Master of Arts / Master of Science in (Water Policy and Governance)
Location: Mumbai
School: School of Habitat Studies
Centre: Centre for Water Policy and Governance
Intake: 25
Description
The Centre for Water Policy, Regulation, and Governance (or CWPRG) (hereafter referred to as the Centre) is a path-breaking initiative of the School of Habitat Studies. This initiative is focused on facilitating interdisciplinary studies, teaching, training, and outreach activities in the field of governance of the water sector in general, and in particular, various policy instruments employed for governance. The Master of Arts / Master of Sciences (Water Policy and Governance) (or MWPG) (hereafter referred to as the programme), developed and administered by the Centre, is aimed at preparing policy-professionals with a comprehensive understanding of factors, processes, practices and instruments that determine the outcome of efforts to govern the water sector. It begins by laying conceptual and theoretical foundations required for the interdisciplinary and comprehensive training of water policy professionals.
Further, efforts are made to introduce students to diverse perspectives on the governance of the water sector by introducing them to debates on critically important, and often contentious, themes such as water security and sustainability, water-poverty, and the trade-off between equity and efficiency. In order to facilitate this, the programme provides an introduction to the historical evolution of development and management of water resources, as well as that of governance and institutional reforms in different sub-sectors of the water sector. Responding to the need for building professional capabilities, the programme provides significant space for courses imparting various research and professional skills and knowledge related to methods. These include some of the advanced skills such as systems thinking, GIS, financial and regulatory analysis. The programme provides students with exposure to the ground and field realities of the water sector in India.
The programme ensures:
• A balanced and comprehensive understanding of conceptual and theoretical debates around major themes that are of concerns in the policy or academic circles in the water sector.
• Multidisciplinary nature of courses that bring together concepts, theories, perspectives, skills, and methods from social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, law, and other fields.
• Engagement with practitioners and experts in the field.
• Focus on self-learning and application of learning to existing challenges in the water sector and governance, accompanied by close monitoring, guidance, and hand-holding by a team of in-house faculty and practitioners.
Admission to the programme is open for students coming from diverse backgrounds but mainly from two categories: (a) Professional training such as engineering, law, agriculture, management, public-health, or finance, and (b) academic training in social sciences such as economics, political sciences, and geography. Working professionals in early stages of their career are encouraged to apply.
Recent institutional reforms in India and the subcontinent have seen emergence of a diverse range of agencies working in the policy and governance aspects of the water sector. This has led to an unmet demand for trained water policy professionals from diverse organisations such as research institutes, government and quasigovernment agencies, non-governmental organisations, bi-lateral and multi-lateral bodies, consultancy firms, infrastructure companies from the private sector, and credit- rating agencies. Together, these agencies have created a reliable platform for prospective students of this programme to launch their professional careers.
Distribution of Credit Hours:
|
Year |
Details |
Credits |
| First |
Foundation Course |
4 |
|
Common Courses (School Level) |
16 |
|
| Foundational and Open Elective Courses | 4 | |
|
Core Courses |
16 |
|
|
Fieldwork/Internship |
1 |
|
|
Second
|
Core Courses |
9 |
|
Disciplinary and Skill Electives |
4 |
|
|
Dissertation/Independent Work |
8 |
|
|
Fieldwork/Internship |
2 |
|
|
Total |
64 |
Semesterwise Courses:
|
Semester |
Course code |
Title of the Course |
Credits |
|
I
|
FC |
Foundation courses (Module 1 and 2) |
4 |
|
HS 01
|
Introduction to Public Policies:Concepts,Theory and Practice |
2 | |
|
HS 02 |
Introduction to State , Law and Governance |
2 | |
|
HS 03 |
Ecosystems, Habitants and Sustainability |
2 | |
|
HS 04 |
Basics Of Financial Analysis |
2 | |
|
HS 05 |
Research Methods - I |
2 | |
|
HS 06 |
Basic Principles of Economics |
2 | |
|
WPG 01 |
Development and Water :Issues and Critical Perspectives |
2 | |
|
WPG 02 |
Introduction to Hydrology and Water Resources Assessment |
2 | |
|
II |
HS 07 |
Socio Cultural Perspectives |
2 |
|
HS 08 |
Research Methods - II |
2 | |
|
WPG 03 |
Groundwater Development and Managment in India |
4 | |
|
WPG 04 |
Surface Water Resources: Development, Management and Issues |
4 | |
|
WPG 05 |
Delivery and Management of Water and Sanitation Services |
4 | |
|
WPG 06 |
Field Visits and Exposure Activities |
1 | |
|
CBCS |
Foundation Elective |
2 | |
| CBCS |
open elective |
2 | |
|
WPG 07 |
Summer Internship (optional) |
0 | |
|
III
|
Disciplinary Elective:Choose any ONE course from WPG 08,WPG 09 and HS 09 |
||
|
WPG 08 |
Elective 1 : Regulation of Water Sector |
2 | |
|
WPG 09 |
Elective 2: Water Conflicts and Negotiation |
2 | |
|
HS 09 |
Elective 3 : Green Economy and Sustainability |
2 | |
|
Skill Elective : CHoose any ONE course from HS 10 and HS 11 |
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|
HS 10 |
Elective 4: Macro Data Analysis |
2 | |
|
HS 11 |
Elective 5 : Environmental and Social Impact Assesment (EIA and SIA) |
2 | |
| HS 12 |
Introduction to GIS |
2 | |
|
WPG 10 |
Legal Perspective on Water |
2 | |
|
WPG 11 |
Water Pollution, Water Quality and Health |
2 | |
|
WPG 12 |
Independent Work - I : Project/ Dissertation |
2 | |
|
WPG 13 |
Contempoary Discourses in Water Sector |
2 | |
|
First Round of Filedwork for Project/Dissertation between Semester III and Semester IV |
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| First Round of Fieldwork for Project/Dissertation [During Vacations between 3rd and 4th Sem.] | |||
| IV |
WPG 14 |
Winter Institute* |
2 |
|
WPG 15 |
Independent work –II: Project /Dissertation |
6 |
|
Note: The Total number of creditts, list of CBCS curses and semester- wise listing of courses is provisional, and may undergo some changes. Due to current pandemic situation courses may be shifted or taught across semesters.
* The fees for the filedwork courses (WPG14 and WPG 26) and field - visits (as part of WPG 10, WPG 11,WPG 16)will be collected separately by the school of Habitat Studies.The filed component includes filed visits, a fifteen-days course based on filedwork named as "winter institute", and field workshops.The estimated expenses for this are Rs.8000/- each in Semester I.IIand III, and Rs.2000/- in semester - IV.
Fee Structure:
| Components | MA./M.Sc. In Water Policy & Governance | ||||
| Fees | Sem I | Sem II |
Sem III | Sem IV |
|
| FEE | Tuition Fee | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Examination Fee | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
| CHARGES |
Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 |
| IT Charges | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |
| Library Charges | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | |
| Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) * | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FUNDS | Students' Competency Fund | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 |
| Lab / Studio Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | |
| Development Fund | 10,000 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| Students' Union Fund * | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | |
| Alumni Fund * | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | |
| Health Care Fund* | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | |
| DEPOSITS | Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 10,000 | 0 | ||
| Semester wise Course Fee | 49,000 | 25,000 | 38,000 | 22,500 | |
| Yearly Fees | 74,000 | 60,500 | |||
| Total Course Fee | 1,34,500 | ||||
| Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary. | |||||
| Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity. | |||||
| No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes. | |||||
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