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COURSE TOPICS:

The course has 28 lectures and 14 practice sessions in 5 Units:

UNIT 1: Course Introduction - Need, Basic Guidelines, Content and Process for Value
Education
1. Purpose and motivation for the course, recapitulation from Universal Human Values-I
2. Self-Exploration–what is it? - Its content and process; Personality Traits- Self Excellence,
„Natural Acceptance‟ and Experiential Validation- as the process for self-exploration,
Adaptability, Belief and Understanding- Self discipline
3. Continuous Happiness and Prosperity- A look at basic Human Aspirations
4. Right understanding, Relationship and Physical Facility- the basic requirements for
fulfilment of aspirations of every human being with their correct priority
5. Understanding Happiness and Prosperity correctly- A critical appraisal of the current
scenario
6. Method to fulfil the above human aspirations: understanding and living in harmony at
various levels.
7. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Personality test

Include practice sessions to discuss natural acceptance in human being as the innate acceptance
for living with responsibility (living in relationship, harmony and co-existence) rather than as
arbitrariness in choice based on liking-disliking.

UNIT 2: Understanding Harmony in the Human Being - Harmony in Myself!


1. Understanding human being as a co-existence of the sentient „I‟ and the material „Body‟
2. Understanding the needs of Self („I‟) and „Body‟ - happiness and physical facility
3. Understanding the Body as an instrument of „I‟ (I being the doer, seer and enjoyer)-
Habits and Hobbies, SWOT Analysis (Activity)
4. Understanding the characteristics and activities of „I‟ and harmony in „I‟ – Dalai
Lamas‟ Tibetan Personality Test – Dr. Menninger‟s Psychometric Test.
5. Understanding the harmony of I with the Body: Sanyam and Health; correct appraisal of
Physical needs, meaning of Prosperity in detail
6. Programs to ensure Sanyam and Health.
7. Epidemiology- Definition of health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Personal
hygiene and handling stress, WHO Guidelines

Include practice sessions to discuss the role others have played in making material goods
available to me. Identifying from one‟s own life. Differentiate between prosperity and
accumulation. Discuss program for ensuring health vs dealing with disease

UNIT 3: Understanding Harmony in the Family and Society- Harmony in Human-Human


Relationship

1. Understanding values in human-human relationship; meaning of Justice (nine universal


values in relationships) and program for its fulfilment to ensure mutual happiness; Trust and
Respect as the foundational values of relationship
2. Understanding the meaning of Trust; Difference between intention and competence
3. Understanding the meaning of Respect, Difference between respect and differentiation; the
other salient values in relationship, Friends and Foes, Empathy, False Prestige.
4. Concept of an Ideal family- Marriage as an Institution
5. Understanding the harmony in the society (society being an extension of family):
Resolution, Prosperity, fearlessness (trust) and co-existence as comprehensive Human Goals
6. Visualizing a universal harmonious order in society- Undivided Society, Universal Human
Order- from family to world family.

Include practice sessions to reflect on relationships in family, hostel and institute as extended
family, real life examples, teacher-student relationship, goal of education etc. Gratitude as a
universal value in relationships. Discuss with scenarios. Elicit examples from students‟ lives
UNIT 4: Understanding Harmony in the Nature and Existence - Whole existence as
Coexistence
1. Understanding the harmony in the Nature and its Equanimity, Respect for all, Nature as
Teacher
2. Interconnectedness and mutual fulfillment among the four orders of nature- recyclability
and self-regulation in nature
3. Understanding Existence as Co-existence of mutually interacting units in all- pervasive
space
4. Holistic perception of harmony at all levels of existence.
Include practice sessions to discuss human being as cause of imbalance in nature (film “Home”
can be used), pollution, depletion of resources and role of technology etc.

UNIT 5: Implications of the above Holistic Understanding of Harmony on Professional


Ethics
1. Natural acceptance of human values
2. Definitiveness of Ethical Human Conduct
3. Basis for Humanistic Education, Humanistic Constitution and Humanistic Universal Order
4. Competence in professional ethics: a. Ability to utilize the professional competence for
augmenting universal human order b. Ability to identify the scope and characteristics of people
friendly and eco-friendly production systems, c. Ability to identify and develop appropriate
technologies and management patterns for above production systems.
5. Case studies of typical holistic technologies, management models and production systems
6. Vision for the Holistic alternatives, UHVs for entrepreneurship
7. Strategy for transition from the present state to Universal Human Order: (a) At the level of
individual: as socially and ecologically responsible engineers, technologists and managers
(b) At the level of society: as mutually enriching institutions and organizations – Right
understanding and dilemmas of professional ethics in today‟s world.

Include practice Exercises and Case Studies will be taken up in Practice (tutorial) Sessions
eg. To discuss the conduct as an engineer or scientist etc.

Text Book
1. Human Values and Professional Ethics by R R Gaur, R Sangal, G P Bagaria, Excel Books,
New Delhi, 2010

Reference Books
1. Jeevan Vidya: Ek Parichaya, A Nagaraj, Jeevan Vidya Prakashan, Amarkantak, 1999.
2. Human Values, A.N. Tripathi, New Age Intl. Publishers, New Delhi, 2004.
3. The Story of Stuff (Book).
4. The Story of My Experiments with Truth - by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
5. Small is Beautiful - E. F Schumacher.
6. Slow is Beautiful - Cecile Andrews
7. Economy of Permanence - J C Kumarappa
8. Bharat Mein Angreji Raj - PanditSunderlal
9. Rediscovering India - by Dharampal
10. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule - by Mohandas K. Gandhi
11. India Wins Freedom - Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
12. Vivekananda - Romain Rolland (English)
13. Gandhi - Romain Rolland (English)
14. Life Skills by KVSG Murali Krishna

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