Brief History of the Department of Economics 

The Department of Economics established in 1920 is one of the major Departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Department has been served by some dignitaries who were, later on, elevated to higher positions in different fields in India as well as abroad, including Lat Prof. Ehsan Rasheed, Former Vice-Chancellor, Karachi University, Pakistan, Prof. Abdul Qayyum, Redt. Prof. University of Stanford, U.S.A., Dr. A. Haseeb who rose to the position of Executive Director, RBI, Prof. Abu Salim who worked in ILO, Prof. Nijatullah Siddiqui who got Shah Faisal Award of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prof. F.R. Faridi who did pioneering work in Islamic Economics etc.

Some of the old boys of the Department include his Excellency Sri Babu Parmanand, Governor, Haryana (2002) and Deans, Principals, Professors and large number of IPS, IES and IRS officers etc.