DAMP PSIR 2022-23 Daily Answer Writing & Mentorship Program
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- Start Date: 3rd October 2022
- Duration: 2.5 Months
- Mode: Online
- Validity: 15th January 2023
Course Fee
Key Features
Schedule
Other Details
Note
- Paper 1 – 4 Weeks | Paper 2 – 4 Weeks |5 Days a week
- Daily – One Question |One Evaluation | One Extra Practice Question I Discussion Videos for Both Questions
- Individual Evaluation, Feedback and Personalized Mentoring
- Two Mini Tests after completion of Paper I & II
- Comprehensive coverage of Entire PSIR Syllabus
- Access to Foundation Batch Notes for value addition
- Updated International Relations Lecture access
- Revision capsules will also be provided
Schedule detailing: Complete Micro-Syllabus – Download
DAMP (PSIR) Schedule |
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Paper-I |
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| Days | Date | Day | syllabus |
| Day 1 | 03-10-2022 | Monday | Western Political Thought: Plato; Aristotle and Machiavelli |
| Day 2 | 04-10-2022 | Tuesday | Western Political Thought: Hobbes; Locke Rousseau and Mill |
| Day 3 | 05-10-2022 | Wednesday | Western Political Thought: Marx; Gramsci and Hannah Arendt |
| Day 4 | 06-10-2022 | Thursday | Political Ideologies:Debates of Nature of Ideology and End of Ideology;Liberalism;Socialism and Marxism |
| Day 5 | 07-10-2022 | Friday | Political Ideologies:Fascism; Multiculturalism; Gandhism; Feminism; Nationalism |
| 08-10-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 09-10-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 6 | 10-10-2022 | Monday | Justice:Conceptions of justice ; Special reference to Rawls theory of justice and its communitarian critique |
| Day 7 | 11-10-2022 | Tuesday | Equality:”Social, political and economic”; Relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative Action |
| Day 8 | 12-10-2022 | Wednesday | Rights: Meaning and theories; Different kinds of rights |
| Day 9 | 13-10-2022 | Thursday | Rights:Concept of Human Rights; Democracy; Classical and contemporary theories |
| Day 10 | 14-10-2022 | Friday | Democracy: Different Models of democracy; “Representative, participatory and deliberative” |
| 15-10-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 16-10-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 11 | 17-10-2022 | Monday | Power:Concept of power; “Hegemony, Ideology and Legitimacy” |
| Day 12 | 18-10-2022 | Tuesday | Political Theory: Meaning and approaches |
| Day 13 | 19-10-2022 | Wednesday | Theories of state: Liberal; Neo-liberal; Marxist |
| Day 14 | 20-10-2022 | Thursday | Theories of state: Pluralist; Post-colonial; Feminist |
| Day 15 | 21-10-2022 | Friday | Indian Political Thought:Dharamshastra; Arthashastra; Buddhist tradition |
| 22-10-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 23-10-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 16 | 24-10-2022 | Monday | Indian Political Thought: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan; Sri Aurobindo; M. N. Roy |
| Day 17 | 25-10-2022 | Tuesday | Indian Political Thought: Gandhi; B. R. Ambedkar |
| Day 18 | 26-10-2022 | Wednesday | Political Strategies of India’s Freedom struggle: Constitutionalism to Mass Satyagraha; Non-cooperation; Civil Disobedience; Militant and revolutionary movements; Peasant and workers movements |
| Day 19 | 27-10-2022 | Thursday | Making of the Indian Constitution:Legacies of the British rule; Different social and political perspectives |
| Day 20 | 28-10-2022 | Friday | Perspectives on Indian National Movement:Liberal; Socialist; Marxist; Radical humanist; Dalit |
| 29-10-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 30-10-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 21 | 31-10-2022 | Monday | Salient Features of the Indian Constitution:The Preamble; Fundamental Rights and Duties; Directive Principles |
| Day 22 | 01-11-2022 | Tuesday | Salient Features of the Indian Constitution:Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine |
| Day 23 | 02-11-2022 | Wednesday | Principal Organs of the Union Government:“Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court.” Principal Organs of the State Government “Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.” |
| Day 24 | 03-11-2022 | Thursday | Grassroots Democracy:Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments ; Grassroot movements |
| Day 25 | 04-11-2022 | Friday | Statutory Institutions/Commissions: Election Commission; Comptroller and Auditor General; Finance Commission; Union Public Service Commission; National Commission for Scheduled Castes; National Commission for scheduled Tribes; National Commission for Women; National Human Rights Commission; National Commission for Minorities; National Backward Classes Commission |
| 05-11-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 06-11-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 26 | 07-11-2022 | Monday | Federalism:Constitutional provisions; Changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes |
| Day 27 | 08-11-2022 | Tuesday | Planning and Economic Development: Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; Role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution; Land reforms and agrarian relations; Liberalization and economic reforms |
| Day 28 | 09-11-2022 | Wednesday | Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics |
| Day 29 | 10-11-2022 | Thursday | Party System:National and regional political parties; Ideological and social bases of parties; patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups; Trends in electoral behaviour; Changing socio- economic profile of Legislators |
| Day 30 | 11-11-2022 | Friday | Social Movements:Civil liberties and human rights movements:Women’s movements; Environmentalist movements |
| 12-11-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 13-11-2022 | Sunday | ||
| 14-11-2022 | Monday | MINI TEST-1 |
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| Paper-II | |||
| Day 31 | 15-11-2022 | Tuesday | Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics,Comparative Politics:Nature and major approaches; Political economy; Political sociology perspectives; Limitations of the comparative method |
| Day 32 | 16-11-2022 | Wednesday | State in comparative perspective:Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and socialist economies; Characteristics and changing nature of the State in Advanced industrial and developing societies. |
| Day 33 | 17-11-2022 | Thursday | Politics of Representation and Participation:Political parties; Pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies. |
| Day 34 | 18-11-2022 | Friday | Globalisation:Responses from developed and developing societies |
| 19-11-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 20-11-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 35 | 21-11-2022 | Monday | Approaches to the Study of International Relations: Idealist; Realist; Marxist; Functionalist Theory; Systems Theory |
| Day 36 | 22-11-2022 | Tuesday | Key concepts in International Relations: National interest; Security and power; Balance of power and deterrence |
| Day 37 | 23-11-2022 | Wednesday | Key concepts in International Relations: Transnational actors; Collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation |
| Day 38 | 24-11-2022 | Thursday | Changing International Political Order: Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity; Arms race and Cold War; Nuclear threat |
| Day 39 | 25-11-2022 | Friday | Changing International Political Order:Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American hegemony; Relevance of Non-alignment in the contemporary world |
| 26-11-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 27-11-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 40 | 28-11-2022 | Monday | Evolution of the International Economic System: From Brettonwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international economic order;Globalisation of the world economy |
| Day 41 | 29-11-2022 | Tuesday | United Nations: Envisaged role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies-aims and functioning; Need for UN reforms |
| Day 42 | 30-11-2022 | Wednesday | Regionalisation of World Politics:EU; ASEAN; APEC; SAARC; NAFTA |
| Day 43 | 01-12-2022 | Thursday | Contemporary Global Concerns: Democracy; Human rights; Environment |
| Day 44 | 02-12-2022 | Friday | Contemporary Global Concerns: Gender justice; Terrorism; Nuclear proliferation |
| 03-12-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 04-12-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 45 | 05-12-2022 | Monday | Indian Foreign Policy: (Nehru-Modi):Concept; Determinants of foreign policy |
| Day 46 | 06-12-2022 | Tuesday | Indian Foreign Policy Nehru-Modi:The institutions of policy-making; Continuity and change |
| Day 47 | 07-12-2022 | Wednesday | Non-aligned movement:Aims and achievements |
| Day 48 | 08-12-2022 | Thursday | India & South Asia: (Nehru-Modi): Neighbourhood Policy: (Nehru -Modi) Bilateral Relations:Afghanistan; Nepal; Bhutan; |
| Day 49 | 09-12-2022 | Friday | Bilateral Relations:Pakistan; Maldives; Sri Lanka; Myanmar |
| 10-12-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 11-12-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 50 | 12-12-2022 | Monday | India ” Look East ” & ” Act East ” Policy: India – ASEAN Relations |
| Day 51 | 13-12-2022 | Tuesday | India’s Look West Policy:Israel, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, UAE, OIC |
| Day 52 | 14-12-2022 | Wednesday | Major Powers:China; USA; Russia |
| Day 53 | 15-12-2022 | Thursday | Major Powers:Japan; EU; Commonwealth |
| Day 54 | 16-12-2022 | Friday | India and the Global South:Relations with Africa and Latin America |
| 17-12-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 18-12-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 55 | 19-12-2022 | Monday | India and the Global South: Leadership role in the demand for NIEO |
| Day 56 | 20-12-2022 | Tuesday | Contemporary Developments: Indian Ocean Region; Indo Pacific; Quad |
| Day 57 | 21-12-2022 | Wednesday | Contemporary Developments:India and the UN System; Role in UN Peace-keeping; Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council |
| Day 58 | 22-12-2022 | Thursday | Contemporary Developments: India and the Nuclear Question; Changing perceptions and policy |
| Day 59 | 23-12-2022 | Friday | Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy:Vision of a new world order; India and the Global South; WTO negotiations |
| 24-12-2022 | Saturday | ||
| 25-12-2022 | Sunday | ||
| Day 60 | 26-12-2022 | Monday | Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy: Impediments to regional co-operation; River water disputes; Illegal cross border migration |
| 27-12-2022 | Tuesday | MINI TEST-2 |
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Structure of the Program:
- Question will be released at 12.00 pm (Afternoon)
- Answer can be uploaded till 12:00pm (Next Day Afternoon)
- Answer Discussion video will be released at 12:00pm (Next Day Afternoon)
- Evaluation within 24 hours of submission of answer
- The course validity will not be extended under any circumstances.
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