Department Overview

Head of Department: Prof. Ravendra Kumar Sharma

The department of Economics was established in 1977 with the objective of promoting post-graduate studies and research in Economics with a special thrust on emerging areas in theoretical and applied Economics. The Department of Economics with its team of well-qualified and experienced teachers provides thorough and in-depth training in theoretical and applied Economics through its various courses. The main objective of the department is to develop skilled manpower capable of analyzing economic problems at different levels of sophistication and suggesting solutions in terms of the policy.The students of the department have been well received in the job market and their performance in terms of success rate at different national examinations has always been above average. It is reflected through their placement in various organizations which include academic and research institutions at the highest level, Civil Services, Commercial Banks, the Reserve Bank of India, Private Corporate Business Houses, etc. In addition, the commercial and manufacturing enterprises, both the public and private sectors, absorb a bulk of the manpower trained in Economics.

The significance of Economics as a discipline of study has greatly increased since it was realised that economic elements are essential to a society's or an individual's development. The need for professionally qualified economists is growing, and as a result, trained students are a natural consequence of this development. The department has been coordinating M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. programme in a wide range of economic issues. In the form of the M.Phil. programme, it was one of the first research institutions to develop a quality improvement programme for research between the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.However, the M.Phil. programme had discontinued from the academic year 2019-20, and the department introduced a new bachelor level programme of B.A. (Honours) in Economics in self-finance mode in the academic year 2019-20 and Pre-Ph.D. course from 2019.

In order to keep up with the times, the Board of Studies regularly updated the syllabi of these programmes. The Department has well-furnished classrooms. The department also has a computer lab to train students to statistical and econometric software as well as various databases of the Indian Economy, Census, NSO, Demographic and Health Survey, and other Socio-Economic Surveys. The Department's library houses a vast collection of quality books. The department fosters a well-rounded academic environment and ensures that visiting-faculties contribute frequently.The department is currently a hive of research activities, with research being conducted in a wide range of issues of Indian Economy and top-notch doctoral and post-graduate programmes. Public Finance, Agriculture Economics, Industrial Economics, Demography, Health Economics, Environmental Economics, and contemporary issues of Indian Economy are all well covered by the department's research programmes. The University, UGC, ICSSR, the Government of Uttar Pradesh, and other organisations have financially supported various research projects the department has taken-up.