BASIC STUDY MATERIAL / MAIN COURSE WORK-BOOK:
1) PDC Workbook-I
2) IPDC Workbook-II
IPDC REFERENCES – These are the reference material for each lectures of IPDC.
Module No. | Module/ Course Topics | Lectures | References |
1 | Facing Failures | Factors Affecting Failures Failures are not Always Bad Insignificance of Failures Power of Faith Practicing Faith | 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. |
2 | Learning from Legends | Tendulkar & Tata Leading Without Leading | 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 | Mass Management | Project Management | 1. Project Management Absolute Beginner’s Guide, Gregory Horine, Que Publishing, 2017 2. The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, Eric Verzuh, Wiley, 2011 3. Guide to Project Management: Getting it right and achieving lasting benefit, Paul Roberts, Wiley, 2013 |
4 | My India My Pride | Glorious Past – Part 1 Glorious Past – Part 2 Present Scenario An Ideal Citizen – 1 An Ideal Citizen – 2 An Ideal Citizen – 3 | 1. Hidden Horizons, Dr. David Frawley and Dr. Navaratna S. Rajaram, 2006 2. Rishis, Mystics and Heroes of India, Sadhu Mukundcharandas, Swaminarayan Aksharpith, 2011 3. Physics in Ancient India, Narayan Dongre, Shankar Nene, National Book Trust, 2016 4. The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, Raymond Allchin, Bridget Allchin, Cambridge University Press, 1982 5. The Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa: An Ancient Indian Work on Mathematics and Astronomy (1930), Walter Eugene Clark, University of Chicago Press, reprint, Kessinger Publishing, 2006. |
5 | Remaking Yourself | Restructuring Yourself Power of Habit Being Addiction-Free Begin with the End in Mind Handling the Devil – Social Media | 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. |
6 | Financial Wisdom | Basics of Financial Planning Financial Planning Process | 1. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, 2017. 2. The Warren Buffett Way, Robert Hagstrom, Wiley, 2013. 3. The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham, Harper Business, 2006 4. Yogic Wealth: The Wealth That Gives Bliss, Gaurav Mashruwala, TV18 Broadcast Ltd, 2016. |
7 | From House to Home | Affectionate Relationships Forgive & Forget Listening & Understanding Bonding the Family | 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 |
8 | Soft Skills | Teamwork & Harmony Networking – Decision Making – Leadership | 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, Harper Perennial, Dan Ariely, 2010 |
9 | Review | Student Voice – 1 Student Voice – 2 Words of Wim |