Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's Thoughts - National Security

Overview

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is commonly known as social activist, economist, political, philosophic thinker, and historiographer. He was one of the most remarkable leaders who played a major role in Indian politics and struggled to restructure the Indian society on the most egalitarian and humanitarian principles, especially for the upliftment of the downtrodden.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s experience and education in India and abroad added critical and modern dimension to his thought and endeavor, reflected in Constitution of India aptly describing one of his titles as the architecture of constitution. In a way, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s idea of inclusive nation-building is now globally relevant and could be seen in the millennium and sustainable development goals recently accepted by the United Nations Organization. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar has come to embody the aspirations of the vast majority of the depressed classes of the country. His critique not only privileges social justice over political justice, but expands nationalism to make it inclusive and encompassing. 

What you will learn

The M.A. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's Thoughts - National Security at Savitribai Phule Pune University revolves around the following major subject areas:

• International Relations: this provides the broad field within which Nations of States and nonstate factors interact. An attempt is made to provide for both a theoretical understanding of how and why nations behave as they do and also a historical survey of major trends in World Affairs.
• Geo-Politics and Military Geography: understanding of behavior of nation-states without the geographical context is usually a partial understanding. An attempt is made to provide the students with a perspective about Geo-political thinking and also the application and the interaction of Geography with problems of strategy.
• Strategic Studies: this is one of the core courses that provide the students an understanding of various dimensions of welfare in the conventional and nuclear context.
• Peace and Conflict Studies: the course of Peace and Conflict Studies introduces the students to the various nature and forms of conflict approaches to conflict management and conflict resolution and also an understanding of some of the new approaches like comprehensive security and human security.