Department Profile

                                                      

 

                                       DEPARTMENT PROFILE

 

NAME OF DEPARTMENT: - ECONOMICS

Establishment: 16-08-1995

 

About the Department:

The economics department of the college is one of the oldest departments created since the first inception of the college. However it took the shape of a department in the year 2005. While general courses started from the beginning of the college, Major courses started in the year 2010 and since then it has been able to produce many successful students in every year. Till 2010 the syllabus was 1+1+1 three years degree course and then GAUHATI UNIVERSITY introduce three years semester system degree course. In 2019 as instructed by the GU the department offers CHOICE BASE CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS). Now the department offers both Honours and Generic courses less than three years degree courses for B.A in Economics.

Name of the programmes / Courses offered: UG

                                                                  IDOL: MA, UG (2019 TO 2022)

COURSES:

UG syllabi of courses (Non CBCS)

 

https://sites.google.com/a/gauhaati.ac.in/syllabus-ug-old/

 

CBCS(Choice Based Credit System) Course:

 

https://sites.google.com/a/gauhati.ac.in/syllabus-ug-cbcs/

 

Semester I

• ECO-HC-1016- INTRODUCTORY MICROECONOMICS 
• ECHO-HC-1026-MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ECONOMICS -I

 

Semester II

• ECO-HC-2016-INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS -II
• ECHO-HC-2026-MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ECONOMICS -II

 

Semester III

• ECO-HC-3016-INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS -I
• ECO-HC-3026-INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS -I
• ECO-HC-3036-STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ECONOMICS 

 

Semester IV

• ECHO-HC-4016-INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS-II
• ECO-HC-4026- INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMICS-II
• ECO-HC-4036-INTRODUCTORY ECONOMETRICS 

Semester V(Core Course)

• ECO-HC-5016-INDIAN ECONOMY -I
• ECO-HC-5026-DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS-I

(DSE Course)Any two

• ECO-HE-5016: ECONOMICS OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION
• ECO-HE-5026:MONEY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS 
• ECO-HE-5036: PUBLIC FINANCE

 

Semester VI:CORE COURSE 

• ECO-HC-6016: INDIAN ECONOMY -II
• ENG-HC-6026: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS -II

DSE COURSE (any two)

• ECO-HE-6016-ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 
• ECO-HE-6026-INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 
• ECO-HE-6036-THE ECONOMY OF ASSAM

 

Regular Course papers 

•  First Semester 

               1.ECO-HG/RC-1016: PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS -I

               

•   Second  Semester 

              1.ECO-HG/RC-2016: PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS-II 

• Third Semester 

1.ECO-HG/RC-3016: PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS-I  

• Fourth Semester

1.ECO-HG/RC-4016: PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS -II

• Fifth Semester-DSE(ANY ONE)

1.ECO-RE/RG-5016: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY IN INDIA 

2.ECO-RE-5026:MONEY AND BANKING

3.ECO-RE-5036: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

• Sixth Semester -DSE(ANY ONE)

1.ECO-RE/RG-6016: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY IN INDIA -II

2.ECO-RE-6026: ECONOMIC HISTORY OF INDIA 1857-1947

3.ECO-RE-6036: PUBLIC FINANCE 

 

ECO - SEC Papers

• Third Semester

1.ECO-SE-3014:DATA COLLECTION AND PRESENTATION 

          

•  4th Semester 

1.ECO-SE-4014: DATA ANALYSIS 

 

• 5th Semester 

1.ECO-SE-5014: FIELD SURVEY -TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATION 

 

• 6th Semester 

1. ECO-SE-6014: REPORT WRITING AND PRESENTATION 

 

NEP Course: Session 2023-24

 

https://nep.gauhati.ac.in/fyugp

SEC: Agricultural production System in North East India.

MDC: Library, Information and Media Science.

VAC: Environmental Ethics & Forest Ecology.

 

 

Faculty , Profile with Name/Qualification/Designation Specialization, Experience:

Name	photo	Qualification	Designation	Specialization	Years of experience
Dr.Abdul Wadud		MA/B.Ed/M.Phil/Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Econometrics	14
Nazrul Islam		MA	Assistant Professor	Econometrics	14
Mrs.Rashna Boruah		MA/B.Ed	Assistant Professor	Demography	14

 

 

Mission:

(i) To gather knowledge about the economic concept along with the current issues of regional economy and world economy.

(ii) To encourage the students in solving the various economic problems.

(iii) To make the students fit for self employed and other jobs.

Vision:

(i) To Achieve Academic Excellence with all sections of the society.

(ii) Give students a sense of the cutting-edge education and foster environmental awareness.

(iii) Enable the students to take part in Nation Building.

Participation in Co-curricular & Extension activities in the institution:

The faculty members and students of the department are regularly participating in the Institutional Social Responsibility and Extension activities organized by the Department, IQAC, Student Union,  NSS etc. of the college.

Programme Outcome:

After completion of B.A programme in Economics, the students will be well acquainted with the major concept and principles of economics. They will be encouraged to analyze the basic economic ideas in practice and will also be able to learn the present and past economic condition of the country. Students will learn how economic activities like production, distribution etc. are organized by the markets. They will also acquire knowledge about national income, employment, inflation, deflation, monetary and fiscal policy, banking system etc. Students will be equipped quantitative analytical skills with the help of which they will be able to collect data, tabulate, present and analyze data to support economic decision making.

 

 

Student Strength (Year-Wise):

Year	Year wise students Enrolled                                                                               HONOURS
	YEAR- 1			YEAR -2			YEAR- 3
	Boys	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL
2017	01	01	02	01	___	01	2	1	3
2018	02	01	03	01	01	02	01	___	01
2019	01	____	01	02	01	03	01	01	02
2020	___	___	NIL	----	----	NIL	01	01	02
2021	06	01	07	---	----	NIL	01	01	02
2022	03	02	05	04	01	05	____		NIL

 

 

Year	Year wise students Enrolled (REGULAR COURSE)
	YEAR 1			YEAR 2			YEAR 3
	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	TOTAL
2017	06	04	10	12	08	20	11	07	18
2018	13	05	18	04	03	07	09	08	17
2019	10	11	21	09	03	12	03	02	05
2020	03	02	05	09	11	20	05	02	07
2021	36	24	60	02	___	02	11	08	19
2022	09	03	12	24	19	43	----	----	Nil

 

 

 

 

ACTION PLAN FOR TEACHING IN THE DEPARTMENT ECONOMICS

 

Admission Policy: The Admission process has been undertaken by the admission committee constituted as per guidelines of the college authority. Merit is considered on the result of the last exam appeared by the candidate and specially marks obtained in Economics for taking admission Major in Economics.

 

Counseling and qualifying test for Major Students: The Dept. of economics initiates a qualifying test (oral) for taking a major in Economics among those willing students having 45% in the concerned subject in the last final exam.

Action Plan: The department takes a lot of measures to increase the enrolment and make students' results better.

 

Counseling:

 

1. In the very beginning of the new session or induction program has been undertaken by the faculties of the department expecting that students of the Economic department can easily access the course.

2. Remedial classes have been initiated for the slow learners of the department.

3. Flexibility of departmental class routine has been maintained as per requirement of the students of concerned dept.

  4. Career counseling also arranges for the students to give knowledge about various jobs oriented courses and also inform them about job opportunities.

5) Counseling also arranges for dropout students .

 

Class allotment:

 

In the starting of a new session a departmental meeting is organized by the HoD of department of Economics and all faculty members cooperate with him.In this meeting the course has been distributed equally among the faculty members (paper wise).Various departmental and interdepartmental seminars, group discussion, educational tour & project work have been practiced by the department for all round development of the students.

 

Detection of slow learners and steps taken for them:

 

1.Admission of students is done in the College based on the academic performance of other previous examinations. Yet we are facing a lack of equality input.

2.Slow learners are identified on the basis of classroom intersections, assignments and performance in the sessional exam specially.

 

Steps Taken: To improve the quality of the slow learners generally we arranged some remedial measures, such as-

 

i).Remedial special classes are arranged for the slow learners.

ii).Giving some homework to prepare notes for her/his syllabus.

iii).Attempting to make them free and frank regarding their quarries and problems.

iv).They are providing study materials.

 

Student’s feedback and action taken report:

 

Feedback is collected from our passed out students both by offline  methods. Format for feedback are compiled with the issues of teachers' punctuality, friendly behavior, interaction, using TLM in class etc. and feedback for the department and institution at large.

 

Initiative Practices if any, taken by the department:

 

1. Teachers Exchange Program:

 

Teachers Exchange Program serves as a cultural learning experience for the teachers and as a means for expanding and enriching an educator’s pedagogic expertise. Keeping in mind the department of Economics, Udali College has decided to introduce this program with the different colleges. Apart from this inter departmental teachers exchange a program has also been conducted by the department among the faculty members of the College.

 

1.Details of the Teacher exchange program:

 

 

i. Teachers Visited to other College:

 

a)Dr.Abdul Wadud .Asstt. Professor

Udali College, Visited to Lumding College

Date-24/02/2020

 

b) Mrs Rashna Boruah. Professor

Udali College, Bamungaon, Visited Jamunamukh College.

Date-04/03/2022

          11/08/23

 

Departmental Library:

 

Sl.no	PARTICULARS	TOTAL
1.	Text and reference books	40
2.	Magazine	01

 

Our Department has a small library having 40 nos. of Books. It Contains text books and reference books. Students can borrow books every working day. We called books from outgoing students and from faculty members of our department as donations to the department library.

 

 SWOC Analysis of the Department:

Strength –

• Good reputation of the department

• Good teacher – student relationship

• Strict discipline

• Strong Management

• Effective library support.

Weakness –

• Limited Space

• Not sufficient e- resource and advanced equipments

• Faculty inadequacy

• Quality of students is not satisfactory.

*Quantity of students also not satisfactory .

 

Opportunity

• Revised syllabus enables the students to remain updated

• If 75% attendance of each student is made mandatory, we can impart the maximum benefit of our teaching students.

 

Challenges:

1. Positive efforts that can help student to meet the challenges of competitive world and crack competitive examination that helps them to make their bright future .

2. To make weaker students equally competent than brilliant students .

3. To increase the number of students in  the department .

Future plans:

1) Publish departmental books .

2) Improve departmental library .

3) Increase participation of students in Seminar, workshop and other compitition.

4) Organize various faculty development program.

5) Arrange a separate smart class room .

Best Practices of Economics department:

    The department of Economics always gives importance to skilled  education. Organized Special programs for empowerment girls students of the college. As a part of this since 2020 we have organized pickle making training,handloom training Programs , Hand embroidery training for girls students of the college. The department also arranged educational tours to different industries of our locality like Nursery Visit, ECOTECH AGRO MILLS visit, Dalmia Cement Industry visit etc. The department arranged counseling and coaching classes for competitive exams to the students of the Economics department

 

 

Name of HOD: Dr.Abdul Wadud.

Signature of HOD: ……………………..

Name of Principal: Dr.Arun Borah.

Signature of the Principal:

 

 

 

Image gallery of economics department:

 

	Educational Tour, Department Economics

 

Figure 2  Observation of National Handloom Day, Field visit by the Dept. Economics & Assamese 

 

 

 

Figure 3 Facility exchange Programmes at Jamunamukh College

Figure 4 World Earth day 2022

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Figure 8 Pickle Making Training program 2022 (3 Days training)

Figure5 Nursery visit 

Figure 6 visit to Namghar

 

Figure 7 Women day 2022

 

 

Departmental Activities:

 

Along with departmental Activities Students and faculties of the Economics department always participate in all other programs organized by IQAC, and other departments of the college.

Department also used ICT tools for classes.

Activities	Description	Date/year	Evidences
Observation of National Handloom Day.	The student of the Economics department Visited to nearby handloom weavers .	07-8-17                      17-9-23
Economic Survey	The students of Economic development gave practical knowledge about how to collect data through Survey on Adopt villages.	2018
Anti-Tobacco Day	The Economics department has Organized awareness Program among the students on Anti-Tobacco Day since 2018.	31-5-2018/ 2019/ 2022/ 2023
Pickle making workshop	The department of Economics have been Organized thee day pickle making workshop since 2020	2020/ 2021 2022 2023
Educational Tours	The students of the Economics department along with 2 faculty members visited Kaziranga National Orchid and Biodiversity Park as a part of Educational tour.	07/1/22
One day Trip to Nursery	The  Economics department arranged a one day tour program to a Nursery named 'M/S GREEN TECH ENTERPRISEs with a group of students of the department.	02-5-22
One Day Trip to Agro based industry	The students and faculty members of the Economics department Visited to nearby Jaggery Industry 'ECOTECH AGRO MILLS LTD.	12-5-22
Faculty exchange program	The faculties of Economics department participate faculty exchange program with Lumding college, Jamunamukh college	24-2-20       04-3-22       11-8-23
World Earth Day celebration	Awareness programs were conducted by the department of Economics on World Earth Day 🌎	2022 2023