure,
copying and comparing structure variables, array of structures, arrays within structures, structures within
structures, structures and functions. Pointers.
Introduction to C++: Object oriented programming, characteristics of an object-oriented language.

Unit-3 (14 Lectures, Marks : 20)

Data Structures: Definition of stack, array implementation of stack, conversion of infix expression to prefix,
postfix expressions, evaluation of postfix expression. Definition of Queue, Circular queues, Array
implementation of queues. Linked List and its implementation, Link list implementation of stack and queue,
Circular and doubly linked list.

Unit-4 (14 Lectures, Marks : 20)

Searching and sorting: Insertion sort, selection sort, bubble sort, merge sort, linear Search, binary search.
Trees : Introduction to trees, Binary search tree, Insertion and searching in a BST, preorder, postorder and
inorder traversal (recursive)

Suggested Books:

1. Yashavant Kanetkar, Let Us C , BPB Publications
2. Programming in ANSI C, Balagurusamy, 2nd edition, TMH.
3. Byron S Gottfried, Programming with C , Schaum Series
4. Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Prentice Hall
5. Yashavant Kanetkar, Pointers in C, BPB Publications
6. S. Sahni and E. Horowitz, “Data Structures”, Galgotia Publications
7. Tanenbaum: “Data Structures using C”, Pearson/PHI.
8. Ellis Horowitz and Sartaz Sahani “Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms”, Computer Science Press.

C Programming and Data Structures Lab

1. Generate the Fibonacci series up to the given limit N and also print the number of elements in the
series.
2. Find minimum and maximum of N numbers.
3. Find the GCD of two integer numbers.
4. Calculate factorial of a given number.
5. Find all the roots of a quadratic equation Ax2
 + Bx + C = 0 for non – zero coefficients A, B and C.
Else report error.
6. Calculate the value of sin (x) and cos (x) using the series. Also print sin (x) and cos (x) value using
library function.
7. Generate and print prime numbers up to an integer N.
8. Sort given N numbers in ascending order.
9. Find the sum & difference of two matrices of order MxN and PxQ.
10. Find the product of two matrices of order MxN and PxQ.
11. Find the transpose of given MxN matrix.
12. Find the sum of principle and secondary diagonal elements of the given MxN matrix.
13. Calculate the subject wise and student wise totals and store them as a part of the structure.
14. Maintain an account of a customer using classes.
15. Implement linear and circular linked lists using single and double pointers.
16. Create a stack and perform Pop, Push, Traverse operations on the stack using Linear Linked list
17. Create circular linked list having information about a college and perform Insertion at front, Deletion
at end.
18. Create a Linear Queue using Linked List and implement different operations such as Insert, Delete,
and Display the queue elements.
19. Implement polynomial addition and subtraction using linked lists.
20. Implement sparse matrices using arrays and linked lists.
21. Create a Binary Tree to perform Tree traversals (Preorder, Postorder, Inorder) using the concept of
recursion.
22. Implement binary search tree using linked lists. Compare its time complexity over that of linear
search.
23. Implement Insertion sort, Merge sort, Bubble sort, Selection sort. 

Web Programming with PHP, MySQL

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 Understand basic PHP programming elements, variables, data types, operations,
functions and control structures.
 Use PHP for handling user input from web forms.
 Create a database and access data using MySQL.
 Use PHP to interface with a MySQL database via web forms.
 Create database driven web applications with PHP and MySQL

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Design web applications using PHP.
 Demonstrate the ability to use MySQL as a back end database for web applications.
 Design database driven web application with PHP and MySQL.

Unit I: 5L
Introduction to PHP: What is PHP, Basics of PHP, Benefits Of Using PHP MYSQL, Server
Client Environment, Web Browse Web Server Installation & Configuration.

Unit II: 10L
Development Concept: How PHP Script Work, PHP Syntax, Embed PHP In HTML/HTML in
PHP, PHP Data Type, Variable in PHP, Contents in PHP , Operators in PHP, If Statement,
If......Else Statement, Nested If Statement, Switch Statement.

Unit III: 15L
Looping structure, array and functions: While loop, do-while loop, for loop, what is array,
syntax of array, multidimensional array, What is function, Syntax of function, User Defined
Function, System Defined Function, Parameterized Function, some string functions of PHP.

Unit IV: 20L
Working with MYSQL: Working with phpMyAdmin, Types of Data Type, Creating Database
& Tables, Dropping Database & Tables, Adding Fields, Selecting Table, Database Connections,
Managing Database Connections, Performing Queries, Closing Connection, Create Database &
Table.

Books Recommended:
1. Holzner S. ,”The Complete Reference PHP”– McGraw Hill Education,2017
2. Welling L.,Thomson L, PHP and MySQL Web Development”, Pearson Education,2017.
3. Vaswani V, “The Complete Reference MySQL”, McGraw Hill Education, 2017.
4. Powell T.,”The Complete Reference HTML & CSS”, McGraw Hill Education, 2017.

Computer Lab Based on Web Programming with PHP, MySQL:
 HTML Form data handling with PHP
 Design web application using PHP and MYSQL

Photonics

Unit-1 (20 Lectures, Marks 25)

Light as an Electromagnetic Wave: Plane waves in homogeneous media, concept of
spherical waves. Reflection and transmission at an interface, total internal reflection,
Brewster’s Law. Interaction of electromagnetic waves with dielectrics: origin of refractive
index, dispersion.
Interference : Superposition of waves of same frequency, Concept of coherence,
Interference by division of wavefront, Young’s double slit, Division of Amplitude, thin film
interference, anti-reflecting films, Newton’s rings; Michelson interferometer. Holography.
Diffraction: Huygen Fresnel Principle, Diffraction Integral, Fresnel and Fraunhoffer
approximations. Fraunhoffer Diffraction by a single slit, rectangular aperture, double slit,
Resolving power of microscopes and telescopes; Diffraction grating: Resolving power and
Dispersive power

Unit-2 (10 Lectures, Marks 15)

Polarization: Linear, circular and elliptical polarization, polarizer-analyzer and Malus’ law;
Double refraction by crystals, Interference of polarized light, Wave propagation in uniaxial
media. Half wave and quarter wave plates. Faraday rotation and electro-optic effect.

Unit-3 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Light Emitting Diodes: Construction, materials and operation.
Lasers: Interaction of radiation and matter, Einstein coefficients, Condition for
amplification, laser cavity, threshold for laser oscillation, line shape function. Examples of
common lasers. The semiconductor injection laser diode.
Photodetectors: Bolometer, Photomultiplier tube, Charge Coupled Device. Photo
transistors and Photodiodes (p-i-n, avalanche), quantum efficiency and responsivity.
LCD Displays: Types of liquid crystals, Principle of Liquid Crystal Displays, applications,
advantages over LED displays.

Unit-4 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Guided Waves and the Optical Fiber: TE and TM modes in symmetric slab waveguides,
effective index, field distributions, Dispersion relation and Group Velocity. Step index
optical fiber, total internal reflection, concept of linearly polarized waves in the step index
circular dielectric waveguides, single mode and multimode fibers, attenuation and
dispersion in optical fiber.

Suggested Books:

1. Ajoy Ghatak, Optics, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi (2005)
2. E. Hecht, Optics, Pearson Education Ltd. (2002)
35
3. J. Wilson and J. F. B. Hawkes, Optoelectronics: An Introduction, Prentice Hall India
(1996)
4. S. O. Kasap, Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and Practices, Pearson
Education (2009)
5. Ghatak A.K. and Thyagarajan K., “Introduction to fiber optics,” Cambridge Univ.
Press. (1998)

Photonics Lab
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. To verify the law of Malus for plane polarized light.
2. To determine wavelength of sodium light using Michelson’s Interferometer.
3. To determine wavelength of sodium light using Newton’s Rings.
4. To determine the resolving power and Dispersive power of Diffraction Grating.
5. Diffraction experiments using a laser.
6. Study of Faraday rotation.
7. Study of Electro-optic Effect.
8. To determine the specific rotation of scan sugar using polarimeter.
9. To determine characteristics of LEDs and Photo- detector.
10. To measure the numerical aperture of an optical fiber. 

Discipline Specific Elective (Any Four)

Objective:
The objective of this paper is to give a general outline of the history of Assam from the 13th
century to the occupation of Assam by the English East India Company in the first quarter of
the 19th century. It aims to acquaint the students with major stages of developments in the
political, social and cultural history of the state during the most important formative period

Unit-1 1.01 : Sources: Archaeological, Numismatic,
 Epigraphy, Literary Sources
1.02 : State Formation in Early Assam
1.03 : Varmana, Salastambha and Pala dynasty

Unit-2 2.01 : Foundation of the Ahom State and its Consolidation
2.02 : State Formation in the Brahmaputra Valley-the Chutiya, Kachari,
the Koch States and Bara-Bhuyans
2.03 : Expansion of the Ahom Kingdom in the 16th century
2.04 : Political Developments in the 17th century,
 Ahom-Mughal Conflict

Unit-3 3.01 : Tribal Kingdoms and Chiefdoms in Lower
 Assam region-their relations with the Ahom
State
3.02 : Post-Saraighat Assam, the Court crisis and
 Political Developments
3.03 : Ascendancy of the Tungkhungia Dynasty
3.04 : Ahom Rule at its zenith

Unit-4 4.01 : Decline and Fall of the Ahom Kingdom, the Moamariya Rebellion
4.02 : The Burmese Invasions
4.03 : The English East India Company in Assam Politics- the Treaty of
Yandaboo 1826

Unit-5 5.01 : The Ahom System of Administration-the Paik and the Khel system,
5.02: Ahom Policy towards the Neighbouring Tribes- the systems of Duar,
Posa, Khat and Pam .
5.03: Ahom Relations with the States of Manipur and Tripura

Suggested Readings:
Barpujari, H.K. : Assam in the Days of the Company
Baruah,S.L.: A Comprehensive History of Assam
Boruah, Nirode and Surajit Baruah: Asomar Itihas
Dutta, A.K. : Maniram Dewan and the Contemporary Assamese Society
Gait E.A. : A History of Assam
Nath. D.: Asam Buranji

Reference Books:

Acharyya, N.N.: The History of Medieval Assam
Baruah, S.L. : Last Days of Ahom Monarchy(1769-1826)
Baruah, S.L. and D. Nath : Chutiya Jatir Buranji
Bhuyan, N.C. : Baro Bhuyanr Chamu Buranji
Basu, N.K. : Assam in the Ahom Age (1228-1826)
Bhuyan, S.K. : Anglo-Assamese Relations(1771-1826)
Bhuyan, S.K.(ed.) : Asam Buranji
Bhuyan, S.K. : Tungkhungia Buranji, by Srinath Duara Barbarua
Devi,L. : Ahom-Tribal Relations
Dutta, A.K.: Maniram Dewan and the Contemporary Assamese Society
Gogoi, L. : A History of the System of Ahom Administration
Gohain, U.N.: Assam under the Ahoms.
Nath, D. : History of the Koch Kingdom
Sarma, A.C.: Tai-Ahom System of Government 

Applied Physics

Unit-1 (20 Lectures, Marks : 25)

Quantum Physics: Inadequacies of Classical physics. Compton’s effect, Photo-electric Effect, Wave-particle
duality, de Broglie waves. Basic postulates and formalism of quantum mechanics: probabilistic interpretation
of waves, conditions for physical acceptability of wave functions. Schrodinger wave equation for a free
particle and in a force field (1 dimension), Boundary and continuity conditions. Operators in Quantum
Mechanics, Conservation of probability, Time-dependent form, Linearity and superposition, Operators, Timeindependent one dimensional Schrodinger wave equation, Stationary states, Eigen-values and Eigen functions.
Particle in a one-dimensional box, Extension to a three dimensional box, Potential barrier problems,
phenomenon of tunneling. Kronig Penney Model and development of band structure. Spherically symmetric
potentials, the Hydrogen-like atom problem.

Unit-2 (10 Lectures, Marks : 15)

Mechanical Properties of Materials: Elastic and Plastic Deformations, Hooke’s Law, Elastic Moduli, Brittle
and Ductile Materials, Tensile Strength, Theoretical and Critical Shear Stress of Crystals. Strengthening
Mechanisms, Hardness, Creep, Fatigue, Fracture.

Unit-3 (15 Lectures, Marks : 20

Thermal Properties: Brief Introduction to Laws of Thermodynamics, Concept of Entropy, Concept of
Phonons, Heat Capacity, Debye’s Law, Lattice Specific Heat, Electronic Specific Heat, Specific Heat
Capacity for Si and GaAs, Thermal Conductivity, Thermoelectricity, Seebeck Effect, Thomson Effect, Peltier
Effect.

Unit-4 (15 Lectures, Marks : 20)

Electric and Magnetic Properties:
mean free path, electron scattering
Superconductivity.
Conductivity of metals, Ohm’s Law, relaxation time, collision time and
and resistivity of metals, heat developed in current carrying conductor,
Classification of Magnetic Materials, Origin of Magnetic moment, Origin of dia, para, ferro and antiferro
magnetism and their comparison, Ferrimagnetic materials, Saturation Magnetisation and Curie temperature,
Magnetic domains, Concepts of Giant Magnetic Resistance (GMR), Magnetic recording.

Suggested Books:

1. S. Vijaya and G. Rangarajan, Material Science, Tata Mcgraw Hill (2003)
2. W. E. Callister, Material Science and Engineering: An Introduction, Wiley India (2006)
3. A. Beiser, Concepts of Modern Physics , McGraw-Hill Book Company (1987)
4. A. Ghatak & S. Lokanathan, Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications, Macmillan India (2004)

Applied Physics Lab

1. To determine Young’s modulus of a wire by optical lever method.
2. To determine the modulus of rigidity of a wire by Maxwell’s needle.
3. To determine the elastic constants of a wire by Searle’s method.
4. To measure the resistivity of a Ge crystal with temperature by four –probe method from room
temperature to 200 0
C).
5. To determine the value of Boltzmann Constant by studying forward characteristics of diode.
6. To determine the value of Planck’s constant by using LEDs of at least 4 different wavelengths.
7. To determine e/m of electron by Bar Magnet or by Magnetic Focusing. 

Mathematics Foundation for Electronics

Unit-1 (16 Lectures, Mark: 20)

Ordinary Differential Equations: First Order Ordinary Differential Equations, Basic Concepts, Separable
Ordinary Differential Equations, Exact Ordinary Differential Equations, Linear Ordinary Differential
Equations. Second Order homogeneous and non-homogeneous Differential Equations.
Series solution of differential equations and special functions: Power series method, Legendre
Polynomials, Frobenius Method, Bessel’s equations and Bessel’s functions of first and second kind. Error
functions and gamma function.

Unit-2 (14 Lectures, Mark: 20)

Matrices: Introduction to Matrices, System of Linear Algebraic Equations, Gaussian Elimination Method,
Gauss -Seidel Method, LU decomposition, Solution of Linear System by LU decomposition. Eigen Values
and Eigen Vectors, Linear Transformation, Properties of Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors, Cayley-Hamilton
Theorem, Diagonalization, Powers of a Matrix. Real and Complex Matrices, Symmetric, Skew Symmetric,
Orthogonal Quadratic Form, Hermitian, Skew Hermitian, Unitary Matrices.

Unit-3 (14 Lectures, Mark: 20)

Sequences and series: Sequences, Limit of a sequence, Convergence, Divergence and Oscillation of a
sequence, Infinite series, Necessary condition for Convergence, Cauchy’s Integral Test, D’Alembert’s Ratio
Test, Cauchy’s nth Root Test, Alternating Series, Leibnitz’s Theorem, Absolute Convergence and Conditional
Convergence, Power Series.

Unit-4 (16 Lectures, Mark: 20)

Complex Variables and Functions: Complex Variable, Complex Function, Continuity, Differentiability,
Analyticity. Cauchy-Riemann (C- R) Equations, Harmonic and Conjugate Harmonic Functions, Exponential
Function, Trigonometric Functions, Hyperbolic Functions. Line Integral in Complex Plane, Cauchy’s Integral
Theorem, Cauchy’s Integral Formula, Derivative of Analytic Functions. Sequences, Series and Power Series,
Taylor’s Series, Laurent Series, Zeroes and Poles. Residue integration method, Residue integration of real
Integrals.

Suggested Books
1. E. Kreyszig, advanced engineering mathematics, Wiley India (2008)
2. Murray Spiegel, Seymour Lipschutz, John Schiller, Outline of Complex Variables, Schaum Outline
Series, Tata McGraw Hill (2007)
3. R. K. Jain, and S.R.K. Iyengar, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Narosa Publishing House
(2007)
4. C .R. Wylie and L. C. Barrett, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Tata McGraw-Hill (2004)
5. B. V. Ramana, Higher Engineering Mathematics, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Limited
(2007)

Mathematics Foundation for Electronics Lab (Scilab/MATLAB/ any other Mathematical Simulation
software)

1. Solution of First Order Differential Equations
2. Solution of Second Order homogeneous Differential Equations
3. Solution of Second Order non-homogeneous Differential Equations
4. Convergence of a given series.
5. Divergence of a given series.
6. Solution of linear system of equations using Gauss Elimination method.
7. Solution of linear system of equations using Gauss – Seidel method.
8. Solution of linear system of equations using L-U decomposition method. 

Paper I: Museums and Archives in India

Objective:
It is an introductory course and aims to familiarize students with various aspects of museums
and archives. The purpose of this course is to introduce, examine and understand the major
concepts, principles, functions and operations in the field of museums and archives. It will
enable students to understand its overall development as well as theoretical issues and
principles of their management, administration and practical application. The course will help
students to gain practical experience and will be project based.

Unit-1 1.01: Definitions of Museum and Archive- Meaning of
 Key Concepts.
1.02: Scope of Museology and Archival Studies.

Unit-2 2.01: Origin of Museums and Aarchives in Global and I
 ndian Context; Introduction to some major
 Museums and Archives of India
2.02: Development of Museums and Archives in Northeast
 India.

Unit-3 3.01: Different types of Museums and Archives and their
 Management and Administration and Staffing
3.02: Legislations and Conventions related to Museums
 and Archives

Unit-4 4.01: Storage- Presentation and Exhibition of Museum
 Objects and Archival Materials
4.02: Methods of Collection and Conservation: Scientific
 Examination and Documentation

Suggested References:

Agarwal O.P., Essentials of Conservation & Museology
Biswas T.K., Museum & Education, New Age International
Brooks, Philip C., Research in Archives
Burcaw G, Ellis, Introduction to Museum Work
Caulton, T., Hands –On Exhibitions : Managing Interactive Museums and Science Centres
Choudhary, R.D., Museums of India and Their Maladies
Edson, G. & Dean., The Handbook for Museum
Ghose, Sailen, Archives in India
Guha Thakurta, Tapati,Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institution of Art in Colonial and
Post-Colonial India
Hein, H.S., The Museum in Transition.
Kathpalia, Y.P., Conservation and Restoration of Archive Materials
Jeyaraj, V. Museology: Heritage Management, Government Museum
Knell, S., MacLoed, S.& Watson, S., Museum Revolutions: How museums change and are
changed
Nair,S.M. , Bio- Deterioration of Museum Materials
Sengupta, S., Experiencing History through Archives
Tripathi, Alok, Museum Studies

Software Engineering

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 Demonstrate software process models such as the waterfall and evolutionary models.
 Discuss the role of project management including planning, scheduling, risk
management, etc.
 Define software engineering and explain its importance.

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Design software from the root level starting from requirement gathering to maintenance
with the appropriate SDLC.
 Define software engineering and explain its importance.
 Identify the processes to be followed in the software development life cycle.
 Explain testing approaches such as unit testing and integration testing.

Unit I: 8L
Software Process: Introduction ,S/W Engineering Paradigm , life cycle models (water fall,
incremental, spiral, evolutionary, prototyping, object oriented) , System engineering, computer based
system, verification, validation, life cycle process, development process, system engineering
hierarchy.

Unit II: 10L
Software requirements: Functional and non-functional , user, system, requirement engineering
process, feasibility studies, requirements, elicitation, validation and management, software
prototyping, prototyping in the software process, rapid prototyping techniques, user interface
prototyping, S/W document. Analysis and modeling, data, functional and behavioral models,
structured analysis and data dictionary.

Unit III: 12L
Design Concepts and Principles: Design process and concepts, modular design, design heuristic,
design model and document, Architectural design, software architecture, data design, architectural
design, transform and transaction mapping, user interface design, user interface design principles.
Real time systems, Real time software design, system design, real time executives, data acquisition
system, monitoring and control system.

Unit IV: 8L
Software Configuration Management: The SCM process, Version control, Change control,
Configuration audit, SCM standards.

Unit V: 8L
Software Project Management: Measures and measurements, S/W complexity and science
measure, size measure, data and logic structure measure, information flow measure. Estimations for
Software Projects, Empirical Estimation Models, Project Scheduling.

Unit VI: 8L
Testing: Taxonomy of software testing, levels, test activities, types of s/w test, black box testing,
testing boundary conditions, structural testing, test coverage criteria based on data flow,
mechanisms, regression testing, testing in the large. S/W testing strategies, strategic approach and
issues, unit testing, integration testing, validation testing, system testing and debugging.

Unit VII: 6L
Trends in Software Engineering: Reverse Engineering and Re-engineering – wrappers – Case
Study of CASE tools.

Books Recommended:

1. Roger S.Pressman, Software engineering- A practitioner’s Approach, McGraw-Hill
2. Ian Sommerville, Software engineering, Pearson education Asia, 6th edition, 2000.
3. Pankaj Jalote- An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering, Springer Verlag, 1997.
4. James F Peters and Witold Pedryez, “Software Engineering – An Engineering Approach”,
John Wiley and Sons, New Delhi, 2000.
5. Ali Behforooz and Frederick J Hudson, “Software Engineering Fundamentals”, Oxfor
University Press, New Delhi, 1996.
6. Pfleeger, ”Software Engineering”, Pearson Education India, New Delhi, 1999.
7. Carlo Ghezzi, Mehdi Jazayari and Dino Mandrioli, “Fundamentals of Software
Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1991.

Electromagnetics

Unit-1 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Vector Analysis: Scalars and Vectors, Vector Algebra, Rectangular (Cartesian) Coordinate System, Vector
Components and Unit Vector, Vector Field, Products, Cylindrical Coordinates, Spherical Coordinates,
Differential Length, Area and Volume, Line Surface and Volume integrals, Del Operator, Gradient of a
Scalar, Divergence and Curl of a Vector, the Laplacian.
Electrostatic Fields: Coulomb’s Law and Electric Field, Field due to Discrete and Continuous Charge
Distributions, Electric Flux Density, Gauss’s Law and Applications, Divergence Theorem and Maxwell’s
First Equation. Electric Potential, Potential due to a Charge and Charge distribution, Electric dipole. Electric
Fields in Conductors, Current and Current Density, Continuity of Current, Metallic Conductor Properties and
Boundary Conditions, Method of Images. Dielectric materials, Polarization, Dielectric Constant, Isotropic and
Anisotropic dielectrics, Boundary conditions, Capacitance and Capacitors. Electrostatic Energy and Forces.

Unit- 2 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Poisson’s Equation and Laplace’s Equation: Derivation of Poisson’s and Laplace’s equation, Uniqueness
Theorem, Examples of Solution of Laplace’s Equation: Cartesian, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates.
Magnetostatics: Biot Savert’s law and Applications, Magnetic dipole, Ampere’s Circuital Law, Curl and
Stoke’s Theorem, Maxwell’s Equation, Magnetic Flux and Magnetic Flux Density, Scalar and Vector
Magnetic Potentials. Magnetization in Materials and Permeability, Anisotropic materials, Magnetic Boundary
Conditions, Inductors and Inductances, Magnetic Energy, Magnetic Circuits. Inductances and Inductors,
Magnetic Energy, Forces and Torques.

Unit-3 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Time-Varying Fields and Maxwell’s Equations: Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction, Stationary
Circuit in Time-Varying Magnetic Field, Transformer and Motional EMF, Displacement Current, Maxwell’s
Equations in differential and integral form and Constitutive Relations. Potential Functions, Lorentz gauge and
the Wave Equation for Potentials, Concept of Retarded Potentials. Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions.
Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields and use of Phasors

Unit-4 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Time- Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields and use of Phasors, the
Electromagnetic Spectrum, Wave Equation in a source free isotropic homogeneous media, Uniform Plane
Waves in Lossless and Lossy unbounded homogeneous media, Wave Polarization, Phase and Group velocity,
Flow of Electromagnetic Power and Poynting Vector. Uniform Plane wave incident on a Plane conductor
boundary, concept of reflection and standing wave.
Guided Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Waves along Uniform Guiding Structures, TEM, TE and TM
waves, Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Parallel Plate and Rectangular Metallic Waveguides.

Suggested Books:

1. Murray. R. Spiegel, Vector Analysis, Schaum series, Tata McGraw Hill (2006)
2. M. N. O. Sadiku, Elements of Electromagnetics, Oxford University Press (2001)
3. W. H. Hayt and J. A. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, Tata McGraw Hill (2006)
4. D. C. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, Pearson Education (2001)
5. J. A. Edminster, Electromagnetics, Schaum Series, Tata McGraw Hill (2006)
6. N. Narayan Rao, Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics, Pearson Education (2006)
7. Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, Pearson Education (2012)
8. Electromagnetic Wave and Radiating System, Jordan and Balmain, Prentice Hall (1979)

Electromagnetics Lab (using Scilab/ any other similar freeware)
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. Understanding and Plotting Vectors.
2. Transformation of vectors into various coordinate systems.
3. 2D and 3D Graphical plotting with change of view and rotation.
4. Representation of the Gradient of a scalar field, Divergence and Curl of Vector Fields.
5. Plots of Electric field and Electric Potential due to charge distributions.
6. Plots of Magnetic Flux Density due to current carrying wire.
7. Programs and Contour Plots to illustrate Method of Images
8. Solutions of Poisson and Laplace Equations – contour plots of charge and potential distributions
9. Introduction to Computational Electromagnetics: Simple Boundary Value Problems by Finite
Difference/Finite Element Methods. 

HISTORY OF INDIA VI (c. 1750 - 1857)

Course Objective:
(i) The Paper tries to examine the transition of India into a Colonial domain of the
British and also show that
(ii) This transition was not unilinear as the Colonial state had to face resistance
from the natives

Unit-1 India in the Mid-18th Century;
Society, Economy, Polity, Debates Expansion and Consolidation of
Colonial Power:
[a] Mercantilism, Foreign Trade and Early Forms of Exactions from
Bengal.
[b] Dynamics of Expansion, with special reference to Bengal, Mysore,
Western India, Awadh, Punjab, and Sindh.

Unit-2 . Colonial State and Ideology:
[a] Arms of the Colonial State: Army, Police, Law.
[b] Ideologies of the Raj and Racial Attitudes.
[c] Education: Indigenous and Modern.

Unit-3 Rural Economy and Society:
[a] Land Revenue Systems and Forest Policy.
[b] Commercialization and Indebtedness.
[c] Rural society: Change and Continuity.
[d] Famines.
[e] Pastoral Economy and Shifting cultivation.

Unit-4 Trade and Industry
[a] Deindustrialization
[b] Trade and Fiscal policy
[c] Drain of Wealth
[d] Growth of Modern Industry

Unit-5 Popular Resistance:
[a] Santhal Uprising (1857); Indigo Rebellion (1860); Pabna Agrarian
Leagues (1873); Deccan Riots (1875).
[b] Uprising of 1857

Recommended Readings:

C. A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire,
Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.
Suhash Chakravarty, The Raj Syndrome: A Study in Imperial Perceptions, 1989.
J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab, New Cambridge History of India
Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.
Dharma Kumar and Tapan Raychaudhuri, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of India.
P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead, New Cambridge History of India.
R.C. Majumdar, ed., History and Culture of Indian People.
R.C. Majumdar, British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance.
Rajat K. Ray, ed., Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947,
Eric Stokes, English Utilitarians and India.
Ram Lakhan Shukla, ed., Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas.
David Arnold and Ramchandra Guha, eds, Nature, Culture and Imperialism.
Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India.
Bipan Chandra et. al, India’s Struggles for Independence.
A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India.
Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India (1983).
P.C. Joshi, Rebellion 1857: A Symposium.
Dadabhai Naroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.

Electronics Circuits

Unit- 1
Theory Lectures 60

Diode Circuits: Ideal diode, piecewise linear equivalent circuit, dc load line analysis, Quiescent (Q) point.
Clipping and clamping circuits. Rectifiers: HWR, FWR (center tapped and bridge). Circuit diagrams, working
and waveforms, ripple factor & efficiency, comparison. Filters: types, circuit diagram and explanation of
shunt capacitor filter with waveforms.
Zener diode regulator circuit diagram and explanation for load and line regulation, disadvantages of Zener
diode regulator.

Unit- 2 (14 Lectures, Marks : 20)

Bipolar Junction Transistor: Review of CE, CB Characteristics and regions of operation. Hybrid
parameters. Transistor biasing, DC load line, operating point, thermal runaway, stability and stability factor,
Fixed bias without and with RE, collector to base bias, voltage divider bias and emitter bias (+VCC and –VEE
bias), circuit diagrams and their working.
Transistor as a switch, circuit and working, Darlington pair and its applications.
BJT amplifier (CE), dc and ac load line analysis, hybrid model of CE configuration, Quantitative study of the
frequency response of a CE amplifier, Effect on gain and bandwidth for Cascaded CE amplifiers (RC
coupled).

Unit- 3 (12 Lectures, Marks : 15)

Feedback Amplifiers: Concept of feedback, negative and positive feedback, advantages and disadvantages of
negative feedback, voltage (series and shunt), current (series and shunt) feedback amplifiers, gain, input and
output impedances . Barkhausen criteria for oscillations, Study of phase shift oscillator, Colpitts oscillator and
Hartley oscillator.

Unit- 4 (20 Lectures, Marks : 25)

MOSFET Circuits: Review of Depletion and Enhancement MOSFET, Biasing of MOSFETs, Small Signal
Parameters, Common Source amplifier circuit analysis, CMOS circuits.
Power Amplifiers: Difference between voltage and power amplifier, classification of power amplifiers, Class
A, Class B, Class C and their comparisons.
Operation of a Class A single ended power amplifier. Operation of Transformer coupled Class A power
amplifier, overall efficiency. Circuit operation of complementary symmetry Class B push pull power
amplifier, crossover distortion, heat sinks.
Single tuned amplifiers: Circuit diagram, Working and Frequency Response for each, Limitations of single
tuned amplifier, Applications of tuned amplifiers in communication circuits.

Suggested Books:

1. Electronic Devices and circuit theory, Robert Boylstead and Louis Nashelsky, 9th Edition, 2013, PHI
2. Electronic devices, David A Bell, Reston Publishing Company
3. D. L. Schilling and C. Belove, Electronic Circuits: Discrete and Integrated, Tata McGraw Hill (2002)
4. Donald A. Neamen, Electronic Circuit Analysis and Design, Tata McGraw Hill (2002)
5. J. Millman and C. C. Halkias, Integrated Electronics, Tata McGraw Hill (2001)
6. J. R. C. Jaegar and T. N. Blalock, Microelectronic Circuit Design, Tata McGraw Hill (2010)
7. J. J. Cathey, 2000 Solved Problems in Electronics, Schaum’s outline Series, Tata McGraw Hill (1991)
8. Allen Mottershed, Electronic Devices and Circuits, Goodyear Publishing Corporation

Electronics Circuits Lab (Hardware and Circuit Simulation Software)

1. Study of the half wave rectifier and Full wave rectifier.
2. Study of power supply using C filter and Zener diode.
3. Designing and testing of 5V/9 V DC regulated power supply and find its load-regulation
4. Study of clipping and clamping circuits .
5. Study of Fixed Bias, Voltage divider and Collector-to-Base bias Feedback configuration for
transistors.
6. Designing of a Single Stage CE amplifier.
7. Study of Class A, B and C Power Amplifier.
8. Study of the Colpitt’s Oscillator.
9. Study of the Hartley’s Oscillator.
10. Study of the Phase Shift Oscillator
11. Study of the frequency response of Common Source FET amplifier. 

SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Course Objective:
The students will be acquainted with the evolution of mankind, the beginning of food
production, the Bronze Age., advent of iron, the slave society in ancient Greece, the economy
and the Political culture of the ancient Greece .

Unit-1 Evolution of Humankind
Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures. Food production: beginnings of agriculture and
animal husbandry.

Unit-2 Bronze Age Civilizations
with reference to any one of the following: i) Egypt (Old Kingdom); ii) Mesopotamia
(up to the Akkadian Empire); iii) China (Shang); IV) Eastern Mediterranean (Minoan)
economy, social stratification, state structure, religion.

Unit-3 Nomadic groups in Central and West Asia;
Debate on the advent of iron and its implications

Unit-4 Slave society in Ancient Greece
Agrarian economy, urbanization, trade.

Unit-5 Polis in ancient Greece:
Athens and Sparta; Greek Culture

Recommended Readings:

Burns and Ralph. World Civilizations. Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. I.
V. Gordon Childe, What Happened in History.
G. Clark, World Prehistory: A New Perspective.
B. Fagan, People of the Earth.
Amar Farooqui, Early Social Formations.
M. I. Finley, The Ancient Economy.
Jacquetta Hawkes, First Civilizations.
G. Roux, Ancient Iraq.
Bai Shaoyi, An Outline History of China.
H. W. F. Saggs, The Greatness that was Babylon.
B. Trigger, Ancient Egypt: A Social History.
UNESCO Series: History of Mankind, Vols. I - III./ or New ed. History of Humanity.
R. J. Wenke, Patterns in Prehistory.
G. E. M. Ste Croix, Class Struggles in the Ancient Greek World.
J. D. Bernal, Science in History, Vol. I.
V. Gordon Childe, Social Evolution.
Glyn Daniel, First Civilizations.
A. Hauser, A Social History of Art, Vol. I.

Fundamental of Computers

Objective:

The course is designed with an objective to
 Discuss about computers and their applications,
 Explain the concept of various number systems,
 Explain fundamental concepts of computer hardware and software.

Learning Outcome:

On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Identify computer hardware and peripheral devices,
 Differentiate various number systems.


Unit I: 10L

Introduction: Basics of computer, Characteristics of computers, Classification of computers,
Types of computers.
Unit II: 8L
I/O & Storage: Input, output and storage devices.

Unit III: 18L

Number System: Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Octal systems, Conversion from one
system to the other, representation of characters, integers and fractions, Binary arithmetic, BCD,
EBCDIC, ASCII, Unicode, XS-3, Grey Codes etc.

Unit IV: 14L

Computer languages & Software: Introduction to machine language, assembly language, high
level language, 4GL, Compiler, Interpreter, Assembler, System Software, Application Software.

Books Recommended:

1. Sinha P.K., “Computer Fundamentals”, 6th Edition, BPB Publication, 2012.
2. Rajaraman,V.,“Computer Fundamentals”, 6th Edition, PHI,2012.
3. Thareja R., “Fundamentals of Computers”, Oxford University Press, 2014.
4. Goel.A, “Computer Fundamentals”, Reprint, Pearson Education, 2011.

Modern Communication Systems

Unit-1 (10 Lectures, Marks 15)

Advanced Digital Modulation Technique: DPCM, DM, ADM. Binary Line Coding
Technique, Multi level coding, QAM (Modulation and Demodulation)

Unit-2 (10 Lectures, Marks 15)

Optical Communication: Introduction of Optical Fiber, Types of Fiber, Guidance in
Optical Fiber, Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber, Optical Sources and Detectors, Block
Diagram of optical communication system, optical power budgeting

Unit-3 (20 Lectures, Marks 25)

Cellular Communication: Concept of cellular mobile communication – cell and cell
splitting, frequency bands used in cellular communication, absolute RF channel numbers
(ARFCN), frequency reuse, roaming and hand off, authentication of the SIM card of the
subscribers, IMEI number, concept of data encryption, architecture (block diagram) of
cellular mobile communication network, CDMA technology, CDMA overview, simplified
block diagram of cellular phone handset, Comparative study of GSM and CDMA, 2G, 3G
and 4G concepts.

Unit-4 (20 Lectures, Marks 25)

Satellite communication: Introduction, need, satellite orbits, advantages and disadvantages of
geostationary satellites. Satellite visibility, satellite system – space segment, block diagrams of
satellite sub systems, up link, down link, cross link, transponders (C- Band), effect of solar
eclipse, path loss, ground station, simplified block diagram of earth station. Satellite access,
TDMA, FDMA, CDMA concepts, comparison of TDMA and FDMA, Satellite antenna
(parabolic dish antenna), GPS-services like SPS & PPS.
Local area networks (LAN): Primary characteristics of Ethernet-mobile IP, OSI model,
wireless LAN requirements-concept of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WiMAX.

Suggested Books:

1. W. Tomasi, Electronic Communication Systems: Fundamentals through Advanced,
Pearson Education, 3rd Edition
2. Martin S. Roden, Analog & Digital Communication Systems, Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, 3rd Edition
3. Modern digital and analog Communication systems- B. P. Lathi, 4rd Edition 2009
Oxford University press.
4. ThiagarajanVishwanathan, Telecommunication Switching Systems and Networks,
Prentice Hall of India.
5. Theodore S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications Principles and Practice, 2nd
Edition, Pearson Education Asia.

Modern Communication Systems Lab
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. Modulation of LED and detection through Photo detector.
2. Calculation of the transmission losses in an optical communication system.
3. Study of 16 QAM modulation and Detection with generation of Constellation
Diagram
4. Study of DPCM and demodulation.
5. Study of DM, ADM
6. Study of architecture of Mobile phone.
7. Study of Satellite Communication System.
8. Study of Optical Fiber Communication System 

HISTORY OF INDIA IV (c.1206 - 1550)

Course Objective:

The learners will gather information regarding
(i) The sources, vernacular histories and epigraphy
(ii) The various dynasties ruling Delhi
(iii) Emergence of Bahmani kingdom and Vijaynagara Empire
(iv) The social and economic developments, the religion, society and culture
during the late medieval India

Unit-1 Interpreting the Delhi Sultanate:
Survey of sources: Persian tarikh tradition; vernacular histories; epigraphy

Unit-2 Sultanate Political Structures:
(a) Foundation, expansion and consolidation of the Sultanate of Delhi; The Khaljis and the
Tughluqs; Mongol threat and Timur’s invasion; The Lodis: Conquest of Bahlul and
Sikandar; Ibrahim Lodi and the battle of Panipat
(b) Theories of kingship; Ruling elites; Sufis, ulama and the political authority; imperial
monuments and coinage

Unit-3 Emergence of provincial dynasties:
(a)Vijayanagar and Bahamani kingdoms, Gujarat, Malwa, Jaunpur and Bengal
(b) Consolidation of regional identities; regional art, architecture and literature

Unit-4 Society and Economy:
(a) Iqta and the revenue-free grants
(b) Agricultural production; technology
(c) Changes in rural society; revenue systems
(d) Monetization; market regulations; growth of urban centers; trade and commerce; Indian
Ocean trade

Unit-5 Religion, Society and Culture:
(a) Sufi silsilas: Chishtis and Suhrawardis; doctrines and practices; social roles
(b) Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; Women
Bhaktas;
Nathpanthis; Kabir, Nanak and the Sant tradition
(c) Sufi literature: malfuzat; premakhayans

Recommended Readings:

Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of
India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate.
Satish Chandra, Medieval India I.
Peter Jackson, The Delhi Sultanate.
Catherine Asher and Cynthia Talbot, India Before Europe.
Tapan Raychaudhuri and Irfan Habib, eds, Cambridge Economic
History of India, Vol. I.
K.A. Nizami, Religion and Politics in the Thirteenth Century.
W.H. McLeod, Karine Schomer, et al, Eds, The Sants.
S.A.A. Rizvi, A History of Sufism in India, Vol. I.
Mohibul Hasan, Historians of Medieval India.
Cynthia Talbot, Pre-colonial India in Practice.
Simon Digby, War Horses and Elephants in the Delhi Sultanate.
I.H. Siddiqui, Afghan Despotism.
Burton Stein, New Cambridge History of India: Vijayanagara.
Richard M. Eaton, ed., India’s Islamic Traditions.
Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India.
Sheldon Pollock, Languages of the Gods in the World of Men.
Pushpa Prasad, Sanskrit Inscriptions of the Delhi Sultanate.
Andre Wink, Al-Hind, Vols. I-III.

HISTORY OF INDIA- I

Course Objective:
The objective of this course is to analyse the various source materials for the reconstruction
of Ancient Indian History, the tools of historical reconstruction, the various ancient cultures,
the technological, economic, Political, religion and Philosophy of the period concerned.

Unit-1 Reconstructing Ancient Indian History
[a] Sources: Archaeological, Numismatic, Epigraphy, Literary
Sources
[b] Tools of historical reconstruction.
[c] Historical interpretations (with special reference to gender, environment, technology,
and regions

Unit-2 Pre-historic hunter-gatherers
Paleolithic cultures- sequence and distribution; stone industries and other technological
developments.
[b] Mesolithic cultures- regional and chronological distribution; new developments in
technology and economy; rock art.

Unit-3 The advent of food production
Understanding the regional and chronological distribution of the Neolithic and
Chalcolithic cultures: subsistence, and patterns of exchange

Unit-4 The Harappan civilization
Origins; settlement patterns and town planning; agrarian base; craft productions and
trade; social and political organization; religious beliefs and practices; art; the problem
of urban decline and the late/post-Harappan traditions.

Unit-5 Cultures in transition
Settlement patterns, technological and economic developments; social stratification;
political relations; religion and philosophy; the Aryan Problem.
[a] North India (circa 1500 BCE-300 BCE)
[b] Central India and the Deccan (circa 1000 BCE - circa 300 BCE)
[c] Tamilakam (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300)

Recommended Readings:
R.S. Sharma, India’s Ancient Past, New Delhi, OUP, 2007
R. S. Sharma, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India, 1983.
R.S. Sharma, Looking for the Aryas, Delhi, Orient Longman Publishers, 1995
D. P. Agrawal, The Archaeology of India, 1985
Bridget & F. Raymond Allchin, The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, 1983.
A. L. Basham, The Wonder that Was India, 1971.
D. K. Chakrabarti, The Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities, 1997, Paperback.
D. K. Chakrabarti, The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology, New Delhi, 2006.
H. C. Raychaudhuri, ed. Political History of Ancient India, Rev.
K. A. N. Sastri, ed., History of South India, OUP, 1966.
Upinder Singh, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India, 2008.
Romila Thapar, Early India from the Beginnings to 1300
Irfan Habib,A People’s History-Vol. -1,
PreHistory and the History of Language Change till 155 B.C., 2002
Uma Chakravarti, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. 1997.
Rajan Gurukkal, Social Formations of Early South India, 2010.
R. Champakalakshmi, Trade. Ideology and urbanization: South India 300 BC- AD 1300,
1996.

Digital Electronics and Verilog/VHDL

Unit-1 (12 Lectures, Marks : 15)

Number System and Codes: Decimal, Binary, Hexadecimal and Octal number systems, base conversions,
Binary, octal and hexadecimal arithmetic (addition, subtraction by complement method, multiplication),
representation of signed and unsigned numbers, Binary Coded Decimal code.
Logic Gates and Boolean algebra: Introduction to Boolean Algebra and Boolean operators, Truth Tables of
OR, AND, NOT, Basic postulates and fundamental theorems of Boolean algebra, Truth tables, construction
and symbolic representation of XOR, XNOR, Universal (NOR and NAND) gates.
Digital Logic families: Fan-in, Fan out, Noise Margin, Power Dissipation, Figure of merit, Speed power
product, TTL and CMOS families and their comparison.

Unit-2 (12 Lectures, Marks : 15)

Combinational Logic Analysis and Design: Standard representation of logic functions (SOP and POS),
Karnaugh map minimization, Encoder and Decoder, Multiplexers and Demultiplexers, Implementing logic
functions with multiplexer, binary Adder, binary subtractor, parallel adder/subtractor.

Unit-3 (18 Lectures, Marks : 25)

Sequential logic design: Latches and Flip flops , S-R Flip flop, J-K Flip flop, T and D type Flip flop, Clocked
and edge triggered Flip flops, master slave flip flop, Registers, Counters (synchronous and asynchronous and
modulo-N), State Table, State Diagrams, counter design using excitation table and equations. , Ring counter
and Johnson counter.
Programmable Logic Devices: Basic concepts- ROM, PLA, PAL, CPLD, FPGA

Unit-4 (18 Lectures, Marks : 25)

Introduction to Verilog: A Brief History of HDL, Structure of HDL Module, Comparison of VHDL and
Verilog, Introduction to Simulation and Synthesis Tools, Test Benches. Verilog Modules, Delays, data flow
style, behavioral style, structural style, mixed design style, simulating design.
Introduction to Language Elements, Keywords, Identifiers, White Space Characters, Comments, format,
Integers, reals and strings. Logic Values, Data Types-net types, undeclared nets, scalars and vector nets,
Register type, Parameters. Expressions, Operands, Operators, types of Expressions
Data flow Modeling and Behavioral Modeling: Data flow Modeling: Continuous assignment, net
declaration assignments, delays, net delays.
Behavioral Modeling: Procedural constructs, timing controls, block statement, procedural assignments,
conditional statement, loop statement, procedural continuous assignment.
Gate level modeling - Introduction, built in Primitive Gates, multiple input gates, Tri-state gates, pull gates,
MOS switches, bidirectional switches, gate delay, array instances, implicit nets, Illustrative Examples (both
combinational and sequential logic circuits).
OR

Introduction to VHDL: A Brief History of HDL, Structure of HDL Module, Comparison of VHDL and
Verilog, Introduction to Simulation and Synthesis Tools, Test Benches. VHDL Modules, Delays, data flow
style, behavioral style, structural style, mixed design style, simulating design.
Introduction to Language Elements, Keywords, Identifiers, White Space Characters, Comments, format.
VHDL terms, describing hardware in VHDL, entity, architectures, concurrent signal assignment, event
scheduling, statement concurrency, structural designs, sequential behavior, process statements, process
declarative region, process statement region, process execution, sequential statements, architecture selection,
configuration statements, power of configurations.
Behavioral Modeling: Introduction to behavioral modeling, inertial delay, transport delay , inertial delay
model, transport delay model, transport vs inertial delay, simulation delta drivers, driver creation, generics,
block statements, guarded blocks.
Sequential Processing: Process statement, sensitivity list, signal assignment vs variable assignment,
sequential statements, IF, CASE ,LOOP, NEXT, ,EXIT and ASSERT statements, assertion BNF, WAIT ON
signal, WAIT UNTIL expression, WAIT FOR time expression, multiple wait conditions, WAIT Time-Out,
Sensitivity List vs WAIT Statement Concurrent Assignment, Passive Processes.
Data types: Object types-signal, variable, constant, Data types –scalar types, composite types, incomplete
types, File Type caveats, subtypes, Subprograms and functions

Suggested Books:

1. M. Morris Mano Digital System Design, Pearson Education Asia,( Fourth Edition )
2. Thomas L. Flyod, Digital Fundamentals, Pearson Education Asia (1994)
3. W. H. Gothmann, Digital Electronics: An Introduction To Theory And Practice, Prentice Hall of
India(2000)
4. R. L. Tokheim, Digital Principles, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata McGraw- Hill (1994)
5. A Verilog HDL Primer – J. Bhasker, BSP, 2003 II Edition.
6. Verilog HDL-A guide to digital design and synthesis-Samir Palnitkar, Pearson, 2nd edition.

Digital Electronics and Verilog/VHDL Lab (Hardware and Circuit Simulation Software)

1. To verify and design AND, OR, NOT and XOR gates using NAND gates.
2. To convert a Boolean expression into logic gate circuit and assemble it using logic gate IC’s.
3. Design a Half and Full Adder.
4. Design a Half and Full Subtractor.
5. Design a seven segment display driver.
6. Design a 4 X 1 Multiplexer using gates.
7. To build a Flip- Flop Circuits using elementary gates. (RS, Clocked RS, D-type).
8. Design a counter using D/T/JK Flip-Flop.
9. Design a shift register and study Serial and parallel shifting of data.

Experiments in Verlog/VHDL

1. Write code to realize basic and derived logic gates.
2. Half adder, Full Adder using basic and derived gates.
3. Half subtractor and Full Subtractor using basic and derived gates.
4. Clocked D FF, T FF and JK FF (with Reset inputs).
5. Multiplexer (4x1, 8x1) and Demultiplexer using logic gates.
6. Decoder (2x4, 3x8), Encoders and Priority Encoders.
7. Design and simulation of a 4 bit Adder.
8. Code converters (Binary to Gray and vice versa).
9. 2 bit Magnitude comparator.
10. 3 bit Ripple counter. 

Generic Elective (Interdisciplinary Any Four)

Objective:
The objective of this paper is to give a general outline of the history of Assam from the 13th
century to the occupation of Assam by the English East India Company in the first quarter of
the 19th century. It aims to acquaint the students with major stages of developments in the
political, social and cultural history of the state during the most important formative period.

Unit-1 1.01 : Sources- Archaeological, Epigraphic, Literary, Numismatic and
Accounts of the Foreign Travelers
1.02 : Political conditions of the Brahmaputra Valley at the time of the
advent of the Ahoms
1.03 : Sukapha and his foundation of the
 kingdom-An assessment
1.04 : State formation in the Brahmaputra Valley-the Chutiya, Kachari
and the Koch State

Unit-2 2.01 : Expansion of the Ahom Kingdom in the 16th century- Conquests of
the Neighbouring States and Territories- Administrative
Developments
2.02 : Political Developments in the 17th century- 8Reign of Pratap
Singha
2.03 : Administrative Developments and role of
 Momai Tamuli Barbarua

Unit-3
3.01 : The Ahom-Mughal Relations in the Second half of the 17th Century
Wars – Mir Jumla’s Assam Invasion
3.02 : The Battle of Saraighat and its Consequences
45
3.03 : Post-Saraighat Assam- the Court Crisis and Political
Developments- Ascendancy of the Tungkhungia Dynasty

Unit-4 4.01 : Ahom Rule at its Zenith- the Reign of Rudra Singha to Rajeswer
Singha
4.02 : Decline and fall of the Ahom Kingdom – the
 Moamariya Rebellion and the Burmese
 Invasions- The English East India Company
 and Assam- the Treaty of Yandaboo

Unit-5 5.01 : Ahom System of Administration: the State and the Paik system
5.02 : Ahom Policy towards the Neighbouring Hill Tribes
5.03 : Society in Assam under the Ahoms- Caste and Class Structures
5.04 : Religious life –-Sankaradeva and the Neo Vaishnavite MovementBackground and Implication

Suggested Readings:
Barpujari, H.K. : Assam in the Days of the Company
Baruah,S.L. : A Comprehensive History of Assam
Boruah, Nirode and Surajit Baruah : Asomar Itihas
Dutta, A.K. : Maniram Dewan and the Contemporary Assamese Society
Gait E.A. : A History of Assam
Nath. D : Asam Buranji

Paper : II HISTORY OF MODERN ASSAM: 1826 –1947

Objective:
The course aims at acquainting the students with the socio-political and economic
developments in Assam during the Colonial regime. It also deals with the growth of
Nationalism and the role of the Provinces in the National Movement for independence.

Unit-1 1.01 : Political Condition in Assam on the Eve of the
 British rule.
1.02 : Establishment and Consolidation of the British
 rule – Reforms and
Reorganizations - David Scott, Jenkins and Robertson –
Annexation of Lower Assam, Administrative Reorganisations and
Revenue Measures
1.03 : Ahom Monarchy in Upper Assam (1833-38)
1.04 : Early phase of Revolts and Resistance to British
 rule- Gomdhar Konwar, Piyali Phukan, U.Tirut
 Singh

Unit-2 2.01 : Annexation of Cachar
2.02 : The Khamti and the Singpho Rebellion
2.03 : The 1857 Revolt in Assam and its Aftermath.
2.04 : Establishment of Chief Commissionership in
 Assam

Unit-3 3.01 : Land Revenue Measures and Peasant Uprisings
 in 19th century Assam
3.02 : Growth of National Consciousness – Assam Association,
Sarbajanik Sabhas, and the Ryot Sabhas
3.03 : Impact of Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi
 Movement in Assam.

Unit-4 4.01 : Government of India Act, 1919 – Dyarchy
 on Trial in Assam.
4.02 : Non Co-operation Movement and Swarajist
 Politics in Assam
4.03 : The Civil Disobedience Movement
4.04 : Student Movement in Assam
4.05 : Tribal League and Politics in Assam

Unit-5 5.01 : Trade Union and Allied Movements
5.02 : Migration, Line System and its Impact on
 Politics in Assam
5.03 : Quit India Movement in Assam and Impact of
 World War II.
5.04 : Cabinet Mission Plan and the Grouping
 Controversy – the Sylhet Referendum.

Suggested Readings:
Barpujari, H. K : Assam in the Days of the Company.
–––––––––, : (ed) Francis Jenkins Report on the North- East Frontier of India.
––––––––, : (ed) Political History of Assam, Vol. I.
––––––––, : (ed) The Comprehensive History of Assam, Vols. IV & V.
Baruah, S. L. : A Comprehensive History of Assam.
Bhuyan, A.C : (ed) Political History of Assam, Vols. II & III.
Bhuyan, A.C : (ed) Nationalist Upsurge in Assam.
Bora .S. : Student Revolution in Assam.
Chakravarti, B. C : British Relations with the Hill Tribes of Assam.
Dutta, Anuradha : Assam in the Freedom Movement.
Guha, Amalendu : Planters Raj to Swaraj, Freedom Struggle and Electoral
 Politics in Assam.
Lahiri, R.M : Annexation of Assam

HISTORY OF INDIA VIII (c. 1857 - 1950)

Course Objective:
(i) The paper will endeavour to highlight the growth of Indian Nationalism and the
National Movement for Freedom . In this connection it will highlight the
responses of the various sections of the people.
(ii) It will also describe the initial transition from the Colonial to the Post-Colonial era.

Unit-1 I. Cultures Changes and Social and Religious Reform Movements:
[a] The Advent of Printing and its Implications
[b] Reform and Revival: Brahmo Samaj, Prarthna Samaj, and
Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, Arya Samaj, Wahabi, Deoband, Aligarh
and Singh Sabha Movements.
[c] Debates around Gender
[d] Making of Religious and Linguistic Identities
[e] Caste: Sanskritising and anti Brahminical Trends

Unit-2 Nationalism: Trends up to 1919:
[a] Political Ideology and Organizations, Formation of INC
[b] Moderates and Extremists.
[c] Swadeshi Movement
[d] Revolutionaries

Unit-3 Gandhian Nationalism after 1919: Ideas and Movements:
[a] Mahatma Gandhi: His Perspectives and Methods
[b] (i) Impact of the First World War
(ii) Rowlett Act: Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh
(iii) Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience
(iv) Provincial Autonomy, Quit India and INA
[c] Left Wing Movements
[d] Princely India: States People Movements
[e] Nationalism and Culture: Literature and Art

Unit-4 Nationalism and Social Groups: Interfaces:
[a] Peasants
[b] Tribal
[c] Labour
[d] Dalits
[e] Women
[f] Business groups

Unit-5 Independence and Partition
[a] Communalism: Ideologies and Practices, RSS, Hindu Maha Sabha,
Muslim League.
[b] Negotiations for Independence, Partition and Partition Riots
[c] Making of the Constitution
[d] Integration of Princely States
[e] Land Reform and Beginnings of Planning

Recommended Readings:

Judith Brown, Gandhi’s rise to Power, 1915-22.
Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence, OUP, 1990.
Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, 1979.
Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth.
Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.
Peter Hardy, Muslims of British India.
Mushirul Hasan, ed., India’s Partition, Oxford in India Readings.
D.A. Low, ed., Congress and the Raj.
John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress.
Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography.
Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism in colonial north India.
Sumit Sarkar, Modern India, 1885-1947.
Anil Seal, Emergence of Indian Nationalism.
Ram Lakhan Shukla (ed.), Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas.
Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement.
Judith Brown, Gandhi: (et al) A Prisoner of Hope.
Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India, 2nd ed., 1987.
Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan
and Aditya Mukherjee, India’s, Struggles for Independence.
A.R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India.
Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-77.
Ranajit Guha, and G.C. Spivak, eds. Select Subaltern Studies.
Charles Heimsath, Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform.
F. Hutchins, Illusion of Permanence.
F. Hutchins, Spontaneous Revolution.
V.C. Joshi (ed.), Rammohan Roy and the process of Modernization in India.
J.Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India.

Photoshop

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 Describe how to use photo shop
 Navigate Photoshop’s Workspace, create & setup documents
 Work with effects, filters and adjustments.
 Describe typography, color, layout, photo editing, composition, graphics, vector & raster
application
 Describe Layers and Masking

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Identify and describe the major functions of Photoshop.
 Work and manipulate images
 Work with basic selections.

Unit I: 2L
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop: About Photoshop, Navigating Photoshop, Menus and
panels, Opening new files ,Opening existing files , Exploring the Toolbox

Unit II: 4L
Working with Images: Zooming & Panning an Image, Working with Multiple Images, Rulers,
Guides & Grids Undoing Steps with History, Adjusting Color with the New Adjustments Panel,
Cropping images.

Unit III: 4L
Working with Basic Selections: Selecting with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, Using the Magic
Wand & Free Transform Tool Selecting with the Regular & Polygonal Lasso Tools, Combining
Selections, Using the Magnetic Lasso Tool, Using the Quick Selection Tool & Refine Edge,
Modifying Selections

Unit IV: 4L
Getting started with Layers: Understanding the Background Layer, Creating, Selecting,
Linking & Deleting Layers Locking & Merging Layers, Copying Layers, Using Perspective &
Layer Styles, Filling & Grouping Layers, Introduction to Blending Modes, Modifying Text

Unit V: 2L
Painting and Pen Tool: Using different Tools, Painting with Selections, photo retouching,
Color Spaces & Color Modes, Saving & Removing a Selection from the Background, creating
different path, add effects.

Books Recommended:
1. Jennifer Smith and AGI Creative Team ,Adobe Photoshop CS6 Digital Classroom,
Wiley; Pap/Dvdr edition , 2012
2. Andrew Faulkner & Conrad Chavez , Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book,
Adobe, 2017
3. Toni Toland, Best Practice: The Pros on Adobe Photoshop Delmar Cengage Learning;
Pap/Cdr edition, 2006
4. Philip Andrews, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 A to Z: Tools and features illustrated
ready reference Paperback Focal Press; 1 edition 2006

Computer Lab Based on Photoshop:
 Practical exercise based on concept listed in theory using Adobe Photoshop and other
photo editing tool.

HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE II (c. 1780 -1939)

Course Objective:

The Objective of this Course is to acquaint the Students with
(i) Liberal Democracy, Working Class Movements and Socialism in the 19th and
20th Centuries:
(ii) Crisis of Feudalism in Russia and Experiments in Socialism
(iii) War and Crisis: c. 1880-1939 and
(iv) Post 1919 Political Development, Cultural and Intellectual Developments
since c. 1850

Unit-1 Liberal Democracy, Working Class Movements and Socialism in the 19th
and 20th Centuries:
[a] The Struggle for Parliamentary Democracy and Civil Liberties in Britain.
[b] Forms of Protest during early Capitalism: Food Riots in France and England:
Luddites and Chartism.
[c] Early Socialist thought; Marxian Socialism in the First and the Second
International.
[d] German Social Democracy, Politics and Culture.
[e] Christian Democracy as a Political and Ideological Force in Western and
Central Europe

Unit-2 The Crisis of Feudalism in Russia and Experiments in Socialism:
[a] Emancipation of Serfs.
[b] Russian Populism and Social Democracy.
[c] Revolutions of 1905; the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
[d] Programme of Socialist Construction.

Unit-3 Imperialism, War, and Crisis: c. 1880-1939:
[a] Theories and Mechanisms of Imperialism; Growth of Militarism; Power
Blocs and Alliances: Expansion of European Empires - War of 1914 - 1918
[b] The Post-1919 World Order: Economic Crises, the Great Depression and
Recovery.

Unit-4 Post 1919 Political Development :
[a] Fascism and Nazism.
[b] The Spanish Civil War.
[c] Origins of the Second World War.

Unit-5 Cultural and Intellectual Developments since c. 1850:
[a] Changing Contexts: [i] Notions of Culture [ii] Creation of a New Public
Sphere and Mass Media [iii] Mass Education and Extension of Literacy.
[b] Creation of New Cultural Forms: from Romanticism to Abstract Art.
[c] Major Intellectual Trends: Darwin and Freud.
[d] Culture and the making of Ideologies: Constructions of Race, Class and
Gender, Ideologies of Empire.

Recommended Readings:

Gerald Brennan: The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background
of the Civil War
C.M. Cipolla: Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume II the Present (1981).
Norman Davies, Europe: A History
J. Evans: The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe.
T.S. Hamerow: Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany
E.J. Hobsbawn : The Age of Revolution.
Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.
James Joll, Europe Since 1870.
David Landes: Promctheus Unbound.
George Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution.
George Lichtheim: A Short History of Socialism.
Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution.
Alec Nove: An Economic History of the USSR.
Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760 -1914 (1994).
Antbony Wood, History of Europe, 1815-1960 (1983).
G. Barrowclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History.
Fernand Braudel, History and the Social Science in M. Aymard and H. Mukhia eds. French
Studies in History, Vol. I (1989).
Maurice Dobb: Soviet Economic Development Since 1917.
M. Perrot and G. Duby [eds.]: A History of Women in the West,
H.J. Hanham; Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 û 1914.
E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism.
Charles and Barbara Jelavich: Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840-1920.
James Joll, Origins of the First World war (1989).
Jaon B. Landes: Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution.
David lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country.
Colin Licas: The French Revolution and the Making of Modern Political Culture, Volume 2.
Nicholas Mansergh: The Irish Question, 1840 - 1921.
K.O. Morgan: Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Volume 3
R.P. Morgan: German Social Democracy and the First International.
N.V. Riasanovsky: A History of Russia.
J.M. Robert, Europe 1880 - 1985.
J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History.
Albert Soboul: History of the French Revolution (in two volumes).
Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century, The Past and the
Present (1981).
Dorothy Thompson: Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution.
E.P. Thompson: Making of the English Working Class.
Michel Vovelle, fall of the French Monarchy (1984).
H. Seton Watson: The Russian Empire.
Raymond Williams: Culture and Society.

RISE OF THE MODERN WEST - II

Course Objective:

(i) This paper will help the students to know about the 17th century European
crisis, the English Revolution
(ii) The Scientific development from 15th to 17th century , Growth of mercantilism
(iii) End of Absolute Monarchy and growth of Parliamentary Democracy
(iv) The American and Industrial Revolutio

Unit-1 17th century European crisis:
economic, social and political
dimensions.

Unit-2 The English Revolution:
major issues; political and intellectual
currents.

Unit-3 Rise of Modern Science in relation to European society
from the Renaissance to the 17th century.
Mercantilism and European economics;
17th and 18th
centuries.

Unit-4 European politics in the 18th century:
parliamentary
monarchy; patterns of Absolutism in Europe.

Unit-5
(a) Political and economic issues in the American Revolution.
(b) Preludes to the Industrial Revolution.

Recommended Readings:

T.S. Aston and C.H.E. Philpin (eds.), The Brenner Debate.
H. Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science.
Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and
III.Carlo M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy, 1000
-1700. 3rd ed. (1993)
D.C. Coleman (ed.), Revisions in Mercantilism.
Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics.
Maurice Dobb, Studies in the Development of Capitalism.
J.R. Hale, Renaissance Europe.
R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton.
Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions.
Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism.
H.G. Koenigsberger and G.L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century.
Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789.
G. Parker, Europe in Crisis, 1598 - 1648.
G. Parker and L.M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century.
J.H. Parry, The Age of Renaissance.
Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern
Europe.
V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe. 1618 -48.
Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe.
V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400-1715.
Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600 û 1750.
M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century.
Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State.
Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe.
B. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850.
The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. I - VI.
James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France, New Approaches to European History.
G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517-1559.
M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453-1517.
Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists.
J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs.
Peter Mathias, First Industrial revolution.
Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460-1600.
Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance (1996).
The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I - VII.
L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century Europe.
D. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe.
F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

Android Programming

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 Introduce Android Operating System.
 Discuss Android based programming language.

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Explain Android based Technologies.
 Design and Develop Android Applications

Unit I: 2L
Introduction: History of Android, Introduction to Android Operating Systems, Android Development
Tools, Android Architecture.

Unit II: 4L
Overview of object oriented programming using Java: OOPs Concepts: Inheritance, Polymorphism,
Interfaces, Abstract class, Threads, Overloading and Overriding, Java Virtual Machine.

Unit III: 4L
Development Tools: Installing and using Eclipse with ADT plug-in, Installing Virtual machine for
Android sandwich/Jelly bean (Emulator), configuring the installed tools, creating an android project –
Hello Word, run on emulator, Deploy it on USB-connected Android device.

Unit IV: 2L
User Interface Architecture: Application context, intents, Activity life cycle, multiple screen sizes.

Unit V: 2L
User Interface Design: Form widgets, Text Fields, Layouts, Button control, toggle buttons, Spinners
(Combo boxes), Images, Menu, and Dialog.

Unit VI: 2L
Database: Understanding of SQLite database, connecting with the database.

Books Recommended:

1. Android application development for java programmers. By James C. Sheusi. Publisher: Cengage
Learning, 2013
Computer Lab Based on Android Programming:
ANDROID APPLICATION DEVLOPMENT USING TOOLS LIKE
 JAVA
 HTML5
 XML
 ANDROID STUDIO
 SQLite

Internet Technologies

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 Design a webpage using HTML and CSS.
 Make an interactive webpage using JavaScript.
 Use Server side scripting language to make a dynamic webpage.

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Design dynamic and interactive web pages by embedding Java Script code in HTML and
using Java Script to validate user input.
 Apply CSS in Webpages.
 Create website using Server Side Scripting language.
 Database connectivity to Webpages.

Unit I: 6L
Introduction to Web Design: Introduction to hypertext markup language (html) document type
definition, creating web pages, graphical elements, lists, hyperlinks, tables, web forms, inserting
images, frames.

Unit II: 4L
Customized Features: Cascading style sheets, (css) for text formatting and other manipulations.

Unit III: 6L
JavaScript: Data types, operators, functions, control structures, events and event handling.

Unit IV: 12L
Java: Use of Objects, Array and Array List class, Designing classes, Inheritance, Input/Output,
Exception Handling.

Unit V: 8L
JDBC: JDBC Fundamentals, Establishing Connectivity and working with connection interface,
Working with statements, Creating and Executing SQL Statements, Working with Result Set
Objects.

Unit VI: 16L
JSP: Introduction to JavaServer Pages, HTTP and Servlet Basics, The Problem with Servlets, The
Anatomy of a JSP Page, JSP Processing, JSP Application Design with MVC, Setting Up the JSP
Environment, Implicit JSP Objects, Conditional Processing, Displaying Values

Unit VII: 8L
Using an expression to Set an Attribute, Declaring Variables and Methods, Error Handling and
Debugging, Sharing Data Between JSP Pages, Requests, and Users, Database Access.

Books Recommended:
1. Web Enabled Commercial Application Development Using Html, Dhtml, javascript, Perl
Cgi by Ivan Bayross, BPB Publications, 2009.
2. BIG Java Cay Horstmann, Wiley Publication , 3rd Edition., 2009
3. Java 7, The Complete Reference, Herbert Schildt, 8th Edition, 2009.
4. The Complete Reference J2EE, TMH, Jim Keogh, 2002.
5. Java Server Pages, Hans Bergsten, Third Edition, O'Reilly Media December 2003.

Computer Lab Based on Internet Technologies:
 Design dynamic and interactive web pages to validate user input.
 Apply CSS, JSP in Webpages.
 Apply database connectivity in a Webpage.

HISTORY OF INDIA II

Course Objective:

(i) The objective of this course is to acquaint the students with agrarian economy,
the growth of urban centres in northern and central India and the Deccan as well
as craft production, trade routes and coinage
(ii) Varna, jati, gender, marriage and property relations Process of State Formation and
the Mauryan and post-Mauryan plities with special reference to the Kushnas,
Satavahanas and Gana-Sanghas.Land grants, land rights and peasantry, urban
decline and
(iii)Gupta empire and post Gupta polities and the religion philosophy and society circa
300 BCE-CE 750

Unit-1 Economy and Society (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300):
[a] Expansion of agrarian economy: production relations.
[b] Urban growth: north India, central India and the Deccan; craft Production: trade and
trade routes; coinage.
[c] Social stratification: class, Varna, jati, untouchability; gender; marriage and property
relations

Unit-2 Changing political formations (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300):
a] The Mauryan Empire
[b] Post-Mauryan Polities with special reference to the Kushanas and the Satavahanas;
Gana-Sanghas.

Unit-3 Towards early medieval India [circa CE fourth century to CE 750]:
[a] Agrarian expansion: land grants, changing production relations; graded Land rights
and peasantry.
[b] The problem of urban decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban Settlements.
[c] Varna, proliferation of jatis: changing norms of marriage and property.
[d] The nature of polities: the Gupta empire and its contemporaries: post- Gupta polities -
Pallavas, Chalukyas,and Vardhanas

Unit-4 Religion, philosophy and society (circa 300 BCE- CE 750):
a) Consolidation of the brahmanical tradition: dharma,Varnashram, Purusharthas,
samskaras.
(b) Theistic cults (from circa second century BC): Mahayana; the Puranic tradition.
(c) The beginnings of Tantricism

Unit-5 Cultural developments (circa 300 BCE û CE 750):
[a] A brief survey of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil literature. Scientific and technical
treatises
[b] Art and architecture & forms and patronage; Mauryan, post-Mauryan, Gupta, postGupta

Recommended Readings:

B.D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India, 1994.
D. P. Chattopadhyaya, History of Science and Technology in Ancient India
D. D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History,
S. K. Maity, Economic Life in Northern India in the Gupta Period,
B. P. Sahu (ed), Land System and Rural Society in Early India,
K. A. N. Sastri, A History of South India.
R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism, 1980.
R.S.Sharma,UrbanDecay in India,c.300-1000
Romila Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, 1997.
Susan Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain
N. N. Bhattacharya, Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents
J. C. Harle, The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent
P. L. Gupta, Coins.
Kesavan Veluthat, The Early Medieval in South India.
Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to 1300. 

HTML Programming

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 Introduce Web, Website designing and HTML.
 Enable students to use different HTML tags.
 Enable students to design and deploy web-sites.

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Demonstrate competency in using basic HTML codes.
 Develop efficient web pages and web sites.
 Develop interactive web pages using forms.
 Understand and use CSS in styling the web pages.

Unit I: 1L
Introduction: Introduction to WWW, Internet, Browser, HTTP, HTML.

Unit II: 2L
The Basics: The Head, the Body, Colors, Attributes, Lists, ordered and unordered

Unit III: 3L
Links: Introduction, Relative Links, Absolute Links, Link Attributes, Using the ID
Attribute to Link Within a Document

Unit IV: 2L
Images: Putting an Image on a Page, Using Images as Links, Putting an Image in the
Background

Unit V: 4L
Tables: Creating a Table, Table Headers, Captions, Spanning Multiple Columns,
Styling Table

Unit VI: 3L
Forms: Basic Input and Attributes, Other Kinds of Inputs, Styling forms with CSS,
Where To Go From Here

Books Recommended:
1. Introduction to HTML and CSS -- O'Reilly , 2010
2. Jon Duckett, HTML and CSS, John Wiely, 2012
3. HTML QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide To HTML --ClydeBank
Technology, 2015.
4. A Smarter Way to Learn HTML & CSS (Volume 2)-- Mark Myers ,2015

Computer Lab Based on HTML Programming:
 Design HTML pages using various tags
 Implement CSS to HTML