Cognizance, the economics festival which is popularly known as the Xavier’s Ecofest is a flagship event which started in the year 2013. …
Since the beginning, Economics department has been one of the excellent departments in the Humanities. Besides providing theoretical insights, the department provides experiential knowledge about applied economics. The department has well qualified team, training students to graduate with excellent merits, and establish themselves in areas like development economics, international economics, management, social sector, civil services and administration, banking, trade and commerce, business and data analytics.
The department conducts seminars, encourages discussions on current topics, educates through innovative ways, facilitates research, and organizes educational excursions. Teachers make themselves available to students who need mentoring, in academics, career and personal growth. Further, it trains students to be leaders and help develop their talents in a holistic manner.
The department has always pioneered in starting new activities & courses whether it be career oriented programmes, economics festivals, educational visits, research & Undergraduate Self-financed Honours programme.
Key research areas:
Trade, Development, Environment, Agriculture, Banking etc.
Activities:
International flagship event- Cognizant (Eco Fest), Field trips to factories, ports & rural areas. Research & Surveys.
Short term goal of the department is to attain academic excellence. However, long term goal is to make the students think critically on economic issues confronting them in their daily lives, so that they can actively engage themselves in policy issues.
During their first year in college, the programme aims to introduce the basic concepts in economics to the students so as to enable them to prepare themselves for further studies in economics. The second and third year courses in economics provide the students with an in-depth understanding of Micro and Macroeconomics, Trade and Public Finance, Indian Economy, Gujarat Economy, Managerial Economics, environmental economics, growth and development, Mathematical Economics, Econometrics, etc., By the time they graduate, the curriculum will have enabled students to think critically on government policies, and propose appropriate policy interventions that are required to make the economy more vibrant.
With the vision of introducing the required changes in a traditional economics programme at the UG level and with the objective of introducing papers which have greater applicability, the department proposed a self-finance Honours Programme in 2020. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the course started from the academic year 2022. This is the first of its kind under Gujarat University affiliation.
The course integrates the subject of economics with subjects in history, cultural studies, understanding society, human rights entrepreneurship and e-marketing and also with mathematics, statistics and data analysis and research skills. These papers are taught by experts in the respective fields.
Programme Outcomes:Cognizance, the economics festival which is popularly known as the Xavier’s Ecofest is a flagship event which started in the year 2013. …
