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The Department of Economics with its team of well- qualified and experienced teachers provides a thorough and in depth training in theoretical and applied economics through its various courses of study. The main objective is to develop skilled manpower capable of analyzing economic problems at different levels of sophistication and suggesting solutions in terms of policy. The students of the department have been well received in the job market and their performance in terms of the success rate at different national examinations has always been above average. It is reflected through their placement in various organizations which include the academic and research institutions at higher level, civil services, commercial banks, the Reserve Bank of India, private corporate business houses, etc. Ever since the recognition of economic factors as the key ingredients of the development of a society or human development, for that matter the importance of economics as a subject of study has grown tremendously. The increase in the demand for professional economists is emerging and new areas are the natural outcome of this development. In addition to the commercial and manufacturing enterprises, both the public and private sector, absorbing a bulk of the manpower trained economics; today there is hardly any social, administrative or developmental organization where the services of economics are not needed.  \nThe department of economics with its team of well qualified and experienced teachers provides a thorough and in-depth training in theoretical and applied economics through its various courses of study. The main objective is to develop skilled manpower capable analyzing economic problems at different levels of sophistication and suggesting solution in terms of policy. The students of the department have been well received in the job market and their performance in terms of the success rate at different national examinations has always been above average. The Department supports undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate programmes in Economics, which draw a huge number of applicants from all over the country. These programmes have a strong theoretical and quantitative focus with an emphasison empirical applications. Current Faculty members of the department are contributing in theareas of emerging areas of Economics in terms of teaching and research activities.  \nCHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM  \nThe Choice based credit system (CBCS) provides an opportunity for the students to choose courses from the prescribed courses comprising core, elective and generic/open elective. The courses can be evaluated following the grading system, which is considered to be better than the conventional marks system. Grading system provides uniformity in the evaluation and computation of the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) based on student’s performance in examinations which enablesthe student to move across institutions of higher learning. The uniformity in the evaluation system also enables the potential employers to assess the performance of the candidates.  \nPROGRAMME OUTCOMES (PO’s)  \nEconomics as a subject is long-established discipline whose relevance to the world of business, government, international relations and academia is widely acknowledged. The M.A. Economics programme reflects new developments and dimensions in the economics discipline. The curriculum has a strong theoretical and quantitative focus with all students being trained in the use of computers and statistical software. This programme is sem","cbCaitv3TpbMHB8f","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitv3TpbMHB8f","pdf",490422,46,"English","# Choice Based Credit System\n## Programme Outcomes (PO’s)\n## Programme Specific Outcomes (PSO’s)","[{\"question\":\"What does the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) allow in the MA Economics programme?\",\"answer\":\"CBCS allows students to choose courses from core, elective, and generic/open electives. 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