Economics

The department of Economics has been brought into existence in the year 1971 with the very inception of the college itself. The department offers both Honours/Major and General/Regular/Minor courses at UG level in conventional mode and PG in ODL mode through IDOL and KKHSOU from 2012 onwards.

The department witnesses an intake capacity of 40 per session but currently 14 and 12 students had preferred Economics and got admission into Honours courses during the year 2021-22 and 2022-23 respectively.

All the teachers are ICT enabled and have done their allotted works and accomplished the same within the time frame to the satisfaction of the departmental requirements.

In compliance with the IQAC requirement, the department has accomplished the following activities-

1. Course Allotment:

The department has allotted the course works to the individual teachers at the beginning of the session of the semester. The allotment is done according to the course weightage and credit distribution in alignment with the teachers’ field of specializations.

1. Course Coverage:

Courses allotted to the teachers have been accomplished well within the time limit. In fact, along with Revision of syllabus, past question papers have also been discussed.

• Teaching Plan Followed:

I am pleased to ensure that the faculties of the department have fully complied with the instruction to prepare lesson plan for each individual lesson and followed the same while engaging in classes.

1. Interdepartmental Discussion etc:

The department has held 6 nos of interdepartmental discussions with Education, Philosophy, History Pol Science and Assamese departments on different relevant issues and topics during the academic sessions 2021-22 & 2022-23.

1. Tutorial & Remedial Classes:

The department has had the tutorial and remedial classes for the selected group of students who missed out some of the regular classes and who needed special care respectively. The records have been maintained and kept for future reference.

1. Result Analysis:

The department has done the analysis of the semester results. The department has recorded the results of the final examinations and carefully analyzed it to identify the key points as to how the students performed and to work out the future plans accordingly.

• Students Progression and Placement Record:

The department has prepared the list of students’ progression and placement record of the students over the last two academic sessions.

• Research and Extension Activities:

The department has undertaken several extension activities, project, survey, awareness programmes during the last two academic sessions as follows-

1. Five Year Action Plan:

The department has prepared the Action Plan for the five years (2018 – 2023) pertaining to academic and institutional growth of the department as well as of the college itself.

1. Departmental Magazines and Library:

The department has published two magazines- ‘Amartya’ (Hand Written) and ‘Catallactics’ (Printed) in addition to the Wall Magazine. The departmental library contains around 300 books. All these books have been accessioned and kept for departmental use and also for students’ study material.