NPTEL : NOC:Indian Business History (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Vipul Dutta


Lecture 1 - Introduction and General Outline

Lecture 2 - Sources and Methodology to Study Indian Business History

Lecture 3 - East India Company's early ventures in India

Lecture 4 - Agency Houses: Jagat Seths and Early Banking operations

Lecture 5 - Emergence of Bombay and Cotton Trade, 1750-1850

Lecture 6 - Indian Business: Changes and Styles

Lecture 7 - Emergence of Calcutta: Impact on Industries

Lecture 8 - Swadeshi Movement: Impact on Indian Industries

Lecture 9 - Case Studies: Indian Business Houses: TATAs

Lecture 10 - Indian Economy and Business during WW I

Lecture 11 - Impact of the Second World War WW II

Lecture 12 - Political Economy of the Global wars for India; Case Study: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Lecture 13 - Impact of Independence and Partition: Evolution of the Railways in India

Lecture 14 - Planning, Statistics and Industrialization Policies

Lecture 15 - Global Currents of economic Thought, 1947-1960

Lecture 16 - Industrial Licensing Policies, Institutions 1947-1964

Lecture 17 - Industrial Licensing Policies, 1966-1980

Lecture 18 - Case Study: Amul and Rural Cooperatives

Lecture 19 - Liberalisation of the Indian Economy, 1990s

Lecture 20 - Business Developments in India; India’s Energy Diplomacy through ONGC

Lecture 21 - Indian Business History: Trends and Prospects

Lecture 22 - Learning Outcomes from Indian Business History