B.Com. (Transport Management) Surface Transportation Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the FY BCom TM syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. 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 Surface Transportation
Module I
- Unit I Introduction to Surface Transportation
- Concept, Importance of Surface Transportation, Advantages of Surface Transportation, different types of Surface Transportation service in India, Causes of Surface Transportation Accidents, various measures for road safety, Classification of Indian Roads.
- Unit II Indian Surface Transportation Service
- Development of Road transport, Growth of Automobile Industry, Indian Motor Vehicle Acts, Urban transport problems, Regional Transport Office (RTO’s) and its role in transportation, History and present status of Indian railway, problems faced by Indian Railway.
References
- Phil Hughes & Ed Ferrett (2010). International Health and Safety at Work. Routledge Publisher.
- Mather J. C. (ed.) (1992). ‘Transport and Economic Development’, Chugh Publications, Allahabad.
- Modak S.K. (1980). ‘Adgunik Parivahanache Arthashastra’, Maharashtra Vidhyapeeth Grantha Nirmitee Mandal, Nagpur.
- Jean-Paul Rodrique, Claude Comtois & Brian Slack (2013). The Geography of Transport Systems. Routledge.
- Christos N. Pyrgidis (2016). Railway Transportation System: Design, Construction and Operation. CRC Press.
- Garg S. (2013). Surface Transportation. Khanna Publishers; Second edition.
- Pasricha (1999). Road Safety guide for drivers of heavy vehicle. Nasha Publications, Mumbai.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Com. (Transport Management) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
The complete syllabus
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