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Academic Calendar, 2019-20 |
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Term |
Duration |
Dates |
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Term 1 |
6 Weeks |
Monday, 15th July - Saturday, 24th August, 2019 |
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Term 2 |
6 Weeks |
Monday, 26th August - Thursday, 03rd October, 2019 |
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First ELM Week |
10 Days |
Friday, 04th October - Sunday, 13th October, 2019 |
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Term 3 |
6 Weeks |
Monday, 14th October - Saturday, 23rd November, 2019 |
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Term 4 |
4 Weeks |
Monday, 25th November - Sunday, 22nd December, 2019 |
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Winter Break |
14 Days |
Monday, 23rd December - Sunday, 5th January, 2020 |
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Term 5 |
4 Weeks |
Monday, 06th January - Thursday, 06th February, 2020 |
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Second ELM Week |
10 Days |
Friday, 7th February - Sunday, 16th February, 2020 |
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Term 6 |
6 Weeks |
Monday, 17th February - Saturday, 28th March, 2020 |
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Term 7 |
6 Weeks |
Monday, 30th March - Saturday, 09th May, 2020 |
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Term 8 |
6 Weeks |
Monday, 11th May - Saturday, 13th June, 2020 |
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Convocation |
Saturday, 20th June, 2020 |
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The year-long YIF programme is delivered over 8 Terms. Typically each Term lasts for 6 weeks
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Each course is taught for a span of 10 classes of 2 hours each. The final deliverables differ from course to course and Fellows are expected to complete their individual and team requirements by the stated deadlines
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Project work under the Experiential Learning Module (ELM), which carries 4 credits starts in Term 2 and continues alongside the regular courses for the remaining 5 Terms. There are two 2-week long ELM breaks during the year designated exclusively for ELM project work.
The YIF offers a dynamic range of courses every year that are carefully curated and offered by renowned faculty from India and abroad. Core courses need to be completed by all Fellows, while electives are offered as choices that Fellows are free to pick from.
Core Courses & Elective Courses
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SL.No. |
Course |
Faculty |
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1 |
Foundations of Leadership |
Prof. Dwight Jaggard |
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2 |
JM Financial Lectures on Reason and the Makers of Modern India |
Prof. Rudrangshu Mukherjee |
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3 |
Art Appreciation |
Prof. Anunaya Chaubey |
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4 |
Fundamentals of Law |
Prof. Apurv Mishra |
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5 |
Heart of Leadership |
Prof. Kenwyn Smith |
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6 |
Economic Reasoning and Public Policy: An Introduction to Applied Microeconomics |
Prof. A.K.Shivakumar |
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7 |
Whose Heritage Is It? |
Prof. Shobita Punja |
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8 |
Kabir: The Poet of Vernacular Modernity |
Prof. Purushottam Agrawal |
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9 |
Indian Ecosophy |
Prof. Aseem Shrivastava |
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10 |
Mathematical Thinking |
Prof. Maya Saran |
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11 |
Problem Solving and Statistical Thinking in Modern Life |
Prof. Santosh Venkatesh |
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12 |
Science as a Renaissance Activity |
Prof. Vijay Singh |
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13 |
Translating India |
Prof. Rita Kothari |
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14 |
Paradise Lost: A Text for Our Times |
Prof. Malabika Sarkar |
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15 |
Why is Globalisation on Trial? |
Prof. Nayan Chanda |
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16 |
Making Sense of Indian Elections |
Prof. Gilles Verniers |
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17 |
Totalitarian Century? |
Prof. Dilip Simeon |
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18 |
Law and Economics |
Prof. Subhashish Gangopadhyay |
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19 |
India's Economy - Past, Present and Near Future |
Prof. Omkar Goswami |
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20 |
The Historical Moment |
Prof. Patrick French & Prof. T.C.A. Raghavan |
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21 |
Issues in Social Democracy and Social Justice in India |
Prof. Narendra Jadhav |
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22 |
Basic Group Dynamics |
Prof. Kenwyn Smith |
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23 |
The Arts of Communication |
Prof. Mihir Mankad |
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24 |
Women, Society and Changing India |
Prof. Urvashi Butalia |
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25 |
Adaptive Leadership and Managerial Communication |
Prof. Mihir Mankad |
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26 |
Gender and Culture in Bombay Cinema |
Prof. Geetanjali Chanda |
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27 |
Shakespeare and the World |
Prof. Gil Harris & Prof. Madhavi Menon |
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28 |
International Relations |
Prof. Devesh Kapur & Prof. E. Sridharan |
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29 |
India and the World - A Strategic History Since 1945 |
Prof. Rudra Chaudhuri |
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30 |
Deconstructing Select Foreign Policy Challenges and Responses : A Practitioner's Perspective |
Prof. Arun Singh |
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31 |
Global Ecosophy |
Prof. Aseem Shrivastava |
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32 |
Philosophy and Cognitive Science |
Prof. Ritwik Agrawal |
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33 |
Religious Pluralism : Models from South Asia |
Prof. Neelima Shukla-Bhatt |
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34 |
Health Systems: Lessons from Comparing National Health Systems |
Prof. Manoj Mohanan |
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35 |
Patterns of Meaning - Exploring the Borderlands of Philosophy, Science and Religion |
Prof. Raja Rosenhagen |
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36 |
Morality and the Good Life |
Prof. Clancy Martin |
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37 |
Energy Policy in India |
Prof. Rohit Chandra |
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38 |
Essentials of Business |
Prof. Kartik Sheth |
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39 |
Indian Society: Imaginations, Structures and Identities |
Prof. Surinder Singh Jodhka |
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40 |
Intergroup Relations |
Prof. Rashmi Nair |