INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH

Academic Calendar for 2011 - 2012 Semester 1: July - December, 2011 First year students July 25-August 5, 2011 July 28-29, 2011 August 1, 2011 Preparatory classes Computer Sessions (in the afternoon hours) Academic Orientation (M.Sc. Students - 2011) 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m (M.Phil/Ph.D. Students - 2011) 11.45 a.m. to 1.00 p.m August 1, 2011 August 2, 2011 August 8, 2011 Classes end on November 25, 2011 November 28-December 9, 2011. December 12 30, 2011 Second year students August 1, 2011 November 18, 2011 November 21 December 2, 2011 December 12 16, 2011, December 19 - 30, 2011 (only for M.Sc. students) Semester 2: January - May, 2012 First and Second Year students January 2, 2012 April 27, 2012 April 30 May 11, 2012 May 14 25, 2012 May 14 July 31, 2012 Regular classes begin Classes end Preparation Cum - Examination week End-term Summer Break (For First year M.Phil/Ph.D. Students) End-Term Summer Break (only for M.Sc. Students) Regular classes begin Classes end Preparation-cum-Examination Week Placement Week End Term Semester Break Administration Orientation (in afternoon hours). From 3.00 p.m to 5.30 p.m. Library Orientation (in the afternoon hours from 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.) Regular classes begin Classes end Preparation-cum-Examination Week End Term Semester Break

Courses offered during Academic Session 2011-12 August-December 2011 Semester Core Courses for 1st Year Microeconomics I Macroeconomics I Econometrics I Mathematics for Economists Core Courses for 1st & 2nd Year Indian Economy Energy & Environment I Yedla Optional Courses Socio-economic and Policy Issues in Energy & Environment-I Tools for Sustainability Assessment- I Time Series Analysis - I Theories of Prices and Distribution Contemporary Issues in Indian Agriculture Special Topics in Microeconomic Theory Introduction to Financial Economics Food Policy Analysis Jan-May 2012 Semester Core Courses for 1st Year Microeconomics II Macroeconomics II Econometrics II Development Economics Core Courses for 2ndt Year. Public Economics Optional Courses Topics in International Finance and Economics Contemporary Issues in Human Development and Policy Socio-economic and Policy Issues in Energy & Environment-II Tools for Sustainability Assessment II Time Series Analysis II Theory of Institutions Ashima Goyal Srijit Mishra V.K. Sharma V.K. Sharma R. Krishnan Jayati Sarkar P.G. Babu Naveen Srinivasan S. Chandrasekhar K.V. Ramaswamy

Sripad Motiram Rajendra Vaidya Subrata Sarkar G. Mythili

R. Nagaraj B. Sudhakara Reddy & Sudhakara

V.K. Sharma V.K. Sharma R. Krishnan Ajit Sinha Vijay Laxmi Pandey Rupayan Pal Susan Thomas M.H. Suryanarayana

Energy & Environment II Yedla

B. Sudhakara Reddy & Sudhakara