# Cognition, Transformation and Lives

- Institution: IIT Kanpur
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Alok Bajpai
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104121)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104121)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This course addresses anyone who is interested in change, not the temporary change, but transformation at a deeper, sustained level; whether individual or collective. The course is structured to provide a basic knowledge of Psychology and Neuroscience before using a narrative biography of Mahatma Gandhi to elucidate the process of transformation. It does not look at Mahatma Gandhi’s politics rather at the Man who left behind a model of transformation. We posit it in a scientific analysis here.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Students, professionals, or anyone Interested in Mind

PREREQUISITES : None. Working knowledge of English. Preferably, listen to Prof. Braj Bhushan’s lectures on NPTEL – Introduction to Psychology

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Motivational and Self-help programmes

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 01 - Cognition, Emotion and Transformation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/5b7189997e33) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 02 - Self and Others](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/9dd6b14ff46c) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 03 - Human Cognition](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/bc5c23fb1cee) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 04 - Cognition and Human Behaviour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/8b04c0cc9c0f) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 05 - Human Emotions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/0ca20cb488b9) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 06 - Understanding Emotions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/585323219edd) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 07 - Stories from the Brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/931de30390a8) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 08 - Stories from the Brain contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/37d087e34e97) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture 09 - Humans and Madness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/0437b5c5cbfd) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture 10 - Humans & Madness contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/91c65d60a42f) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture 11 - Vices & Virtues: Understanding Human Behaviour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/5aacbf758b31) (YouTube)
12. [Lecture 12 - Change and its Context](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/26aa907000c2) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture 13 - Can we transform?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/13dd9493812c) (YouTube)
14. [Lecture 14 - Need for transformation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/97dc9d143924) (YouTube)
15. [Lecture 15 - Process of Transformation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/9fccc61b17ba) (YouTube)
16. [Lecture 16 - Biographical models of transformations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/f7b52f3f556e) (YouTube)
17. [Lecture 17 - Biographical narrative of Gandhi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/c568c9ddac73) (YouTube)
18. [Lectuer 18 - Gandhi's process of transformation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/a02aa4b423d7) (YouTube)
19. [Lecture 19 - Transformation and Ethics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/a2117581e4d1) (YouTube)
20. [Lecture 20 - Transformation and Society](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109104121/6e4c7a88abfb) (YouTube)