A. The programme has been designed to expose students to many ideas and perspectives. The students choose their streams after experiencing the competing fields and subjects during the first two years. Specialization begins in the third year.

B. A very distinctive feature of the programme is the involvement of the Engineering, Sciences and Management faculties in offering innovative courses in collaboration with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Such courses are offered as “minor streams” and electives. Such collaboration with other departments is also visualized through dissertation work under joint-supervision.

C. The programme imparts substantial knowledge of Indian economy, literature, philosophy, culture, society, and public management. It provides opportunities for learning a foreign language. Currently German, French and Chinese are offered.

D. The programme requires students to complete 195 credits spread over five years to earn the degree. Discipline-related courses account for a minimum of 46% of total 195 credits. This includes core and elective courses and a dissertation (refer to the Table below).

The distribution of credits is according to the course categories given below:

 

S.No.	Course Category	No. of Courses	Credits	%
1	Common Courses (including mini projects)	28	86	44
2	Discipline Courses (Core and Electives)	18	72	37
3	Other Electives (including Free / Minor stream)	06	19	10
4	Dissertation/ Seminar	02	18	09
	TOTAL	54	195	100