DEPARTMENT OF EONOMICS
1. Name of the department: Economics
2. Year of Establishment- 1949
3. Namesof Programmes /Courses offered: UG & PG
4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments /units involved: Annual
5. Annual () /semester ()/choicebasedcreditsystem(programmewise):
6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: Nil
7. Coursesincollaborationwithotheruniversities,industries,foreigninstitutions, etc.: Nil
8. Details of courses /programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: Nil
9. Number of Teaching posts:
| Sanctioned | Filled |
| Professors | – | 1 |
| AssociateProfessors | 4 | 1 |
| Asst.Professors | – | – |
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10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,(D.Sc. /D.Litt. /Ph.D. /M.Phil. etc.,)
| Name | Qualification | Designation | Specialization | No.of Years of Experience | No.ofPh.D. Students guided for the last 4 years |
| Mrs. Resham Vijay Ratne | | | | | |
| Mrs. Tabbasum. Perween | P.h.D | H.O.D (Prof) | Rural Eco & Co operation | 37 Yrs | |
| Mrs. Chaitanya C. Damu | | | | | |
| Mrs. Reeta Sinha (On Deputation) | M.A, P.h.D | Associate (Prof) | Public Enterprises | 31Yrs | |
11. List of senior visiting faculty:
i. Dr. (Prof.) R.D Sharma, Dr. (Prof.) S.K Singh, Retd. P.G. Head Department of Economics, T.M.B.U , Bhagalpur
12. List of eminent academicians and scientists /visitors to the department :
i. Dr. Prof P.K. Bhargava, Retd. Prof B.H.U.
ii. Dr. (Prof.) N.K. Choudhary, PatnaUniversity, Patna
iii. Dr. Alak Narayan Sharma, Director, Institute for Human Development , Delhi
iv. Dr. P.P Ghosh, ADRI, Bihar
13.Seminars /Conferences /Workshops organized & the source of funding
a) National:
b) International: NIL
14. Details of Infrastructural facilities:
a) Library: Yes
b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Yes
c) Class rooms with ICT facility: No
d) Laboratories / Practical rooms: .Nil
15. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: Class test, Clasroom Seminar, Powerpoint presentation etc.
16. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: Yes
STRENGTH:
- Maximum number of students.
- Many of our students are well placed.
- Team of experienced teachers
- Frequent organization of Lecture series in the department.
WEAKNESSES:
- Shortage of faculty members
- Shortage of books especially reference books
- Inadequate accommodation in the classroom
- Low student- teacher ratio
OPPORTUNITIES:
- As there is a vast scope for research in our subjects, we intend to integrate our department with some of the research centre running in our University with an objective to develop it in a full fledged research centre in future.
CHALLENGES:
- How to reach each and every student with limited resources!
- To organize campus placement for the students