B.Com. (Transport Management) Multimodal Transportation Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the SY BCom TM syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. 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 Multimodal Transportation
Module I: Introduction of Multimodal Transportation
- Define Multimodal Transportation, Intermodal Transportation, difference between Intermodal and Multimodal Transportation, Benefits of Multimodal Transportation, Types of Multimodal Transportation, Multimodal Transportation Challenge
Module II: Multimodal Transportation System
- Multimodal Transportation in India – Road, Rail, Air and Sea, Components of Multimodal Transport System, Need of Multimodal Transport System, Government Initiatives, Case Studies – Mumbai, Delhi Metro, Ahmedabad-Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)
Module III: Multimodal Transport Operator System
- Concepts of Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO), Importance of Multimodal Operator, Registration process for Multimodal Transport Operator in India, Multimodal Transport Document (MTD), Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act (MMTG), Carriage of Goods by- Road, Rail, Air and Sea
Module IV: Multimodal Urban Transportation System
- Define Multimodal Urban Transportation System (MUTS), Modes of Urban Transportation Service - Bus, Railway, Metro, Auto-rickshaws, Urban Transportation Infrastructure - Flyovers, Types of Pedestrians, Parking Policy, Types of Parking Facilities, Urban Transportation issues, challenges and measures
Text Books
- 1 Slim Hammadi, Mekki Ksouri (2013), Multimodal Transport Systems, Wiley Publisher.
- 2 Michiel Spaniaart (2017), Multimodal Transport Law. Taylor and Francis publisher.
Reference Books
- 1 K.V. Hariharan (2000), Containerization and Multimodal Transport in India (2000). Shroff Publishers & Distributors.
- 2 Agostino Nuzzolo, William H.K. Lam (2017). Modelling Intelligent Multi-Modal Transit Systems. CRC Press Publisher.
- 3 Dipankar Deb, Jiten Shah, Rajeeb Dey, Valentina E. Balas (2018), Innovative Research in Transportation Infrastructure. Spinger Nature Singapore Publisher.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Com. (Transport Management) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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