A83022 India in the World Economy

Scuola di Economia e Management
Syllabus
Academic Year 2013/14 Second Semester

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Docente TitolareRodolfo Helg
E-mailrhelg@liuc.it
Office"Torre" (main tower), 4th floor
Phone0331 572279

Learning Objectives

Learning targets

Course Content

The aim of this short course is to introduce the Indian economy  to the students. The approach will be an interdisciplinary one. The instructor composition testifies this: one economist, one lawyer, one anthropologist and one engineer. 

Course Delivery

The course is structured around a set of lectures by the instructors and a set of class presentations by students on topics related to aspects of the Indian economy.

Course Evaluation

Student evaluation will be based on their class participation and on a short paper and related class presentation.  Topics and bibliography for the paper and class presentation will be suggested by the lecturers.

Syllabus

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Course content

The recent economic evolution (Rodolfo Helg) class presentation

Trade policy in India (Bernard O'Connor)

India: its history and cultural heritage - Business success stories (Narinder Sharma)

India  and its subcontinent: an anthropological perspective  (Dipak Pant)

 

Examinations

Student evaluation will be based on their class participation and on a short paper and related class presentation.  Topics and bibliography for the paper and class presentation will be suggested by the lecturers.

Readings:

Suggested readings

Sumit K. Majumdar, India’s late, late industrial revolution, 2012 CUP
- Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation, Penguin Press; 528 pages (Nandan’s Blog)
- Arvind Panagaryia, India: The Emerging Giant, Oxford University Press, 2008  (video presentations of the book:
   ° A Panel on India,(with Panagariya, Bhagwati Varadarajan) on YouTube, 17 September 2008
   ° India, (Panagariya) on ForaTv
   ° India: The Emerging Giant, (Panagariya) on You Tube, 31 January 2008
- Arvind Panagaryia, Transforming India, October 2006
- Indian Economic Summit, World Economic Forum, November 2008
- Paul Davies, What's This India Business? Off shoring, Outsourcing and the Global Services Revolution,   Nicholos  Brealey   International, London, 2008 
- Abbe J A. Dubois, Henry K. Beauchamp, Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies,  Rupa & Co, New Delhi, India
- India-Continuity in Change, External Publicity Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
- Stefano Chiarlone, L’economia dell’India, Carocci, 2008
- Rajesh Kumar, Anand Kumar Sethi, Fare affari in India, Etas, 2007
- Federico Rampini, L'impero di Cindia, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2006
- Indian Business Magazines: Business Today, Business World, Outlook Business


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