Department at a glance

• Started with is Honours course in 1989
• Offers both Honours and General courses in Economics
• Focuses on Quality Education
• Excellent Departmental Library
• Well maintained students' Magazine and Wall projects
• 100% Success rates in B.A/B.Sc. final examinations.
• 100% rate of progression to higher studies.

Welcome to the Department of Economics

The Department of Economics began its journey way back in 1945 since the inception of the college. Being one of the oldest departments of this college, the department has traversed a long distance in course of all these years. Initially, the department offered only the general course in Economics of Calcutta University. However, it was in 1989 that the department started Honours course in Economics.

From its very beginning the focus of the department was to ensure a quality education for all its students which not only would enable them to achieve success at the University examination but would also help them in advancement of their career in future.

The Department of Economics

Faculty

Departmental Activities

1. The students are encouraged for seminar presentation and also for participation in seminars / debates organized by the other colleges and inter-college competitions.

Departmental Excursion

2. The Department of Economics organizes seminars, special lectures for the overall development of its students as well as peers. A UGC sponsored seminar on Emerging Challenges and Prospects before India in the New World Order was organized by the department in 2005. A special lecture session, by the renowned scholar and economist, Professor Sugata Marjit,was also arranged by the department.

3. The Department also organized a career guidance programme for the students on 2005, conducted by Eastern Institute for Integrated Management in Learning. A book exhibition was also organized in the same year.

4. As extra curricular activities the department has organized excursions, film shows etc. for the students.

5. In 2007 and 2008 the students of the Department arranged a fund raising programme for The Braille Press and Library Project of Blind Persons’ Association , Kolkata.

6. Parent Teacher meetings are also regularly organized to discuss and exchange the views regarding the achievements and shortcomings of the students with their parents.

7.The Students of the department regularly maintain their wall project (Wall Projection). Another combined effort of the students, ex-students and the teacher is the departmental magazine, Reflection.

UGC Sponsored Seminar

Departmental Library

A humble effort of the faculty members is the departmental library. It started its journey with only 20 books and 2 reports. Till then, the library has flourished both in quality and in quantity. Now the library is enriched with:

• more than 100 text books on Economics (Honours level).
• Three journals are - Yojana, Kurukshetra and Indian Macro Annual.

A handful of different issues of annual reports - World Development Report, Human Development Report, Economic Survey of India, Survey Of Indian Industries and the Survey Of Indian Agriculture.

Achievements of Teachers

Dr. Sudeshna Biswas

PUBLICATIONS

1. SOCIALISM, CAPITALISM AND THE EMERGING INDIAN CONTEXT (1998)

Published in an edited volume (ed. Dr R. K. Sen) – MARKET CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM, THE EMERGENCY SECENARIO; IIDS Publications.

2. TOWARDS BANKING EXCELLENCE – NEED FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT(2001)

Published in an edited volume (ed. Prof A Banerjee & Prof. S K Singh) – BANKING AND FINANCIAL REFORMERS IN INDIA – Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd.

3. BEYOND GLOBALISATION: THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC REFORMS FOR INDIA'S ECONOMY (2005)
Published in an edited volume (ed. Dr. Clem Tisdell) – GLOBALISATION AND WORLD ECONOMIC POLICIES: EFECT AND POLICY RESPONSES OF NATIONS AND GROUPINGS – Serial Publications, New Delhi.

4. MAKING GROWTH MORE INCLUSIVE: ROLE OF SSI, WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN WEST BENGAL (2009)
Article Published in Management Vision for Business and Education – A Half-Yearly Journal on Management and Education, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan-June, 2009)

5.A STUDY OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA AND THE WORRD (2009)_ Article published in Management Vision for Business and Education; Vol.1, No.2 july-Dec, 2009.

Presented Papers

1. THE PROBLEM OF CHILD LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECTORS IN INDIA, 2000-Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Conference of IEA which was held in University of Jammu, Jammu, Dec 30, 2000 to Jan 10, 2001.


2. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND GLOBALISATION – A SEARCH FOR WELFARE, 2001-Paper presented at the 84th Annual Conference of IEA which was held on 27th to 29th December 2001, at Vellore Engineering College, Tamilnadu.


3. INTERNATINAL MARKET ECONOMY, COMPETITIVE SOCIETY AND INDIAN BUSINESS LEADERS – A GREAT CHALLENGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY, 2002-Paper presented in the 85th Annual Conference of IEA which was held on December 27-29 2002, Department of Economics, University of Kerala.


4. INTERLINKING OF RIVERS IN INDIA: A CRITIQUE, 2004
Paper presented in the 87th Annual Conference of IEA, held on December 21-23, 2004, Department of Economics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

5. MICROFINANCE: A NEW PATH OF DEVELOPMENT, 2008
Paper presented in Inter-Disciplinary Lecture Series, organized by Women's Christian College, Kolkata on 16th March, 2008.

6. REGIONAL DISPARTIES IN POVERTY INCIDENCE – AN ANALYSIS BASED ON NSS DATA (2008)
Paper presented in the 91st Annual Conference of Indian Economic Association Organized by Department of Economics, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, held at Udaipur during December 27-29, 2008.

OTHER EXPERIENCES:

.Worked as Guest Lecturer in Economics at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore for one year.

.Worked as Research Associate in Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata (MBA Programme) for one year and six months.

dr. Mausumi Kar

PRESENTED PAPER:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF TEXTILES AND APPAREL EXPORTS OF INDIA IN THE CHANGING GLOBAL CONTEXT (2008)-Paper presented in the International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance organized by Indian Institute of foreign Trade (with support from Centre for WTO Studies) held on December 23-24, 2008., in the Science City Auditorium, Kolkata.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

worked as a whole-time lecturer in Economics (Against a line vacancy, appointed by College Service Commission, West Bengal) at Vidyasagar College for Women for one year.

worked as a junior Reaearch Fello (UGC awarded) in the Department of Economics, University of Calcutta for two years and as a Senior Research Fellow (UGC awarded) in the Department of Economics,University of Calcutta for two years.

Shri Arnab Majumdar

PUBLICATIONS

1. INDIAN ECONOMY – 2000 A.D (2000) Published in THE COMMUNIQUE – Journal brought out by the Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University.

2. INDIAN ECONOMY – SOME ISSUES TO PONDER (2001) Published in THE MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT – Journal brought out by the Institute of Cost & works Accountant of India.

3. GLOBALISED CRISIS (2008) – Published in The Statesman on December 26, 2008.

RESEARCH

Registered for ph.D. in Jadavpur University,Calcutta.He is working on competition related aspects in the Indian economy in the post-reform period.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

1. Visiting faculty of Economics for the MBA programme (2007) of Wales University, U.K conducted by TASMAC (Training and Advanced Studies in Management and Communication).

2.Visiting faculty of Economics for the Working Executive's Post Graduate Management Programme of Narsimonjee Institute of Management Studies (A Deemed University) since November 2008.

3.Visiting Faculty of Economics in the Post Graduate Management Programme of Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata.

4.Participated in a programme on “Body Language” as a Resource Person, which was telecast on April 10, 2006 on Doordarshan (DD 7) .

Achievements of Students

The career progression of the students after they have passed out of the college has been in wide ranging areas.

Many students of this department are making further career advancements with studies in such interdisciplinary areas like mass communication, information technology and film studies.

The students of this department have made their mark in the academic field also occupying prominent position in schools, colleges and engaged in research and studies in reputed foreign universities.

• In 2006 Soumi Acharya and in 2007 Rajyasri Roy archieved 1st class in B.Sc Part-II (Final) Examinations.
• There are many departmental students who are well placed in the Corporate Sector. They are working in some of the leading banking, information technology,economic research organizations and NGOs.
  

• Students' Name	Institutions attached with
  Swatilekha Maity	Economics Modeller in G.E. Capital International Service Ltd. (an MNC , one of the 500 Fortune Companies), Bangalore.
  Suvagata Mukherjee	Economist in center for Monitoring Indian Economy.
  Tanusree De	City Phone Officer, Kolkata Outbound Team in E-Serve International Ltd
  Sangita Banerjee	Management Trainee in India Bulls Securities Ltd., Kolkata.
  Debjani Chakraborty	Sales Executive, Marketing Division in Invesment Insurance, HDFC Bank, Kolkata.
  Sammraggi Chakraborty	Computer Professional in Scottland Poverty Education Centre, (SPEC, an NGO), Kolkata.

  
  

DEPARTMENTAL RESULTS

• Since 1989 many students of the department both in Honours as also in General courses have graduated from Calcutta University. The results of the departmental students over the years suggest that the Department of Economics has been able to take one small step forward towards its goal of helping students to achieve and progress in life.The success rate of the departmental studentsin the university examinations both in the Honours and General courses have been 100% with an odd exception during a year or two when the success rates were around 90%. Inthe years of 2007,208 and 2009 the success rates of B.Sc.Final Honours Examinations were 100%, whereas the same for the General courses was 97% in 2007 and 100% in 2008. In 2007 Rajyasri Roy, one of the Honours students got 64% marks in her final examination.
• The rates of progression to higher studies from the Honours courses were also 100% in 2007 and 2008. In 2009,Rajyasri Roy stood 9th in her M.Sc. Final Examination with an aggregate of 69.75% marks.