Course Name: Economic Growth and Development

Course abstract

This course engages the student with the much debated theories of growth versus development. The decades following liberalization and globalization have been a period of very high levels of economic inequality. With the focus on issues surrounding inequality, this course will introduce students to the major ideas and theories surrounding the often used and misused concepts of economic growth and economic development. With the help of major concepts used in growth and development economics, a student taking this course will be able to participate in the debate and understand the nuances surrounding the issue of economic development.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Rajshree Bedamatta

Prof. Rajshree Bedamatta is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Her university training is in the discipline of Economics with specialization in Development Economics. She teaches and researches in the broad domains on Development Economics and Public Economics at IIT Guwahati. Her research is on agrarian markets with focus in the domains of food and nutrition, health and education.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Feb-2021
 Exam Date : 21-Mar-2021

Enrolled

2343

Registered

458

Certificate Eligible

375

Certified Category Count

Gold

8

Silver

143

Elite

164

Successfully completed

60

Participation

36

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments. Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
    Note:
    We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Economic Growth and Development - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

ABHISEK DASH 99%

SIDDHANT GUPTA 93%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

R KARISHMA 92%

PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE

YASH SWARNKAR 92%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

TANYA TRIPATHI 90%

ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY

SHIVANGI GUPTA 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

VISHAL GUPTA 90%

AJAY KUMAR GARG ENGINEERING COLLEGE

PRAJJVAL TRIPATHI 90%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

PRANAV B M 88%

R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

RAHUL DHAKAD 88%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

RISHAB YADAV 88%

SHARDA UNIVERSITY

VISHAL DEVRAJ MUDLIYAR 87%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

RATHER TAJAMUL ISLAM 86%

Govt PG College Rajouri Jammu and Kashmir

SHIVANI PANWA 86%

ABHIMANYU RATHORE 86%

SHARDA UNIVERSITY

SONAL JHA 86%

SHARDA UNIVERSITY

OIMANG TAYANG 86%

RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY

C V SUGANTHA MANI 85%

PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

SAI SOWMIYA B S 85%

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

SAURABH KUMAR PATHAK 85%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

DRONGIR SINGH 85%

MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2343

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 457

Assignment Statistics



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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.