COURSE CONTENT

Course Content

The course structure is modular and comprises of eight modules. For the APGDUM all the eight modules are compulsory while for the DUM the two compulsory modules and one optional module is required. Each module covers a specific theme. Mentors, eminent people with deep understanding and extensive experience in the urban sector, along with domain experts have customized the content of each module to cater to the candidates’ requirements. The eight themes and the theme mentors are given in the table below:

Sr.	Theme	Mentor
1	Urban Governanace	Shri. Ramanath Jha, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
2	Municipal Management	Shri. Ramanath Jha, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
3	Urban Plannning	Shri. J. G. Keskar, Former Director, Town Planning, Maharashtra State
4	Urban Finance	Dr. P. K. Mohanty, Director General, Center for Good Governance, Hyderabad
5	Urban Infrastructure	Dr. K. P. Krishnan, Joint Secretary Finance, Government of India
6	Urban Poverty	Dr. Sneha Planitkar, Director, All India Institute of Local Self Government
7	Urban Environment	Shri. A. K. Jain, Senior Advisor, All India Institute of Local Self Government
8	ICT For Urban Management	Shri. Shrikant Singh, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Brihan Mumbai Corporation

Each module covers inter alia the historical background, an overview of the existing laws and policies, the challenges in implementing policies, international and national practices, available options, techniques and citizen oriented frameworks.

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Course Framework

Course

Basic/Compulsory Modules

Elective/Optional Modules

Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Management (APGDUM)

• Urban Governance

• Municipal Management

(4 days contact sessions)

• Urban Planning

• Urban Finance

• Urban Infrastructure

• Urban Environment

• Urban Poverty

• ICT in Urban Sector

(7 Days contact sessions per module)

Diploma in Urban Management (DUM)

• Urban Governance

• Municipal Management

One option from the above 6 themes

A participant can choose to do a Diploma or a Post Graduate Diploma in Urban Management. For a DUM the participant has to do the two compulsory modules and one of the six optional modules mentioned above. In case of a APGDUM, the participant has to do the two compulsory modules and all the six optional modules mentioned above. The duration of the compulsory module is four days while the duration of the optional module is seven days.

For example, a participant doing a DUM specializing in Urban Finance the participant has to do a 4-day compulsory module of Urban Governance and Municipal Management and a 7 day Urban Finance module, i.e. the participant has to attend 11 days of contact sessions in YASHADA before he/she can appear for the exam conducted at the end of the academic year at Mumbai University. Whereas a candidate enrolling for the APGDUM has to do a 4 day compulsory module of Urban Governance and Municipal Management and 6 modules of 7 days each in Urban Planning, Finance, Infrastructure, Environment, Poverty and ICT.

In case the candidate is unable to attend all the sessions in a year, the candidate is permitted to finish his/her contact sessions over a maximum period of 3 years. Each module shall have a weight of 100 marks implying that the APGDUM is out of a total of 800 marks (100 marks per module). The minimum pass percentage is 50% marks per module. In Addition, the candidate has to submit the dissertation topic of his choice and this carries marks of 200.Therefore in all APGDUM course examination is of 1000 marks (800 marks for 8 modules and 200 for dissertation) and DUM is of 500 marks (300 for 3 modules and 200 for dissertation).