DEPARTMENT OF
Economics
Department of
Economics
The P.G and Research Department of Economics was started in the founding year of the College in 1951 with B.A. Economics course. In the year 1963, Post Graduate course in Economics was started. Research Programmes M. Phil., and Ph.D., were started in the year 1998. At present the student strength of the B.A., and M.A., Programmes is 205. The department has produced 57 doctorates and more than 200 M.Phil graduates. The department was sanctioned with 15 Minor Research Projects from UGC and Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust. The department is proud to have 7 faculty members who are doctorates without SLET/NET, two faculty members are SLET / NET qualified and also possess PhD, one faculty member is SET/NET qualified. The students of the department of economics are consistently securing Ranks in the ‘Combined University Rank Examination’ conducted by the Bharathidasan University for more than a decade. This merit has attracted many NRI students and outside Tamilnadu especially from Kerala, Kashmir and Lakshadweep to study in the department of economics. Our department faculty member has received best teacher award and also awarded with “Young Economist Award” by Association of Economists of Tamil Nadu. The excellent infrastructure facilities available in the department includes the Wi-Fi facility, combined computer lab, well established library with more than 7000 books, well-equipped seminar hall and 3 class rooms are with LCD projectors. The typewriting institute at the college level is under the supervision of the department of Economics.
Mission
- To train the students with required skills for self employment and to build self confidence with a positive frame of mind.
- To provide contextually relevant economics education with research orientation for nurturing the students’ talents and to enhance analytical and decision making skills.
- To give a global perspective by offering value based education for social transformation and also to make them productive and informed citizens.
Vision
- To become a social and intellectual hub for learners of economics by providing a curriculum for exploring the economic analysis and imparting critical thinking of contemporary complex economic issues.