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
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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.