Syllabus
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Course Code: HIS-E-45(i) Course Name: History of Science & Technology in India-II |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | S.T.M. and Colonialization of India: S.T.M. (European Science, Technology and Medicine) and the Colonial Process under the East India Company; Surveyors, Botanists and Doctors under the East India Company’s Services; New Developments in Technologies and its Impact – Railways, Telegraphs and Modern Machines | |
| 2 | Introduction of Scientific and Technical Education: Objectives and Nature; Founding of Engineering and Medical Colleges and Institutions; Teaching of Science in Universities | |
| 3 | The British Raj, S.T.M. and Development: Founding of National Scientific Institutions – Survey of India, Geological Survey of India and Agricultural Experimental Farms; Indian Response to the Western Scientific Knowledge –Interactions and Predicaments | |
| 4 | Science and Indian Nationalism: Ideas of Indian Nationalists vis-à-vis S.T.M. with Special Reference to Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru; Emergence of the ‘National Science’ and its Relations with the ‘Colonial Science’; Contributions of M.L. Sarkar, P.C. Ray, J.C. Bose and Meghnad Saha | |
