INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Student’s Brochure
B. Stat. (Hons.) Programme
(Effective from 2016-17 Academic Year)

203 BARRACKPORE TRUNK ROAD

KOLKATA 700108

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Contents

1. B. Stat. (Honours) Curriculum .................................................................................. 4

2. Elective Courses..................................................................................................... 05
2.1. Objectives of the Elective Courses ..................................................................... 05
2.2. Elective Groups ................................................................................................ 05
2.3. Choice of Electives ............................................................................................ 05
2.4. Use in Advanced Courses ..................................................................................... 05

3. Optional Courses .................................................................................................... 06

4. Detailed Syllabi of the B. Stat. (Hons.) Courses ..................................................... 07

4.1. Statistics Courses ............................................................................................. 07
4.2. Probability Courses........................................................................................... 20
4.3. Mathematics Courses ........................................................................................... 22
4.4. Computer Science Courses ............................................................................... 26
4.5. Elective Courses ............................................................................................... 29
4.6. Optional Courses .............................................................................................. 32
4.7. Remedial English Course .................................................................................. 36

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 1.B. Stat. (Honours) Curriculum

All the courses listed below are allocated three lecture sessions and one
practical/tutorial session per week. The practical/tutorial session consists of two
periods in the case of Statistics, Computer and Elective courses, and one period in
case of Mathematics and Probability courses. The periods are meant to be used
for discussion on problems, practicals, computer outputs, assignments, for special
lectures and self-study, etc. All these need not be contact hours.
First Year
1 Semester
st 2nd Semester
Analysis I (C) Analysis II (C)
Probability Theory I (C) Probability Theory II (C)
Vector and Matrices I (C) Vector and Matrices II (C)
Statistical Methods I (C) Statistical Methods II (C)
Introduction to Programming and Data Numerical Analysis
Structures
Remedial English (Non-Credit)

Second Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Analysis III (C) Introduction to Stochastic Processes
Probability Theory III (C) Discrete Mathematics
Statistical Methods III (C) Statistical Methods IV (C)
Elements of Algebraic Structures Differential Equations
Elective Course I Elective Course II

Third Year
1st Semester 2nd Semester
Linear Statistical Models (C) Nonparametric and Sequential Methods (C)
Parametric Inference (C) Design of Experiments (C)
Sample Surveys (C) Statistics Comprehensive (C)
Economic and Official Statistical Quality Control and
Statistics and Demography Operations Research
Design and Analysis of Algorithms Optional Course

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2. Elective Courses

2.1. Objectives of the Elective Courses

The primary objective is to impart knowledge in natural and social sciences so

that the students may learn the language of the scientists and the fundamental
concepts in these fields, and develop familiarity with some of the basic and
important problems in these fields which call for statistical analysis along with
the corresponding techniques used. The secondary objective is to enrich the
general scientific knowledge which may be of use later in professional work.

2.2. Elective Groups

For Elective I, each student has to choose one course from the following list.
(a) Physics I
(b) Microeconomics
(c) Molecular Biology
(d) Geology
(e) Introduction to Sociology

For Elective II, each student has to choose one course from the following list.
(a) Physics II
(b) Macroeconomics
(c) Agricultural Science
(d) Introduction to Anthropology
(e) Psychology

2.3. Choice of Electives

A Student has to choose one elective course for credit in the beginning of each
semester of the second year. The choice has to be given in writing to the Dean of
Studies within the first four weeks of the semester. Once the choice has been made,
it cannot be altered.

2.4. Use in Advanced Courses

The electives ‘Physics I and Physics II’ are desirable for the Probability
specialization; ‘Microeconomics and Macroeconomics’ and ‘Molecular Biology and
Agricultural Science’ are desirable respectively for the Finance track and the
Biostatistics track under the Applied Statistics specialization in M. Stat.
Anthropological and sociological data may be used in courses on multivariate
statistical analysis and analysis of categorical data. Geological data may be used

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in the courses on multivariate statistical analysis and analysis of directional data.
Examples from natural and social sciences would generally be discussed in all
methodological and modelling courses in statistics.

Note: The B. Stat. (Hons.) curriculum has been designed as a part of the five-year
programme leading to the M. Stat. degree. It may be helpful to know the M. Stat.
curriculum along with the list of specialization courses in order to make decision
on the choice of elective courses. The Class Teacher may be consulted in order to
know the scope of the different specializations offered in the M. Stat. programme.

3. Optional Courses
In the final semester (Semester VI), a number of courses will be offered from the
following list of Optional Courses.
(a) Random Graphs
(b) Number Theory
(c) Special topics on Algorithm
(d) Statistical Methods in Genetics
(e) Quantum Physics

Not all courses can be offered in a particular semester and a student will have to
choose one course only from the offered ones.

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 4. Detailed Syllabi of the B. Stat. (Hons.) Courses

4.1. Statistics Courses

• Statistical Methods I

History of statistics. Concepts of population, sample, statistical experiments and

observational studies. Various kinds of statistical problems.
Collection and summarization and presentation of different types of univariate and
bivariate data.
Descriptive statistics: measures of location, spread, skewness, kurtosis; various
properties of these measures and their utility.
Summarization and analysis of different types of bivariate data. Correlation, measures
of associations, simple linear regression and properties.
Illustration with specific examples and numerical exercises using statistical packages,
preferably R.

• Statistical Methods II

Summarization a n d a n a l y s i s of different types of multivariate data. Multiple

regression. Partial and multiple correlation.

Simulation of probability distributions and stochastic models. Applications of

simulation techniques.

Methods of estimation: method of moments, maximum likelihood estimation.

Fitting probability distributions and stochastic models to observed data. Goodness of fit
using Pearson’s 𝜒𝜒𝜒𝜒2 and Q-Q plots (applications only).

Illustration w i t h specific examples and numerical exercises using statistical packages,

preferably R.
• Statistical Methods III

Point estimation: Criteria for good estimates: Unbiasedness, minimum variance,

mean square error.
Maximum Likelihood Estimation: Fisher’s scoring method, EM algorithm. Iteratively
Reweighted Least Squares Estimation (IRLS), Least Absolute Deviation Estimation.
Probit and Logit Analyses, Logistic Regression.
Tests of hypotheses: Different types of statistical hypotheses. Level of significance,
power of a test, p-value, test for for parameters of normal distributions based on
single and two populations. Large sample tests for parameters in Binomial and
Poisson distributions. Conditional tests. Non-central 𝜒𝜒𝜒𝜒2, t and F distributions.
Confidence intervals: relationship with tests of hypothesis, criteria for goodness.
Illustration with specific examples and numerical exercises using statistical
packages, preferably R.

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 • Statistical Methods IV

Statistical methods for estimation and hypothesis testing for parameters in bivariate and
multivariate normal distributions. Estimation and testing problems in simple and
multiple linear regression.

Likelihood ratio and large-sample tests and confidence intervals. Variance stabilizing

transformations. 𝜒𝜒𝜒𝜒2-tests for independence and homogeneity.

Sample quantiles and their properties.

Elements of Time Series analysis: Trend/secular, seasonal/cyclic and random

components of a time series, moving averages, autocorrelation function, correlogram and
periodogram.
Introduction to Resampling Techniques: Jackknife, Bootstrap and Cross-Validation as
data analytic tools.
Illustration with specific examples and numerical exercises using statistical packages,
preferably R.

Reference Texts for Statistical Methods I-IV

1. J. M. Tanur (ed.): Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown.

2. D. Freedman, R. Pisani and R. Purves: Statistics.
3. M. Tanner: An Investigation for a Course in Statistics.
4. M. G. Kendall and A. Stuart: The Advanced Theory of Statistics, Vol. I and II.
5. J. F. Kenney and E. S. Keeping: Mathematics of Statistics.
6. G. U. Yule and M. G. Kendall: An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics.
7. C. R. Rao: Linear Statistical Inference and its Applications.
8. C. E. Croxton and D. J. Cowden: Applied General Statistics.
9. W. A. Wallis and H. V. Roberts: Statistics: A New Approach.
10. C. Chatfield: The Analysis of Time Series: An Introduction.
11. P. J. Bickel and K. A. Doksum: Mathematical Statistics.
12. L. Wasserman: All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference.
13. C. Casella and R. L. Berger: Statistical Inference, 2nd Edition.
14. B. Efron and R. J. Tibshirani: An Introduction to the Bootstrap.
15. P. McCullagh and J. A. Nelder: Generalized Linear Models.

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 • Linear Statistical Models

Introduction to stochastic models; formulation and illustrations. Linear statistical

models; illustrations.
Least square estimation, estimable linear functions, Normal equations, Best Linear
Unbiased Estimates (BLUEs). Gauss - Markov Theorem.
Degrees of freedom. Fundamental Theorems of Least Square. Testing of linear
hypotheses. One-way and two-way classification models, ANOVA and ANCOVA. Nested
models. Multiple comparisons.
Introduction to random effect models
Illustration with specific examples and numerical exercises using statistical packages,
preferably R.

Reference Texts

1. S. R. Searle: Linear Models.

2. F. A. Graybill: An introduction to Linear Statistical Models, Vol. I.
3. J. H. Stapleton: Linear Statistical Models.
4. R. R. Hocking: Methods and Applications of Linear Models.
5. R. Christensen: Plane Answers to Complex Questions: The Theory of Linear
Models.
6. C. R. Rao: Linear Statistical Inference and its Applications
7. D. Sengupta and S. R. Jammalamadaka: Linear Models, An Integrated
Approach.

• Economic and Official Statistics and Demography

Economic Statistics:
Index numbers: Construction of index numbers, properties, some well-known index
number formulae, problem of construction of index numbers, chain indices, cost of
living indices, splicing of index numbers, different types of index numbers used in
India.
Analysis of income and allied size distributions: Pareto and log-normal
distributions, genesis, specification and estimation, Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient.
Demand analysis: Classification of commodities, Engel curve analysis using cross-
section and time series data, Engel curves incorporating household
characteristics, demand projection, specific concentration curves.
Production analysis: Profit maximization, cost minimization, returns to scale,
Cobb-Douglas and ACMS production functions.

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Official Statistics:
Indian Statistical System: Official Organisations for collecting/compiling/
publishing national/state level data on different variables - CSO, NSSO, RBI,
Planning Commission, State Statistical Bureaus, Labour Bureau, Population
Census; Role of Centre and State. Selected topics on Statistics (for All
India/Different states of India) relating to agriculture and allied areas including
meteorology and environment; Industry, Trade, Finance including money supply
and banking statistics; National Accounts and Infrastructure; Population, Health,
Education, Prices, Level of living, Labour, Employment and other socio-economic
variables. International Statistical System: Comparison of major macro variables -
National Income/GDP. Selected topics from: Purchasing power parity; Indicators
relating to Energy, environment, Gender, Industry, National accounts, Social
Statistics and Trade.

Demography:
Sources of demographic data - census, registration of vital events. Rates and
ratios. Measures of mortality. Life Table - construction and applications. Stable
and stationary population. Measures of fertility and reproduction. Standardization
of vital rates. Population growth curves, population estimates and projections.
Measures of migration. Use of demographic data for policy formulation.

Reference Texts for Economic Statistics

1. P. H. Karmel and M. Polasek: Applied Statistics for Economists.

2. R. G. D. Allen: Price Index Numbers.
3. N. Kakwani: Income Inequality and Poverty.
4. L. R. Klein: An Introduction to Econometrics.
5. J. S. Cramer: Empirical Econometrics.
6. M. D. Intrilligator: Econometric Models, Techniques and Applications.

Reference Texts for Official Statistics

1. M. R. Saluja: Indian Official Statistical Systems.

2. CSO (MOSPI) Publication: Statistical System in India.
3. United Nations publications
4. RBI: Handbook of Statistics for the Indian Economy (various years)
5. Economic Survey, Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance (various years)

Reference Texts for Demography

1. R. Ramkumar: Technical Demography.

2. K. Srinivasan: Demographic Techniques and Applications.
3. B. D. Mishra: An Introduction to the Study of Population.
4. H. S. Shryock: The Methods and Materials in Demography.

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 • Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research

Statistical Quality Control (SQC):

Introduction to quality: Concept of quality and its management - quality planning,
quality control and quality improvement; concept of variations and its impact,
relevance of exploratory data analysis, run plot, lag plot, frequency distribution
and other QC tools.
Measurement System: Introduction to measurement system; types of measurement;
measurement validity; measurement errors and their estimation.
Use of Control Chart: Introduction to control chart, control chart for variables and
attributes - X-MR chart, X-R chart, X-s chart, p-chart, np-chart and c-chart; u-
chart, CUSUM chart, EWMA chart; process capability analysis.
Acceptance Sampling: Introduction to acceptance sampling; concept of AQL, LTPD,
producer’s risk and consumer’s risk; single sampling plan and its OC function;
acceptance rectification plan - concept of AOQ, AOQL ATI, acceptance sampling
tables; concept of double and multiple sampling plan; average sample number.

Operations Research (OR):

Introduction to Operations Research:
Optimization Theory: Mathematical modeling and concept of optimization
problems: linear, nonlinear and integer programming problems; formulation and
application of optimization problems; convex analysis in optimization theory; linear
programming problem - graphical method to solve linear programming problem,
simplex algorithm, sensitivity analysis, solution procedure of two person zero-sum
games; optimality conditions and duality theory; nonlinear programming problem
and its classification.
Queuing Theory: Queuing system in practice and importance in Operations
Research; pure birth process, birth and death process; introduction to M/M/1
and M/M/C queues; finite queuing system; application of queuing system and
limitation.
Concluding remark: Synthesizing Statistical Quality Control and Operations
Research.

Reference Texts

1. E. L. Grant & R. S. Leavenworth: Statistical Quality Control, McGraw-Hill,

N. Y.
2. A. J. Duncan: Quality Control and Industrial Statistics, Irwin, Homewood, Ill
3. D. C. Montgomery: Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Wiley, N. Y.
4. J. W. Tukey: Exploratory Data Analysis, Addison-Wesley
5. Jerry Banks: Principles of Quality Control, John Wiley
6. Defect Prevention - Victor E Kane, Marcel Dekker, New York

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 7. J. M. Juran & F. M. Gryne: Juran’s Quality Control Handbook, McGraw
Hill.
8. D. Bertsimas and J. N. Tsitsiklis: Introduction to Linear Optimization,
Athena, Scientific, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1999.
9. D. G. Luenberger: Linear and Nonlinear Programming, Second Edition,
Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1984.
10. G. Hadley: Linear Programming, Addison Wesley.
11. K. G. Murty: Linear Programming, John Wiley
12. M. S. Bazaraa and J. J. Jarvis: Linear Programming and Network Flows,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
13. M. S. Bazaraa, H. D. Sherali, and C. M. Shetty: Nonlinear Programming:
Theory and Algorithms, New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
14. Hillier and Lieberman: Introduction to Operations Research, McGraw-Hill,
Boston., MA.
15. S. Chandra, Jayadeva and Aparna Mehra, Numerical Optimization with
Applications, Narosa Publishing House (2009).

• Parametric Inference

Basic inference problems. Sufficiency, factorization theorem, minimal sufficiency.

Completeness, Lehmann-Scheffe Theorem. Ancillarity, Basu’s Theorem.
Exponential families of distributions, canonical parameters and canonical

sufficient statistics. Point Estimation: Criteria for goodness: mean square error,
unbiasedness, relative efficiency, Cramer-Rao inequality, Bhattacharya bounds,
UMVUE, Rao-Blackwell theorem. Consistency.
Bayesian techniques, priors, posteriors, Bayes’ estimators and Bayesian credible
regions.
Tests of Hypotheses: Statistical hypothesis, simple and composite hypothesis,
critical regions. Neyman-Pearson Lemma and MP test, randomization UMP, UMPU
and LMP tests; illustrations. Monotone likelihood ratio family of distributions.
Likelihood ratio tests. Test of multiple hypotheses, union-intersection principle.

Reference Texts

1. P. J. Bickel and K. A. Doksum: Mathematical Statistics.

2. G. Casella and R. L. Berger: Statistical Inference.
3. C. R. Rao: Linear Statistical Inference and its Applications.
4. E. L. Lehmann: Theory of Point Estimation.
5. E. L. Lehmann: Testing Statistical Hypotheses.

• Nonparametric and Sequential Methods

Nonparametric Methods: Formulation of the problems. Review of order statistics

and their distributions. Permutation tests, sign test, test for symmetry, signed

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rank test, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test. Linear rank statistics.
Run test, tests for independence. Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness of fit test.
Concepts of asymptotic relative efficiency of tests. Estimation of location and scale
parameters.
Nonparametric function estimation: histogram, frequency polygon, kernel density
estimation and regression.
Sequential Analysis: Wald’s SPRT, ASN, OC function. Stein’s two stage fixed length
confidence interval. Illustrations with Binomial and Normal distributions.
Sequential estimation, illustration with examples.

Reference Texts

1. E. L. Lehmann: Nonparametrics: Statistical Methods Based on Ranks.

2. L. Wasserman: All of Nonparametric Statistics.
3. M. Hollander and D. A. Wolfe: Nonparametric Statistical Methods.
4. R. H. Randles and D. A. Wolfe: Introduction to the Theory of Nonparametric
Statistics.
5. A. Wald: Sequential Analysis.

• Sample Surveys

Concepts of population, sample, survey and census. Sampling designs and schemes.
Properties of good estimators based on different approaches: design, predictive,
super-population-modeling and model-assisted. Sampling strategies.
Drawing simple random samples (SRS) with replacement (WR) and without
replacement (WOR) using random numbers, estimation, sample size determination.
Narain, Horvitz & Thompson estimator. Sen, Yates & Grundy estimator. Stratified
sampling, cluster sampling, multi-stage sampling. PPS sampling–WR and WOR.
Systematic sampling–equal and unequal probabilities, linear and circular, unbiased
variance estimation. Ratio and Regression estimation for equal and unequal
probability sampling, Hartley-Ross estimator. Interpenetrating Network of Sub-
sampling (IPNS) and half-sampling.
Double sampling-non-response and ‘not-at-homes’. Sampling on successive
occasions. Acquaintance with National Sample Surveys and other large-scale
surveys, controlling non-sampling errors.

Reference Texts

1. W. G. Cochran: Sampling Techniques.

2. M. N. Murthy: Sampling Theory and Methods.
3. A. Chaudhuri: Essentials of Survey Sampling.
4. A. S. Hedayat and B. K. Sinha: Design and Inference in Finite Population
Sampling.
5. C. M. Cassel, C. E. Sarndal and J. H. Wretman: Foundations of Inference
in Survey Sampling.

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 • Design of Experiments

The need for experimental designs and examples, basic principles, uniformity
trials, use of completely randomized designs.
Designs eliminating heterogeneity in one direction: General non-orthogonal block
designs and their analysis under fixed effects model, tests for treatment contrasts,
concepts of connectedness and orthogonality of classifications with examples;
randomized block designs and their use.
Orthogonal designs eliminating heterogeneity in two or more directions: analysis
and use of Latin square designs and mutually orthogonal latin square designs;
construction of MOLs based on Galois fields.
Missing plot technique.
Use of concomitant variables in orthogonal designs and related analysis. General
full factorial designs, their use, advantage and analysis; confounding and partial
confounding in 2n designs and relative efficiencies of the effects; experiments with
factors at 3 levels, useful designs using confounding in 32, 33 experiments.
Split-plot designs, their use and analysis. Practicals using statistical packages.

Reference Texts

1. A. Dean and D. Voss: Design and Analysis of Experiments.

2. D. C. Montgomery: Design and Analysis of Experiments.
3. W. G. Cochran and G. M. Cox: Experimental Designs.
4. O. Kempthorne: The Design and Analysis of Experiments.
5. A. Dey: Theory of Block Designs.

• Statistics Comprehensive/Statistical Data Analysis/Data Analysis

Project

Review of data analytic tools. Project Work involving data collection, survey and
analysis with credit at least 100 marks. Special Topics assigned by the teacher
related to but not restricted to Project Work

4.2. Probability Courses

• Probability Theory I

Elementary concepts: experiments, outcomes, sample space, events. Discrete

sample spaces and probability models. Equally Likely Set-up and Combinatorial
probability.
Fluctuations in coin tossing and random walks, Combination of events.
Composite experiments, conditional probability, Polya's urn scheme, Bayes theorem,
independence.
Discrete random variables. Standard discrete distributions. Expectation/mean,
variance, moments, functions of discrete random variables, moment generating

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Joint distributions of discrete random variables, independence, conditional
distributions, conditional expectation. Distribution of sum of two independent
random variables. Functions of more than one discrete random variables.

• Probability Theory II

Uncountable sample spaces and concept of events and random variables, properties
of probability
Introduction to cumulative distribution functions (CDF) and properties.
Distributions with densities. Standard univariate densities (Uniform, Exponential,
Beta, Gamma, Normal and other densities), Functions of random variables with
densities
Expectation, Variance and moments of random variables with densities, Expectation
of functions of random variables with densities as integral, Moment generating
function with properties and illustrations
Bivariate continuous distributions, bivariate CDFs, independence, distribution of
sums, products and quotients for bivariate continuous distributions, Student-t, χ2,
F densities, Bivariate Normal distribution.
Multivariate distributions and properties. Multivariate densities and multivariate
singular distributions. Distributions of functions of random vectors and Jacobian
formula. Examples of multivariate densities. Conditional and marginal distributions,
Independence, Conditional expectation, Examples.
Multivariate Normal distribution, properties; Sampling distribution for mean and
sample variance; Distributions of linear and quadratic forms; Dirichlet density,
properties

• Probability Theory III

General definition of Expectation, Properties of expectation. Limit theorems:

Monotone Convergence Theorem (MCT), Fatou's Lemma, Dominated Convergence
Theorem (DCT), Bounded Convergence Theorem (BCT), Cauchy-Schwartz and
Chebyshev inequalities.
Review of conditional distribution and conditional expectation, General definition,
Examples
Different modes of convergence and their relations, Weak Law of large numbers,
First and Second Borel-Cantelli Lemmas, Kolmogorov Maximal inequality, Strong
Law of large numbers.
Characteristic functions, properties, Inversion formula and Levy continuity theorem
(statements only)
CLT in i.i.d. finite variance case. Slutsky's Theorem. δ-method. Multivariate CLT,
Cramer-Wald device.
Brief introduction to Poisson process on [0,∞) and some basic properties.

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Reference Texts for Probability Theory I - III

1. W. Feller: Introduction to the Theory of Probability and its Applications,

(Vols. 1 & 2).
2. K. L. Chung: Elementary Probability Theory.
3. S. M. Ross: A First Course in Probability.
4. R. Ash: Basic Probability Theory.
5. P. G. Hoel, S. C. Port and C. J. Stone: Introduction to Probability Theory.

• Introduction to Stochastic Processes

Discrete Markov chains with countable state space, Examples including 2-state
chain, random walk, birth and death chain, renewal chain, Ehrenfest chain, card
shuffling, etc.
Classification of states, recurrence and transience; absorbing states, irreducibility,
decomposition of state space into irreducible classes, Examples.
Absorbing chains, absorption probabilities and mean absorption time, fundamental
matrix
Stationary distributions, limit theorems, positive and null recurrence, ratio limit
theorem, reversible chains. Periodicity, cyclic decomposition of a periodic chain, limit
theorems for aperiodic irreducible chains.
Introduction to MCMC, perfect sampling
Review of Poisson process and its properties, non-homogeneous and compound
Poisson processes, Simple birth and death processes, a brief introduction to general
continuous time Markov chains, Kolmogorov equations

Reference Texts

1. W. Feller: Introduction to the Theory of Probability and its Applications,

Vol. 1.
2. P. G. Hoel, S. C. Port and C. J. Stone: Introduction to Stochastic Processes.
3. J. G. Kemeny, J. L. Snell and A. W. Knapp: Finite Markov Chains.

4.3. Mathematics Courses

• Analysis I

Real numbers—least upper bounds and greatest lower bounds. Sequences—limit

points of a sequence, convergent sequences; bounded and monotone sequences, the
limit superior and limit inferior of a sequence. Cauchy sequences and the
completeness of R. Series—convergence and divergence of series, absolute and
conditional convergence. Various tests for convergence of series. Connection
between infinite series and decimal expansions, ternary, binary expansions of real
numbers. Cauchy product, Infinite products.

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Continuous functions of one real variable—attainment of supremum and infimum
of a continuous function on a closed bounded interval, uniform continuity.
Differentiability of functions. Chain Rule, Rolle's theorem and mean value theorem.
Higher order derivatives, Leibnitz formula, Taylor's theorem—various forms of
remainder, infinite Taylor expansions. L’Hospital’s rule, Maxima and minima of
functions.

• Analysis II

Riemann integration, Fundamental theorem of calculus, Computation of definite

integrals, improper integrals.
Sequences and Series of functions, Double sequences, Pointwise and uniform
convergence, Term- by-term differentiation and integration, Power series,
Weierstrass approximation theorem. Fourier series.

• Analysis III

Functions of several variables, Continuity, Partial derivatives, Differentiability,

Taylor’s theorem, Maxima and minima.

Multiple integrals, Repeated integrals, The Jacobian theorem, Line, surface and
volume integrals, Differential forms, Theorems of Green and Stokes.

Reference Texts for Analysis I-III

1. W. Rudin: Principles of Mathematical Analysis.

2. Tom Apostol: Mathematical Analysis.
3. Tom Apostol: Calculus I and II.
4. R. Courant and F. John: Introduction to Calculus and Analysis, Vol. I, II.
5. Edward D Gaughan: Introduction to Analysis.

• Differential Equations

Illustration of setting up differential equations: radio-active decay, the tractrix, the

catenary, the L-C-R circuit, the Brachistochrome, etc.
First and second order linear differential equations with constant and variable
coefficients, Solutions of first order differential equations, homogeneous equations,
integrating factors for linear equations, reduction of some second order equations to
first order equations, special linear equations of second order.
Solutions of exact differential equations, integrating factors.
Power Series Solutions of differential equations with analytic coefficients, special
functions.
Existence and uniqueness of solution of 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥′ = 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥; 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡). Picard’s method.
System of first order equations. Nonlinear equations. Introduction to chaos.
Calculus of variations. Euler’s differential equation. Laplace transform and

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Introduction to partial differential equations.

Reference Texts

1. George F. Simmons: Differential Equations.

2. E. A. Coddington: An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations.

• Vectors and Matrices I

Vector spaces over real and complex fields, subspace, linear independence, basis
and dimension, sum and intersection of subspaces, direct sum, complement and
projection.
Linear transformation and its matrix with respect to a pair of bases, properties of
matrix operations, use of partitioned matrices.
Column space and row space, rank of a matrix, nullity, rank of AA*.
Homogeneous and non-homogeneous systems of linear equations, condition for
consistency, solution set as a translate of a subspace, g-inverse and its
elementary properties.
Left inverse, right inverse and inverse, inverse of a partitioned matrix, lower and
upper bounds for rank of a product, rank-factorization of a matrix, rank of a sum.
Elementary operations and elementary matrices, Echelon form, Normal form,
Hermite canonical form and their use (sweep-out method) in solving linear
equations and in finding inverse or g-inverse. LDU-decomposition.

• Vectors and Matrices II

Determinant of n-th order and its elementary properties, expansion by a row or

column, statement of Laplace expansion, determinant of a product, statement of
Cauchy-Binet theorem, inverse through classical adjoint, Cramer’s rule,
determinant of a partitioned matrix, Idempotent matrices, matrix version of Fisher-
Cochran theorem.
Norm and inner product on Rn and Cn, norm induced by an inner product,
Orthonormal basis, Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization starting from any finite set
of vectors, orthogonal complement, orthogonal projection into a subspace,
orthogonal projector into the column space of A, orthogonal and unitary matrices.
Characteristic roots, relation between characteristic polynomials of AB and BA
when AB is square, Cayley-Hamilton theorem, idea of minimal polynomial,
eigenvectors, algebraic and geometric multiplicities, characterization of
diagonalizable matrices, spectral representation of Hermitian and real symmetric
matrices, singular value decomposition.
Quadratic form, category of a quadratic form, use in classification of conics,
Lagrange’s reduction to diagonal form, rank and signature, Sylvester’s law,
determinant criteria for n.n.d. and p.d. quadratic forms, Hadamard’s inequality,

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extrema of a p. d. quadratic form, statement of interlacing theorem, simultaneous
diagonalization of two quadratic forms one of which is p.d., simultaneous
orthogonal diagonalization of commuting real symmetric matrices, Square-root
method.
Note: Geometric meaning of various concepts like subspace and flat, linear
independence, projection, determinant (as volume), inner product, norm,
orthogonality, orthogonal projection, and eigenvector should be discussed. Only
finite-dimensional vector spaces to be covered.

Reference Texts for Vectors and Matrices I-II

1. C. R. Rao: Linear Statistical Inference and Its Applications.

2. A. Ramachandra Rao and P. Bhimasankaram: Linear Algebra.
3. K. Hoffman and R. Kunze: Linear Algebra.
4. F. E. Hohn: Elementary Matrix Algebra.
5. P. R. Halmos: Finite Dimensional Vector Spaces.
6. S. Axler: Linear Algebra Done Right!

• Elements of Algebraic Structures

Definitions, elementary properties, and examples of Groups, Subgroups, Rings,

Ideals, and Fields. Groups, equivalence classes, cosets, normal subgroups,
quotient groups. Cyclic groups. Homomorphism theorems. Examples of
Isomorphisms and Automorphisms. Permutation groups. Finite direct product.
Finite Abelian groups. Sylow’s theorems and applications.
Rings. Ideals and quotient rings. Prime ideals and Integral domains. Maximal
ideals, PID, UFD. Polynomial rings (over commutative rings). Gauss’ theorem.
Fields. Roots of polynomials. Field extensions. Splitting fields. Finite fields.
Applications to elementary number theory.

Reference Texts

1. M. Artin: Algebra (Chap. 2, 10, 11. 1-11. 6, 13. 1-13. 6).

2. I. N. Herstein: Topics in Algebra (Chap. 2, 5. 1-5. 5, 7. 1).
3. N. Jacobson: Basic Algebra I (Chap. 2).
4. TIFR pamphlet on Galois Theory.
5. S. Lang: Undergraduate Algebra.
6. J. Rotman: A First Course in Abstract Algebra.
7. L. Rowen: Algebra.

• Discrete Mathematics

Combinatorics: Sets and Relations, Counting, Basic Definition, Counting using

functions, Pigeon-hole principle and its generalization with applications to a variety
of problems, Dilworth’s Lemma, Introduction to Ramsey theory, Principle of
inclusion and exclusion with application to counting derangements.

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Generating functions, definition, operations, applications to counting, integer
partitioning, Exponential generating functions, definition, applications to counting
permutations, Bell numbers and Stirling number of the second kind.
Recurrence Relations and its type, linear homogeneous recurrences,
inhomogeneous recurrences, divide-and-conquer recurrences, recurrences
involving convolution and their use in counting, Fibonacci numbers,
derangement, Catalan numbers, Recurrence relation solutions, methods of
characteristic root, use of generating functions.
Graph Theory: Definition of graph and directed graph, definition of degree,
subgraph, induced sub-graph, paths and walk, connectedness of a graph,
connected components.
Examples of graphs, cycles, trees, forests, integer line and d-dimensional integer
lattice, complete graphs, bipartite graphs, graph isomorphism, Eulerian paths
and circuits, Hamiltonian paths and circuits.
Adjacency matrix and number of walks, shortest path in weighted graphs,
minimum spanning tree, greedy algorithm and Kriskal algorithms, number of
spanning trees, Cayley’s theorem, Basics on graph reversal, Breadth-first-Search
(BFS) and Depth-first-search (DFS).
Planarity-definition and examples, Euler’s theorem for planar graphs, Dual of a
planar graph, Definition of independent sets, colouring, chromatic number of a
finite graph, planar graph and chromatic number, five colour theorem for planar
graphs, four colour theorem (statement only).
Flows-definitions and examples, max-flow min-cut theorem.

Reference Texts

1. J. Matousek and J. Nesetril: Invitation to Discrete Mathematics.

2. Fred S. Roberts and B. Tesman: Applied Combinatorics.
3. Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth and O. Patashnika: Concrete
Mathematics
4. C. L. Liu: Elements of Discrete Mathematics.
5. B. Kolman, R. C. Busby, S. C. Ross and N. Rehman: Discrete Mathematical
Structures.
6. Martin J. Erickson: Introduction to Combinatorics.
7. Frank Harary: Graph Theory.
8. Douglas B. West: Introduction to Graph Theory.
9. Reinhard Diestel: Graph Theory.

4.4. Computer Science Courses

• Introduction to Programming and Data Structures

Introduction to number system: binary, octal, hexadecimal;

Introduction to digital computers: CPU, main memory, peripherals, I/O devices,

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algorithm, storage, flow-charts;
Imperative languages: Introduction to imperative language - syntax and constructs
of a specific language (preferably C); variables, assignment, expressions,
input/output, conditionals and branching, iteration;
Data handling: arrays and pointers, structures, dynamic allocation, Files;
Functions and Recursion: Function - parameter passing, procedure call, call by
value, call by reference; Recursion.
Data Structures: Queue, Stack, Linked lists, Trees.

References Texts

1. B. W. Kernighan and D. M. Ritchie: The ‘C’ Programming Language.

2. B. Gottfried: Programming in C.
3. T. A. Standish: Data Structure Techniques.
4. E. Horowitz and S. Sahni: Fundamentals of Data Structures.
5. R. L. Kruse: Data Structures and Program Design in C.
6. T. H. Cormen, C. E. Leiserson, R. L. Rivest, C. Stein: Introduction to
Algorithms.
7. A. V. Aho, J. E. Hopcroft and J. D. Ullman: Data Structures and
Algorithms.

• Numerical Analysis

Significant digits, round-off errors. Finite computational processes and

computational errors. Floating point arithmetic and propagation of errors. Loss of
significant digits.
Interpolation with one variable: finite differences, divided differences. Lagrangian
and Newtonian methods. Iterative methods. Aitken Neville’s iterative scheme. Spline
interpolation. Errors and remainder terms. Inverse interpolation. Interpolation with
two variables.
Numerical integration: Newton-Cotes; Orthogonal polynomials and Gaussian
quadrature. Accuracy of quadrature formulae.
Numerical differentiation.
Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations: one step and multistep
methods. Euler’s, Adam’s, Runge-Kutta’s methods. Predictor-corrector methods.
Errors and accuracy.
Numerical solution of nonlinear equation in one variable: Separation of roots and
initial approximation. Sturm’s theorem. Improvement of the initial solution using
methods of bisection, Regula Falsi and Newton-Raphson. Fixed point iterative
schemes. Errors. Order of convergence and degree of precision.
Computation in Linear Algebra: Numerical solution of system of linear equations
and matrix inversion: Gaussian elimination, square Root, L-U methods.
Reduction to bidiagonal/tridiagonal form: Householder transformation, Given’s
transformation. Numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors: Jacobi’s
method, power method.

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Reference Texts

1. S. D. Conte and C. de Boor: Elementary Numerical Analysis: An

Algorithmic Approach.
2. D. K. Faddeev and V. H. Faddeeva: Computational Methods in Linear
Algebra.
3. G. E. Forsythe and G. B. Moler: Computer Solution of Linear Algebraic
Systems.
4. W. H. Press, S. A. Teukolsky, W. T. Vetterling, B. P. Flannery: Numerical
Recipes in C.

• Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Introduction and basic concepts: Complexity measure and asymptotic notations,

notions of worst-case and average case complexity, use of recurrences in
algorithms. Searching algorithms: Binary search, balanced binary search tree,
hashing.
Selection and Sorting: Finding maximum and minimum, k-th largest elements,
Different sorting algorithms - quicksort, mergesort, heapsort, etc. lower bound for
sorting, other sorting algorithms- radix sort, bucketsort, etc.
Graph Algorithms: Basic definitions, connectivity and traversals (Breadth First
Search and Depth First Search), directed acyclic graphs and topological ordering.
Computational Geometry: Convex hull, diameter of a point set.
Greedy Algorithms: Shortest paths in a graph, minimum spanning trees,
clustering.
Divide and Conquer: Closest pair of points, integer multiplication, matrix
multiplication, Fast Fourier Transform.
Dynamic Programming: Subset sum, knapsack, all pair shortest paths in a graph.

References Texts

1. T. H. Cormen, C. E. Leiserson, R. L. Rivest, C. Stein: Introduction to

Algorithms.
2. J. Kleinberg and E. Tardos: Algorithm Design.
3. S. Dasgupta, C. Papadimitriou, U. Vazirani: Algorithms.
4. A. V. Aho, J. E. Hopcroft and J. D. Ullman: The Design and Analysis of
Computer Algorithms.
5. E. Horowitz, S. Sahni and S. Rajasekaran: Computer Algorithms.
6. D. E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental Algorithms.
7. A. V. Aho, J. E. Hopcroft and J. D. Ullman: Data Structures and
Algorithms.

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 4.5. Elective Courses

• Microeconomics

Theory of consumer behavior: Utility theory, consumer demand, comparative statics

analysis, market demand.
Theory of firm: Production function, law of variable proportions, returns to scale,
elasticity of substitution.
Theory of cost: concepts of long-run and short-run costs, cost curves. Markets:
Perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, factor markets.
General equilibrium and welfare.

Reference Texts

1. J. P. Quirk: Intermediate Microeconomics

2. H. Varian: Microeconomic Analysis.

• Macroeconomics
National income accounting. National income determination - short-term
macroeconomic models: Simple Keynesian model-fiscal and monetary policies for
raising employment and output.
Monetary sector and investment function - IS-LM model, discussion on
effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policies.
Open economy macroeconomics - determination of exchange rate under perfect
capital mobility and flexible exchange rate, adjustments in a fixed exchange rate.

Reference Texts

1. R. Dornbusch and S. Fischer: Macroeconomics.

2. N. Mankiw: Macroeconomics.

• Geology
Theory: Definition and objectives of Geology: different branches of geology, its
relationship with other subjects and its contribution to mankind.
The earth: the earth and the solar system, physical and chemical characteristics
of the earth, minerals and rocks, ores etc., definition, origin and types of
sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, surface processors - weathering
and erosion, deep seated processes and their products - folds and faults, major
geologic features of the earth’s exterior, major developments in the lithosphere.
Time in Geology: Geological time scale, absolute and relative time, fossils and
their usage, succession of the through time, organic evolution.
Important Geologic Principles.
Geology vis-a-vis industry (with reference to India): Raw material for steel, ferro-
alloy, Cu-Al-Pb-Za industries, cement, refractory, building material, coal, oil, gas
and water resources.

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Quantitative aspects of Geology: Nature and source of geologic data, possible
applications of various statistical and mathematical tools, example of such usage.

Practical: Identification of minerals, rocks and fossils. Introducing topsheets and

simple geological maps. Measurement and graphical representation of grain-size
and paleocurrent data. Field Work: basic geologic mapping, collection of scalar
and vector data, mine visits, etc.

Reference Texts
1. Frank Press and Raymond Siever: Understanding Earth.
2. W. A. Deer, R. A. Howie and J. Zussman: Introduction to the Rock Forming
Minerals.
3. J. Suppe: Principles of Structural Geology.
4. M. R. Leeder: Sedimentology and Sediment
5. E. N. K. Clarkson: Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution.
6. J. C. Davis: Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology.

• Molecular Biology
Distinguishing characteristics of living and non-living things Cell structure and
functions
Metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and fat Structure and function of DNA and
RNA
Replication, transcription, translation, cell division (mitosis, meiosis) Definition of
gene and genetic code; relationship between them Mendel’s Law of genetics and
application in human population
Practical

Reference Texts

1. B D Hames, N M Hooper, J D Houghton: Instant Notes on Biochemistry

(Viva publications)
2. P C Winter, G I Hickey and H L Fletcher: Instant Notes on Genetics (Viva
Publication)
3. P C Turner, A C McLenan, A D Bates and M R H White: Instant Notes on
Molecular Biology (Viva publications)
4. D P Snustad and M J Simmons: Principles of Genetics (John Wiley & Sons
Inc)

• Agricultural Science
Agroclimatology: Definition and scope, its importance in Agriculture. Weather and
climate, weather elements and factors affecting them. Environmental factors in
agriculture. Climate change and global warming: definitions of terms; causes of
climate change and global warming; greenhouse gases, ozone depletion; Weather
forecasting system: definition, scope and importance; types of Forecasting.

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Agronomy: Introduction and importance of agriculture, ancient agriculture, history
of agricultural development in India. Agro-climatic zones of India. Meaning and
scope of agronomy, principles of agronomy. Distribution, Climatic requirement, Soil
requirements, Rotations, Improved varieties, Agronomic practices (land preparation,
seed rate & seed treatment, weed control, fertilizer application, irrigation) and
harvesting of:- Cereals (Rice, Wheat), Oilseeds (Groundnut, Indian mustard), Pulses
(Moong, Lentil), Vegetables Solanaceous (Potato).
Soil: Introduction to Soils - Soil formation: genesis and weathering. Soil physical
properties - Soil colour, structure, texture, density and pore space soil water. Soil
chemical properties - Soil acidity, Soil organic matter - Soil organism. Humus,
influence of soil organic matter on soil physical and chemical properties. Soil
nutrients - Primary, secondary and micronutrients, Soil conservation - soil erosion:
types of erosion and method of conservation.
Irrigation water management: Irrigation: definition and objectives. Soil-plant-water
relationships; Strategies of using limited water supply; factors affecting ET, control
of ET by mulching and use of anti-transpirants; methods of soil moisture
estimation, evapotranspiration and crop water requirement, effective root zone,
Methods of irrigation: surface, sub-surface, sprinkler and drip irrigation; Irrigation
efficiency and water use efficiency, conjunctive use of water.
Manures and Fertilizers: Arnon’s criteria of essentiality of elements. Essential Plant
nutrient elements (macro and micro) and their sources. FYM; compost,
Vermicompost, Green manuring, Nitrogenous, Phosphatic, Potassic and complex
fertilizers. Time and method of fertilizer application
Farming systems, cropping system and maximizing of crop production: New
concepts and approaches of farming systems and cropping systems Farming
systems: definition and importance; classification of farming systems according to
type of rotation, intensity of rotation, Production potential of different components
of farming systems; interaction and mechanism of different production factors;
stability in different systems through research; eco-physiological approaches to
intercropping. Introduction to Organic Farming concepts, relevance in present day
context; Organic production requirements Agro-physiological basis of variation in
yield, recent advances in soil plant-water relationship. Growth analysis: concept,
CGR, RGR, NAR, LAI, LAD, LAR; validity and Limitations in interpreting crop
growth and development; growth curves: sigmoid, polynomial and asymptotic;
root systems; root-shoot relationship; Principles involved in inter and mixed
cropping systems; concept and differentiation of inter and mixed cropping; criteria
in assessing the yield advantages, LER, AYL, ATER, CR, Crop Crowding
Coefficient, Agressevity, MA.
Practical: Estimation of crop yield from yield attributing data; Fertilizers scheduling,
Soil physical and chemical analysis like pH, conductivity, OC, N, P, K, etc.

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Reference Texts

1. Manures And Fertilizers- Yawalker, Aggarwal , Bakle

2. Chemistry of Soil- Beaf.
3. Soil Conditions And Plant Growth-1961= Russal,- E. W. - Longman =
Publishers- London
4. Fundamentals of Soil Sciences- 1943-Ruth and Turk-J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.
-London
5. Micronutrients: Their Behaviour In Soils And Plants - 2001-Das Dilip
Kumar-The Scientific World- Netherlands
6. Fertilizers - 2007-Basak Ranjan Kumar-Kalyani
7. The Earth and Its Atmosphere - 1953- D. R. Bates - Pergamon Press Ltd.,
London.
8. Introduction to Climatology for the Tropics - 1999- J. D. A. Yade- Springer
Link Publishers- New York.
9. Agricultural Meteorology - 2008 - H. S. Mavi - www.niscair.res.in/ science
communication

Suggested Readings:

1. Sehgal J. 2002. Pedology- Concepts and Applications. Kalyan Publ.

2. Das Dilip Kumar 1997. Introductory Soil Science.
3. Brady NC & Weil RR. 2004. Elements of the Nature and Properties of Soils.
2nd Ed. Pearson/Prentice Hall Pub.
4. Oswal MC. 1994. Soil Physics. Oxford & IBH.

Project work

• Psychology
Objective: Objective of the course is to impart knowledge in “Measurement in
Psychology” so that the students learn fundamental concepts and develop
familiarity with some of the important problems of psychology, which call for
statistical analysis along with corresponding techniques used. This will be useful
later in their professional work like Human Resource Development, Marketing
Research, School Education, Social Policy Formulation etc.

Theory:
1. Introduction
1.1.Definition, Scope, Branches
1.2.Schools of Psychology - Structural, Behavioural and Gestalt
psychology
1.3. Relationship with other disciplines
2. Biological basis of human behavior variation
2.1. Heredity and environmental role on changes in behavior
2.2. Nervous system - neural and synaptic activity, brain localization

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 2.3. Endocrine gland and stress
2.4. Stages of sleep
2.5. Drugs and behavior
3. Attention: Determinants, shift and fluctuation
4. Perceptual process
4.1. Perceptual organization
4.2. Experiments on distance, depth and time perception
4.3. Illusion and hallucination
5. Memory
5.1. Information processing model
5.2. Experiments in Short and Long term memory
5.3. Theories of forgetting
6. Learning
6.1. Experiments on classical conditioning
6.2. Operant conditioning and reinforcement
6.3. Laws of learning and learning curve
6.4. Insight learning
6.5. Teaching pedagogy
7. Methods:
7.1. Variables and Measurement Scales
7.2. Introspective, Observation and Case study
7.3. Experimental and Quasi-experimental Research Designs
7.4. Interviews and discourse analysis
7.5. Manual and Computer-assisted Testing
7.6. Characteristics of good questionnaire
7.7. Survey Research Techniques

Practical:
(a) Designing research tool for collection and analysis of data on individual
cognition as attention, perception, memory, intelligence.
(b) Analyzing social cognition data provided by the teacher or collected by
students through field work.
(c) Designing aptitude tests for measurement of IQ and exceptional children.

Reference texts

1. Anastasi, A.: Psychological Testing.

2. Dutta Roy, D. Principles of questionnaire development with empirical
studies.
3. Eysenck, M. W - Psychology: A student’s handbook.
4. Gregory, R. J. - Psychological testing. Pearson Education.
5. Morgan, C. T., King, R. A., Weisz, J. R., & Schopler, J. - Introduction to
Psychology.
6. Munn, N. L., Fernald, L. D., and Ferhald, P. S.: Introduction to Psychology.

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 • Introduction to Anthropology

Part I
1. Introduction: definition and scope, subdivisions of anthropology,
interrelationships between anthropology and other biological and social
science disciplines.
2. Biocultural evolution of man: man’s place in the animal kingdom,
comparative anatomy of anthropoid apes, structural and functional
specializations of man, evolution of man: his culture and technology.
3. Man as a social animal: choice of mate, monogamy, exogamy, endogamy,
inbreeding, family, clan, kin group, social stratification and society, role of
social factors in influencing genetic and environ- mental variations.

Part II
1. Racial anthropology to concepts and methods of Human Population Biology
in Biological Anthropology.
2. Human variation and adaptation to environment: causes of variation, short
and long term adaptation to different climatic, biotic and sociocultural
environments, genetic factors.
3. Human biological processes: human physical growth; growth and
development; aging and senescence.
4. Demographic studies in anthropology: basic concepts of demography
(population structure, age and sex composition, fecundity, fertility,
morbidity, mortality, life table, marriage, migration, population growth),
environmental (climatic, biotic and socio-cultural) determinants of
demographic measures, anthropological small scale demographic studies.

Part III
1. Anthropometric measurements and observations: methods of measurement
and computation.
2. Quantitative estimation of hemoglobin or packed cell volume.
3. Measuring blood pressure in man.

Part IV
1. One week’s training in field work

Reference Texts

1. Allan, A. 1980. To Be Human. John Wiley and Sons. Inc. New York.
2. Bogin, B. 1999. Patterns of Human Growth. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge.
3. Conroy, G. C. 1997. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis.
W. W. Norton & Company, New York.

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 4. Crews, D. E. 2003. Human Senescence: Evolutionary and Biological
Perspectives, Cambridge Press.
5. Crews, D. E. and R. M. Garruto (eds.) 1994. Biological Anthropology and
Aging: Perspectives on Human Variation, Oxford University Press, New York.
6. Ember, C. R. and Ember, M. 1977. Anthropology. Prentice Hall, Inc. New
Jersey.
7. Harris, M. 1975. Culture, People, Nature. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York.
8. Harrison, G. A., Tanner, J. M., Pilbeam, D. R. and Baker, P. T. 1990.
Human Biology: An Introduction to Human Evolution, Variation, Growth
and Adaptability (3rd Ed). Oxford University Press. Oxford.
9. Hauspie, R. C., Cameron, N., Molinari, L. 2004. Methods in Human Growth
Research. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
10. Jurmain, R., Kilgore, L., Trevathan, W., Ciochon, R. L. 2011. Physical
Anthropology: An Introduction, International Edition. Warsworth Cengage
Learning.
11. Mascie-Taylor, C. G. N., Lasker, G. W. 1991. Applications of Biological
Anthropology to Human Affairs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
12. Mielke, J. H., Konigsberg, L. W., Relethford, J. H. 2006. Human Biological
Variation. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
13. Molnar, S. 1983. Human Variation. Prentice Hall Inc. New Jersey.
14. Park, M. A. 2008. Biological Anthropology (5th Ed.). Central Connecticut
State University.
15. Scupin, R., DeCorse, C. R. 2009. Anthropology: A Global Perspective (6th
Ed.). Prentice Hall. Inc. New Jersey
16. Stein, P., Rowe, B. 2005. Physical Anthropology (9th Ed.). McGraw-Hill.
17. Weiner, J. S., Lourie, J. A. 1981. Practical Human biology, Academic Press,
New York.

• Introduction to Sociology

(A) Sociological Thought

1. Origin of Sociology: (a) Contribution of Industrial Revolution
2. Auguste Comte: (a) Positivism (b) The Law of Three Stages of Social
Development (c) Social Statics and Social Dynamics
3. Emile Durkheim: (a) Division of Labour (b) Suicide
4. Max Weber: (a) Types of Authority with Special Reference to
Bureaucracy
5. Karl Marx: (a) Class and Class Struggle (b) Alienation
6. Andre Beteille: (a) Caste, Class and Politics
7. Binay Kumar Sarkar: (a) Progress (b) Positivism

(B) Sociological Theory:

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(b) Concept of Micro and Macro-level Theory.
(C) Indian Society: Perspectives and Structures.
(D) Gender studies:
(a) Nature and Scope of Sociology of Gender
(b) Biology, Sex and Gender
(c) Socialization and Gender Socialization
(d) Gender, Crime and Violence
(e) Gender and Politics

(E) Agrarian Sociology

(a) Basic characteristics of peasant and agrarian society
(b) Debates on mode of production and agrarian relations including
tenancy
(c) Rural poverty, migration and landless labour
(d) Globalization and its impact on agriculture

(F) Methods of Social Research:

1. Definition and meaning of Social Research.
2. Types of Social Research: (a) Pure and (b) Applied
3. Facts, Concepts, Hypothesis and Theory, Research Methodology
4. Social Survey, differences between social survey and social research,
Case Study, Experimental methods- Statistical methods.
5. Data collection: Tools of Data collection - Observation Schedules -
Questionnaire, Interview, Focus Group of Discussion.
6. Sampling: Types of sampling (a) Random (b) Snow ball (c) Stratified
(d) Systematic (e) Cluster (f) Judgment

• Physics I

Classical Mechanics
1. Survey of the elementary principles: Laws of Mechanics, Mechanics of a system
of particles, Conservation laws, Vector Algebra, Conservative force.
2. Lagrange’s formulation: The basic problem with the constraint forces, Principle
of virtual work, D’Alembert’s principle, Degree of freedom, Lagrange’s equation
of motion, Velocity dependent potential, Simple applications of Lagrange’s
formulation.
3. Two body central force problems: Centre of mass and relative coordinates,
Reduced mass, Kepler’s laws and their derivations.
4. Hamiltonian mechanics: Some techniques of calculus of variation, Hamilton’s
principle, Derivation of Lagrange’s equation of motion from Hamilton’s
principle, Concept of symmetry, Conservation theorems, Hamilton’s equation of
motion.

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References:
1. H. Goldstein: Classical Mechanics
2. N.C. Rana and P.S. Joag: Classical Mechanics

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

1. Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics, Concept of entropy, Maxwell
relations and thermodynamic functions, Ideal and non-ideal gases.
2. Statistical mechanics: State of a system, Basic postulates, Ensemble (Micro-
Canonical, Canonical and grand Canonical), Partition function, Maxwell-
Boltzmann statistics.

References

1. F. Reif: Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics

• Physics II

Electromagnetic Theory
1. Vector analysis: Introduction to vector calculus
2. Electrostatics: Electric field and potential, Gauss theorem and its application,
Work and energy in electrostatics, Conductors, Polarization, Electric
displacement, Linear dielectrics.
3. Magneto-statistics: Lorentz force law, Biot-Savart’s law, Magnetic vector
potential, Magnetization, Magnetic susceptibility and permeability.
4. Electrodynamics: Electromotive force, Electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s
equations, Conservation of momentum, energy and charge.
5. Electromagnetic wave: Waves in one-dimension, Electromagnetic wave in
vacuum and its significance.

References

1. D.J. Griffith: Introduction to Electrodynamics

Special Theory of Relativity

1. Principle of Relativity: Galilean relativity, Significance of Michelson-Morley
experiment, Postulates of special relativity, Lorentz transformation
2. Relativistic effects: Time dilation, Length contraction, Relativity of simultaneity,
Relativistic addition of velocity, Mass formula, Mass-energy equation.
3. Four vector formalism: Minkowskian four-dimensional space-time, Four
velocity and four momentum and their interpretations.

References

1. R. Resnick: Introduction to Special Relativity

2. R.A. Mould: Basic Relativity

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 4.6 Optional Courses

Optional Course in Statistics

• Statistical Methods in Genetics

Mendel’s Laws.
Random Mating, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.
Inheritance of the X-chromosome.
Estimation of allele frequencies from genotype and phenotype data (with
applications of the EM algorithm).
Inbreeding, Mutation, Selection.
Joint genotype distributions of relatives using I-T-O matrices.
Segregation Analyses.
Basic Quantitative Trait Locus Model.
Tests for Genotype and Allelic Association for Population-based data on Binary
Traits and Quantitative Traits.
Adjustment of covariates in population-based association analyses.

Reference Texts

1. Pak Sham: Statistics in Human Genetics:

2. Andreas Ziegler and Inke Konig: A Statistical Approach to Genetic
Epidemiology

Optional Course in Probability

• Random Graphs

Some basic probabilistic tools: First and second moment methods and their
variations. The methods of moments. Concentration inequalities for sum of
independent Bernoulli variables, binomial and general case. Azuma’s inequality
(statement only). The FKG inequality for finitely many variables, probability of
non-existence.
Two basic models of random graphs (Erdös-Rényi random graphs): binomial
random graphs and uniform random graphs. Monotonicity property of these graphs.
Asymptotic equivalence of the two models.
Concept of thresholds and proof of every monotone property has a threshold.
Thresholds for sub-graph containment. Connectivity threshold. Basic idea of sharp
thresholds.
Dense and sparse random graphs.
The evolution of the sparse random graph, the emergence of the giant component,
phase transition. Sub-critical, critical and super-critical phases.
Sub-graph counts and its asymptotic distribution. Chromatic number of dense
and sparse random graphs.

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 Random regular graphs, the configuration model. Asymptotic of small cycles.
Other models of random graphs: Albert-Barabaśi model of preferential
attachment, geometric random graphs. Properties and illustration with examples.

Reference Texts

1. S. Janson, T. Łuczak and A. Ricínski: Random Graphs.

2. B. Bollobs: Random Graphs.
3. M. Penrose: Random Geometric Graphs.
4. R. van der Hofstad: Random Graphs and Complex Networks (lecture notes:
http://www.win.tue.nl/rhofstad/NotesRGCN.pdf)

Optional Course in Mathematics

• Number Theory

The ring structure and the order relation on Z; Induction and well-ordering;
Division algorithm; Prime numbers, infinitude of primes (Euclid’s proof); Unique
factorization of integers; GCD and LCM; Euclid’s algorithm for computing GCD;
Application to linear Diophantine equations.
Notion of congruence and residues; Application to non-solvability of Diophantine
equations; Structure of Z/nZ; The group of units of Z/nZ; The Euler ϕ-function;
Fermat’s “little” theorem, Wilson’s theorem and Euler’s theorem; Linear congruences
and the Chinese Remainder Theorem; Applications to RSA and other cryptosystems.
Pythagorean triplets and their geometric interpretation (rational points on circles);
Rational points on conics; Fermat’s method of infinite descent and application to
simple Diophantine equations like x4 + y4 = z2; The Hasse principle for conics,
Rational points on cubics and the failure of the Hasse principle.
Polynomial congruences and Hensel’s Lemma; Quadratic residues and non-
residues, Euler’s criterion.
Detailed study of the structure of the group of units of Z/nZ, Primitive roots;
Dirichlet characters and how to construct them.
Definition and properties of the Legendre symbol, Gauss’s lemma, Law of
quadratic reciprocity for Legendre symbols; Extension to Jacobi symbols.
Arithmetical functions and their convolutions, multiplicative and completely
multiplicative functions, examples like the divisor function d(n), the Euler function
ϕ(n), the Möbius function µ(n) etc. ; The Möbius inversion formula; Sieve of
Eratosthenes; Notion of “order of magnitude” and asymptotic formulae; Statement
of the Prime Number Theorem; Elementary estimates of π(X) - the number of
primes up to X; Euler and Abel summation formulae and average order of magnitude
of various arithmetical functions.
Review of algebraic numbers and algebraic integers; Arithmetic in Z[i]-the ring of

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ring of integers in number fields, explicit examples for quadratic fields.
Sum of two and four squares, Lagrange’s four square theorem.
The topics in italics are supplementary and depending on the inclination of the
instructor and the students, some of them may be chosen for brief discussions.
Topics like Gauss sums, Brun’s sieve,
Group law on cubics, transcendence of e and π etc., may also be covered if time is
available.

Reference Texts

1. Z. I. Borevich, I. R. Shafarevich, Number Theory.

2. G. H. Hardy, E. M. Wright, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers.
3. K. Ireland, M. Rosen, A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory.
4. I. Niven, H. S. Zuckerman, H. L. Montgomery, The Theory of Numbers.

Optional Course in Computer Science

• Special topics on Algorithm

Graph algorithm: Optimal graph traversal, shortest path, minimum spanning tree,
planarity algorithms.
Geometric algorithm: Convex hull, point location, Voronoi diagram, Delaunay
triangulations, arrangements and duality.
Combinatorial algorithms: Simplex algorithms, network flows, matching.
NP and Computational Intractability: Polynomial-time reductions, the definition of
NP, NP-complete problems.
Combinatorial geometry: Convexity, Radon’s lemma and Helly’s theorem, ham
sandwich cuts, Ramsey number, Erdos-Szekeres theorem, arrangement, cutting
lemma.
Approximation Algorithms: Approximation algorithms design techniques for a
variety of combinatorial and graph optimization problems: greedy-method, linear
programming relaxation, divide and conquer, primal-dual methods, etc. Examples
of approximation algorithms.
Randomized Algorithms: Random variables and their expectations. Examples of
randomized algorithms.

Reference Texts

1. M. de Berg et. al, Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications,

3rd ed., Springer-Verlag, 2000.
2. S. L. Devadoss and J. O’Rourke, Discrete and Computational Geometry,
Princeton University Press, 2011.
3. N. Alon and J. Spencer, The Probabilistic Method, 3rd edition, Wiley, 2008.
4. Matousek, Lectures on Discrete Geometry, Springer, May 2002.

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 5. Vijay Vazirani, Approximation Algorithms, Springer-Verlag.
6. Douglas West, Introduction to Graph Theory, Prentice Hall, 470pp, Aug
2000.
7. Reinhard Diestel, Graph Theory, Springer-Verlag, 2nd edition, April 2000.
8. Vaek Chvtal, Linear Programming, W. H. Freeman, 1983.
9. Dorit Hochbaum (Editor), Approximation Algorithms for NP-Hard Problems,
Brooks/Cole Pub Co; 1996.
10. Alexander Schrijver, Theory of Linear and Integer Programming, Wiley, John
& Sons, 1998.
11. Michael R. Garey and David S. Johnson, Computers and Intractability: A
Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness, W. H. Freeman Company,
November 1990.
12. Ravindra K. Ahuja, Thomas L. Magnanti, and James B. Orlin, Network
Flows: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications, Prentice Hall, February 1993.
13. Rajeev Motwani, Prabhakar Raghavan, Randomized Algorithms, Cambridge
University Press.

Optional Course in Physics

• Quantum Physics

Pre-requisites: Physics I and Physics II

Quantum mechanics
4. Introduction to quantum theory: Photoelectric effect, Compton effect, de Broglie
relation, Diffraction of matter waves, Superposition principle.
5. Mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics: Hilbert space, Hermitian
operator and spectral representation, Unitary operator, Kinematical Postulates
of quantum mechanics, Heisenberg uncertainty relation and its interpretation,
Principle of Complementarity, Quantum dynamics; Schroedinger and
Heisenberg picture.
6. Solving Schroedinger equation in some simple cases: Particle in a box, Finite
square well, Potential barrier, Introduction to Semi-conductor band theory.
7. Operator formalism: Creation and annihilation operators, Harmonic oscillator,
Angular momentum, Ladder operator and its application, Details of spin-1/2
system.

Quantum Statistical Mechanics

8. Quantum statistical mechanics: Law of Black body radiation, Bose-Einstein
Statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Classical limit.

References Texts

1. J.J.Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics

2. A. Ghatak and S. Lokanathan, Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications
3. F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics

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 4.7 Remedial English Course

• Remedial English

Just after the admission to the B. Stat. (Hons.) programme all students are
required to take a test in English language (comprehension and ability in
writing). The course will have two sessions of two periods in a week. The
students who fail this test are required to take the non-credit course in
Remedial English. The syllabus of this course will help the students to
improve their English reading, comprehension and verbal ability. It will also
include an exposure to usual mistakes in mathematical/statistical English
(for example: ‘let we consider’, ’the roots of the equation is’, ‘we now
discuss about’, ‘stationery process’) and their corrections. This course will
have three lecture-hours and one tutorial session per week. If a student fails
this course, even after the back-paper examination, he/she would be allowed
to repeat the course in the following year along with the new first year
students. A student will not be allowed to continue the B. Stat. (Hons.)
programme if he/she fails the course even after these three chances.

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