The program is designed to address new kind of social strain arising from gaps between ASPIRATIONS and SKILLS in the middle / higher middle class in metro as well as non-metro settings.
DSD will be a 2-semester 45-credits course.
In the last two decades, patterns of social strain have changed. We can notice distributed cases of new forms of social strain in middle-class and higher middle class in metropolitan as well as non-metropolitan cities. There is a need for a new approach to Social Development to address this new type of social strain. The DSD Program prepares experts to handle this phenomenon.
This approach to social development requires a conceptual shift because the traditional approach of “social welfare” has been correlated with reaching out only to the bottom of the pyramid, the downtrodden, the challenged, the underprivileged, and those hit by calamities.
The DSD Program opens several career opportunities for those who would like to lead a flexible career, based on personal drive and significance.
- Duration: Two semester
- Project Work: Required
- Medium of Instructions – English & Hindi
- Modules: (1) Understanding Social Development (2) Social Psychology (3) Social Entrepreneurship (4) Laws Governing Social Development (5) Communication Skills for Social Development (6) Organizing & Executing Project Work (7) One specialization and Project work based upon this specialization
- Course Delivery: Hybrid – Online + Offline + Field-work + Project
- Fees: TBA
- Seats: TBA
- Admission Process: Oct-Nov. and April-May each year
- Partner universities: TBA
- Course begins: December & June each year
- Applicant Profile: Graduates who are interested in social sector (starting a non-profit or CSR organization for education, health, cluster development, SHG, entrepreneurship, employability, parenting, general public-awareness etc.)
- Detailed Course Handbook: Shall be made available upon initial enquiry via the following form, when the profile is found suitable for the program
- Career Support: (1) Support for starting own social enterprise or cooperative business (2) Placements with existing non-profit and social enterprises
- Program Director: Please download CV from here
Diploma in Social Development
In the last two decades, patterns of social strain have changed. We can notice distributed cases of new forms of social strain in middle-class and higher middle class in metropolitan as well as non-metropolitan cities. There is a need for a new approach to Social Development to address this new type of social strain. The DSD Program prepares experts to handle this phenomenon.
This approach to social development requires a conceptual shift because the traditional approach of “social welfare” has been correlated with reaching out only to the bottom of the pyramid, the downtrodden, the challenged, the underprivileged, and those hit by calamities.
The DSD Program opens several career opportunities for those who would like to lead a flexible career, based on personal drive and significance.
Program Design
- Dynamics of Social Development
- Principles of Mentoring
- Resource Management
- Principles of Steward Leadership
- Specialization based Project Work
- Elective Courses
- E1 English Skills for Social Development
- E2 Selected Essential Books & Talks