IIT Madras – Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
This course is meant to provide Development Studies with a broad introduction to the field, including development measures and indicators, growth theories and sectorial concerns. It aims to give students a first look at the range of conceptual understandings of ‘Development’ and the challenges posed by this proliferation of meaning. The course also tries to explain the reasons for thesedifferent perspectives and to examine the debates among them in the context of development practice.