CURRICULUM
Module 1
Foundational Future
Trends
Module 4
Future Industry
Skills
FOUNDATIONAL FUTURE TRENDS
MODULE 1
Session 1
The Rise of Cult Populism: From Sanders & Petro to Trump & Modi
Session 3
The Falling Estates of Democracy & the Global Rise of Fascism. (A-C)
Part B
Weakening Institutions:
Judiciary, EC, Legislature, Governorships, Federalism.
Session 4
Dangers of Performative 'Woke' Politics & Alienation of Blue Collar Workers
Session 6
Climate Refugees : Humanitarian Crisis for the Future
Session 8
The Future is 85
Session 2
Big Money in Politics: From Adani, Ambani to Koch & the Waltons
Part A
Information is Power:
State propaganda, controlled media, revisionist history, censorship
Part C
The People vs Democracy
Exploring rising tensions between citizens & democratic governments
Session 5
The Rise of the Extreme Right in Mainstream Politics
Session 7
A New Geopolitical World Order
Collapsing UN, Hypernationalism, anti-globalism, protectionism
Session 9
Realities of Policymaking, Power and Accountability at Sansad Bhavan
MODULE 2
THE TECH REVOLUTION & THE STATE
POLICY & ir 4.0
S1. Public interest Technology
S2. Policymaking in the Age of AI
S3. Policing Apple, Meta, Google: Regulating Big Tech
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S4. 1984: Surveillance state, Biometrics, Privacy & Social Control
S5. Automation, Unemployment & Unrest
POLITICS & ir 4.0
S6. How Social Media Giants shape Elections
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S7. Big Data, Voter Profiling & Election Campaigns
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S8. Reality Distortion,Political Warfare, Misinformation & Deep-fakes
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S9. Technology, Governance & Public Service Delivery
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S10. Digital Political Ethics
MODULE 3
SOCIAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE & THE STATE
GENDER, IDENTITIES & CULTURE WARS
S1. Women as policymakers & leaders- analysing their performance
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S2. When does progress on LGBTQ rights actually happen?
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S3. The Rise of Culture Wars
INCOME INEQUALITY
S1. Politics & Rising Income inequality: From Riots to Autocracy
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S2. Should Billionaires exist? Policy perspectives from wealth taxes to UBI
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S3. The Caste Denial: A lost Economic Opportunity.
RELIGION, RACE,
IMMIGRATION & POLITICS
S1-S3. A 3 part lecture series analysing how religious identity in India, racial identity in the US and Immigration Europe have landed at the core of social movements, electoral politics and policy debates. Exploring links between identity, oppression, democracy & political rights.
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THE CLIMATE CRISIS
S1. The Rise of Enviralism: Politics of Climate change
S2. Staying Ahead of Climate Legislation: Mandates, impediments & consequences
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MODULE 4
FUTURE INDUSTRY SKILLS
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S1. Career Navigation through a Toxic Political Environment
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S2. Campaigning & Mobilization in a Digital Age
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S3. Use of Behavioural Science in Campaigns
S4. Political communications in a Digital world
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S5. Navigating & managing Geopolitical Risk
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S6. NUDGE & Public Policy