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POST GRADUATE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
 
MAHATMA GANDHI COLLEGE
THRIRUVANANTHAPURAM
[Accredited by NAAC at 'A' Level]
MAHATMA GANDHI COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
महात्मा गाँधी कोलेज, तिरुवनंतपुरम  
സാമ്പത്തിക ശാസ്ത്ര വകുപ്പ് 
മഹത്മാ ഗാന്ധി കോളേജ് , തിരുവനന്തപുരം 
 





HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT




      Economics department is one of the oldest departments of this college. It started functioning in 1948. It offers both under graduate and post graduate courses in Economics. There are six permanent faculty members and two guest lecturers (FDP vacancy) in the department. Among them two holds Ph.D and others are pursuing research. The research and project works undertaken by the faculty members add to the credit of the department. The B A course in Economics has Political Science and Indian History as subsidiaries. Postgraduate course in Economics was introduced during the academic year 1996-97. With the delinking of the Pre-degree course, the department offers B A Economics (semester course) and M A Economics (Semester course). From the academic year 2010-11 onwards Choice Based Semester System has been introduced.
OUR GOAL
     In line with the vision and mission of our college, the department of economics has set its goal as empowering the students with holistic education. We, as a team, give exposure to students about changing economic scenario and mould them as responsible citizens. We train the students to lead a healthy life to strengthen the society and focus on women empowerment as well.
OUR OBJECTIVES
  • Academic excellence on par with international standards
  • Blossoming of full personality of individual students
  • Capacity building for the World of work
  • Inculcating social responsibilities and commitments to promote equality and justice
  • Harmonious living with people and nature     
CURRICULAM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
      Curriculum is designed and developed by the University of Kerala. But we, the faculty members regularly obtain feedback from alumni, stake holders and recruiting agencies regarding the changes that are to be made in the curriculum. These suggestions are informed through the Board of Study members and are considered for curriculum revision by the University. From 2010-11 onwards we are following the restructured curriculum for UG programme, which is Choice Based Credit and Semester System, the details of which are mentioned below.
 
CHOICE BASED CREDIT AND SEMESTER SYSTEM (CBCSS)
INNOVATIONS
Semesterisation, Choice based Credit System, Continuous Assessment and Grading for Under Graduate Programmes in Kerala.
THE FOUR PILLARS OF THE UG REFORM
The four major aspects of the newly prepared reforms are
1.                  Semesterisation
2.                  Choice based credit system
3.                  Continuous assessment
4.                  Grading
 

1. Semesterisation
       In Kerala University Semester system has been in use for BA Degree Course in 2010 onwards. Almost all PG programmes in various Universities in Kerala run on semester system.
2. Choice – Based Credit System.
      The choice Based credit system is more fair to the Students, permitting her to seek knowledge that suits her varied interests, aptitudes and also ensures the interdisciplinary knowledge requirement. In an age where student mobility is on the increase this system will ensure that our academic programmes are understood well by other educational institutions and students find it easy to transfer their credits across institutions.
3. Continuous Assessment
     A continuous assessment in the semester system is spread through out the duration of the course and is done by the teacher teaching the course through various means including written tests, MCQ-based quizzes, Mini-Projects, presentations, group activities, field visits etc.
4. Grading: The Basic Idea
    The migration from marks to letter grades in UG restructuring is a major transformation is academic practices in Kerala.
 
Aim of the course
    The course tries to acquaint the aspirants with the wider perspective of economics and its methodology. The course also endeavours to bring in some of the fundamentals principles of economics and to update and expand basic informatics skills and attitudes relevant to the emerging knowledge society and also to equip the students to effectively utilize the digital knowledge resources for their chosen courses of study. The course is meant to enable the students to understand economic concepts clearly with the help of mathematical methods.
  • To review the basic concepts of functional knowledge in the field of informatics.
  • To review functional knowledge in a standard office package and popular utilities.
  • To create awareness about nature of the emerging digital knowledge society
  • To create awareness about social issues and concerns in the use of digital technology.
  • To create awareness about major informatics initiatives in India & Kerala
  • To impact skills to enable students to use digital knowledge resource in learning.
  • To equip the students to apply mathematical techniques in economics
  • To express economic theories in diagrammatic and quantitative terms.
Thereby introducing the economists way of locating an economic issue thereby laying the foundation of the programme.
1.2.Academic flexibility
      The department is offering UG and PG programmes in Economics. As far as PG programme is concerned, we are having flexibility in the choice of optional papers. We have opted Agricultural Economics, International Economics, Industrial Economics, Public Economics etc as optional papers. In the newly introduced CBCS system, there is an open as well as an elective course which, the students could opt. Open course we have adopted is Human Resource development.
1.3. Feedback Mechanism
       The present Feedback Mechanism is based on a three tier valuation method. This includes feedback at Institution level, Department level and faculty level. The evaluation of the student feedback helps the department to assess the faculty performance and to take remedial actions in Teaching, learning and evaluation programmes
1.4. Curriculam Update
        The curriculum for the UG and PG courses are restructured in 2008 by the respective Board of Studies taking into consideration the changes that are taking place in the requirements of stake holders and emerging changes in the higher education sectors. From 2010-11 onwards we are following the restructured curriculum for UG programme, which is Choice Based Credit and Semester System.
Thrust Area of Our Department-
       The thrust area of our department is sustainable development. We try our best to see to it that all our seminars and programmes are based on our thrust area.
 
 
HIGHLIGHTS OF ACTIVITIES
AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 
Ø  Thrust area – Sustainable Development
 
 
Ø  Seminars and presentation on thrust area
 
 
Ø  ICT enabled training, teaching and learning
 
 
Ø  Strategies for slow and advanced learners
 
 
Ø  Student centric learning- Participatory Learner Centerd pedagogy
 
 
Ø  Guided learning- group study ,seminars and projects
 
 
Ø  Experiential learning-
Ø  Balaramapuram handloom textile units,
Ø  Mithranikethan,
Ø  Sebastian Indian Social Projects(SISP),
Ø  Santhigiri Ashram,
Ø  Saigram,
Ø  Greenland Paper Mill,
Ø  Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi
 
 
Ø  Peer teaching
 
 
Ø  Remedial teaching and interdisciplinary teaching
 
 
Ø  Alumni teaching and distribution of learning materials to needy students
 
 
Ø  Research publications, faculty participation in seminars and faculty as resource persons
 
 
Ø  Seminars and awareness programs on waste management
 
 
Ø  UGC Projects
 
 
Ø  Tie up with Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi Trivandrum
 
 
Ø  Community linkage-training for kudambasree workers and local people in soap and detergent making
 
 
Ø  Placement of final year degree students
 
 
Ø  Short term cousce-1)Bridge Course (2)Finishing School – soft skill development
 
 
Ø  Certificate Course-Animation
 
 
Ø  Training in food making soap and detergents and ornament making
 
 
Ø  Cultural and literary Club
 
 
Ø  Winners in national level, state, university and college level sports
 
 
Ø  Manuscript magazine
 
 
Ø  News letter
 
 
Ø  Charitable activities
 
 
Ø  Blood donation
 
 
Ø  Student aid fund
 
 
Ø  Santhwanam Program
 
 
 
 
FACULTY PROFILE 2011-12



 

Name of Teacher
 
Designation
 
Qualification
 
Area of specialization



 

Dr.Anitha S Ramachandran
 
Associate Professor
 
MA, MPhil, PhD
 
Energy Economics



 

Mini M Nair (FDP Deputation)
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA,Mphil,BEd,Phd (Pursuing)
 
Women Empowerment



 

H.Kishore
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA, Msc(IT)
NET, Phd (Pursuing)
 
Financial Economics



 

Dr.B Anil Kumar
(Dr. Nedumpana Anil)
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA, MPhil, PhD,PGDBA
 
Food security



 

S. Saritha
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA, MPhil, NET


  Education



 

Anupama P Nair
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA, MPhil, NET
 
Women Studies



 

Shrija Muraleedharan Nambiar
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA, NET



 

Sangeetha U.V
 
Assistant Professor
 
MA, B.Ed,NET



 

Reena
 
Guest Lecturer (FIP)
 
MA, NET



 
DEPARTMENT - AT A GLANCE 2012-13

1
UG (Year of establishment)
1948
2
PG(Year of establishment)
1997-98
3
FACULTIES
7 PERMANENT, 1 GUEST
4
QUALIFICATION
3 PhD, 3 M.Phil
5
RESEARCH GUIDES
2
6
RESEARCH SCHOLARS
6
7
NO.OF RESEARCH DEGREES PRODUCED
1(M.Phil)
8
ON-GOING PROJECTS(UGC)
Major (1), Rs 7.5 Lakhs
Minor(2)- RS.65,000
9
PROJECTS COMPLETED(UGC,STATE LEVEL)
Major (4), Minor (5)
10
PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS
25
11
PUBLICATION IN EDITED VOLUMES
2 +6
12
FACULTIES AS RESOURCE PERSONS
3
13
FACULTY PARTICIPATION
115
14
AWARDED TEACHER FELLOWSHIP
2
15
GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS IN REGISTERED NGO
2
16
PG ASSISTANTS FROM UGC(XI PLAN)
RS 5 lakhs
17
PG RESULTS
87.4 % PASS
18
UG RESULTS
80.36 %PASS
19
SHORT TERM COURSE
FINISHING SCHOOL-SOFT SKILL DEVELOPMENT
BRIDGE COURSE
20
CERTIFICATE COURSE
1,ANIMATION
21
SURVEY
2
22
TIE UP/LINKAGES
1, 3
23
ON HAND TRAINING PROGRAMME,OUT REACH PROGRAMME , AWARENESS PROGRAMMES AND EXHIBITIONS
24
CLOTH DISTRIBUTION
25
STUDENT AID FUND , SANTHWANAM PROGRAMME
26
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
27
BLOOD DONATION
28
PLACEMENTS(THROUGH CAMPUS RECRUITMENTS)
30, NET -4, SET -30.
29
SPORTS-STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL-
Rakesh R Nair (Ball badminton)
Anoop. C.S. (Water Polo)
Grinto K Anto (Football)
Thanima . M.S
30
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES(YOUTH FESTIVAL)
A GRADE
31
MANUSCRIPT MAGAZINE
32
DEPARTMENTAL JOURNAL
33
ALUMNI CONTRIBUTIONS
34
NCC
ROJISHA BABU .T.
35
THRUST AREA OF OUR DEPARTMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT





 









 



























































































































































 


 
 


 
 
1
UG (Year of establishment)
1948
 
2
PG(Year of establishment)
1997-98
 
3
FACULTIES
7 PERMANENT, 1 GUEST
 
4
QUALIFICATION
3 PhD, 3 M.Phil
 
5
RESEARCH GUIDES
2
 
6
RESEARCH SCHOLARS
6
 
7
NO.OF RESEARCH DEGREES PRODUCED
1(M.Phil)
 
8
ON-GOING PROJECTS(UGC)
Major (1), Rs 7.5 Lakhs
 
Minor(2)-   RS.65,000
 
9
PROJECTS COMPLETED(UGC,STATE LEVEL)
Major (4), Minor (5)
 
10
PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS
25
 
11
PUBLICATION IN EDITED VOLUMES
2 +6
 
12
FACULTIES AS RESOURCE PERSONS
3
 
13
FACULTY PARTICIPATION
115
 
14
AWARDED TEACHER  FELLOWSHIP
2
 
15
GOVERNING BODY MEMBERS IN REGISTERED NGO
2
 
16
PG ASSISTANTS FROM UGC(XI PLAN)
RS 5 lakhs
 
17
PG RESULTS
87.4 % PASS
 
18
UG RESULTS
80.36 %PASS
 
19
SHORT TERM COURSE
FINISHING SCHOOL-SOFT SKILL DEVELOPMENT
BRIDGE COURSE
 
20
CERTIFICATE COURSE
1,ANIMATION
 
21
SURVEY
2
 
22
TIE UP/LINKAGES
1, 3
 
23
ON HAND TRAINING PROGRAMME,OUT REACH PROGRAMME , AWARENESS PROGRAMMES AND EXHIBITIONS
 
 
24
CLOTH DISTRIBUTION
 
25
STUDENT AID FUND , SANTHWANAM PROGRAMME
 
26
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
 
27
BLOOD DONATION
 
28
PLACEMENTS(THROUGH CAMPUS RECRUITMENTS)
30, NET -4, SET -30.
 
29
SPORTS-STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL-
Rakesh R Nair (Ball badminton)
Anoop. C.S. (Water Polo)
Grinto K Anto (Football)
Thanima . M.S 
 
30
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES(YOUTH FESTIVAL)
A GRADE
 
31
MANUSCRIPT MAGAZINE
 
32
DEPARTMENTAL JOURNAL
 
33
ALUMNI CONTRIBUTIONS
 
34
NCC
ROJISHA BABU .T.
 
35
THRUST AREA OF OUR DEPARTMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 



 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





 
 


 

 

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