FACULTY OF
ARTS----Economics
The department of Economics, established in the year 1956, is
recognised nationwide for its importance in the teaching excellence
and prospective research activities. Prof. Amartya Sen, the Welfare
Economist and Nobel Laureate began his career both as a teacher and
a research scholar in the Department of Economics, Jadavpur
University. The teaching and research activities of the department
in different fields have impressed the UGC. and consequently it has
helped the department to set up a Centre for Regional Economic
Studies under the Special Assistance Programme in 1987.
Contact Degrees
Offered/Intake Infrastructural
Facility Seminar/Conference Major
Thrust Areas Research
Projects
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Contact
Head of the department : Professor Biswajit
Chatterjee
Contact No.(s) :
Telephone
: ((033) 2414-6328
Email : mailto:ajitava1@vsnl.net
Degrees Offered /
Intake
Degrees Offered |
Intake Capacity |
B.A. (Hons.) |
141 |
M.A. (day) |
222 |
M.Phil |
25 |
Ph.D. |
64 |
Post Doctoral |
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Infrastructural
Facility
• Books in the Library i departmental
library : 5000 • Journals/periodicals
subscribed to by the Centre: 50 •
Computers in the Centre: 15
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Seminar/Conference
Annual Development Economics
conference being held in December practically every year since 1990.
The full list is as follows: •
Development Economics series: National Seminar, December
1998 • DSA National Seminar, 'Regional
Dimensions of the Indian Economy', 1999 • Development Economics series: National
Seminar, December1999 • Research
Scholars' Conference (National); 2000 • Development Economics series: National
Seminar, December 2000 • DSA National
Seminar, in collaboration with Centre for Transport Studies: 'Urban
Transport: Pricing and Planning': February 2001 • DSA National Workshop on "Trade in Services"
in February, 2002 • DSA Research
Schollars' Conference, March 2002
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Major Thrust Areas
• Development • International trade • Energy •
Environment • Transport • Agriculture •
Women's Studies • Regional Economics
• Population Studies • Industry •
Education
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Research
Projects
Funding Agency |
Duration |
SANEI |
1 year |
SANEI |
1 year |
SANDEE |
2 years |
World Bank-IGIDR |
2 years |
World Bank-IGIDR |
1 year |
UGC Minor Research Project |
1 year |
W.B. Pollution Control Board |
1 year |
OECD/IEA, Paris |
1 year |
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