Dr. V. Nirmala, Head
(head.eco@pondiuni.edu.in)
The Department of Economics, came into existence from 15.12.1986
Programmes of Study
Ph.D. (Full time, Part-time (Internal & External))
M.Phil. (Full Time)
M.A. (Applied Economics)
Thrust area of Research and Research projects undertaken
The thrust areas of research are Public
Finance, International Economics, Monetary
Economics and Gender Studies. Major
projects from Ministry of Education,
Government of Puducherry, University
Grants Commission, etc. were undertaken.
Besides, faculty members published series
of articles in reputed journals like Artha
Vijnan, Indian Economic Journal, Journal of
Rural Development, Journal of Quantitative
Economics , Indian Journal of Labour
Economics, Asian-African Journal of
Economics and Econometrics, Man-power
Journal, Margin, Prajnan, etc.
Entrance Examination
The selection for the P.G. and M.Phil.
programmes will be based on a written
examination of 2 hours duration. For the
M.A. degree programme the question paper
will be set based upon the bachelors degree
course and the P.G. level course will be the
basis for the M.Phil. and Ph.D. entrance test.
The questions for P.G. entrance
examination shall be purely objective and for
M.Phil., it shall be both objective and
subjective type.
Infrastructure Facilities
Good computing and Internet facilities are available.
Placements
Some of the students who completed P.G.
programme are doing M.Phil. /Ph.D. with
fellowship in IIT Mumbai, Centre for
Development Studies, Trivandrum,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,
Central University of Hyderabad, Institution
of Socio Economic Changes, Bangalore,
TATA Institute of Social Sciences, etc. Some
are employed as faculty members at various
educational institutions and executives in
multinational companies.
