The Department of Economics came into being in 1992 as one of the subject at Pre University Course in Arts and later upgraded to BA Pass Course and BA Honours Course in 1993 and 2015 respectively. The aim of the Department is to impart quality based education to the students of the area and also to provide latest information and knowledge as to make students better citizens not only in the field of economics but in all walks of life.
The objective of the course:
- To make the students capable of critical economic analysis related to micro and macro variables at Undergraduate level, the Indian economic features including agriculture, Industry and various aspects of economic reforms, international economic principles, environmental economics, etc.
- To generate talents of high profile through various academic programme and to serve the corporate world and government.
Faculty:
- Smt. Renuka Pde (HoD)
- Smt. F. Dalamki Lytan
- Smt. Deogratia P. Bareh
- Smt. Dakaru Bareh
Programme Outcomes
The Programme provides students a well-founded educational base as well as well-resourced learning environment in economics. It helps students to structure curricula which support the academic development and they acquired knowhow on methodology of economics as a branch of social sciences to contemporary issues. The programme helps students to choose from a wide range of economic specialization and familiarize them with different branches of economics. It encouraged students of economics for conducting socio-economic researches using mathematical and statistical tools.
Course Outcomes:
The course provides the basic foundation for economic analysis and helped the students able to analyze consumer and producer behaviour and decisions making in the market. The students acquired knowledge to solve the basic microeconomic problems that deals not only with the basic international economics principles but also on the government policies on economics. The course helped the students understand the features of Indian Economy including agriculture, industry and various aspects of economic reform, etc.
Specific outcomes:
The students learnt different development models, interpersonal aspects of economics development and issues related to economy environment interactions, control environmental changes, etc. They also learnt the features of Indian economy, economy of North-Eastern region of India, Mathematic for economist and tools used for analyzing various concepts of economics principles. The students acquired knowledge on basic tools of statistics and methods in analyzing various economic phenomenon in term of consumers, producers and market behavior.
Career option:
B.A Economics equips our students to understand, analyze and address complex local, national and international economic issues by applying creative thinking skills and appropriate quantitative techniques and prepares them for diverse careers in academia, financial markets, banking, insurance, credit rating, civil services, etc.