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particular Schools of

The Neotia

University

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methodology

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1 School of

Biotechnology and

Life Sciences

(Specialization in

Biotechnology)

Biochemistry: Biomolecules - structure and

functions; Biological membranes, structure,

action potential and transport processes;

Enzymes- classification, kinetics and

mechanism of action; Basic concepts and

designs of metabolism (carbohydrates,

lipids, amino acids and nucleic acids)

photosynthesis, respiration and electron

transport chain; Bioenergetics.

Microbiology: Viruses - structure and

classification; Microbial classification and

diversity (bacterial, algal and fungal);

Methods in microbiology; Microbial growth

and nutrition; Aerobic and anaerobic

respiration; Nitrogen fixation; Microbial

diseases and host-pathogen interaction.

Cell Biology: Prokaryotic and eukaryotic

cell structure; Cell cycle and cell growth

control; Cell-Cell communication, Cell

signalling and signal transduction

Molecular Biology and Genetics:

Molecular structure of genes and

chromosomes; Mutations and mutagenesis;

Nucleic acid replication, transcription,

translation and their regulatory mechanisms

in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; Mendelian

inheritance; Gene interaction;

Complementation; Linkage, recombination

and chromosome mapping; Extra

chromosomal inheritance; Microbial

genetics (plasmids, transformation,

transduction, conjugation); Horizontal gene

transfer and Transposable elements; RNA

interference; DNA damage and repair;

Chromosomal variation; Molecular basis of

genetic diseases.

Analytical Techniques: Principles of

microscopy-light, electron, fluorescent and

confocal; Centrifugation- high speed and

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ultra; Principles of spectroscopy-UV,

visible, CD, IR, FTIR, MS, NMR;

Principles of chromatography- ion

exchange, gel filtration, hydrophobic

interaction, affinity, GC,HPLC, FPLC;

Electrophoresis; Microarray

Immunology: History of Immunology;

Innate, humoral and cell mediated

immunity; Antigen; Antibody structure and

function; Molecular basis of antibody

diversity; Synthesis of antibody and

secretion; Antigen-antibody reaction;

Complement; Primary and secondary

lymphoid organs; B cell, T cell and

macrophages; Major histocompatibility

complex (MHC); Antigen processing and

presentation; Polyclonal and monoclonal

antibody; Regulation of immune response;

Immune tolerance; Hypersensitivity;

Autoimmunity; Graft versus host reaction.

Recombinant DNA technology:

Restriction and modification enzymes;

Vectors; plasmid, bacteriophage and other

viral vectors, cosmids, Ti plasmid, yeast

artificial chromosome; mammalian and

plant expression vectors; cDNA and

genomic DNA library; Gene isolation,

cloning and expression ; Transposons and

gene targeting; DNA labelling; DNA

sequencing; Polymerase chain

reaction(PCR); DNA fingerprinting;

Southern and northern blotting; In-situ

hybridization; RAPD, RFLP; Site-directed

mutagenesis; Gene transfer technologies;

Gene therapy.

Plant and Animal Biotechnology

Totipotency; Regeneration of plants; Plant

growth regulators and elicitors; Tissue

culture and Cell suspension culture system:

methodology, kinetics of growth and,

nutrient optimization; Production of

secondary metabolites by plant suspension

cultures; Hairy root culture; transgenic

plants; Plant products of industrial

importance

Animal cell culture; media composition and

growth conditions; Animal cell and tissue

preservation; Anchorage and non-anchorage

dependent cell culture; Kinetics of cell

growth; Micro & macro-carrier culture;

Hybridoma technology; Stem cell

technology; Animal cloning; Transgenic

animals

Bioprocess Engineering and Process

Biotechnology Chemical engineering

principles applied to biological system,

Principle of reactor design, ideal and non-

ideal multiphase bioreactors, mass and heat

transfer; Rheology of fermentation fluids,

Aeration and agitation; Media formulation

and optimization; Kinetics of microbial

growth, substrate utilization and product

formation; Sterilization of air and media;

Batch, fed-batch and continuous processes;

Various types of microbial and enzyme

reactors; Instrumentation control and

optimization; Unit operations in solid-liquid

separation and liquid-liquid extraction;

Process scale-up, economics and feasibility

analysis

Engineering principle of bioprocessing-

Upstream production and downstream;

Bioprocess design and development from

lab to industrial scale; Microbial, animal

and plant cell culture platforms; Production

of biomass and primary/secondary

metabolites; Biofuels, Bioplastics, industrial

enzymes, antibiotics; Large scale production

and purification of recombinant proteins;

Industrial application of chromatographic

and membrane based bioseparation

methods; Immobilization of biocatalysts

(enzymes and cells) for bioconversion

processes; Bioremediation-Aerobic and

anaerobic processes for stabilization of solid

/ liquid wastes

Bioinformatics: Major bioinformatic

resources and search tools; Sequence and

structure databases; Sequence analysis

(biomolecular sequence file formats,

scoring matrices, sequence alignment,

phylogeny); Data mining and analytical

tools for genomic and proteomic studies;

Molecular dynamics and simulations (basic

concepts including force fields, protein-

protein, protein-nucleic acid, protein-ligand

interaction).

2 School of

Engineering and

Applied Sciences

(Specialization in

Microelectronics and

Nanotechnology )

Devices division

Devices division will have questions based

on the following topics. (a) Crystal structure

basis, basic quantum mechanics (particle in

a box, barrier tunnelling), electrons in

solids, energy band theory, charge carriers

in semiconductors, drift-diffusion theory, p-

n junctions, MOS capacitors, field-effect

transistors, bipolar junction transistors,

LEDs and solar cells.

Circuits and VLSI division

Circuits and VLSI division will have

questions based on the following topics. -

Basic Electrical and Electronic Circuits -

Basic Network Theory - Linear and Non-

linear Circuits (discrete and integrated) -

Basic CMOS analog circuits - Basic CMOS

digital circuits - Basics of semiconductor

devices, for example P-N junctions.

VLSI Devices & Modelling, CMOS Device

Design, Analog and Digital IC Design,

Scaling, Microelectronics Technology & IC

Fabrication, Embedded Systems.

Quantum and Nano devices: Low-

Dimensional Structures, Quantum wells,

Wires, Dots, Band structure of low-

dimensional systems, Quantum

confinement, Density-of-states in 2D, 1D

and 0D structures, Heterostructures and

bandgap engineering, Modulation doping,

Strained layer structures. Physics of

Nanostructure Devices Single electron

transistors: Coulomb block phenomenon,

Fabrication and applications, Memory

devices, Quantum computer, Spintronics,

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3 School of

Engineering and

Applied Sciences

(Specialization in

Mathematics )

1. Algebra

Group, Subgroup, Ring, Field

2. Linear Algebra

Finite dimensional vector spaces; Linear

transformations and their matrix

representations, rank; systems of linear

equations, eigenvalue and eigenvector,

minimal polynomial, Cayley-Hamilton

Theorem, diagonalization, Jordan-canonical

form, Hermitian, Skew-Hermitian and

unitary matrices

3. Complex Analysis

Analytic functions, conformal mappings,

bilinear transformations; complex

integration: Cauchy’s integral theorem and

formula; Liouville’s theorem, maximum

modulus principle; Zeros and singularities;

Taylor and Laurent’s series; residue

theorem and applications for evaluating real

integrals

4. Real Analysis

Sequences and series of functions, uniform

convergence, power series

5. Differential Equations

First order ordinary differential equations,

existence and uniqueness theorems for

initial value problems, systems of linear first

order ordinary differential equations, linear

ordinary differential equations of higher

order with constant coefficients

Linear and quasilinear first order partial

differential equations, method of

characteristics; second order linear

equations in two variables and their

classification; Cauchy, Dirichlet and

Neumann problems

6. Numerical Analysis:

Numerical solution of algebraic and

transcendental equations: bisection, secant

method, Newton-Raphson method, fixed

point iteration; interpolation: error of

polynomial interpolation, Lagrange, Newton

interpolations; numerical differentiation;

numerical integration: Trapezoidal and

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Simpson rules; numerical solution of

systems of linear equations: direct methods

(Gauss elimination, LU decomposition);

iterative methods

(Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel)

7. Linear Programming:

Linear programming problem and its

formulation, convex sets and their

properties, graphical method, basic feasible

solution, simplex method, big-M and two

phase methods; infeasible and unbounded

LPP’s, alternate optima; Dual problem and

duality theorems, dual simplex method

8. Probability and Statistics

Probability space, conditional probability,

Bayes’ theorem, independence, Random

variables, joint and conditional

distributions, standard probability

distributions and their properties (Discrete

uniform, Binomial, Poisson, Geometric,

Negative binomial, Normal, Exponential,

Gamma), Testing of hypotheses

4

School of

Engineering and

Applied Sciences

(Specialization in

Chemistry)

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Basic principles of quantum mechanics:

Postulates; operator algebra; exactly-

solvable systems: particle-in-a-box,

harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom,

including shapes of atomic orbitals; orbital

and spin angular momenta; tunneling.

Approximate methods of quantum

mechanics: Variational principle;

perturbation theory up to second order in

energy; applications.

Atomic structure and spectroscopy; term

symbols; many-electron systems and

antisymmetry principle.

Chemical bonding in diatomics;

elementary concepts of MO and VB

theories; Huckel theory for conjugated π-

electron systems.

Chemical applications of group theory;

symmetry elements; point groups; character

tables; selection rules.

Molecular spectroscopy: Rotational and

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vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules;

electronic spectra; IR and Raman activities

– selection rules; basic principles of

magnetic resonance.

Chemical thermodynamics: Laws, state

and path functions and their applications;

thermodynamic description of various types

of processes; Maxwell’s relations;

spontaneity and equilibria; temperature and

pressure dependence of thermodynamic

quantities; Le Chatelier principle;

elementary description of phase transitions;

phase equilibria and phase rule;

thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal

gases, and solutions.

Statistical thermodynamics: Boltzmann

distribution; kinetic theory of gases;

partition functions and their relation to

thermodynamic quantities – calculations for

model systems.

Electrochemistry: Nernst equation, redox

systems, electrochemical cells; Debye-

Huckel theory; electrolytic conductance –

Kohlrausch’s law and its applications; ionic

equilibria; conductometric and

potentiometric titrations.

Chemical kinetics: Empirical rate laws and

temperature dependence; complex reactions;

steady state approximation; determination

of reaction mechanisms; collision and

transition state theories of rate constants;

unimolecular reactions; enzyme kinetics;

salt effects; homogeneous catalysis;

photochemical reactions.

Colloids and surfaces: Stability and

properties of colloids; isotherms and surface

area; heterogeneous catalysis.

Solid state: Crystal structures; Bragg’s law

and applications; band structure of solids.

Polymer chemistry: Molar masses; kinetics

of polymerization.

Data analysis: Mean and standard

deviation; absolute and relative errors;

linear regression; covariance and correlation

coefficient.

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Chemical periodicity

Structure and bonding: in homo- and

heteronuclear molecules, including shapes

of molecules (VSEPR Theory).

Concepts of acids and bases: Hard-Soft

acid base concept, Non-aqueous solvents.

Main group elements and their

compounds: Allotropy, synthesis, structure

and bonding, industrial importance of the

compounds.

Transition elements and coordination

compounds: structure, bonding theories,

spectral and magnetic properties, reaction

mechanisms.

Inner transition elements: spectral and

magnetic properties, redox chemistry,

analytical applications.

Organometallic compounds: synthesis,

bonding and structure, and reactivity.

Organometallics in homogeneous catalysis.

Cages and metal clusters. Analytical chemistry- separation,

spectroscopic, electro- and thermoanalytical

methods.

Bioinorganic chemistry: photosystems,

porphyrins, metalloenzymes, oxygen

transport, electron- transfer reactions;

nitrogen fixation, metal complexes in

medicine.

Characterisation of inorganic compounds by

IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer, UV-

vis, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy and

microscopic techniques.

Nuclear chemistry: nuclear reactions,

fission and fusion, radio-analytical

techniques and activation analysis.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

IUPAC nomenclature of organic molecules

including regio- and stereoisomers.

Principles of stereochemistry:

Configurational and conformational

isomerism in acyclic and cyclic compounds;

stereogenicity, stereoselectivity,

enantioselectivity, diastereoselectivity and

asymmetric induction.

Aromaticity: Benzenoid and non-

benzenoid compounds- generation and

reactions.

Organic reactive intermediates:

Generation, stability and reactivity of

carbocations, carbanions,

free radicals, carbenes, benzynes and

nitrenes.

Organic reaction mechanisms - involving

addition, elimination and substitution

reactions with electrophilic, nucleophilic or

radical species. Determination of reaction

pathways.

Common named reactions and

rearrangements- applications in organic

synthesis.

Organic transformations and reagents:

Functional group interconversion including

oxidations and reductions; common

catalysts and reagents (organic, inorganic,

organometallic and enzymatic). Chemo,

regio and stereoselective transformations.

Concepts in organic synthesis:

Retrosynthesis, disconnection, synthons,

linear and convergent synthesis, umpolung

of reactivity and protecting groups.

Asymmetric synthesis: Chiral auxiliaries,

methods of asymmetric induction –

substrate, reagent and catalyst controlled

reactions; determination of enantiomeric

and diastereomeric excess; enantio-

discrimination. Resolution- optical and

kinetic.

Pericyclic reactions- electrocyclisation,

cycloaddition, sigmatropic rearrangements

and other related concerted reactions.

Principles and applications of

photochemical reactions in organic

chemistry.

Synthesis and reactivity of common

heterocyclic compounds containing one or

two heteroatoms (O, N, S).

Chemistry of natural products:

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School of

Engineering and

Applied Sciences

(Specialization in

Physics)

Carbohydrates, proteins and peptides, fatty

acids, nucleic acids, terpenes, steroids and

alkaloids. Biogenesis of terpenoids and

alkaloids.

Structure determination of organic

compounds by IR, UV-Vis, 1H & 13C

NMR and Mass spectroscopic techniques.

INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS

1. Chemistry in nanoscience and

technology.

2. Catalysis and green chemistry.

3. Medicinal chemistry.

4. Supramolecular chemistry.

5. Environmental chemistry.

Quantum Mechanics: Wave-particle

duality. Schrödinger equation (time-

dependent and time-independent).

Eigenvalue problems (particle in a box,

harmonic oscillator, etc.). Tunneling

through a barrier. Wave-function in

coordinate and momentum representations.

Commutators and Heisenberg uncertainty

principle. Dirac notation for state vectors.

Motion in a central potential: orbital angular

momentum, angular momentum algebra,

spin, addition of angular momenta;

Hydrogen atom. Stern-Gerlach experiment.

Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics: Laws of thermodynamics and their

consequences. Thermodynamic potentials,

Maxwell relations, chemical potential,

phase equilibria. Phase space, micro- and

macro-states. Micro-canonical, canonical

and grand-canonical ensembles and

partition functions. Free energy and its

connection with thermodynamic quantities.

Classical and quantum statistics. Ideal Bose

and Fermi gases. Principle of detailed

balance. Blackbody radiation and Planck's

distribution law.

Electronics and Experimental Methods:

Semiconductor devices (diodes, junctions,

transistors, field effect devices, homo- and

hetero-junction devices), device structure,

device characteristics, frequency

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dependence and applications. Opto-

electronic devices (solar cells, photo-

detectors, LEDs). Operational amplifiers

and their applications. Digital techniques

and applications (registers, counters,

comparators and similar circuits). A/D and

D/A converters. Microprocessor and

microcontroller basics. Data interpretation

and analysis. Precision and accuracy. Error

analysis, propagation of errors. Least

squares fitting,

Nuclear and Particle Physics: Basic

nuclear properties: size, shape and charge

distribution, spin and parity. Binding

energy, semiempirical mass formula, liquid

drop model. Nature of the nuclear force,

form of nucleon-nucleon potential, charge-

independence and charge-symmetry of

nuclear forces. Deuteron problem. Evidence

of shell structure, single-particle shell

model, its validity and limitations.

Rotational spectra. Elementary ideas of

alpha, beta and gamma decays and their

selection rules. Fission and fusion. Nuclear

reactions, reaction mechanism, compound

nuclei and direct reactions. Classification of

fundamental forces. Elementary particles

and their quantum numbers (charge, spin,

parity, isospin, strangeness, etc.). Gellmann-

Nishijima formula. Quark model, baryons

and mesons. C, P, and T invariance.

Condensed Matter Physics: Bravais

lattices. Reciprocal lattice. Diffraction and

the structure factor. Bonding of solids.

Elastic properties, phonons, lattice specific

heat. Free electron theory and electronic

specific heat. Response and relaxation

phenomena. Drude model of electrical and

thermal conductivity. Hall effect and

thermoelectric power. Electron motion in a

periodic potential, band theory of solids:

metals, insulators and semiconductors.

Superconductivity: type-I and type-II

superconductors. General Overview of

Integrated Circuit Processing, Conductivity

in Other Materials, Insulators and

Dielectric and Magnetic properties:

Properties, Polarization in Dielectrics,

Electrostriction, Piezoelectricity, and

Ferroelectricity. Classification of Magnetic

Materials, Magnetic Dipoles and Magnetic

Moments, Magnetization, Permeability, and

the Magnetic Field, Diamagnetic,

Paramagnetic, Ferromagnetic,

Ferrimagnetic, and Superparamagnetic

Materials, Domain Structure and the

Hysteresis Loop, The Curie Temperature,

Applications of Magnetic Materials.

6 School of

Engineering and

applied sciences

(Specialization in

computer science and

engineering)

Module 1: Programming Languages C

The C character set identifiers and

keywords, data type & sizes, variable

names, declaration, statements. Operators &

Expressions: Arithmetic operators,

relational and logical operators, type,

conversion, increment and decrement

operators, bit wise operators, assignment

operators and expressions, precedence and

order of evaluation. Input and Output:

Standard input and output, formatted output

-- printf, formatted input scanf. Flow of

Control: Statement and blocks, if - else,

switch, loops - while, for do while, break

and continue, go to and labels.

Fundamentals and Program Structures:

Basic of functions, function types, functions

returning values, functions not returning

values, auto, external, static and register

variables, scope rules, recursion, function

prototypes, C preprocessor, command line

arguments. Arrays and Pointers: One

dimensional arrays, pointers and functions,

multidimensional arrays. Structures Union

and Files: Basic of structures, structures and

functions, arrays of structures, bit fields,

formatted and unformatted files

Module 2: OOP Concept through

C++, Core JAVA

OOP Concept, 4 feature, Alius Variable,

Concept of Copy Constarutor, Use of

Vertual Keyword,

Module 3: Data communication and

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Networking:

Data communications: components, data

representation(ASCII,ISO etc.),direction of

data flow (simplex, half duplex, full

duplex); Networks: distributed processing,

network criteria, physical structure (type of

connection, topology), categories of

network (LAN, MAN,WAN); Internet:

Protocols and standards; Reference models:

OSI reference model, TCP/IP reference

model, their comparative study. Physical

level: analog date & digital data, analog

signal & digital signal, analog transmission

& digital transmission & transmission

media ( guided & non-guided); TDM, FDM,

WDM; Circuit switching: time division &

space division switch, TDM bus; Telephone

network; Module II Data link layer Types of

errors, framing(character and bit stuffing),

error detection & correction methods; Flow

control; Protocols: Stop & wait ARQ, Go-

Back- N ARQ, Selective repeat ARQ,

HDLC; Medium access sub layer: Point to

point protocol, LCP, NCP, FDDI, token bus,

token ring; Reservation, polling,

concentration; Multiple access protocols:

Pure ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA, CSMA,

CSMA/CD, FDMA, TDMA, CDMA;

Traditional Ethernet, fast Ethernet; Module

III Network layer: Internetworking &

devices: Repeaters, Hubs, Bridges,

Switches, Router, Gateway; Addressing :

Internet address, classful address,

subnetting; Routing : techniques, static vs.

dynamic routing , routing table for classful

address; Routing algorithms: shortest path

algorithm, flooding, distance vector routing,

link state routing; Protocols: ARP, RARP,

IP, ICMP, IPV6; Unicast and multicast

routing protocols. Transport layer: Process

to process delivery; UDP; TCP; Congestion

control algorithm: Leaky bucket algorithm,

Token bucket algorithm, choke packets;

Quality of service: techniques to improve

Qos. Module IV Application layer: DNS;

SMTP, SNMP, FTP, HTTP & WWW;

Security: Cryptography, user authentication,

security protocols in internet, Firewalls.

Module 4: Software Engineering

Overview of System Analysis & Design ,

Business System Concept, System

Development Life Cycle, Waterfall Model ,

Spiral Model, Feasibility Analysis,

Technical Feasibility, System Design –

Problem Partitioning, Top-Down And

Bottop-Up design ;Decision tree, decision

table and structured English; Functional vs.

Object- Oriented approach Coding &

Documentation - Structured Programming,

OO Programming, Information Hiding,

Reuse, System Documentation. Testing –

Levels of Testing, Integration Testing, Test

case Specification, Reliability Assessment .

, Validation & Verification Metrics,

Monitoring & Control.

Module 5: Operating system

Operating system functions, evaluation of

O.S., Different types of O.S.: batch, multi-

programmed, time-sharing, real-time,

distributed, parallel. System Structure:

Computer system operation, I/O structure,

storage structure, storage hierarchy,

different types of protections, operating

system structure (simple, layered, virtual

machine), O/S services, system calls.

Processes : Concept of processes, process

scheduling, operations on processes, co-

operating processes, interprocess

communication. Threads : overview,

benefits of threads, user and kernel threads.

CPU scheduling: scheduling criteria,

preemptive & non-preemptive scheduling,

scheduling algorithms (FCFS, SJF, RR,

priority), algorithm evaluation, multi-

processor scheduling. Process

Synchronization: background, critical

section problem, critical region,

synchronization hardware, classical

problems of synchronization, semaphores.

Deadlocks: system model, deadlock

characterization, methods for handling

deadlocks, deadlock prevention, deadlock

avoidance, deadlock detection, recovery

from deadlock. Storage Management

Memory Management : background, logical

vs. physical address space, swapping,

contiguous memory allocation, paging,

segmentation, segmentation with paging.

Virtual Memory: background, demand

paging, performance, page replacement,

page replacement algorithms (FCFS, LRU),

allocation of frames, thrashing. I/O

Management: I/O hardware, polling,

interrupts, DMA, application I/O interface

(block and character devices, network

devices, clocks and timers, blocking and

nonblocking I/O), kernel I/O subsystem

(scheduling, buffering, caching, spooling

and device reservation, error handling),

performance. Disk Management: disk

structure, disk scheduling (FCFS, SSTF,

SCAN,C-SCAN) , disk reliability, disk

formatting, boot block, bad blocks.

Module 6: Data Structure and

Algorithm

Recursion. Arrays, stacks, queues, linked

lists, trees, binary search trees, binary heaps,

graphs. Algorithms Searching, sorting,

hashing. Asymptotic worst case time and

space complexity. Algorithm design

techniques: greedy, dynamic programming

and divide‐and‐conquer. Graph search,

minimum spanning trees, shortest paths

Module 7: DBMS

Databases ER‐model. Relational model:

relational algebra, tuple calculus, SQL.

Integrity constraints, normal forms. File

organization, indexing (e.g., B and B+

trees). Transactions and concurrency

control.

Module 8: Computational and

Engineering Mathematics and Graph

Theory

Engineering Mathematics Discrete

Mathematics: Propositional and first order

logic. Sets, relations, functions, partial

orders and lattices. Groups. Graphs:

connectivity, matching, coloring.

Combinatorics: counting, recurrence

relations, generating functions. Linear

Algebra: Matrices, determinants, system of

linear equations, eigenvalues and

eigenvectors, LU decomposition. Calculus:

Limits, continuity and differentiability.

Maxima and minima. Mean value theorem.

Integration. Probability: Random variables.

Uniform, normal, exponential, poisson and

binomial distributions. Mean, median, mode

and standard deviation. Conditional

probability and Bayes theorem

Module 9: Digital Logic

Boolean algebra. Combinational and

sequential circuits. Minimization. Number

representations and computer arithmetic

(fixed and floating point).

Module 10: Computer Organization

and Architecture

Machine instructions and addressing modes.

ALU, data‐path and control unit. Instruction

pipelining. Memory hierarchy: cache, main

memory and secondary storage; I/O

interface (interrupt and DMA mode).

7 School of

Humanities,

management and

social sciences

(specialization in

English)

Unit 1: Poetry

Shakespeare Sonnets.

Milton Book 1 – Paradise

Lost.

Blake The Tyger

Wordsworth Immortality Ode

Coleridge Kubla Khan

Shelley Ode to the West wind

Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn

Tennyson Ulysses

Arnold The Scholar Gipsy

Browning A Grammarian’s

Funeral

Eliot The Hollow Men

Yeats Sailing to Byzantium

Auden In Memory of W B

Yeats

Ted Hughes Hawk Roosting

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Unit 11: European Classics in Translation

Sophocles Oedipus Rex

Virgil Aeneid

DanteAlighieri Book 1 –

Divine Comedy

Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote

Johann Wolfgang Faust

Von Goethe

Stendhal The Red and

the Black

Fyodor Doestoevsky Crime and

Punishment.

FranzKafka

Metamorphosis

Albert Camus Myth of

Sysiphus

Simone de Beauvoir She came to a

stay

Unit 111: Non-fiction Prose

Francis Bacon Essays

Jeremy Bentham Essay on

Political Tactics

ThomasCarlyle Sartor

Resartus

John Stuart Mill On Liberty

CharlesDarwin Origin of

Species

Karl Marx Preface and

introduction to a

contribution to the

critique of

political economy

Henry James Preface to The

Ambassadors

Sigmund Freud Creative

writers and daydreaming

Virginia Woolf Three Guineas

George Orwell Politics and the

English Language

Unit 1V: Women’s Writing in India

Sangam Poetry Selections

from Akam, 300 BCE to 300 CE

Mahadevi Akka Vacana

Poems, 12th century CE

Meera Selections,

1693 CE

Sarojini Naidu Mah-Rukh

Begum,

PanditaRamabai High-caste

Hindu Woman

Anita Desai Cry the

Peacock

Ashapurna Devi Pratham

Prathishruti

Mahashweta Devi Draupadi

Indira Goswami An Unfinished

Autobiography

Mamang Dai The Sky

Queen

Sara Joseph Othappu: The

Scent of the Other Side

Unit V: Fiction

John Bunyan Pilgrim’s

Progress

Daniel Defoe Moll Flanders

Henry Fielding Joseph

Andrews

Jane Austen Emma

Emily Bronte Wuthering

Heights

CharlesDickens Hard Times

George Elliot Mill on the

Floss

Joseph Conrad Heart of

Darkness

D.H Lawrence The Rainbow

E.M Forster Passage to

India

Unit V1: Indian Literature in Translation

Kalidasa

AbhijnanShak

untalam, 1st

century BCE

to 4th century

CE

Abburi Chayadevi Touch

Bankim Chandra

Chattopadhyay Anandmath

Fakir Mohan Senapati Six Acres and

a third

GovardhanramTripathi Saraswathi

Chandra

Rabindranath Tagore Gora

Rabindranath TagoreHome and the World

SaratchandraChatterjee PatherDaabi

Premchand Godaan

T S Pillai Chemmeen

Srilal Shukla Rag

Durbari

AK. Ramanujan

Speaking of Shiva

Pundalik Naik The

Upheaval

Q Haider River

of Fire

Unit V11: Criticism and critical Theory

Aristotle Poetics, 335

BCE

Horace ArsPoetica, c.

19 BCE

WilliamWordsworth Preface to

Literary Ballads

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia

Literaria

P.B Shelley ADefenceOf

Poetry

MatthewArnold Study of

Poetry

T.SEliot Tradition and

the Individual talent

Terry Eagleton What is

Literature?

Harold Bloom Shelley’s

Mythmaking

Roland Barthes Death of an

author

JacquesDerrida Differance

Michel Foucault What is an

author?

Unit V111: Literatures of/from the Margins

NamdeoDhasal Poet of

the Underworld

Saratchandra Chatterjee

Mahesh

Mulk Raj Anand

Untouchable

Baby Haldar

AaloAndhari

Revati Truth

about Me

Unit 1X: Postcolonial Literature

Derek Walcott Sea is

History

Patrick White Tree

of Man

Chinua Achebe Things

Fall Apart

V S Naipaul A

House for Mr. Biswas

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

Michael Ondaatje

Running in the Family

M G Vassanji Gunny

Sack

Amartya Sen

Identity and Violence

Khaled Hosseini Kite

Runner

C.N Adichie Half of

the Yellow Sun