Basic Course on Indian Constitution in Telugu

By Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Prof. N. Vasanthi | NALSAR University of Law

Learners enrolled: 155

ABOUT THE COURSE:

This course is aimed to be a short course on the Indian Constitution in Telugu. This course is designed for disseminating constitutional law knowledge with Telugu as the medium of instruction. In order to reach a wider audience, this course will be offered through online mode. This course focuses on providing a theoretical footing as well as practical insights into the working of the Indian Constitution. In order to keep the participants engaged, this course has many formats like walk the talk, panel discussions, interviews and case study. This course highlights the contributions of the Bar and the Bench. A brief drafting history is also highlighted for the candidates to better appreciate the Indian Constitution.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Any one with an interest to know about Indian Constitution

PREREQUISITES: Completion of X Std.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Law
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	18 Aug 2025
End Date :	12 Sep 2025
Enrollment Ends :	18 Aug 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	29 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	02 Nov 2025 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Elements of a Constitution

Week 2: Fundamental Rights, Duties and Directive Principles

Week 3: Federalism

Week 4: Contemporary Issues and Debates

Books and references

Achyut Chetan, Founding Mothers of the Indian Republic, (CUP 2023)
Jon Elster et.al. Constituent Assemblies (CUP 2018)
The Oxford Handbook of The Indian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2016
Kalpana Kannabiran, Tools of Justice: Non-Discrimination and the Indian Constitution (Routledge, 2012)
Granville Austin, Working A Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience (OUP, 2002).
Erin Daly, Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions and The Worth of the Human Person (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013
Kirpal, Desai, Subramanium, Dhavan & Ramachandran (eds.), Supreme but not Infallible: Essays in the Honour of the Supreme Court of India (OUP, 2000)

Instructor bio

Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao

NALSAR University of Law

Professor Srikrishna Deva Rao is a legal academic passionate about teaching, research and advocacy in criminal law and access to justice. Prof. Rao is currently Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR Hyderabad since November, 2022. He worked as Vice-Chancellor of NLU Delhi from 2020 - 2022 and Vice-Chancellor of NLU Odisha from 2014 – 2020.

Prof. Rao was a Fulbright Nehru Alumni. He had the distinction of working with five prestigious law universities in India for the past three decades: National Law School, Bangalore; NALSAR, Hyderabad; Gujarat National Law University, Gandhi Nagar; NLU Odisha and NLU Delhi.

He was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle and School of Oriental & African Studies, SOAS, London. Prof. Rao received - "Kumarappa - Reckless Award" for his outstanding contribution in criminal justice education in India by the Indian Society of Criminology (ISC), in 2020. Prof. Rao was member of the Indian delegation that presented the Universal Periodic Report (UPR) of Human Rights at the U.N. Human Rights Council at Geneva in November 2022.

Prof. N. Vasanthi

Prof. N. Vasanthi Nimushakavi Vasanthi is a Professor of Constitutional Law and has been instrumental in designing and teaching courses in constitutional law at the undergraduate and post graduate level. A graduate from Osmania University she has been at the University since 2000. She teaches courses in the area of constitutional law and labour law. Her recent work has been in areas at the intersection of labour, gender and rights.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: November 02, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team