The Department of Economics was instituted on 31-12-1966. The Department went full swing after the grant of the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC under Departmental Research Support in March, 1995. The Department has conducted regular UGC sponsored 17 Refresher Courses and trained more than 700 teachers. The Department also conducts Summer Institute in Quantitative Techniques. Computer Applications and Environment Economics are the new papers introduced at Post-graduate level. The Department is actively involved in consultancies and co-ordination with various public and academic organizations. Thirteen Major Research Projects have been completed by the faculty Members and recently 07 UGC Major Research Project is in progress. The faculty members have published 30 learned books. Under SAP-DRS-III the Department has produced 11 Monographs. Out of which 03 have been published.

Since, its establishment the Department has produced 110 Ph. D. and 375 M. Phil. dissertations. The Department has hosted 25 National Conferences and 45 Seminars/Workshops on various topics. The Department has hosted the 86th Annual Conference of IEA in December, 2003, 54th Annual Conference of ISAE, 1995 and 20th National Convention of ISSC, 2001.

  Research Areas :

• Agro-Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Public Economics
• Co-operation and Regional Studies

Agriculture, Public Economics, Macro Economics, Monetary Theory, Public Finance, Environment, Co-operation, Labour, Industry, Quantitative Techniques

  Academic Programmes Offered : 

• Ph. D.
• M. Phil.
• M.A. Part-I & II (Semester System)
• P.G.Diploma (BridgeCourses)

  Course Structure :(Papers)

M.A. Course

• Seats/Intake Capacity:

1. M. A. Part-I : 60

2. M.A. Part-II : 60

• Eligibility : B. A. III (Spl. Economics) Pass

• Admission Procedure : Merit and Reservation Criteria

• Fees for M.A. : As per University Rules

STRUCTURE OF SYLLABUS FOR SEMESTER I TO IV

Notes:

1. EC-1 to EC-8 papers (8 Papers) are Compulsory.

2. Any two papers from EO -1 to EO-6 for Semester I, EO-7 to EO-12 for Semester II, EO-13 to EO-18 for Semester III and EO-19 to EO-24 for Semester IV as specified in the respective semesters.

3. Each paper will be of 100 marks.

4. The syllabus of each paper is spread over 60 instructional (period’s) hours per semester.

            *Only 20 students are permitted.

           ** Only 10 students are permitted.

M.Phil. Course:

• Intake -             21-25 per annum

• Admission-        Merit and Reservation Criteria

• Fees-                As per university Rule

Compulsory Papers

• Research Methodology and Application of Quantitative Techniques

• Paper – II: Advanced Theories in Economics

Optional Papers (Any one paper out of eight papers)

• Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Institutions

• Regional Economics

• International Trade and Finance

• Public Economics

• Demography and Gender Studies

• Economics of Agriculture and Co-operation

• Environmental and Resource Economics

• Economics of Industry and Laboure

Ph. D. Courses:

• Eligibility : M. A. (Economics) and M.Phil./Pre-Ph.D.

• Admission Procedure : Submission of Synopsis/R.R Committee – Final Admission

• Fees : As per University Rules

Courses

• P.G. Diploma Course in Foreign Trade
• P. G.Diploma Course in Agri-Business
• P.G. Diploma Course in Urban Banking
• P.G. Diploma Course in Urban Banking
• P. G.Diploma Course in Corporate Governance
• P.G. Diploma Course in IPRs
• P.G. Diploma Course in Forwarding Trading
• P.G. Diploma Course in H.R.D.
• P.G.Diploma Course in Quantitative Techniques

Fees

• Rs. 5,500/-
• Rs. 1,000/- (P.G. Students of Economics Subject)

Intake Capacity: 20 Seats for each course

Eligibility : Any Graduate/Regular Students/Professionals/Employees in Banks/Corporate Bodies and Institutions and Others

Co-ordinator:
Dr. P. S. Kamble,
Reader, Department of Economics,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur-4
E-mail : pskamble@yahoo.com
Phone : (0231) 2609384

• Computer Lab
• Internet

1. Department is engaged in teachers training Programme.

2. Department conducting academic activities relating to Social Discriminatory Studies

3. Co-ordinating the activities of School of Inter-disciplinary Studies in Social Sciences.

4. Public lectures, discussion

5. Extension activities carried out through Radio, TV Media.

Comprehensive Agricultural Development Plan for Sangli, History of Credit
       Co- operative Movement, Cropping Pattern in Irrigation Projects, Sugar Ten. Etc.

• The Department of Economics has a collection of 10,402 books and subscribed to 18 Major Journals both National and International (in the Central Library).

• The Department at present has a well furnished Computer Laboratory with 40 PCs & well equipped Seminar Hall of 33 capascity.

• The Department possess essential educative Equipments likes Scientific Calculators, Tape Recorder, Stereo System,  Overhead Projector, Automatic Slide Projector, Computers, Camera, Binoculars,  Colour TV, VCR, Audio System Set, Printers, Photo Copy Machine, Rechargeable Batteries,  Video Handicam, LCD Projector, Laptop, Server etc.

• Softwares :  SPSS, E-View, S-Plus Softwares.

• Departmental Library

       Collaboration with Other Institutes at the National Level:

1. Collaboration with Centre for Budgetary Policy Studies (CBPS), Bangalore.

2. Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi

3. YASHADA, Pune

Head,
Department of Economics,
Phone (0231) 2609177, 2609180
Email:economics@unishivaji.ac.in