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| 1. | Physical Setting- Space relationship of India with neighboring countries
- Structure and relief
- Drainage system and watersheds Physiographic regions
- Mechanism of Indian monsoons and rainfall patterns
- Tropical cyclones and western disturbances
- Floods and droughts
- Climatic regions
- Natural vegetation
- Soil types and their distributions
| Lecture 1 Video and Assignment |
| 2. | Lecture 2 Video and Assignment |
| 3. | Lecture 3 Video and Assignment |
| 4. | Resources- Land, surface, and ground water
- Energy
- Minerals
- Biotic and marine resources
- Forest and wild life resources and their conservation
- Energy crisis
| Lecture 4 Video and Assignment |
| 5. | Lecture 5 Video and Assignment |
| 6. | Lecture 6 Video and Assignment |
| 7. | Agriculture- Infrastructure: irrigation, seeds, fertilizers, power
- Institutional factors: land holdings, land tenure and land reforms
- Cropping pattern, agricultural productivity, agricultural intensity, crop combination, land capability
- Agro and social-forestry
- Green revolution and its socio- economic and ecological implications
- Significance of dry farming
- Livestock resources and white revolution
- Aqua – culture
- Sericulture, apiculture, and poultry
- Agricultural regionalization
- Agro-climatic zones
Agro-ecological regions. | Lecture 7 Video and Assignment |
| 8. | Lecture 8 Video and Assignment |
| 9. | Lecture 9 Video and Assignment |
| 10. | Lecture 10 Video and Assignment |
| 11. | Industry: Evolution of Industries- Locational factors of cotton, jute, textile, iron and steel, aluminum, fertilizer, paper, chemical and pharmaceutical, automobile, cottage, and agro-based industries
- Industrial houses and complexes including public sector undertakings
- Industrial regionalization
- New industrial policies
- Multinationals and liberalization
- Special Economic Zones
Tourism including eco-tourism | Lecture 11 Video and Assignment |
| 12. | Lecture 12 Video and Assignment |
| 13. | Lecture 13 Video and Assignment |
| 14. | Transport, Communication and Trade- Road, railway, waterway, airway and pipeline networks and their complementary roles in regional development
- Growing importance of ports on national and foreign trade
- Trade balance
- Trade Policy
- Export processing zones
- Developments in communication and information technology and their impacts on economy and society
- Indian space programme
| Lecture 14 Video and Assignment |
| 15. | Lecture 15 Video and Assignment |
| 16. | Lecture 16 Video and Assignment |
| 17. | Cultural Setting- Historical Perspective of Indian Society: Racial, linguistic, and ethnic diversities
- Religious minorities
Major tribes, tribal areas, and their problems - Cultural regions
- Growth, distribution, and density of population
- Demographic attributes: sex-ratio, age structure, literacy rate, work-force, dependency ratio, longevity
- Migration (inter-regional, intra- regional and international) and associated problems
- Population problems and policies
- Health indicators
| Lecture 17 Video and Assignment |
| 18. | Lecture 18 Video and Assignment |
| 19. | Settlements- Types, patterns, and morphology of rural settlements
- Urban developments
- Morphology of Indian cities
- Functional classification of Indian cities Conurbations and metropolitan regions
- Urban sprawl
- Slums and associated problems
- Town planning
- Problems of urbanization and remedies
| Lecture 19 Video and Assignment |
| 20. | Lecture 20 Video and Assignment |
| 21. | Regional Development and Planning- Experience of regional planning in India
- Five Year PlansIntegrated rural development programmes
- Panchayati Raj and decentralized planning
- Command area development Watershed management
- Planning for backward area, desert, drought prone, hill, tribal area development
- Multi-level planning
- Regional planning and development of island territories
| Lecture 21 Video and Assignment |
| 22. | Lecture 22 Video and Assignment |
| 23. | Political Aspects- Geographical basis of Indian federalism
- State reorganization
- Emergence of new states
- Regional consciousness and interstate issues
- International boundary of India and related issues
- Cross border terrorism
- India՚s role in world affairs
- Geopolitics of South Asia and Indian Ocean realm
| Lecture 23 Video and Assignment |
| 24. | Lecture 24 Video and Assignment |
| 25. | Contemporary Issues- Ecological issues
- Environmental hazards: landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and droughts, epidemics
- Issues relating to environmental pollution
- Changes in patterns of land use
- Principles of environmental impact assessment and environmental management
- Population explosion and food security
- Environmental degradation
- Deforestation, desertification, and soil erosion
- Problems of agrarian and industrial unrest
- Regional disparities in economic development
- Concept of sustainable growth and development
- Environmental awareness; Linkage of rivers
- Globalization and Indian economy
| Lecture 25 Video and Assignment |
| 26. | 2020 Updates Lectures Based on Contemporary Developments (Common Lecture for Physical, Human & India Geography Course)- Agriculture – Innovation, Farm Reforms, Stubble Burning Solutions, Global Studies, Super Absorbent Polymers
- Climate Change: Vanuatu – coconut fuel, Whale, Arctic Permafrost, Mock Meat (Food and Carbon footprints) , Nauru
- Geography of Pandemics, Disease Ecology, Health and Medical Tourism in India, Biomedical Waste Management
- Fastest growing Food Industry: Seaweeds
- Biomimicry, Beaver Dam, HEP Solutions, Natel՚s Turbine: Environment
- Flooding: Bangladesh case study
- Renewable Sources of Energy: Lithium Batteries, Ethanol, Green Hydrogen (Neom, Saudi Arabia)
- Reverse Migration, Lone Eagle Cities (Work from Home)
- Climate Refugees: Environmental Migration
- Geography of Ladakh: Leh (Nyoma, Durbok, Khalsi, Karoo, Likir, Nubra) , Kargil (Dras, Zanskar, Chiktan, Sankoo)
| Lecture 2020 Updates Video and Assignment |