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B.Com. (Banking and Insurance) Foundations of Indian Knowledge Systems in Banking and Insurance Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the TY BBI syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it for ATKT candidates, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.

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Syllabus for Foundations of Indian Knowledge Systems in Banking and Insurance

Major · Semester 5 · TY BBI · 2 credits · 50 marks

Module I: Indian Knowledge Systems in Banking

Unit 1: Indigenous Banking Concepts and Practices (Advanced) Teaching Points with Description:
Evolution of Indigenous Banking: Study of early Indian financial intermediaries— sethis, mahajans, and shroffs—and their role in economic transactions.
Hundi System: Types and Operations: Discussion of darshani, muddati, and shahjog hundis as early credit, remittance, and bill-of-exchange instruments.
Indigenous Credit and Lending Ethics: Dharma-based credit principles, fairness in interest, prohibition of exploitative lending, and guidelines from Manusmriti and Arthashastra.
Transition to Modern Banking: How traditional instruments and practices influenced modern banking systems such as negotiable instruments, credit assessment, and trust- based finance.
Unit 2: Financial Governance, Accountability & Economic Administration in IKS Teaching Points with Description:
Arthashastra’s Financial Administration: Insights on treasury management, auditing, revenue collection, expenditure control, and fraud prevention.
Ethics of Wealth Management: Dharma-inspired guidelines on honesty, transparency, trusteeship, and corporate governance.
Regulatory Concepts in Ancient India: Oversight structures, penalties, regulatory mechanisms, and financial discipline practiced in ancient kingdoms.
Relevance to Modern Banking Regulation: Application to today’s RBI compliance frameworks, governance standards, accountability norms, and anti-corruption policies.

Module II: Indian Knowledge Systems in Insurance

Unit 3: Indigenous Insurance, Risk Management & Social Security Systems Teaching Points with Description:
Community-Based Risk Sharing: Village collectives, trade guilds (Shrenis), and community funds used to support members during loss or adversity.
Maritime and Trade-Related Risk Mitigation: Protection for traders, caravans, and seafaring missions; early forms of insurance against theft, loss, and natural calamities.
Natural Disaster Preparedness in Ancient India: Traditional approaches to managing droughts, floods, and famines through community reserves, grain banks, and relief mechanisms.
Parallels with Modern Insurance Products: Mapping traditional practices to today’s health, crop, marine, and social insurance schemes.
Unit 4: Wealth Protection, Security Systems & Ethical Insurance Practices Teaching Points with Description:
Traditional Wealth Preservation Methods: Gold, land, cattle, and temple treasuries as long-term security and collateral.
Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Insurance: Principles of fairness, risk-sharing, and duty toward the community based on dharmic values.
Family and Community-Based Social Security: Lineage support systems, joint families, mutual aid, and their significance in modern microinsurance.
Applicability to Modern Insurance Industry: How ancient principles can inspire ethical claims settlement, customer trust, responsible underwriting, and community- focused insurance models.

Reference Books

1 Kautilya – Arthashastra (translated editions)
2 Balasubramaniam, K. – Indian Knowledge Systems
3 S. Subramanian – History of Indigenous Banking in India
4 S.K. Roy – Indian Insurance Industry: Transition and Prospects
5 V. Sundaram – Economic Thought in Ancient India

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Com. (Banking & Insurance) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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