The department has introduced B. A. (Hons.) Programme in 1971. M. A. was introduced in 1977. We also have an active Ph. D. Programme. We have a committed team of twelve faculty members. The department has tried its best to keep pace with the ever-expanding frontiers of knowledge. Updating of the courses of studies offered at undergraduate and graduate level has been a distinctive features of the teaching programmes of the department. During the last decades the department has revised its courses, introduced new papers, updated the teaching skills of its faculty members, and created viable and permanent structure for the conduct of workshops/Seminars/Conferences and debating forums. Ours is one of the few departments in the country where teaching of Computers has been integrated with teaching of Economics.

The department has competent people in the International Finance and Trade, Econometrics, Development Economics and human Resource Economics. The department was also granted the status of a resource centre for IT education under the UGC sponsored project: Computer Application Programme. The department has been organizing Orientation Programmes, extension lectures and providing computer training to Research Scholars and Teachers in Econometric Softwares. So far around 100 teachers have received training under this programme.

The department has envisaged ambitious programmes of teaching and research with special emphasis on improving the quality of teaching at undergraduate level particularly by introducing papers on Computer Applications in Economics.

The current syllabi for B. A., B. A. (Hons.) and M. A. have been prepared in line with the recommendations of the UGC expert committee. Our Courses are comparable with any other centre of excellence in Economics in the country. The department while taking pride in its achievements does not want to sit on its laurels but will continue to strive for betterment.