Government Arts College for Men - KrishnagiriDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS- Dr. R. Annadurai, M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D, PGDCA. - Head of the Department - |
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1. Name of the department : EconomicsYear of establishment : 2013
2. Name of the programmes / course offered (UG, PG, M.PHIL, Ph.D., (Integrated masters, integrated Ph.D., etc.) UG - B.A Economics | PG - M.A Economics
3. Annual /Semester/Choice Based Credit System : Semester System Choice based credit system (semester)
4. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments. The department provides economics are one of the allied subjects to the course of commerce and history
5. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc/D.Litt/Ph.D/M.Phil/etc.,)
6. Percentage of class taken by temporary faculty – programme- wise information :Nil
7. Programme – wise student teacher ratio : 1 : 20
8. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: (Sanctioned and filled)
9. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies c) total grand received. Mention name of funding agencies and grand’s received project-wise
10. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST: DBT, ICSSR etc.,: Total Grants Received : NIL
11. Research facility/ center withState recognition - Nil National recognition - Nil Inter National recognition - Nil
12. Publications:Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / Inter National) National : 2 International : NIL Monographs : Nil Chapter(s) in books : 1
Editing books : Nil Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers : 1 Number listed in international database (for e.g. web of science, Scopus,
Humanities international complete, dare database-international social science directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Nil
18. Student’s ProjectsPercentage of students who have done in – house projects including inter developmental : Nil Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries/institutes : Nil
19. Awards/ recognitions received at the national and international level byFaculty : Nil Doctoral : Nil Post doctoral : Nil Students : Nil
20. Seminars/ conference/workshop organized and source of funding (National / International) if details of outstanding participants if any. Nil
21. Student profile course – wise:
22. Diversity of Students
23. How many students have cleared civil services, defences services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? NET : Nil SLET : Nil GATE : Nil Civil services : Nil Defence services : Nil Others : Nil 24. Students progression
25. Diversity of staff
26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc., and D.Litt. during the assessment periodNil
27. Present details about infrastructural facilitiesa) Library : Available – 260 Books b) Internet facilities for staff and students : Available c) Total number of class rooms : 3 d) Students laboratories : Nil f) Research laboratories : Nil
28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from the college153 students are going government scholarships through college
29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodologyNIL 30. List of distinguished alumni of the department (Maximum 10) Nil
31. Give the details of students enrichment programmes (special lecturers/ workshops/seminars) with external experts. 1. One day special lecturer conducted from department of economies, an entitle on “Indian Economy Today” Dr. S. M. Suriyakumar, Dated on 21. 08.2015.
32. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.Demonstration method Chalk and talk method Group discussion Power point presentations 33. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?Tutorial method
34. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.55 students of the department are associated with NSS and served the society. Dr.C.Murugeshwaran Assistant professor is the coordinator of RRC. With the students of the college AIDS Awareness campaign has been carried out. 35. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.Engaged in population of articles, paper presentation sponsoring research projects (major minor) 36. State whether the programme /department is accredited/ graded by other agencies.Nil
37. Detail any five strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges (SWOC) of the department:Strengths 1. Active participation of our staffs in motivating the PG students in research activities 2. In giving special attention to week students through remedial courses, etc. 3. In encouraging the students to write IES &ISS offices exams. 4. Monthly group discussion among the staff about the students performance, attendance etc., Weaknesses1. Lack of computer facilities. 2. Lack of research programming software. 3. Students are poor in communication skills. Opportunities1. Students from remote areas are given good opportunity to do Ph.D 2. Open to wide employment opportunities in banking and research agencies. Challenges1. Lack of communicative skills among majority of students. 2. Lack of awareness among students with regard to employability of economics subject.
38. Future plans of the department.1. To provide carrier guidance and counselling to the outgoing students. 2. To organize the skill development programme for rural women through self-help groups. 3. To organize the research methodology course with the use of SPSS for research scholars. 4. To create district level database for rural development indicators.
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