L-T-P Cultural Education II Credits 2-0-0 2

Objectives
1. To make the students feel gratitude towards the rich religious and cultural heritage of
India.
2. To understand the role of great personalities and movements in the progress of India.
Course Outcomes (CO):
At the end of this course students will have:
CO1: Ability to acknowledge and appreciate the richness of Indian Culture
CO2: Ability to represent the culture ethics in real life

UNIT-I Holy Scriptures-II

1. Bhagavad Gita and Life Management
2. Highlights of Indian Scriptures - Major Incidents and terms from various religious scriptures
including Ramayana, Mahabharta, Guru Granth Saheb, Bible, Quran, Jain Scriptures, Bodh
Scriptures
3. Historicity of Ramayana and Mahabharata

UNIT-II Society and Culture-II

4. Indian Society: Its Strengths and Weaknesses
5. Health and Lifestyle related issues
6. Conservation of cultural heritage

UNIT-III India in Progress-II

7. Role & Position of Women in Indian Society- Rituals like Sati, Dakin, Kanyavadh, Pardah,
Devdasi, Child Marriage, Measures of Women Empowerment including Education,
Constitutional and other Rights
8. Indian Models of Economy, Business and Managemen0t

UNIT-IV Great Indian Personalities-II

9. Life and works of the Great People of India- Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Vivekananad,
Madan Mohan Malviya, Ishwarchand VidyaSagar, JyotibaPhule, HomiBhabha, B.R. Ambedkar,
Mahatma Gandhi, Chandra Shekhar Aazad, Abdul Hamid, Badshah Khan, Bhagat Singh,
Ashfaqullah, Vir Sawarkar, Vir Banda Bahadur, Vir Haqiqat Rai, Subhash Chandra Bose,
Mother Teresa, Jagdish Chandra Basu, JRD Tata, Ratan Tata, Dada Saheb Phalke, Major Dhayan
Chand, A P J Abdul Kalaam, Kailash Satyarthi, Aruna Roy, Mahasweta Devi, Udaya Kumar,
Narayan Murthy, Azim Premji

*Each student shall write a detailed Report/ Critique on one topic from section -A to C and
one Great Personality from Section- D leading to publication of Newspaper/ Magazine article