HASMED REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

(By UGAC)

General Details:
● Introduction to HASMED (Humanities, Arts, Social-Science, Management,
Entrepreneurship, and Design) is a basket of courses.
● Students of Divisions 3 and 4 have to credit this course in the first semester, while
those in Divisions 1 and 2 will take it in the second semester.
● You have to credit any two courses from the basket by giving an order of preference
for the courses you wish to study. The allocation is not entirely based on your first
and second choices. Owing to the limited number of seats available for each course,
students will be allotted the courses randomly (independent of the branch or AIR),
but keeping in mind their order of preference.
● You will be notified of the courses allotted to you on 1 November on your
registration portal. The two courses will run for half a semester each.

Registration Instructions:
● Students will have to give a preference order to the courses (a drop down manner in
which the numbers will be shown for preference selection)
● Sample Interface Image:

Please note that the students will have to fill their preferences in the last column, the above
image is a sample and not that of actual portal. The actual interface will be based on similar
pattern.

The following courses will be offered this semester in the HASMED Basket:
Each Course is of 4 Credits
● ENT101: Introduction to Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Will be offered in second
half of the semester)
- Course content: The following is a list of topics of which a majority will be covered
for all students (in any given year) Week # Topics Innovation 1 Importance of
innovation, design thinking and creative problem-solving 2 Design principles;
 System design, embodiment, and components 3 Design brief; Concept generation;
Idea sketching 4 Proof-of-concept fabrication; Rapid prototyping 5 Prototype
testing; Early customer feedback; Design improvement 6 Design for
manufacturability; design for environment and other factors 7 Intellectual property
rights; Technology licensing models. Entrepreneurship 1 What it takes to be an
entrepreneur; Market opportunity identification 2 Customer discovery; Problem
definition; Customer value proposition 3 New product development process;
Product lifecycle management 4 Basics of finance and business planning for
technology ventures 5 Marketing and go-to-market planning of technology products
6 Leadership, communication, team building and conflict management 7 Business
model canvas; Pitch deck for presentation to potential partners

● HS108: Doing Sociology

- Course Content: 1. The Sociological Imagination: Lying at the intersection of
Biography and History, Individual versus social constraint, Private troubles
versus public issues. 2. The foundations: Marx/Weber/Durkheim: Theoretical
perspectives: a) Marx: Historical materialism, Capitalism. b) Max Weber:
Protestant Ethic, Meaningful social action – but it is an ideal type or an
average meaning c) Durkheim: The social fact recognized by its generality
and coercion 3. Understanding India a) How colonial scholars defined Indian
society and its structures; what did caste/class/tribe/community look like in
the past b) In the present – what has changed? The new lives of caste and
tribes; the persistence of inequalities. c) What is the kind of society we want?
How can sociology inform our understanding of how to bring about social
transformation? 4. And what about gender? a. How can we understand
inequalities of gender? b. What does the social world look like from the
perspective of women: feminist studies in India and elsewhere c. Judith
Butler and the gendering of the self 5. Beyond the textual: Doing Visual /
Aural ethnography; sociology in cyberspace.

● HS109: Introduction to Philosophy

- Course Content: 1) What is philosophy? 2) Plato: Allegory of the Cave and
Theory of Ideas 3) Aristotle: Virtue Ethics 4) Upanishads: One and Many 5)
Buddhism: The Middle Way 6) Indian Skepticism (Charvaka and Others) 7)
Modern Philosophy: Doubt, Certainty and Critique (Descartes, Hume, Kant)
8) Modern Ethics: Kantian Ethics of Reason and Utilitarian Ethics of
Happiness 9) Themes in Contemporary Western Philosophy: Picture Theory
and Family Resemblance (Wittgenstein) Authentic and Inauthentic Existence
(Sartre) Ambiguity and Ethics (Beauvoir) Veil of Ignorance and Principles of
Justice (Rawls) 10) Themes in Contemporary Indian Philosophy:
 Practical/Ethical Vedanta (Vivekananda) Nonviolence and Truth (Gandhi)
Equality and Social Justice (Ambedkar) Critique of Nationalism and Notion of
the Surplus (Tagore)

● SOM101: Introduction to Management

- Course Content: Introduction to the course and importance of management
for an engineer. Introduction to Business, Industrial Business, Classification
of Industries and Job Opportunities (referring the industries visiting our
campus). Who is a manager?, brief discussion on classification of managers
(i.e. top, middle and lower), managers and administrators, definitions of
management (Peter F Drucker`s, Harold Koontz`s, and Universally accepted
definitions), Functions of Managers/Management and time spent on various
managerial functions by managers at various levels. F W Taylor`s, Henri
Fayol`s definition of management; Importance of management, features
(characteristics) of management, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Productivity.
Managerial Skills, the roles played by managers ,Systems Approach to
Management, Management is science or art. Planning: Difference between
general planning and managerial planning. Major types of Planning
(Strategic, Tactical and Operational) and major types of Plans (Mission,
Vision, Policies, Procedures, Strategies, Rules, Projects), and Steps in
Planning. Planning: Process of Management By Objectives (MBO), Guidelines
in setting the objectives, Key result areas, Qualitative and Quantitative
Objectives. Study: Setting objectives in key result areas (as per Peter F
Drucker). Strategic Planning: Planning Tools (Critical Question Analysis,
SWOT and TOWS Analysis). Strategies at Corporate, Tactical and Operational
levels; Successful implementation of strategies. Balance Score Card Strategic
Planning: Business Portfolio Analysis and Porter`s Model. What is Strategic
Planning? And the Process (steps in Strategic Planning). Different types of
stakeholders and their interests, Fiscal and Social Responsibilities
Organizing: What is Organizing? and the Process, Principles of Organizing ,
Span of Management.; Organisation Design and Culture Organizing: Line and
Staff concepts (Line, Staff and Functional Staff authority), A few structures
(Line and Staff; and Project and Matrix) in detail, Delegation (Definition,
Principles and Steps). Detailed study on Line, Functional and Committee
Structures, Difference between formal and informal organization, Types of
staff managers. Leading: What is? Differences between - Leading and
Managing, Leader and Manager; Differences between - motives, motivators
and motivation. Theories of Motivaton - Maslow`s Need Hierarchy, Herzberg`s
Two-Factor Theory and McGregor X and Y. Leading: Motivational Theories
continued, Motivational Techniques Leading: Leadership Styles, Likert`s Four
 Systems of Management, Ingredients of Leadership, Theories, Leadership
Grid. Leading: Communication - Difference between General and Managerial
Communication, Types of Communication, Controlling: what is? and the
Process (steps), Management Control Techniques (Budgetory, Non-budgetory
and Network) and types of control. Who should make budgets? Classification
of budgets into Financial, Operational and Non-monetary. Functions of an
entrepreneur, Types of entrepreneurs; Traits and characteristics of
Entrepreneurs & Intrapreneurs, Business Plans; Innovation Management for
Business Success, Organisation Lifecycle Professional Ethics — Senses of
Engineering Ethics, Variety of moral issues, Types of inquiry, Moral dilemmas,
Moral Autonomy, Moral Leadership, Code of Conduct, Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR). Global Issues — International Management and
Multinational Corporations, international competitiveness

● DE109: Introduction to Design

- Course Content: Introduction to Product Design1. To introduce design, users
and context.2. To understand design as a response to societal needs.3. To
explain the role of design for product development in industry.4. To introduce
ideas of sustainability.5. To understand collaborative methods in
design.Introduction to Communication Design1.Introduction to Drawing
2.Drawing as a Tool for Observation3.Introduction to
Photography4.Photomontage5.Introduction to Film and Video6.Film
appreciation7. Introduction to Typography8. Interactive Media