ABOUT THE COURSE
This course is
designed to introduce the role of infrastructure in economic growth.
The broad view of physical as well as social infrastructure will be
dealt in depth which will be helpful for the students at UG level
and
also for the M.Tech students in Civil and Engineering, researchers at
various infrastructure firms and Non Governmental organization in
social sector.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Nalin
Bharti is an Assistant Professor of Economics (in School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna)
and works in the field of Macroeconomic Reforms, WTO and India. After
finishing doctorate from JNU, New Delhi in 2005 he has served 12th
Finance Commission, Government of India and NALSAR University of Law
Hyderabad (India’s top Law School).He has a large contribution in
National as well as in international Journal and books. He has also
supervised projects for UNICEF. His
recent book Privatization Unbound, Bookwell, 2009 is
an important inclusion for India’s top economic and business
institution.
CERTIFICATION EXAM
The exam is optional.
Dates of exams: 6 September 2015 and 13 September 2015.
Time: 1pm - 4pm
The list of cities where the exam will be conducted will be available in the registration form.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations, most likely in July 2015.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee of Rs 1000, needs to be paid through online mode of payment.
CERTIFICATE
Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam.
It will also have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will also be e-verifiable on the nptel.ac.in/noc website.
SYLLABUS OUTLINE
Week-1-
Economics and Infrastructure
Week-2- Finance for Infrastructure
Week-3- Infrastructure and Economic Growth
Week-4- Challenges for
Infrastructure Development
Week-5- Economic Model for Infrastructure
Development
Week-6- Infrastructure in an Open Economy,
Week-7-
Infrastructure Development in India
Week-8- A Comparison of
Infrastructure in India with world.
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