The Department of Economics at Ramjas College is moulded in the finest
traditions of this college, and is widely recognised as a fertile ground for
academic as well as co-curricular growth of its student body.
One
of the most sought after courses, an Honours in Economics is highly reputed and
well recognised in the University and industry. It introduces students to the
basics of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, quantitative techniques, Development
Economics and other specialised areas like Public Finance, International Trade,
Money and Financial Markets, and Indian Economy. The department is a vibrant
learning ground which aims at giving its students a thorough grounding in
skills of reading, comprehension, writing, analysis and presentation related to
Economics.
Department also has an Economics Society goes beyond classroom teaching
and organises various events throughout the year. It hosts the Annual Winter
Economics Conference in the month of February annually, which gets enthusiastic
participation from delegates across Delhi University. The Annual Winter Conference held every year focuses on paper
presentation.
The
Ramjas Economic Review is a scholarly publication overseen by the Department of
Economics at Ramjas College. This journal, as it exists today, embodies a
longstanding tradition of over ten years, meticulously nurtured by the
department. Its primary objective is to foster and encourage a
research-oriented environment within the undergraduate academic sphere.
Currently, in its fifth year of operation, it has the distinction of being one
of the only student-run economics journals in the University
of Delhi to have obtained an ISSN certification (ISSN: 2582-6093).
The Department of Economics
encourages students to engage in research work and write research papers. A
research grant (Economics Society) was instituted in 2012 to fund research work
undertaken by the students. Each research project is granted INR 5000 to
carry out the project which has to be based on primary or secondary data
collected. It is mentored by faculty members of the department.
Student
Faculty Committee
The
Student Faculty Committee (SFC) is a statutory body that looks into all
academic matters pertaining to the Department. It is a platform for discussing
problems and issues relating to classes, tutorials, and all other academic
matters. All students and teachers of the Department are automatically members
of the SFC. The SFC is required to meet once every term (this is called
the SFC General Body Meeting or the SFC-GBM).
At the Department of Economics, in addition to the SFC-GBM each term, there is the additional provision of an SFC Executive Committee. Students from each Class have 2 representatives to the SFC Executive Committee, while there is one Faculty representative for each Class. For 1st, 2nd and 3rd year, the SFC members are the two top-scoring students from the previous academic year. The Teacher-in-Charge is the ex-officio convener of the SFC.
The SFC Executive Committee meets once every month (on the last working Wednesday of each month) to discuss issues of relevance for each class. This is to ensure regular interface and feedback between students and teachers on academic matters. Students are advised to keep SFC representatives of their class abreast of various academic issues of the class so that these can be conveyed to the faculty in the meetings and timely action can be taken.
The Economics Society
Interested
students are also encouraged to start any new activities under the banner of
the Economics Society with the help of the student body and the Faculty.
The Ramjas Economic Review is a scholarly publication overseen by the Department of Economics at Ramjas College. This journal, as it exists today, embodies a longstanding tradition of over ten years, meticulously nurtured by the department. Its primary objective is to foster and encourage a research-oriented environment within the undergraduate academic sphere. Currently in 2023, in its fifth year of operation, it has the distinction of being one of the only student-run economics journals in the University of Delhi to have obtained an ISSN certification (ISSN: 2582-6093). The Department of Economics encourages students to engage in research work and write research papers. A research grant (Economics Society) was instituted in 2012 to fund research work undertaken by the students. The Ramjas Economics Society Research Project Programme was started in 2012 to provide a platform for students to undertake. survey-based research. Each research project is granted INR 5000 to carry out the project which has to be based on primary or secondary data collected. It is mentored by faculty members of the department. Since then selected students every year from all three years work hard, do research work with a mentor assigned from the department and get the paper published in our annual journal of the Department of Economics, Ramjas Economic Review.
The Department believes that research work by students is an important part of education and has taken initiatives to introduce programmes to foster research. The first Annual Winter Conference was held in 2002 and the first journal was published in 2004. The editorial board of the department along with the faculty members work hard for almost a year to bring out this issue. Writing quality research papers takes a lot of time and effort, and the young researchers write their research papers for the journal. The journal of the Department of Economics, Ramjas Economic Review is accessible using the below link.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/16yC-1B-hyMFY91z9WbnrbaKzHNKHnEID
Over the last many decades, the Economics Department at
Ramjas College has produced various distinguished alumni who have contributed
to society. A few of the notable alumni are listed below.
Best Practices I
Department also has an Economics Society goes beyond classroom teaching
and hosts the Annual Winter Economics Conference in the month of February
annually, which gets enthusiastic participation from delegates across Delhi
University. The Annual Winter Conference
held every year focuses on paper presentation. The papers presented are from
diverse fields by the students across Delhi University.The presentations were
evaluated by faculty members of the Economics department, who provided valuable
insights to the students.
Best Practices II
Research and Pedagogy
· Implementation of a
Mentor-Mentee program.
· Remedial classes
for students.
· Opportunities for
students of all disciplines to enhance critical thinking, analytical, and soft
skills.
· Organization of various poster
competitions, seminar competitions, quiz competitions, and debate competitions.
· Use of ICT teaching tools such as
online videos, e-books, online class tests, etc.
