Integrated Personality Development Course Course Code: 4340003
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (GTU)
Semester – IV
Course Title: Integrated Personality Development Course
(Course Code: 4340003)
Diploma programme in which this course is offered Semester in which offered
All branches of Diploma Engineering 4th Semester
1. TYPE OF COURSE
Value-based holistic personality development course for university students.
2. RATIONALE
IPDC aims to prepare students for the modern challenges they face in their daily lives. Promoting fortitude
in the face of failures, unity amongst family discord, self-discipline amidst distractions, and many more
priceless lessons. The course focuses on morality and character development at the core of student growth,
to enable students to become self-aware, sincere, and successful in their many roles - as an ambitious
student, reliable employee, caring family member, and considerate citizen.
3. COURSE OUTCOMES
• To provide students with a holistic value-based education that will enable them to be successful in their
academic, professional, and social lives.
• To give the students the tools to develop effective habits, promote personal growth, and improve their
wellbeing, stability, and productivity.
• To allow students to establish a stronger connection with their family through critical thinking and
devolvement of qualities such as unity, forgiveness, empathy, and effective communication.
• To provide students with soft skills that complement their hard skills, making them more marketable
when entering the workforce.
• To enhance awareness of India’s glory and global values, and to create considerate citizens who strive
for the betterment of their family, college, workforce, and nation.
• To inspire students to strive for a higher sense of character by learning from role models who have lived
principled, disciplined, and value-based lives.
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4. TEACHING AND EXAMINATION SCHEME:
Teaching Scheme Total Credits Examination Scheme
(In Hours) (L+T+P/2) Theory Marks Practical Marks Total
L T P C CA ESE CA ESE Marks
2 0 0 2 30 70 25 25 150
Legends: L-Lecture; T – Tutorial/Teacher Guided Theory Practice; P -Practical; C – Credit, CA - Continuous
Assessment; ESE -End Semester Examination.
5. COURSE-CONTENT:
Each lecture can be taken in a continuous two-hour session, or in two separate one-hour sessions. In
addition to the core lectures, an induction and concluding lectures are recommended as shown in the
below table.
Lecture
Module & Subject Subject Description Hours
No.
IPDC-1 (First Phase/Semester)
Students will learn about the need for values as part of their
Intro- holistic development to become successful in their many
The Need for Values 2
duction roles - as ambitious students, reliable employees, caring
family members, and considerate citizens.
Module: Remaking
Students learn how self-improvement enables them to
Yourself
secure a bright future for themselves. They will learn 6
1 Subject : Restructuring 2
powerful thought-processes that can develop their physical,
Yourself
intellectual, emotional, and spiritual quotients.
Module: Remaking Students will undergo a study of how habits work, the habits
2 Yourself of successful professionals, and the practical techniques that 2
Subject : Power of Habit can be used to develop good habits in their life.
Module: Learning from Students will learn from the inspirational lives of India's two
3 Legends legends, Sachin Tendulkar and Ratan Tata. They will 2
Subject : Tendulkar & Tata implement these lessons through relatable case studies.
Module: From House to
Active listening is an essential part of academic progress and
Home
4 communications. Students will learn to listen with their eyes, 2
Subject : Listening &
ears, mind, and heart.
Understanding
Module: Facing Failures This lecture enables students to revisit the way in which they
5 2
Subject : Welcoming approach challenges. Through the study of successful figures
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Challenges such as Disney, Lincoln and Bachchan, students will learn to
face difficulties through a positive perspective.
Failure is a student’s daily source of fear, negativity, and
Module: Facing Failures
depression. Students will be given the constructive skills to
6 Subject : Significance of 2
understand failure as formative learning experiences.
Failures
India’s ancient Rishis, scholars, and intellectuals have made
Module: My India My tremendous contributions to the world, they developed an
Pride advanced, sophisticated culture and civilization which began
7 2
Subject : Glorious Past - thousands of years ago. Students will learn the importance of
Part 1 studying India’s glorious past so that they could develop a
strong passion and pride for our nation.
Module: My India My Our ancient concepts can be used to seek revolutionary ideas
Pride and to generate inspiration. Students will develop a deeper
8 2
Subject : Glorious Past - interest in India’s Glorious Past – by appreciating the need to
Part 2 read about it, research it, write about it, and share it.
Module: Learning from Dr Kalam’s inspirational life displayed legendary qualities
Legends which apply to students (1) Dare to Dream (2) Work Hard (3)
9 2
Subject : A.P.J. Abdul Get Good Guidance (4) Humility (5) Use Your Talents for the
Kalam Benefit of Others
Module: Soft Skills
Students are taught the means of building a professional
10 Subject : Networking & 2
network and developing a leadership attitude.
Leadership
Module: Soft Skills Students will learn the secrets of project management
11 Subject : Project through the Akshardham case study. They will then practice 2
Management these skills through an activity relevant to student life.
Module: Remaking
Yourself Students will learn how social media can become addictive
12 2
Subject : Handling Social and they will imbibe simple methods to take back control.
Media
Module: Facing Failures Students will learn about the power and necessity of faith in
13 2
Subject : Power of Faith our daily lives.
Module: From House to
Students will understand the importance of strong family
Home
14 relationships. They will learn how to overcome the 2
Subject : Bonding the
generation gap and connect with their family more.
Family
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Students will learn that performing seva is beneficial to one’s
Module: Selfless Service
15 health, wellbeing, and happiness. It also benefits and inspires 2
Subject : Seva
others.
6. COURSE MATERIAL / MAIN COURSE WORKBOOK:
Workbook will be designed and presented by IPDC Team. These official workbooks would be the course-
material for study of IPDC. These workbooks will solve the purpose of study, submission, viva and exams
for students.
IPDC Workbook-1 (published by Swaminarayan Aksharpith)
7. IPDC REFERENCES:
These are the reference material for the IPDC lectures. This is not compulsory reading for the students as
the essential information is contained in the workbook.
Mo Module References
dul
e
No
.
1 Facing 1. Thomas Edison’s factory burns down, New York Times Archives, Page 1, 10/12/1914
Failures 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
7. Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success, John C.
Maxwell, Thomas Nelson, 2007
2 Learning 1. Chase Your Dreams: My Autobiography, Sachin Tendulkar, Hachette India, 2017
from 2. Playing It My Way: My Autobiography, Sachin Tendulkar, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014
Legends 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
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3 My India 1. Rishis, Mystics, and Heroes of India, Sadhu Mukundcharandas, Swaminarayan
My Pride Aksharpith, 2011
2. Physics in Ancient India, Narayan Dongre, Shankar Nene, National Book Trust, 2016
3. The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, Raymond Allchin, Bridget
Allchin, Cambridge University Press, 1982
4. The Āryabhaṭīya of Āryabhaṭa: An Ancient Indian Work on Mathematics and
Astronomy (1930), Walter Eugene Clark, University of Chicago Press, reprint,
Kessinger Publishing, 2006
4 Remaking 1. Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014
Yourself 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
5 From 1. “What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness”, R.
House to Waldinger, Ted Talks, 2015
Home 2. Long Walk To Freedom, Nelson Mandela, Back Bay Books, 1995
3. Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, 2011
6 Soft Skills 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, Dan Ariely, Harper Perennial, 2010
7 Selfless 1. Open: An Autobiography, Andre Agassi, Vintage, 10 August 2010
Service 2. The Physiological Power of Altruism [online], James Hamblin, The Atlantic,
December 30, 2015,
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/altruism-for-a-better-
body/422280/ [last accessed June 10, 2020]
3. TBI Blogs: From Entrepreneurs to Doorkeepers, Everybody Serves with Love &
Warmth at This Ahmedabad Café [online], The People Place Project, The Better
India, May 29, 2017, https://www.thebetterindia.com/102551/small-way-serve-
ahmedabad-seva-cafe/, [last accessed June 10, 2020]
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