Department of Economics is one of the founding Departments in the Pondicherry University, established on 15th December 1986. The Department offers post graduate and research programmes that enable the students to acquire both the theoretical knowledge and technical skills. The Department has emerged as one of the leading centres which imparts training in the field of applied econometrics and conducts regular programmes and workshops for Government officials, researchers and policy makers. The student and faculty composition in the Department is drawn from the length and breadth of the country. The Department provides ample scope for faculty members and students to interact with leading academicians from the country and also from abroad as they are regularly invited through various training programmes, conferences, seminars and workshops conducted in the Department. There are number of projects undertaken by the faculty members funded by Reserve Bank of India, various Ministries of Govt. of Puducherry & Govt. of India, ICSSR, UGC, ICAR etc. Besides, faculty members have published research papers in reputed journals.