Useful Resouces & Links

When I ask my students to read more than the material given in the class room or write assignments, they don’t think of the college library but of the browsing center. Of course they are not totally wrong in their attitude, because a library functioning with a limited budget can’t provide materials related to the newly introduced programs/emerging concepts. With their limited computer skills many of the students could not get worthy material for the time and amount they spend in the browsing center. For example to get relevant material for JNNURM program a student has spend more than 5 hours and 150 rupees. No doubt it is taxing the students. Besides there is an inequality exists in using the internet resources between the rich and poor students, between boys and girls because girls are expected to return to the hostel/home before 8 pm. That made me to collect the addresses of useful sites so that whenever we demand them to refer additional resources, we can advice them to go to a specific site, so that students can use the internet resources much more efficiently. This may sound funny for the students from elite institutions where the UGC itself is subsidising many facilities of their college through which students are benefited. Rich is becoming richer and the poor are becoming poor is also true as far as academic institutions are concerned. The elite institutions where the economically better of are studying are subsidizing certain services to their students through grants and projects.
The addresses given in this site may not be relevant or may be obsolete for those students who do their community development in the so called elite institutions. These addresses aimed at those students doing their MSW course in institutions where there is no subsidized IT facilities are not available.
The addresses will grow depending on the demands of the students
Following is the list of useful websites and other resources for student’s reference

Following is the list of useful websites and other resources for student's reference
Government of India
Ministry of Rural Development Government of India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
National Institute of Urban Affairs
Goverment of Tamilnadu
Departments
Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department
Housing and Urban Development Department
Human Rights
Introduction to Human Rights
Human Rights Commission - India

INDIA

Wikipedia Reference - Basic reference about India - By clicking the subtopics and links therein students can access voluminous information.The side bar Republic of India provides the basic information. Information is presented under 12 headings.Each heading has links that provide detailed information

1 Etymology 2 History 3 Government 4 Politics 5 Foreign relations and military 6 Subdivisions (also about States for ex Tamilnadu) 7 Geography 8 Flora and fauna 9 Economy 10 Demographics 11 Culture 12 Sports

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Specialization Papers Syllabus

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (RURAL & URBAN) (SPECIALIZATION) III Semester
PAPER-14 RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
UNIT. I

Community development-concept, definition, meaning, need, history, principles, objectives and scope. Rural development-concept, definition, meaning, need, objectives and scope.
Rural development in India - Orgin and background -early experiments like Srinekethan, Sevagram, Marthandam, Gurugen expriment, Baroda expriment, Firka development in Madras, Nilokheri expriment, Etowah pilot project etc. Rural development programmes since independence. Approaches to rural development - Gandhian contractive progam - contribution of Vinobaji.

UNIT. II

Problems and prospects of rural life with reference to agriculture and allied actives like land and its use, animal husbandry, irrigation, pre-production, production and post harvest technology, rural infrastructure- drinking water, housing, health and education.

UNIT.III

Rural backwardness- causes and the need for planned change. Rural poverty -causes, consequences, measurement.Five year plans and major rural development programs- objectives, characteristics, strategies, organization and administration.

UNIT IV.

Administrative and organizational arrangement for rural development from block to National level.Panchayat Raj - origin, philosophy and characteristics - Constitution 73rd amendment and its implications.Rote of co-operatives and rural banks, NABARD, District Rural Development Agency in rural development.

UNIT. V

Agrarian relations and movements in India with special reference to Bhoodan and Gramdhan. Role of NGOs, Industries in rural development. Voluntary efforts in rural community development with reference to Tamilnadu - case studies on specific rural development projects like Kunrakudi, ASSEFA etc.

PAPER-15 URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
UNIT. I

Understanding urbanization and urban growth in India - definition and characteristics of urban areas, town, city, metropolis, suburbs, satellite towns, the relevance of urban ecology, urban sociology and environmental psychology for urban community development practice. The demographic and land use pattern in urban areas- social area analysis.

UNIT II

Urban community development - meaning and scope. Urban development programs in India. Review of Indian experience in urban development with reference to town planning, slum clearance and improvement. IDSMD (integrated development of Small and Medium Towns etc).

UNIT. III

Problems and prospects of urban life with reference to crowding and density, noise, air ,solid, and liquid pollution, urban housing, drinking water supply, transport, urban public health, urban non-formal sector, Commercial Sex Work and Juvenile Delinquency.

UNIT. IV

Slums in India: theories, causes and conditions, poverty in urban areas, culture of poverty in slums, poverty alleviation programmes.

UNIT V

Administrative and policy arrangements for urban development with reference to municipalities, corporations, metropolitan development authorities, housing and slum clearance boards. Constitution-73rd amendment and its relevance to urban community development.

PAPER-16.REGIONAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Note:The full course material for Regional Planning is available as shared document 1.www.scribd.com 2.
UNIT-I

Concept of Region. Types of Regions -functional and formal region. Techniques of regions delimitation. Regionalisation in India. Physiographic, Economic, Linguistic. Classification and Hierarchy of regions. The Concept of Rural - Urban Continuum.

UNIT-II

Causes and consequences of regional inequalities in India. Policy measures to overcome regional Inequalities. Backward Area Development Approach, Industrial licensing policy, Industrial Estates and concessions. Sub - plan approach.

UNIT-III

Methods of regional analysis and development. Export - base Model. Central place Theory. Growth Pole Hypothesis. Myrdal's Theory of Cumulative Causation.

UNIT-IV

Definition, Scope and Methods of Regional Planning. Town and Country Planning. Water- shed Planning. Agro-Climatic Regional Planning, District - Level Planning, Micro-level Planning. Relevance of micro-level planning in local self-government.

UNIT-V

Understanding Tamilnadu as a Region. Administrative Regions -District and Taluk - Characteristics of Population, agriculture, Industries. Issues related to education, health and infrastructure. Regional Planning in Tamilnadu.

The most beautiful photo ever seen

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Students of community Development sitting in front of the landmark entrance of MISS. The group photo of the CD.2008 looks beautiful because "we" are not there.Their resumes will be uploaded soon. By clicking their names you can access their bio-data.

Welcome Note

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I dedicate this blog to my loving students and the great institution and its founder Dr(Capt) DVP Raja. I am always proud of MISW (now it is MISS) which provided opportunities for those aspiring students from ordinary families, when other schools and departments of social work in the name of merit, class and religion excluded them. It is this vision of inclusion which binds us even today -is it not?.

I am basically a computer illiterate. Like an uneducated parent wants to provide quality education to his children, it is my desire to take IT skills to my students, especially to the students of community development who need it most when compared with other specialization students, made me to start this blog.

At present for practical reasons the blog is maintained by me with the hope that my students will be equiped soon not only to manage this blog but take it to greater heights as some of them have already achieved.

This blog is an expression of our collective desire to use Information Technology to learn more and serve better. Those who are interested in development are invited to share what they feel as good and useful to others in English as well as in Tamil.