Government Arts College for Men - Krishnagiri

DEPARTMENT 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          : Economics

Year 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.,)

 

 

Name

 

 

Qualifi cation

 

 

Designati on

 

 

Specialization

 

Experience

Ph.D,   students guided for the last 4 years

Dr. R. Annadurai

M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D, PGDCA

Assistant Professor

 

 

 

Dr.P.Bheemaraj

M.A,M.Ed, M.Phil., Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Tourism Economics

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8 processing

Annamalai University Teachers (Deputation)

Dr.K.Sivakumar

M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D,

Assistant Professor

 

 

 

Vacant

7

 

 

 

 

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

 

S.No

Name of the Investigator

Title of the Project

National / International

Funding      Agency

Grants  (received  Rs.)

1.

NIL

NIL

-

-

-

 

10.  Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST: DBT, ICSSR etc.,: Total Grants Received : NIL

 

11.  Research facility/ center with

State 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

Citation index-range/average

: Nil

SNIP

: NIL

SJR

: NIL

Impact factor- range/Average

: Nil

H-index

: Nil

15. Details of patents and income generated

: Nil

16. Areas of consultancy and income generated

: Nil

17. Faculty recharging strategies

Orientation courses

 

 

 

: 1

Refresher courses

: 2

Quality improvement programmes

: 1

Seminar, conference etc

: 1

Referring books and using internets

: NIL

Capacity building program

: NIL

18.  Student’s Projects

Percentage 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 by

Faculty              : 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:

 

Name of the course Refer question no.2)

Application received

Selected

Pass Percentage (%)

Male

Female

UG

170

 

 

 

PG

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

M.Phil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Ph.D

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

22.  Diversity of Students

 

Name of The Course

(refer question no.2)

% of the students from the

state

% of the students from the

other state

% of the students from the

other state

% of the students from the other country

UG

NIL

NIL

NIL

NIL

PG

NIL

-

-

-

M.Phil

-

-

-

-

 

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

Students Progression

Percentage Against Enrolled

UG to PG

New course

PG to M.Phil

NIL

PG to Ph.D

NIL

Ph.D to Post-Doctoral

NIL

Employed

Campus selection

other then campus requirement

 

NIL

Entrepreneurs

NIL

24. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            25.  Diversity of staff

  

Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same parent university

Nil

From other universities within the state

Nil

From other university from other state

Nil

 

26.  Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc., and D.Litt. during the assessment period

Nil

 

27.  Present details about infrastructural facilities

a)   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 college

153 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 methodology

NIL

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.,

Weaknesses

1.      Lack of computer facilities.

2.      Lack of research programming software.

3.      Students are poor in communication skills.

Opportunities

1.      Students from remote areas are given good opportunity to do Ph.D

2.      Open to wide employment opportunities in banking and research agencies.

Challenges

1.      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.