DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1955 \| 2000: Honours
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES	§ Memorial Lecture instituted in memory of founding faculty Smt. Chandra Paul since 2011 § Most sought after course of study § Largest student strength
ACHIEVEMENTS	§ Saraswati Trophy recipient (2006 – 2009)
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT	§ Ecoscope: Wall Magazine prepared by the students § Ecovision: Annual journal of the department § Ecotour: Industry Visit organized by the department [visit to the Kolkata Port in February, 2015] § Micro Teaching and group discussions § Inviting promising Departmental exstudents to deliver lecture on relevant topics

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Category	Eligibility Criteria For Form Fill Up	Additional Criteria
General	Minimum aggregate 60% AND 60% in Pure Maths	Must have passed in English
SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B	Candidates belonging to the SC, ST, OBC-A & OBC-B communities should obtain a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate OR 40% marks in the subject or related subjects. SC, ST & OBC communities recognised by Govt. of West Bengal are only eligible for the exemption mentioned above .	Must have passed in English
Index Marks Calculation for Merit List		(Aggregate + Mathematics)/2
ECONOMICS AS ELECTIVE:
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :		Minimum 50% in aggregate AND 50% in English
SUBJECT COMBINATION:
ENGLISH AND ONE MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGE (MIL) ARE COMPULSORY. HINDI / BENGALI / URDU ARE OFFERED AS MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGES. STUDENTS ARE TO CHOOSE THE HONOURS SUBJECTS AND TWO ELECTIVE SUBJECTS TAKING ONE SUBJECT ONLY FROM A GROUP. MUSIC MAY BE OPTED AS A NON-TAUGHT SUBJECT.

GROUP-I	GROUP-II
Mathematics	Political Science/ Education/ Statistics

A special lecture was organised by Department of Economics on 19.08.15. Sanchari Roy, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Sussex (U.K.) delivered a lecture on Economic Development and Women’s Empowerment.