Syllabus for
Bachelor of Commerce (Professional)
Academic Year  (2022)

B Com (Professional) programme is designed for young aspiring management accounting professionals, equipped with strategic decision-making skills, with an ethical and global outlook.

Programme Outcome/Programme Learning Goals/Programme Learning Outcome:

PO2: Effectively employ knowledge of Finance, Investment and Risk management for business value creation.

PO3: Exhibit Discipline Specific expertise in the areas of Finance, Banking and Insurance.

PO4: Apply the knowledge of tax, legal framework governing business activities.

PO5: Demonstrate entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindset to promote innovation and creativity in business.

PO6: Identify and solve business problems through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach.

PO7: Assume the role of competent accounting professionals with strong ethical values and with a deep concern for environmental, societal, and governance issues.

PO8: Conduct independent research in the areas of specialisation and recommend optimal solutions.

PO9: Exhibit digital proficiency required to function effectively in a dynamic business environment.

PO10: Demonstrate leadership traits, communication skills and innovative thinking for optimal performance in personal, professional and societal and environmental domains.

PO11: Exhibit social sensitivity to embrace diversity and inclusion and promote peaceful coexistence.

Evaluation Pattern:

Department of Professional Studies follows a rigorous system of continuous evaluation, and the assessment events include quizzes, tests, assignments, mid-term and end-term exams, individual/group project work, presentations etc.  

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

·       In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

Organisational study is offered in the first semester UG programme of Department of Professional Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). The course is run on a self-study mode where in students visit a large manufacturing/service organisation and study in detail about the functioning of the chosen organisation. This is a 30 hours on-site study which aims to familiarize the students with the day-to-day functions and challenges faced by a business. The key points to be focused on the study include industry profile, company and product profile, mission, vision, objectives and strategies of the organization, organization chart - design & structure, policies and procedures followed, functions of various departments and their managers, SWOT analysis, key result areas (KRAs), significant factors for success, competitor analysis, system of accounting followed, product promotional measures, HR Policy, training and appraisal measures , financial highlights and future plans for growth of the organization. The study may also include relevant digital tools/software/platforms used in the organization. This course familiarizes the students with real world functions, practices and challenges of a specific business as well as the industry in which the business operates.

The key points to be focused on the study include industry profile, company and product profile, mission, vision, objectives and strategies of the organization, organization chart - design & structure, policies and procedures followed, functions of various departments and their managers, SWOT analysis, key result areas (KRAs), significant factors for success, competitor analysis, system of accounting followed, product promotional measures, HR Policy, training and appraisal measures , financial highlights and future plans for growth of the organization. The study may also include relevant digital tools/software/platforms used in the organization

1. Project Report : 20 

2. Presentation and Viva: 25 

3. Attendance: 5 

(Total : 50 marks) 

This course revisits and strengthens fundamental accounting principles and processes, culminating in the preparation of the financial statements of a sole proprietorship business. It also introduces certain fundamental Indian Accounting Standards (Ind ASs), besides completing the accounting modules for partnership firms, i.e. discussing the accounting treatment for dissolution, amalgamation, and sale of partnership firms.

Introduction to accounting; Double-entry system; Ind AS 1: Financial statements, purpose, general features (true and fair view, going concern, accrual basis, materiality and aggregation, offsetting, frequency of reporting, comparative information, consistency);  Other assumptions and conventions (business entity, money measurement, conservatism), Basic accounting procedure: journal entries, ledgers, subsidiary books, cash book, capital and revenue expenditure/receipts, rectification of errors, trial balance, bank reconciliation statement

Preparation of Statement of Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet: structure, contents; problems based on trial balance and adjustments

Ind AS 2 (Inventories): measurement—cost, cost formulas, net realisable value; recognition asan expense; basic problems

Ind AS 18 (Revenue): measurement; identification of transaction; sale of goods; rendering of services; interest, royalties and dividends; basic examples

Ind AS 16 (Property, Plant and Equipment): measurement at recognition; depreciation, depreciation method, change in method (Ind AS 8); derecognition; problems on the above

Ind AS 40 (Investment Property): recognition, measurement, transfers, disposals; basic problems

Accounting procedure for closing of books of account—journal entries, ledger accounts; piecemeal distribution, insolvency of partners, Garner Vs Murray rule, applicability in India, deficiency account, treatment of unrecorded assets and liabilities

Meaning and objectives; journal entries and ledger accounts to close the books of amalgamating firms; accounting treatment of assets and liabilities not taken over by the new firm; treatment of goodwill; opening entries in the books of the new firm; balance sheet of the new firm

Introduction; need for conversion; meaning of purchase consideration; methods of calculating purchase consideration—net payment method, net asset method; passing of journal entries and preparation of ledger accounts in the books of vendor; treatment of certain items—dissolution expenses, unrecorded assets and liabilities, assets and liabilities not taken over by the purchasing company, contingent liabilities, non-assumption of trade liabilities; in the books of purchasing company—passing of incorporation entries, treatment of security premium, fresh issue of shares and debentures to meet working capital, preparation of balance sheet

2. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Indian Accounting Standards (IND ASs)

2. Arulanandam M.A., & Raman K. S. (2014). Advanced Accountancy (6ed.). Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing House 

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper. 

This course is designed to familiarize students with the basic concepts of economics which are relevant to business. The application of theories and models, predominantly of micro economics to business decision making is the main focus of the course. A cursory knowledge of Macro economic factors impacting business is also given.

Meaning- characteristics, distinction between business economics and pure economics, scope of business economics, uses/objectives of business economics

Approaches to the study of consumer behaviour, cardinal approach, Law of Equi-marginal utility, ordinal approach, indifference curve analysis, properties, consumer surplus, meaning, analysis, limitations

Demand (Determinants, Demand function), Law of Demand, Variations in demand, Supply (Determinants, Supply function), Law of Supply, Variations in Supply, Market equilibrium and changes in equilibrium (reference to product markets & factor markets), Interferencewith market prices, Minimum price & Maximum price and its effect, Market failure, meaning & types, Public goods, Externalities, Merit goods, Demerit goods Demand: Elasticity of Demand, Price elasticity of demand, factors determining elasticity of demand, its measurement and its application in business decisions, concepts of Income& Cross, Promotional elasticity of demand, Supply: Elasticity of Supply, factors determining elasticity of supply, Demand forecasting, Survey and statistical methods

Production, Firm and Industry, Production function, Production runs or Periods (short run and long run), Production in the short run, Law of variable proportions, Production in the long run, Returns to scale (increasing, constant and decreasing returns to scale), Economies of scale and Diseconomies of scale, Factor Pricing: Rent, Wages, Interest and Profit.

Cost - Cost concepts (Absolute cost and opportunity cost, Accounting cost and Economic cost) – Fixed and Variable cost – TC, AC & MC, Cost-output relationship in the short run - Cost-output relationship in the long run. Revenue – TR, AR & MR - Revenue with no change in price – Revenue with change in price.

Perfect Competition: Assumptions, price and output decisions. Equilibrium of the firm and the industry in the short and the long runs, including industry’s long run supply, producer surplus. Shut down point under perfect competition market, Monopoly: Behaviour of a monopolist in the short and the long run. Price discrimination by a monopolist-1st degree, 2nd degree and 3rd degree.

2. Salvatore & Srivatsava (2012): Managerial Economics, 7th Edition, Oxford University Press

3.     Maheshwari (2012): Managerial Economics, 3^rd Edition, PHI

4.     HL Ahuja (2019), Business Economics, S Chand Publishing

2. Atmanada (2014): Managerial Economics, 2^nd Edition, Excel Books

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

The course aims to provide conceptual understanding of cost accounting. It focuses on the computation of various components of cost, such as material, labour, and overheads. It also covers modules on specific cost accounting methods like job costing and contract costing, and process costing.

Introduction – Definition – Fundamental Principles –Scope, Functions and objectives – Merits & Demerits –Methods & Techniques-Cost Accounting and financial accounting comparison; Elements of Cost – Cost vs. Expense- Cost Centre, Cost Unit & Cost object- Classification of Cost- Costs for decision making - Installation of Costing system - Cost Sheet - Tenders and Quotations (Problems)

Meaning and classification of material- Purchase Procedure& documentation - Store Keeping Functions; Inventory Control - Fixation of Levels- Periodical and Perpetual Inventory, ABC Analysis, EOQ (Problems); Stores issue - Methods of Pricing of materials – FIFO – LIFO - Simple and Weighted Average Methods. (Problems)

Meaning & classification of Labour- Attendance and payroll procedure- Time Keeping - Methods of Time Keeping - Time Booking – Records - Idle Time - Causes for Idle Time - Treatment of Idle Time – Overtime – Labour Turnover—Labour Remuneration - Features of Good Wage System –Remuneration system and incentive schemes-Time Wage System, Piece Rate System, Problems on Taylor’s Differential Piece Rate System, Halsey Premium Plan and Rowan Plan. (Problems)

Meaning and definition –Classification of Overheads- Allocation & Apportionment of overheads (Primary Distribution) Apportionment of Service Department Costs to Production Departments (Secondary Distribution- Reciprocal basis). Absorption of Overheads - Methods - percentage of Direct Material Cost - Direct Labour Cost - Prime Cost - Direct Labour Hour Rate and Machine Hour Rate

Job and Contract Costing: Meaning and nature- Difference between Job Costing and Contract Costing – Preparation of Contract Accounts- Ascertainment of Profit/Loss on Contract – Work In Progress and Balance Sheet –Profits on incomplete contracts-Cost Plus and Estimated Contracts (Problems)

 Process Costing:Meaning and nature- Preparation of process Accounts- Normal Loss - Abnormal Loss/gain - (Including Inter-Process Profit and Equivalent Production) Preparation of Process Accounts and Joint and By-Products

Need for reconciliation- Reasons for difference in profits- Reconciliation- Re-modelling of financial books, Reconciliation for difference in profits, Method of reconciliation (Problems)

2.      Arora M N – (2012) A Text book of Cost & Management Accounting, Vikas Publishing, New Delhi

3.      Lal Jawahar, Srivastava Seema. (2013) Cost Accounting, 5thEdition, Tata Mcgraw-Hill, Delhi

2.      Sharma &Shashi. K Gupta (2012) Cost & Management Accounting Kalyani Publishers

3.      Kishore. M. Ravi. (2014) Business Strategy and Strategic Cost Management, 1st Edition, Taxmann Publications, New Delhi

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

This paper intends to develop conceptual knowledge of Business management and Organizational Behaviour. The study approach enables students understand and analyze practical aspects of management and Organizational Behaviour to become skilled at the art of getting things done through people in a corporate business scenario.

Management: Definition – Nature, process and significance of management - Evolution of Management Thought: Classical Management Approaches, Behavioural Management Approaches, Quantitative Management Approach, Modern Management Approaches - Management as a Science or Art - Management as a profession - Role of managers - Managerial Skills and Roles – Changing Hierarchies of Managers – What makes managers successful? – Indian contribution to Management Practice – Contemporary trends in Management thinking

Personality – MBTI, The Big Five Model, Personality types in different cultures - Perception, Perceptual Process, Perceptual Distortions – Stereotyping, Halo Effect, Contrast Effects, Self-fulfilling prophecy, Projection, Contrast Effects, Impression Management, Attribution Theory, Attributions across cultures - Attitudes, Components of Attitude, the ABC model, Formation of Attitudes, Job Satisfaction & Measuring Job Satisfaction

Nature and importance of motivation- Theories of Motivation: Early theories - Scientific Management & Human Relations Model- Contemporary theories: Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory, Herzberg two-factor theory, Vrooms expectancy theory & Porters performance satisfaction model. Nature and importance of leadership- Leadership theories- contemporary issues on leadership

Nature of Groups: Types of groups – Formal & Informal groups -Why do people join groups? -Group Development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing & Adjourning - Pitfalls of Groups: Status, Group norms, Risky shifts, polarisation & Groupthink.

Teams: Types of Teamwork, Problem solving, Management & Virtual Teams – Implementing teams in organization – Effective Teamwork - Team issues

Power-Power dynamics – Power Indicators – Determinants of power – Consequences of power- Sources of power- Effective use of power – Power tactics

Politics – Essence of politics – types of political activities -Ethics of Power & Politics

Nature of Conflict – Changing view of conflict – Functional & dysfunctional conflict – The process of conflict – Negotiation & Conflict resolution - Managerial implications of conflict – Workplace deviance

Organizational Culture, Types of Organizational Culture, Organization Cultural Models – Edger Schein, Robert Cooke, Hofstede Model, Communicating with Emotional Intelligence, Effective Interpersonal Communication, Cross-cultural Communication - Lewis Model, Organizational Development

2. Smith, Paul., Yellowley, Windy & McLachlan, Christopher. (2020) Organisation Behaviour: Managing People in Dynamic Business Organisations, Taylor & Francis

3.  Ashwathappa, K (2016). Organisation Behaviour, Himayala Publishing House

4.  Stephen P.Robbins, M. C. (2012). Management (11th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc.

2.      Beasley, N. I. (2012). Inside Coca-Cola: A CEO's Life Story of Building the World's Most Popular Brand. St. Martin's Griffin.

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

This is a cross-functional course that aims to offer conceptual understanding of branding and its application on an individual level as opposed to a product, organization or an event. The course encourages the participants to explore various communication mediums to create, build and manage personal brands in analogous and digital spaces.

Introduction to branding - Evolution of personal branding - social media & mediums of personal branding - Soft marketing and age of the influencer - Understanding personal branding styles through case studies - Challenges of personal branding

Understand yourself: Self-Analysis using IKIGAI, Journaling & Personality tests, - Choosing a medium to showcase your branding – Creating a niche for your personal brand, -Introduction to Copywriting, - Common pitfalls while building your personal branding.

Story Telling for personal branding, Content Creation: Resume, Business Cards, own website, Blogging, Digital media- Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram - Tools & analytics for building your personal brand.

2. Chritton, Susan (2012). Personal Branding for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc

3. Nagpal, Dr. Amit., & Hindustani, Dr. Prakash. (2017). Personal Branding, Storytelling and beyond, 2^nd edition, Storymirror Infotech Private Limited

4. Gulati, Gaurav. (2017).I’M A BRAND: A blueprint for building heard-turning personal brand

2. Young, Trevor (2013). microDomination: How to leverage social media and content marketing to build a mini-business empire around your personal brand, Wiley

CIA (Overall): 45 marks

Attendance: 5 marks

Total: 50 Marks

Every individual should maintain an optimal state of physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing. Adopting a healthy lifestyle is essential to attain this. In this course the idea of physical, mental and social wellness is explored by effectively managing the lifestyle. 

Concept of health, wellbeing and wellness, illness- wellness continuum, Determinants and Components of wellness (WHO) and wellbeing, Health compromising behaviors: Smoking, Alcoholism and substance abuse.

Stress and its impact on health and wellbeing, mechanisms to deal with stress.

Status of mental health Services, the role of mental health professionals, Barriers accessing mental health services, Risks factors to mental health- adverse childhood experiences, disability, ageing, workplace, family history of mental illness, psychos social issues

Interpersonal relationships and its impact on health and wellbeing, need for cultivating positive emotions and attending to healthy relationships and self-care

Lifestyles-sleep, food habits, adverse physical environment, health-enhancing behaviors-dieting, exercise, yoga, mindfulness.

2.     2. Donatelle, R. J., & Davis, L. G. (2011). Health: the basics. Benjamin Cummings.

3.     3. Edlin, G., & Golanty, E. (2007). Health and wellness (9th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Publishers. 

4.     4. Insel, P.M., & Roth, W.T. (2002). Core concepts in health (9th ed.). McGraw- Hill.

2.     2. Wiking, Meik (2016). The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish way to live well, The Happiness Research Institute, Copenhagen

CIA (Overall): 45 marks

Attendance: 5 marks

Total: 50 Marks

• To expose learners to a variety of texts to interact with
• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
• To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values

• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information

·         To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes

·         To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning

·         To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning

·         To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expressions

·         To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

Common errors- subject-verb agreement, punctuation, tense errors 

1. Why We Travel-Pico Iyer

2. What Solo Travel Has Taught Me About the World – and Myself -ShivyaNath- Blogpost

sentence fragments, dangling modifiers, faulty parallelism,

Note taking

1. Thinking Like a Mountain

By Aldo Leopold

2. Short Text: On Cutting a Tree

By Gieve Patel

Paragraph writing

1. Violence in the name of God is Violence against God

By Rev Dr Tveit

2. Poem: Holy Willie's Prayer

By Robert Burns

1. The Story of B24

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 2. Short Text: Aarushi Murder case 

Newspaper report

Essay writing

1.Long text:My Story- Nicole DeFreece

2. short text: Why You Should Never Aim for Six Packs

1.Long Text: Sir Ranjth Singh- Essay by SouravGanguly

2. Short text: Casey at the Bat-  Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Paraphrasing and interpretation skills

Visual Text: Before the Flood

CIA 2=50 

CIA 3= 20 

ESE= 50 marks online and 50 marks written exam

Course Description:  “Latitudes 1”  A1/A2guides the learner in a process of acquisition.  This method leads naturally to communicate and to carry out tasks in French. Learning language skills goes hand in hand with discovering the socio-cultural realities specific to France and the Francophonie.

Course Objectives:  “Latitudes 1”A1/A2 is composed of 4 modules of 3 units. Each module has a general objective and more specific to define the linguistic knowledge with the help of which the learners will implement various skills such as to understand, to speak, to interact and to write. 

o   Salutation

o    Getting acquainted with people

o    Introducing oneself

o    Excusing oneself

• Asking someone to introduce himself/herself
•  Introducing someone

o   Expressing one’s tastes

o   Speaking about one’s plans

o   Asking  someone to do something

o   Asking politely

o   speaking about past actions

o   proposing, accepting, refusing an invitation

o   Indicate the date

o   Fixing an appointment

o   asking and specifying time

o   Expressing one’s positive and negative point of view                 

o   finding out rates

o   asking about quantity

o   expressing quantity

• Course Description: This course mainly deals with the listening, speaking, writing, reading modules of basic German by using different pedagogies and effective strategies in order to meet the requirements of various situations. This course also enables the students to have cross-cultural competencies and cognitive skills. Students will learn how to introduce themselves. Students will be able to create a profile in internet. Students will be able to describe the way and ask for the specific location. Students will be able to have a conversation in Restaurant. Students will be able to schedule an appointment on phone. Students will be able to talk about birthdays.

Course Objectives:

·       To achieve language proficiency skills on the basic level

     To develop the skills demonstrated in the ability to interpret simple text

     To attain some transcultural competency: an awareness of cross-cultural differences between societies.

     To develop the ability to formulate basic questions

Grüßen und verabschieden, sich und andere vorstellen, über sich und andere sprechen, Zahlen bis 20, Telefonnummer und E-mail-Adresse nennen, buchstabieren, über Länder und Sprachen sprechen.

über Hobbys, sich verabreden, Berufe und Arbeitszeiten sprechen, Wochentage benennen, über Arbeit, Zahlen ab 20 nennnen, über Jahreszeiten sprechen, ein Profil im Internet erstellen. Artikel der, die, das, verben und Personalpronomen II, Ja-/Nein- Frage, Plural der Substantive, die verben haben und sein.

Plätze und Gebäude benennen, fragen zu Orten stellen, Texte einer Bildergeschichte zuordnen, Dinge erfragen, Verkehrsmittel benennen, nach dem Weg fragen und einen Weg beschreiben, Texte mit internationalen Wörtern verstehen, Artikel lernen. Bestimmter Artikel: der, die, das, unbestimmter Artikel: ein, eine, ein, Negationsartikel: kein, keine, kein, Imperativ mit Sie.

über essen sprechen, einen Einkauf planen, Gespräche beim Essen führen, mit W-fragen Texte verstehen, Wörter ordnen und lernen, Positionen im Satz, Akkusativ, Verben mit Akkusativ.

Die Uhrzeit verstehen und nennen, Zeitangaben machen, über die Familie sprechen, sich verabreden, sich für eine Verspätung entschuldigen, einen Termin telefonisch vereinbaren. Zeitangaben mit am, um, von.... bis, possessiveartikel: mein, dein..., Modalverben im Satz: Satzklammer, Modalverben müssen, können und wollen.

Etwas gemeinsam planen, über Geburtstage sprechen, eine Einladung verstehen und schreiben, im Restaurant bestellen und bezahlen, über ein Ereignis sprechen, bestimmte Informationen in Texten finden, Veranstaltungstipps im Radio verstehen. Datumsangaben: am ...., trennbare Verben, Präposition für + Akkusativ mich, dich ..., Präteritum von haben und sein.

1.     Studio d A1 set of three books and CD by Herr Mann Funk, Cornelsen publishers

2.     Deutsch Sprachlehre für Ausländer and Glossar Deutsch-English by Heinz Griesbach-Dora Schulz, Max Hueber publishers

3.     Deutsch für den Beruf text book by adelheid h, Max Hueber publishers

4.     Deutsch für den Beruf work book by adelheid h, Max Hueber publishers

5.     Grammatik intensiv trainer A1 Deutsch – Langenscheidt by Mark lester, larry beason, langenscheid publishers

6.     Fit für Goethe Zetifikat A1 start Deutsch 1 by Johaness Gerbes, Frau ke van der Werff, Hueber publishers

7.     Learn german through games and activities level1 Deutsch als Fremdsprache/Kursbuch und Arbeitsbuch and CD by Sabine Emmerich & Federica Colombo, eli publishers

Course Description: 

The detailed text book 'Samakaleen Hindi Kavitha” is a collection of Modern Hindi poems of leading writers of Hindi Poetry edited by Dr.N Mohanan.From the medieval poetry ' Kabir Ke Dohe and Sur ke pad 'is also included.By teaching business correspondence emphasis is being given to functional Hindi too. Hindusthani Music and TranslationPractice also have been included in this semester.

Course Objectives:

Students will be exposed toto read and analyse and appreciate poems by learning poetry. Through translation, students will be able to develop translation skills while translating from other languages and literature.. Business correspondence helps the students to enhance the functional aspects of the language. Students will be exposed to the world of poetry. Through translation, students can understand different languages, literatures and cultures of India

Gazal Ki Parampara and Pramukh kalakar

‘Samakaleen Hindi Kavitha’ (Collection of Poems) Ed by Dr N Mohanan, Rajpal and son's, New Delhi

Level of knowledge: Analytical

                  

Translation-Practice English to Hindi and vise- versa

Level of knowledge:Basic                                           

Vyavasaik Patra Vyavhar (Business letters)                                

1. Mulya Suchi 
2. Adesh
3. Shikayathi
4. Bhugtan

Level of knowledge: Conceptual

Utbhav,Vikas aur paramparaein

Pramukh Sangeethkar-1.Bhimsen Joshi 2.Gulam Ali 3.Pandit Ravishankar 4. Bismillah Khan.

1. Kavya Sankalan - ‘Samakaleen Hindi Kavitha’ (Collection of Poems)Ed. by Dr. N Mohanan.

1. Abhinav Patra-Vyavahar -Dr.Paramanand Gupta

2. Vanijya Hindi By A.R.Narti1.A Hand Book of Translation Studies By Das Bijay Kumar

3. Anuvad Evam Sanchar – Dr Pooranchand Tantan, Rajpal and Son’s, Kashmiri Gate, New Delhi – 110006

4. Anuvad Vignan By Bholanath Tiwari

CIA-2(Mid semester examination)-50 marks

CIA-3(Digital learning-Creating article in Hindi Wikipedia )-20 marks

End sem examination-50 marks

Course Description: “Minna No Nihongo” equips learners with the vital knowledge they need for situational conversations with other individuals in Japanese and guides them to communicate and carry out tasks in Japanese. Since language learning goes hand in hand with culture, this course helps the learners understand Japanese culture.

Course Objectives: “Minna No Nihongo” aims to teach basic greetings, ask situational questions about daily life, express emotions, ideas, & wishes, talk about hobbies, work, and other activities, make & accept invitations, and the like.

• Doing a self-introduction
• Hiragana script
• Katakana script

• Sentence formation
• Asking questions
• Using demonstratives
• Telling time

• Telling time                                                                         
• Making and refusing invitations
• ·Giving & receiving actions
• Describing people, things, & places

• Talk about location, existence, wants, desires                                                                          
• Expressing quantities

·    Identifying, reading, and writing 50 Kanji                 

The course is taught in the  I Semester for BA/B.Sc. students. The selected Poems (Vachanas & Keerthanas ) from Medieval Literature  & Modern Kannada ( Navodaya)  literature are prescribed.  Texts will help students to understand the writings of  Poets as well as  story writers. Short stories of Sara Abubakar, Ravindranath Tagore, and K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi  & Folk tales are prescribed. The syllabus will extend the concerns of family, family relationship, social justice and marginalization. Students should be able to comprehend and respond with grammatical accuracy to spoken and written Kannada as well as to demonstrate cultural awareness.

1.      Vachanagalu

(a) Devaradasimayya

(b) Basavanna

(c) Allamaprabhu

(d) Akkamahadvi

(e) Gajesha Masaniyya

(f) Aydakki Lakkamma

2.      Keerthanegalu

(a)    Purandaradasa

(b)   Kanakadasa

3.      B.M.Srikantiah- Kariheggadeya Magalu 

4.      Mumbai Jataka- G.S. Shivarudrappa

1. Chappaligalu- Sa Ra Abubakar

2. Mandannana Marriage- Poornachandra Tejaswi

3. Giliya Kathe- Ravindranatha Tagore

4. Dheerakumara- Janapada Kathe

1.      Translation ( Passages from English to Kannada & Kannada to English) 

2.      Usage of alphabets in different contexts:  

3.      l & L

4.      a  & H

5.      n & N

6.      Hrasva and Deergha  alphabets

7.    Ottaksharas

1.      Basavannanavara vachanagalu: L. Basavarjaju
2.      Akkana vachanagalu: L. Basavarajau
3.      Allamana Vachanagalu; L . Basavaraju
4.      Purandara Sahitya Darshana: (Volume 1-2-3-4) S.K. Ramachandra Rao
5.      Kanaka Sahitya Darshana-. D. Javaregowda
6.      Kannada Sanna Kathegala Olavu- Giraddi Govindaraja

2.      Sharanara Anubhava Sahitya- H. Thipperudraswamy

3.      Vachana Kammata: (Ed)  K. Marulasiddappa and K. R. Nagaraj

4.      Basavanna: M. Chidananda Murthy

5.      Kanaka Kirana: Ka.Ta. Chikkanna

6.      Kannada Sanna Kathegalu: G.H. Nayak

CIA-2 Mid Semester Exams (50 Marks)

CIA-3 Writing articles on Gender Eruality  (20 Marks) 

End Semester Exams ( 50 Marks) 

Course description: Korean Level I is for Non-Native speakers to learn basic Korean language and to develop their knowledge

as well as their communicative skills so as to be able to respond in simple every day contexts.

 Course Objective:

●        Part I presents four lessons on the Korean writing system.

●        Part II provides four preparatory lessons, each containing two conversation tasks and two communicative tasks which introduce the speaking dimension

●        Part III consists of six core lessons, each containing three conversation tasks and two communicative tasks, as well as related reading and listening comprehension activities to further enhance the learner’s communication skills

●        Korean culture is introduced in each lesson.

Hangeul 1: Recognition and Identification of vowels and Consonants

Hangeul 2: Reading and writing of syllables and short words

Hangeul 3: Reading of single final consonants

                   and double final consonants

Hangeul 4: Some useful expressions before preparatory lessons begin

Preparatory I: Self introduction, Introducing another person

                       Grammar (to be-am, is, are)

Preparatory II: Asking the name of things, Asking about possessions

                        Grammar (This/That/What is this?)

Preparatory III: Ordering in a cafeteria, Buying things in a stationery store

                         Grammar (to have/Korean numbers/How many things)

Preparatory IV: Talking about the location of a person and a building

                          Grammar (Subject marker/Place marker/Where)

Lesson 1: Asking for a telephone number/Making a phone call

                Reading & speaking/Listening & speaking

                Grammar (Sino-Korean numbers/How much is it? /what number/what date)

Lesson 2: Talking about daily routines

                Reading & speaking/ Listening & speaking

                Grammar (Sentence ending -informal polite style; Presence tense/what time

                Time marker/Place marker)

Lesson 3: Talking about daily life and plans for the week

                Reading & speaking /Listening & speaking

                Grammar (Sentence ending of informal polite style/Object marker/Place marker

Lesson 4: Talking about past events

                Reading & speaking/Listening & speaking

                Grammar (Pre-sentence ending of the past tense/Negation-not/Marker-also, too

                Irregular verbs/adjectives)

Lesson 5: Talking about the location of an object/Giving the reason for going somewhere

                 Reading & speaking/Listening & speaking

                 Grammar (Words for location)

Lesson 6: Asking how to use public transportation

                Reading & speaking/Listening & speaking

                Grammar (How/By means of/from, to/Sentence ending of formal polite style)

2.     “Korean for Non-Native Speakers: Workbook 1A”, Korean Language Education Center, Sogang University

3.     Korean Culture 77

Course description:

To teach verbal communication through grammar, vocabulary and exercises.

Teaching of language to form sentences and progress towards paragraph writing.

Teaching of language for dialogue writing in given situation presenting oneself

To talk about daily routine

Telling the time

Comprehension

Speaking skills

Reflexive verbs

Conjugations

Uses: sentences

Daily routine

Telling time

Dialogue Writing

In the cafeteria

At the restaurant

In the class

At the bus station, etc.

Irregular verb conjugation

Uses: sentences

Conditional tense for being more courteous and polite

Uses of auxiliary verbs

Conjugation

Sentences

Gerunds

Uses

Conjugation

Auxiliary verbs for gerunds

Service-learning is an experiential learning pedagogy which happens outside the classrooms wherein students learn and develop civic knowledge and skills by actively participating in activities connected to a social cause. In order to nurture student's holistic development and to make an effective contribution to the society in a dynamic environment, the Department of Professional Studies, has introduced Service learning as a skill based 30 hours 2 credit course in the second semester of undergraduate programme.

The five components of the course include investigation, planning & preparation, action & reciprocity, reflection, demonstration of results and celebration. Students will be divided in to small groups under a faculty mentor who will guide and monitor the service-learning activities undertaken by each group. Each group will identify an activity focusing on some needs of the community which they will undertake and complete during the second semester. At the end of the semester, the students must prepare a report on the work done and also make a presentation using multimedia in which they will highlight their individual research and the project itself.

The five components of the course include investigation, planning & preparation, action & reciprocity, reflection, demonstration of results and celebration. Students will be divided in to small groups under a faculty mentor who will guide and monitor the service-learning activities undertaken by each group. Each group will identify an activity focusing on some needs of the community which they will undertake and complete during the second semester. At the end of the semester, the students must prepare a report on the work done and also make a presentation using multimedia in which they will highlight their individual research and the project itself. 

1. Project Report : 20 

2. Presentation and Viva: 25 

3. Attendance: 5 

(Total : 50 marks)  

This course focuses on accounting for special transactions such as consignment and joint ventures, hire purchase and instalment systems, and insurance claims, with reference to the relevant Indian Accounting Standards (Ind. ASs), wherever applicable. Substantial modules have also been dedicated to accounting for branches, including foreign branches, and not-for-profit organizations.

Meaning of consignment account, distinction between consignment and sale, accounting for consignment transactions and events in the books of the consignor, valuation of stock, goods invoiced above cost, abnormal loss, normal loss, commission, return of goods from the consignee, advance by the consignee vs. security against the consignment

Meaning of joint venture, features of joint venture account, distinction of joint venture account with partnership, methods of maintaining joint venture accounts

Meaning; difference between hire purchase and installment system, relevant provisions of Ind AS 17 (Leases); calculation of interest—when rate of interest and cash price are given, when cash price and total amount payable are given, when rate of interest and installments are given but cash price is not given; calculation of cash price under annuity method; journal entries and ledger accounts in the books of hire purchaser and hire vendor; accounting treatment of default and repossession, journal entries and ledger accounts in the books of installment purchaser and installment buyer

Introduction, need, loss of stock policy, preparation of statement of cost of goods sold, preparation of statement to ascertain value of stock on the date of fire, treatment of salvage value, valuation of stock prior to date of fire, calculation of G.P. ratio when it is not given, treatment of Average Clause, treatment of abnormal items

Introduction, inland branches, dependent branch, preparation of Branch Accounts in Head Office books, treatment of cost price, invoice price, Debtors Account, Creditors Account, treatment of petty cash, prepaid insurance, creation of stock reserve, independent branches, preparation of Head Office Account in branch books, Branch Account in Head Office books, Memorandum Trading and Profit and Loss Account in Head Office books, incorporation of Trial Balance of branch in Head Office books, adjustment entries (goods-in-transit, cash-in-transit, depreciation of branch assets, services rendered by branch to Head Office and vice versa, receipts and payments by branch on behalf of Head Office and vice versa), Reconciliation of branch and Head Office current accounts, accounting for foreign branch, relevant provisions of Ind AS 21 (The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates)

Introduction to concept of not-for-profit organizations, explanation of nature of receipts and payments, preparation of Receipt and Payments Account and Income and Expenditure Account, Preparation of Balance Sheet

Forensic Accounting, HR Accounting, Inflation Accounting, Carbon Accounting

Green Accounting

2. Arulanandam M.A., & Raman K. S. (2014). Advanced Accountancy (6ed.). Mumbai: Himalaya Publishing House

2.  Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Indian Accounting Standards (IND ASs)

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

To provide basic knowledge of mathematical concepts and theories which will help students to increase their reasoning, analytical and problem-solving skills and to enable students to grasp the fundamentals of Statistics for interpreting business data.

Formulation of linear programming problems (LPP), Graphical solution to LPPs, transportation problems – North-west corner rule, Least cost method and Vogel’s approximation method, assignment problems.

Introduction to functions and limit (concept only). Differentiation. Derivatives of xn, ex, ax, log(x). Laws of derivatives for sum, product and quotient. Applications of derivatives. Maxima and Minima (statement of sufficient conditions in terms of first and second order derivatives). Simple applications in Economics and Commerce

Simple and compound interest. Annuities, types of annuities - Present values and accumulated values of these annuities

Meaning of Statistics, collection of data – primary and secondary data, construction of table, frequency distribution of discrete and continuous variables, cumulative frequency distribution, representation of data using bar chart and pie chart, graphical representation of frequency distribution by histogram, frequency polygon and ogives

Arithmetic mean, positional averages – mode, median and partition values –quartiles, deciles, and percentiles, measure of variations –Range, quartile deviation, mean deviation, standard deviation and their coefficient

Meaning, types, probable error, Karl Pearson’s and Spearman’s rank correlation (excluding bivariate and multi correlation), Regression equation and coefficients, properties and coefficient of determination

Random experiment, sample space and event, addition and multiplication rules of probability, random variable - discrete and continuous, continuous distribution - normal distribution

2.D. C. Sancheti and V. K. Kapoor, “Business Mathematics”, 11th Edition. New Delhi, Sultan Chand & Sons, 9788180545382, 2012.

3.N. G. Das and J. K. Das, “Business Mathematics and Statistics”, 1st Edition, McGraw Hill India, 9780071333399, 2011.

4.J. K. Sharma, “Business Statistics”, 1st Edition, Vikas Publications, 9789325976177, 2014

5.J. K. Sharma, “Business Mathematics”, 1st Edition, Ane Books India, 9788180522475, 2007.

2.S. P. Gupta, “Statistical Methods”, 43rd Edition, Sultan Chand, New Delhi, 9788180549892, 2014.

3.D. N. Elhance, Veena Elhance and B. M. Agarwal, “Fundamentals of Statistics”, 59th edition, Kitab Mahal, 9788122505146, 2018.

4.Asim Kumar Manna, “Business Mathematics”, 1st Edition, McGraw Hill Education, 9789353160807, 2018.

5.G. R. Veena and Seema Sambargi, “Business Mathematics and Statistics”, 1st Edition, I. K. International Publishing House, 9789282332428, 2013.

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

Introduce students to the structure of Indian Financial system and provide an overview of various financial services and functioning of financial markets

Introduction, Meaning, Objectives and importance, Functions, Structure of Indian Financial system - its Evolution-Financial sector reforms.

Money Market: Meaning, Functions, Players and intermediaries, Instruments - treasury bills, commercial paper, commercial bills, certificate of deposit, Call money market, Corporate funding through money market.

Capital Market: Meaning, Relevance of capital market to corporate finance, Components of capital market, Primary and Secondary markets, Role of stock exchanges in India, SEBI and investor protection 

Primary Market: Meaning, Constituents, Instruments, Financial intermediaries, Issue process, Fixed pricing, Book building and its process, Sourcing from international capital markets, Corporate requirements of listing and other issue procedures and regulations as prescribed under Companies Act and SEBI Regulations, Different types of Prospectuses used in corporate IPO, Marketing initiatives for IPO, Preparation of prospectus

Secondary Market: Meaning, Development of secondary markets in India, Constituents stock exchanges and its functions, Listing compliances as per SEBI guideline, Brokers, Functions of trading and settlement procedure-Stock Exchanges in India-BSE, NSE, OTCEI, Internet trading, Commodity, currency and other emerging exchanges-Depository System, Indian depositories and Depository participants

Organization, Regulatory frame work, Association of Mutual Funds in India, Types, Net Asset Value, Structure and size of investment

Merchant Banking: Project appraisal, designing capital structure and instruments, Underwriting, Corporate advisory services, Bought out deals, Private placement, Institutional placement, Debt syndication, Regulation of merchant bankers

Credit Rating:Introduction, Regulatory framework, Credit rating agencies, Rating process and methodology, Rating symbols.

Venture capitalFinancing and factoring services, Meaning and process, Forfeiting services.

Commercial banking, introduction, its role in project finance and working capital finance, Development Financial institutions (DFIs), Overview and role in Indian economy, Life and non-life insurance organizations in India, Nonbanking financial companies (NBFCs), Micro Finance institutions-banking, Non-banking and Regulatory institutions.

2.E. Gardon& K. Natarajan: Financial Markets & Services.2014, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai

3.Meir Kohn: Financial Institutions and Markets 2015, Tata McGraw Hill

4.Vasanthadesai: The Indian Financial System 2016, HPH

2. N Varshney& D K Mittal: Indian Financial System 2011, Sulthan Chand & Sons

3. Machiraju H.R. (2012) Merchant Banking, 4th edition, New Age International Ltd

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

This course aims to provide conceptual understanding of Management Accounting techniques and practices for business analysis and decision making

Definition, Nature, Scope, Function and Principles of Management Accounting, Management Accountant - Position, Roles and Responsibilities, Methods of identifying costs and cost behaviour

Relevant cost analysis, Concept of opportunity costs, Cost Volume Profit (CVP) analysis, Breakeven point, Margin of safety, Contribution to sales ratio, Profit volume graphs, Profit target, Pricing decisions, Price strategies, Make or buy and other short-term decisions, limiting factor analysis for a multi-product company that has limited demand for each product and one other constraint or limiting factor, dealing with risk and uncertainty in decision making

Budgeting for planning and control, Preparation of various types of budgets, advantages and limitations, Budgetary control reports to management, zero base budgeting, Performance budgeting, Interpretation and use of budget statements and budget variance

Principles of standard costing, Preparation of standards for the variable elements of cost - Material, Labour, Variable overheads, Variances - Materials - total, price and usage, Labour - total, rate and efficiency, Variable overheads - total, expenditure and efficiency, Sales - Sales Price and Sales volume contribution

Introduction, Responsibility reporting, Centers of control, Benefits, Implementation of responsibility accounting, Measuring managerial performance

Activity Based Costing (ABC), ABC Vs. Traditional methods of overhead absorption, Target costing, Life cycle costing in manufacturing and service industries, Throughput accounting, Throughput accounting ratio (TPAR), Environmental accounting

2.  M N Arora (2012) A Text Book of Cost & Management Accounting, 10th Edition, Vikas Publishing, New Delhi

3.  Pandey IM (2018) Management Accounting, (5th Revised Edition) Vikas Publication

4.   Sharma and Shashi. K Gupta (2012) Cost & Management Accounting Kalyani Publishers

2. Horngreen & Sundlem (2010) Introduction to Management Accounting

Students are evaluated for each course on the basis of written examination and continuous internal assessment. Each paper carries maximum of 100 marks and is evaluated as follows:

·       Written Examinations consists of:

§  Mid Semester Exam – 50 marks   (2 hours duration)

§  End Semester Exam – 100 marks (3 hours duration)

·       A student should have secured minimum 40% marks in the ESE to pass in that paper.

In aggregate for each paper, for internal and end semester put together, at least 40 marks out of 100 must be secured to pass in that paper.

 This course aims to develop students' sustainability awareness and skills to enhance sustainable business value based on the 'triple bottom line' of people, planet and profit. It will focus on developing an understanding of the relationships between CSR / Sustainability and competitive strategy.

Evolution of sustainability and CSR, Concept of sustainability and stakeholder management, Embedding CSR into Corporate Strategy, Case studies of major sustainability and CSR initiatives.

Disclosure Practices of Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) for Sustainability Reporting, SEBI’s ESG and business responsibility disclosures, Mandatory v/s Voluntary Environmental Disclosures, Benefits of sustainability reporting, Barriers / Challenges to Sustainability Reporting

Corporate Social Responsibility reporting under Section 135 of Companies act 2013

Millennium Development goals (MDG), Sustainable development goals (SDG), UN Global compact principles, OECD guidelines for CSR.

2.Blowfield, Michael, and Alan Murray, Corporate Responsibility, Oxford UniversityPress.

3.Francesco Perrini, Stefano, and Antonio Tencati, Developing Corporate Social Responsibility-A European Perspective, Edward Elgar.

2.Sharma, J.P., Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility of Business, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.

CIA (Overall): 45 marks

Attendance: 5 marks

Total: 50 Marks

Macroeconomics has an extensive, substantive as well as methodological content. It deals with the functioning of the economy, including how the economy’s total output of goods and services and employment of resources is determined and what causes these totals to fluctuate. The paper is designed to make an undergraduate student aware of the basic theoretical framework underlying the field of macroeconomics

Meaning, Nature, Meaning, Nature, Scope, Importance, and Limitation of Macroeconomics. Difference between Micro and Macro Economics

National Income and its aggregates. Estimation using different methods.

Meaning of Consumption Function, Average and Marginal Propensity to Consume,Saving- concept & Determinants, Investment- Meaning & Types, Determinants

Say’s Law of Market, Classical Theory of Employment, Criticism by Keynes on Classical Theory, Keynesian Theory of Employment.                                                                        

International Trade, Trade and Capital Flows: Restrictions and Agreements, The Balance of Payments, Trade Organizations, The Foreign Exchange Market, Currency Exchange Rate Calculations, Exchange Rate Regimes, Exchange Rate, International Trade & Capital Flows

Money- Definition and Functions, Quantity Theory of Money - Cash balance approach, Inflation and Deflation: Inflation - Meaning and Measurement

Causes, Types, Demand Pull and Cost Push Inflation, Effects of Inflation

Measures to control Inflation, Deflation- Meaning, Causes and Consequences

Macroeconomic Objectives, Monetary Policy- Meaning and Definitions, Instruments, Advantages, and Limitations,

Fiscal Policy- Meaning and Definitions, Instruments and Advantages, Relationship between monetary and fiscal policy, Implementation of Fiscal Policy

2.      D’souza Errol (2008) Macroeconomics: Person Publication, New Delhi.

3.      Jingan M.L. (2012) Macroeconomic Theory, Vrinda Publication,Delhi

4.      Mankiw N. G. (2012) Principles of Macroeconomics, Cengage Learning, New Delhi

2. Sharma, Ruchir. (2020) The 10 rules of Successful Nations, W. W. Norton & Company

CIA (Overall): 45 marks

Attendance: 5 marks

Total: 50 Marks

• To expose learners to a variety of texts to interact with
• To help learners classify ideologies and be able to express the same
• To expose learners to visual texts and its reading formulas
• To help learners develop a taste to appreciate works of literature through the organization of language
• To help develop critical thinking
• To help learners appreciate literature and the language nuances that enhances its literary values

• To help learners understand the relationship between the world around them and the text/literature
• To help learners negotiate with content and infer meaning contextually
• To help learners understand logical sequencing of content and process information

·         To help improve their communication skills for larger academic purposes and vocational purposes

·         To enable learners to learn the contextual use of words and the generic meaning

·         To enable learners to listen to audio content and infer contextual meaning

·         To enable learners to be able to speak for various purposes and occasions using context specific language and expressions

·         To enable learners to develop the ability to write for various purposes using suitable and precise language.

1.  Long text:    Witches’ Loaves

O Henry

2.   Short text:  Portion size is the trick!!!

By Ranjani Raman

Presentation skills

1.Long text: In the Height of Fashion-Henry Lawson

2. short text: Crazy for Fashion- BabatundeAremu

Report writing

Group Discussion

1.    long text:  Bharat Bhavan

By Charles Correa

2.   Short text:  The Plain Sense of Things

By Wallace Stevens

1.Long Text: The Amazing Dabbawalas of Mumbai- ShivaniPandita

2. Short Text:

If

By Rudyard Kupling

Interview skills and CV writing

Developing arguments- debating

1.    Long tet: Whose Ambedkar is he anyway?

           By KanchaIlaiah

2. Short text: Dhauli

By JayantaMahapatra