The course is designed as a foundation course basically for non-Social Science students. The content is designed in a non-conventional manner. It is anchored in the foundational values that inform the constitutional framework and form the bedrock of Indian democracy. These are: Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity as stated in the Preamble. The course uses four pathways to introduce these foundational values. These are Constituent Assembly Debates, Articles of the Constitution, Court Judgements and current political issues. The course seeks to throw light on the relation between the individual and the state, tensions between different principles of the Constitution, and conflicts between different institutions of government. At the end of the course, students will have a critical appreciation of the principles, framework, and the working of the Indian constitution.

Course Instructors:

• KK Kailash
• Kham Khan Suam Hausing
• Biju BL

CLO-1: Understand key foundational values of justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity that underpin the Indian constitution and its democratic framework (Cognitive level: Remember)

CLO-2: Analyse and locate these foundational values within a comparative perspective and develop a more rounded understanding (Cognitive level: Analyse)

CLO-3: Understand and evaluate the social, economic, and political contents of the idea and value of justice enshrined in the Indian constitution (Cognitive level: Analyse and evaluate)

CLO-4: Identity and assess the idea and value entailed by liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship in the Indian constitution and its democratic polity (Cognitive level: Evaluate)

CLO-5: Assess the content and promise of fraternity, and equality of status and opportunity in the Indian constitution and its democratic polity (Cognitive level: Evaluate)

By Invitation Only

Engagement with videos, reading material, exercises/activities, internal assignments, end-semester assessment.

As per university norms.