This course broadly encompasses the study of properties of ingredients of concrete, design of concrete mix, production of concrete and various concreting operations. Cementing material is the vital component of the concrete, hence study of process of manufacturing of cement, types of cement and their properties are covered in this course. Study of properties of aggregates and water also finds their due coverage in the course. Process of concrete production and concreting operations also forms an essential component of the course.

This one credit online course entitled, “Commercial Fruit Production: Pomegranate & Guava” will contain entire production technology of two fruit crops i.e. Pomegranate and Guava”. It will cover latest production technology of these two crops including its climatic requirements, varieties, planting techniques, fertilizer and irrigation requirement, inter culturing and special practices, maturity indices, harvesting techniques, etc. 
 

Week 1

Lecture 1: Importance, soil and climatic Requirements of pomegranate

Lecture 2: Varieties of pomegranate

Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability
By 1. Dr. M. Rajesh 2. Dr. Sindhu P Nair, 3. Dr. Jalajakumari VT, 4. Dr. P Unnikrishnan   |   IGNOU Regional Centre, Vatakara

The course is an unique effort to provide awareness about environmental issues from the perspective of social  sciences, technology,  education and law. It is expected that after going through the course, learners will have a comprehensive idea about the issue areas.

Course layout

Week 1

1.      Introduction to environment and society

This four credit course is a part of UGC curriculum, as a discipline centric elective and has given space in fifth semester of B.Sc. program. 

One of the major uses of Computers is in facilitating communication of secure information over the Internet. One of the major developments in this respect is the World Wide Web (WWW) - also called simply the Web. The WWW have made major inroads in development of web based communities, collaboration, services and applications such as social networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs etc. Today many technologies and services are available through the Internet. Internet has caused permeation of information at grass root level.