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The document describes a visiting faculty course on the politics of environment that will be offered at NALSAR University of Law. The 3 credit course aims to introduce major environmental debates and the politics of environmental issues and policies in India from an ecological perspective. It will have 5 modules spread over 20 hours and include lectures, discussions, and a term paper presentation for evaluation.

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VF-SSS-Sheela Prasad

The document describes a visiting faculty course on the politics of environment that will be offered at NALSAR University of Law. The 3 credit course aims to introduce major environmental debates and the politics of environmental issues and policies in India from an ecological perspective. It will have 5 modules spread over 20 hours and include lectures, discussions, and a term paper presentation for evaluation.

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NALSAR University of Law Justice City:: Shameerpet:: Hyderabad

Visiting Faculty Course

Particulars of the Visiting Faculty


Name SHEELA PRASAD

Short Description of the Faculty


Academic Qualifications M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D
Present Position and Professor (Retd.)
Details of the Centre for Regional Studies
organisation University of Hyderabad
Positions held earlier Lecturer, Osmania University
Reader, University of Hyderabad
Experience (in no. of Teaching = 38 years
years): Research = 39 years
Teaching/Profession or
Industry/ Research
Any other information Research interests: Urban and Regional Geography, Women’s Health
(for instance, recent and Environmental Issues
publication, research
etc.)

Particulars of the Course


Course Title: Politics of Environment: An Ecological Reading
Course Type Social Science Seminar
Course offered to III Year LLB
Credits 3
Preferred Dates for
conduct of Course (Jan-
Jan -April 2024
April) (July-October)

The course is an attempt at offering an interdisciplinary perspective on


Brief Description on Environment to students of Law. It aims to introduce the major debates that
Course (Maximum 500 environmentalists/Ecologists are currently engaged in, to then understand the
words) politics of major environmental issues and policies at the global, national and
regional levels. While Global issues would be addressed, the focus of this
course is India. The course argues that environment is a political subject that
needs to be retrieved from its technocentric-economic moorings. The current
environmental crisis has to be seen from an ecological perspective for the
Earth to recover and heal.
NALSAR University of Law Justice City:: Shameerpet:: Hyderabad

A major takeaway of this course, it is hoped, would be to sensitise students to


environmental concerns and sharpen their understanding about the power
relations involved in the inter-relationship between human activities and the
environment.

The Course will have 5 Broad Modules spread over 20 hours of Class.
Of this, 15-16 hours would be Lectures and 4-5 hours would be
allocated for Interactive Class Discussions, Evaluation and Term Paper
Presentation).
Course Modules Tentative titles of the 5 Modules :
1. Environmental Debates 2. Politics of Environmental Issues
3. Politics of Environmental Policies 4. Varieties of
Environmentalisms and Environmental Movements 5.
Women and Environment

Scheme of Evaluation Class Attendance/ Participation= 10 %; Quiz = 15 %; Oral Presentation


= 15 %; Group Discussion = 20 %; Term Paper = 40%
Selection Criteria, if any
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