Programme Outcome:

Honours in Economics

Upon completion of this programme, a student will have the necessary skills to

understand and analyse in a logical manner all major economic phenomena. A student will be able to analyse government policies and regulations, and demonstrate their significance. Knowing how an economy functions, and how decisions are made by consumers, producers, and regulators, the student will have the necessary skills to

identify, analyse, and solve problems in a logical and efficient way. The programme provides the basic ingredients of economic theory and the opportunity to learn how to process and analyse economic data based on sound statistical principles, in order to arrive at economically meaningful conclusions.

Students will:

1. Get an understanding of basic economic theory;
2. Learn the mathematical and statistical techniques necessary for a proper understanding of the discipline;
3. Get an introduction to real world economic issues and problems facing the country and the world;
4. Gain an understanding of proper policy responses to economic problems;
5. Get trained to collect primary data and learn sampling techniques;
6. Learn to use scientific empirical methods to arrive at conclusions about the validity of economic theories;
7. Get trained in the art of economic modelling.

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• B.A. Honours - Generic Elective Courses

Programme Outcome: The Generic Elective courses offered by the Economics

Department, in disciplines other than Economics, are intended to broaden the training of a student in the subject of Economics. A student pursuing Honors in any other

discipline than Economics can opt for one such course, offered by the Economics

Department, in each of Semesters I to IV. These courses are designed to introduce the basic economic theory and develop the mathematical and statistical techniques

required for a proper understanding of the subject. Alongside, these Generic courses also introduce real-world economic issues and problems faced worldwide and possible policy responses to these problems. These courses also strive to train the students in data collection, presentation, interpretation, and statistical techniques to test the

validity of economic modeling.

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• B.A (Programme) Economics

Programme Outcome: The objective of the B.A(Programme) Economics is to help students to develop their potential to the full by cultivating creative and humanistic

values in them, and inspiring them to contribute positively towards the evolution of not merely the self but also the society at large. Each programme vividly elaborates its nature and promises the outcomes that are to be accomplished while studying.

The programmes also state the attributes that it offers to cultivate at the graduation level related to students’ well-being, emotional stability, creative and critical thinking, soft skills and leadership acumen-qualities that they will require in all their social interactions.

The curriculum of Economics based the course/courses in the B.A. (Programme) is aimed at enabling students to not only seek but also create knowledge, become industry-ready and achieve personal happiness while simultaneously contributing

effectively to society. The curriculum takes into consideration the requirements of not only the present times but also the foreseeable future.

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• Program Specific Outcomes – BA Economics

PSO 1. Knowledge of Economic System:

An ability to understand economic theories and functioning of basic microeconomic and macroeconomic systems.

PSO 2. Statistical and Mathematical Skills: Acquaint with collection, organization, tabulation and analysis of empirical data.

PSO 3

• Data Analysis

After attaining ‘data analysis' course, students can handle computer, acquire the practical knowledge of the subject through field work, and can prepare the project.

PSO 4

• Agriculture Marketing of Indigenous Products

After attaining the courses of ‘Agricultural marketing of indigenous goods', they can able to learn that how agricultural marketing works practically and also visit agricultural processing firms and make a report on it.

Internal Evaluation system of our department:-

We generally arrange one meeting before the start of new session, and in the meeting we discuss on the matter of internal evaluation. We decided that the entire assessment

of the student will be based on three criteria – Internal Examination, Attendance & class performance, and seminar.

One Performa is given below:

The Overall Attainment for a course is sum of 20% of Internal Assesment Test and 80% of University Attainment Level. Where n= number of course outcome. After calculating each course outcomes in terms of percentage, the attainment level of the course is shown

below table.

SEMINAR/EXTENSION PROGRAMME

In every year our department take initiative to organise one seminar in our college. All students from economics department participate in the seminar. Subject experts come from outside

SEMINAR: - 2021 – (2nd semester students):

Date: 20/02/2021. Topic; -

Main Theme: - Communication is the Backbone of today’s Economy.

1. Role of information technology in today’s Economic Development.
2. Transport system in India and its impact on rural India.
3. The Role of Railway in the modern system with reference to North-East India.

Date: - 06/11/2021

3rd Semester Students: - Paper Topic: - “The role of Commercial Bank in the Economic and Social Transformation” (with special reference to India)

5th semester Students: - Paper topic; - “Food Security Bill in India and its future prospect.” Subject Expert; - Mrs. Hemalata Kakati, Mr. Mihir Kanta Das,

Date 16/05/2024

Recently one seminar has been organised by our department on 16/05/2024 and the topic was ‘’Scope and Prospect of Economic Development in greater Golakganj area” under the chairmanship of Arunava Sen (HOD, Deptt of Economics, Chilarai College). Two subject experts, Dhriti Bhakat and Kalpita Ghosh wear present in the seminar. Total number of paper presentation was 55 and mostly from our students. Our faculty members, Dr. Pranati Das and Dinibandhu Roy wear also present.

Extension activities

Department of Economics has signed a MoU with BALAJAN flour MILL, BALAJAN. Our 2nd semester students guided by two of our faculty members, Dr. Pranati Das and Prof. Dinobondhu Roy visited the place. on 05/05/2024. They talk to the officials, workers, visit the entire processing unit and ultimately the following report had been placed to the department.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• We have a very good track record of students’ performance in Honors level
• Almost 100 percent successful rate in Honors In the last five years 75 students passed out from the dept. of Economics (Honors). Out of 75, 40 students scored CGPA above
• Highest CGPA score was 72, his name is Ekramul Hoque in the session 2020-21. He completed his PG in Economics from Gauhati University in the year 2023 and achieved GOLD MEDAL in economics. He also cleared JRF in the year 2024.
• In the last five years 2 of our students cleared JRF and 5 students cleared NET.
• Another achievement of our department is that 2 of our students awarded Ph.D. in the last five years in Economics from Gauhati University.
• 20 students have been absorbed in the different formal sectors like Assistant Professor in colleges, Assistant Teacher in schools, Banking Sector, Post office etc in the last five.

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Publication

• Livelihood of Garo Tribe in Bongaigaon District of Assam. Legacy of Tribes to History of India (Edited Book). SSDN Publisher and Distribution, New ISBN no. 987-93-8117-698-6. 2017. Page no. 148-156
• Reducing Gender Disparity with Urban Transformation: A Case Study of Bongaigaon District of Conference Proceeding of International Seminar organized by Dr. G. C. Mishra Educational Foundation in Jawaharlal Nehru University. ISBN no. 978-93-85822-56-8. Vol. 1 (1). September 2017 Page No. 30-33
• A Study on Demonetization and its Impact on Economy. In Impetus: A Journal of Economic Publish by Dept. Of Economics, Bongaigaon College. ISSN no. 2319-5290. Vol. 3(1) 2017, December Page No. 139-143
• Role of education in empowering women through micro finance facilities in Assam. In Micro Finance and Its Role in Women Empowerment (Edited Book). Eastern Book House, Guwahati. ISBN no. 978-93-86302-441 Page no. 168-175. 2018, February
• The State of India’s Foreign Trade during the Post Reform Period: An empirical Analysis. Indian Journal of Economics and ISSN no. (online) 22320-9836, (Print) 2320-9828
• Valuation of Unpaid Domestic Work of Women: A Study of Four Districts of Assam. Labour and ISSN no. 0973-0419. Vol. 29 (1). Page no. 50-70. 2022, June.
• Students’ Performance in the Higher Secondary Level of Education in Assam, Indian Journal of Economics. ISSN no. 0019-5170. Vol. CIII (Part-I) Issue no. 408. July 2022.

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