| Departmental Profile:
The
Department of Economics is one of the first six departments of
Assam University which began its journey in July 1994.
The major activities of the department
include imparting quality education to
students admitted to the different
academic programmes of the department
and supervision of scholars at Ph.D. and M.Phil
levels. The department has been laying special emphasis on
developing proper understanding of the
socio-economic problems and specifities
of North East India. The on-going researches in
the department cover such areas as agricultural economics,
social
sectors, human development, environmental economics, and gender
studies, among others.
Courses
Offered:
i]
M.A. (by course work).
Duration
: Two Years (Four Semesters). No.
of seats : 77
ii]
M.Phil (by course work &
dissertation). Duration
: Three Semesters. No.
of seats : 15
iii]
Ph.D. (by research work)
iv]
D.Litt/ D.Sc.
Faculty:
| Name
& Qualification |
Designation |
Area
of Specialization |
Contact
& Email ID |
| Keya
Sengupta, Ph.D. |
Professor |
Price
Theory, Social Sector. |
|
| Niranjan
Roy, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor |
Econometrics,
Agricultural Economics,Environmental Economics. |
|
| Sumanash
Dutta, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor |
Development
Economics, Human Development, Population Studies. |
|
| Alok
Sen, Ph.D. |
Associate
Professor |
Econometrics,
Environmental Economics. |
|
| M.A.
Ansari, M.A. M.Phil. |
Assistant
Professor |
Political
Economy, Agricultural Economics. |
|
| Subhrabaran
Das, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor |
Economics
& Statistics. |
|
| Ritwik
Mazumder, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor |
Econometrics,
Quantitative Economics. |
|
| Dukhabandhu
Sahoo, Ph.D. |
Assistant
Professor |
Open
Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Mathematical
Economics. |
|
| Raju
Mandal, M.A. |
Assistant
Professor |
Econometrics,
Environmental Economics. |
|
| Avijit
Debnath, M.A. |
Assistant
Professor |
International
Economics. |
|
| Sagarika
Dey, M.Sc. |
Assistant
Professor |
Econometrics,
Development Economics. |
|
Head of the
Department:
Dr.
Sumanash Dutta
(: 03842-
270853 (O)
Placement:
Many
former students of the department are now serving as faculty
members in colleges and other academic institutions both within
and outside North East India. The passed out students are also
engaged in banks, insurance, and other public sector industrial
and service organizations.
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