BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE8123 INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Module - 1 Preamble to the Constitution of India - Evaluation of Constitution Law Scope and Extent of Fundamental Rights under Part III - Details of Exercise of Rights, Limitations and Important Cases. (8) Module 2 Relevance of Directives Principles of State Policy under Part IV Significance of Fundamental Duties under part IV. Module - 3 Union Executive, Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, Parliament & Supreme Court of India. (7) Module - 4 State Executive, Governor, Chief Minister, Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers, Legislature of High Court. (7) Module 5 Constitutional provisions for scheduled castes & tribes, Women & children and backward classes. Emergency powers, Major constitutional Amendments. Electoral Process. (5) Module 6 Scope & aims of engineering ethics. Responsibility of engineers - Impediments to responsibility Module 7 Honesty, Integrity and reliability Risk safety & liability in engineering. Text Books : 1. Durga Das Basu - Introduction to the constitution of India (students edition) Prentice-Hall, 19th/20th Edn., 2001. 2. V.N. Shukla : Constitution of India (Latest Edn.) 3. Engineering Ethics by Charles E. Harris, Michel, S. Pritchard & Michel J. Robins Thompson Asia, 2003-08-05. Reference Books : 1. An Introduction to Constitution of India by M. V. Pylee, Vikas Publishing, 2002. 2. Ethics Engineering by Mike W. Martin & Roland Schinzinger 3. Introduction to Engineering Ethics by Roland Schinzinger & Mike W. Martin, 2002. 4. Introduction to the Constitution of India by Barij Kishore Sharma, Prentice Hall of India, 2002. (5) (5) (8)