Integrated Personality Development Course#
Course Code: DI02000141
Gujarat Technological University
Program: Diploma in Engineering
Level: Diploma
Branch: All
| Academic Year | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Semester | 2nd |
| Category | HSMC |
| Prerequisite | - |
|---|---|
| Rationale | IPDC aims to prepare students for the modern challenges they face in their daily lives. Promoting fortitude in the face of failures, unity amongst family discord, self-discipline amidst distractions, and many more priceless lessons. The course focuses on morality and character development at the core of student growth, to enable students to become self-aware, sincere, and successful in their many roles - as an ambitious student, reliable employee, caring family member, and considerate citizen. |
Course Outcomes#
After completion of the course, students will be able to:
| No. | Course Outcomes | RBT Level |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | To provide students with a holistic value-based education that will enable them to be successful in their academic, professional, and social lives | U |
| 02 | To give the students the tools to develop effective habits, promote personal growth, and improve their wellbeing, stability, and productivity | U/A |
| 03 | To allow students to establish a stronger connection with their family through critical thinking and development of qualities such as unity, forgiveness, empathy, and effective communication | U |
| 04 | To provide students with soft skills that complement their hard skills, making them more marketable when entering the workforce | A/N |
| 05 | To enhance awareness of India’s glory and global values, and to create considerate citizens who strive for the betterment of their family, college, workforce, and nation | U |
RBT: Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Teaching and Examination Scheme#
| Teaching Scheme (Hours) | Credits | Assessment Pattern (Marks) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | T | PR | C | Theory ESE (E) | Theory PA/CA (M) | Tutorial/Practical PA/CA (I) | Tutorial/Practical ESE (V) | Marks |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 150 |
Course Content#
| Unit No. | Module & Subject | Content | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | The Need for Values | Students will learn about the need for values as part of their holistic development to become successful in their many roles - as ambitious students, reliable employees, caring family members, and considerate citizens. | 2 |
| 1 | Module: Remaking Yourself Subject: Restructuring Yourself | Students learn how self-improvement enables them to secure a bright future for themselves. They will learn 6 powerful thought-processes that can develop their physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual quotients. | 2 |
| 2 | Module: Remaking Yourself Subject: Power of Habit | Students will undergo a study of how habits work, the habits of successful professionals, and the practical techniques that can be used to develop good habits in their life. | 2 |
| 3 | Module: Learning from Legends Subject: Tendulkar & Tata | Students will learn from the inspirational lives of India’s two legends, Sachin Tendulkar and Ratan Tata. They will implement these lessons through relatable case studies. | 2 |
| 4 | Module: From House to Home Subject: Listening & Understanding | Active listening is an essential part of academic progress and communications. Students will learn to listen with their eyes, ears, mind, and heart. | 2 |
| 5 | Module: Facing Failures Subject: Welcoming Challenges | This lecture enables students to revisit the way in which they approach challenges. Through the study of successful figures such as Disney, Lincoln and Bachchan, students will learn to face difficulties through a positive perspective. | 2 |
| 6 | Module: Facing Failures Subject: Significance of Failures | Failure is a student’s daily source of fear, negativity, and depression. Students will be given the constructive skills to understand failure as formative learning experiences. | 2 |
| 7 | Module: My India My Pride Subject: Glorious Past - Part 1 | India’s ancient Rishis, scholars, and intellectuals have made tremendous contributions to the world, they developed an advanced, sophisticated culture and civilization which began thousands of years ago. Students will learn the importance of studying India’s glorious past so that they could develop a strong passion and pride for our nation. | 2 |
| 8 | Module: My India My Pride Subject: Glorious Past - Part 2 | Our ancient concepts can be used to seek revolutionary ideas and to generate inspiration. Students will develop a deeper interest in India’s Glorious Past - by appreciating the need to read about it, research it, write about it, and share it. | 2 |
| 9 | Module: Learning from Legends Subject: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | Dr Kalam’s inspirational life displayed legendary qualities which apply to students: (1) Dare to Dream (2) Work Hard (3) Get Good Guidance (4) Humility (5) Use Your Talents for the Benefit of Others | 2 |
| 10 | Module: Soft Skills Subject: Networking & Leadership | Students are taught the means of building a professional network and developing a leadership attitude. | 2 |
| 11 | Module: Soft Skills Subject: Project Management | Students will learn the secrets of project management through the Akshardham case study. They will then practice these skills through an activity relevant to student life. | 2 |
| 12 | Module: Remaking Yourself Subject: Handling Social Media | Students will learn how social media can become addictive and they will imbibe simple methods to take back control. | 2 |
| 13 | Module: Facing Failures Subject: Power of Faith | Students will learn about the power and necessity of faith in our daily lives. | 2 |
| 14 | Module: From House to Home Subject: Bonding the Family | Students will understand the importance of strong family relationships. They will learn how to overcome the generation gap and connect with their family more. | 2 |
| 15 | Module: Selfless Service Subject: Seva | Students will learn that performing seva is beneficial to one’s health, wellbeing, and happiness. It also benefits and inspires others. | 2 |
| Total | 30 |
Course Material / Main Course Workbook#
Workbook will be designed and presented by IPDC Team. These official workbooks would be the course-material for study of IPDC. These workbooks will solve the purpose of study, submission, viva and exams for students.
IPDC Workbook-1 (published by Swaminarayan Aksharpith)
IPDC References#
These are the reference material for the IPDC lectures. This is not compulsory reading for the students as the essential information is contained in the workbook.
| Sr. No. | Module | References |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Facing Failures | 1. Thomas Edison’s factory burns down, New York Times Archives, Page 1, 10/12/1914 2. Lincoln Financial Foundation, Abraham Lincoln’s “Failures”: Critiques, Forgotten Books, 2017 3. J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech - Harvard University Commencement, 2008 4. Born Again on the Mountain: A Story of Losing Everything and Finding It Back, Arunima Sinha, Penguin, 2014 5. Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success, John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson, 2007 6. Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography Paperback, Walter Isaacson, Abacus, 2015 7. Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success, John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson, 2007 |
| 2 | Learning from Legends | 1. Chase Your Dreams: My Autobiography, Sachin Tendulkar, Hachette India, 2017 2. Playing It My Way: My Autobiography, Sachin Tendulkar, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014 3. The Wit and Wisdom of Ratan Tata, Ratan Tata, Hay House, 2018 4. The Tata Group: From Torchbearers to Trailblazers, Shashank Shah, Penguin Portfolio, 2018 5. The Leader Who Had No Title, Robin Sharma, Jaico Publishing House, 2010 6. In the Joy of Others: A Life-Sketch of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Mohanlal Patel and BAPS Sadhus, Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2013 |
| 3 | My India My Pride | 1. Rishis, Mystics, and Heroes of India, Sadhu Mukundcharandas, Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2011 2. Physics in Ancient India, Narayan Dongre, Shankar Nene, National Book Trust, 2016 3. The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, Raymond Allchin, Bridget Allchin, Cambridge University Press, 1982 4. The Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa: An Ancient Indian Work on Mathematics and Astronomy (1930), Walter Eugene Clark, University of Chicago Press, reprint, Kessinger Publishing, 2006 |
| 4 | Remaking Yourself | 1. Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014 2. Change Your Habit, Change Your Life, Tom Corley, North Loop Books, 2016 3. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey, Simon & Schuster, 2013 4. Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, Sean Covey, Simon & Schuster, 2012 5. Atomic Habits, James Clear, Random House, 2018 6. How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day, Tristan Harris, TED Talk, 2017 |
| 5 | From House to Home | 1. ‘What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness’, R. Waldinger, Ted Talks, 2015 2. Long Walk To Freedom, Nelson Mandela, Back Bay Books, 1995 3. Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, 2011 |
| 6 | Soft Skills | 1. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, John Maxwell, HarperCollins, 2013 2. Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, Stanley McChrystal, Portfolio, 2015 3. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Dan Ariely, Harper Perennial, 2010 |