Department of Economics

Department of Economics

DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE

1. Name of the Department: ECONOMICS

2. Year of establishment:     1958

3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university?       YES

4. Names of Programmes /Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., and Integrated

Masters; Integrated Ph.D.,etc.)    : UG, PG, Ph.D

5.Inter disciplinary courses and departments involved :  NA

6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,  : NA

7. Details of programmes /courses discontinued, if any, with reasons : NA

8. Annual/Semester/Choice Based Credit System : ANNUAL,SEMESTER (CBCS)

9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: NA

10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled

11. Faculty profile withname, qualification, designation and specialization

(D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D./M.Phil.,etc.)

12. List of senior VisitingFellows, faculty, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors: Prof A.KSrivastava ( 2016-17)

13. Percentage of classestaken by temporary faculty – programme-wise

information:

14.Programme-wise StudentTeacher Ratio:  UG  = 417:07

                                                                        PG    =147:07

                                                                        Ph.D = 21:07

15. Number of academicsupport staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned

and filled

Technical :

Administrative staff : 01 + 01 (Clerk + Peon)

16. Research thrust areasrecognized by funding agencies:  NIL

17. Number of faculty withongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c)Total grantsreceived. Give the names of the funding agencies and

grants received project-wise.: 

• Name of the Project -- "A Study of Effects of TRIPS Agreements on Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industries"-MRP
• Name of the Principal Investigator- Prof. Karunakar Ram Tripathi
• Department of Principal Investigator- Dept. of Economics
• Year of Award-- July, 2015
• Funds provided-- Rs. 669600.00  Allotted

                             Rs.431600.00 Receipt (IInstallment)

• Duration of the project--  3 Years
• Funding Agency --  UGC, New Delhi
• Total amount of funds received-- Rs. 431600.00

18.Inter-institutionalcollaborative projects and grants received:  NIL

a) All India collaborationb) International

19. Departmental projectsfunded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,

etc.; total grantsreceived. : Rs 4,31600.00

20. Research facility /centre with : NIL

· staterecognition

· nationalrecognition

· internationalrecognition

21. Specialresearchlaboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies: NIL

22.Publications:

* Numberof papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /international):  48

* Monographs

* Chaptersin Books  :  12

* EditedBooks : 05

* Bookswith ISBN with details of publishers :

·        Tripathi , K.R. (2014)," vkS|ksfxd vFkZ”kkL=",;wfuoflZVhifCyds”ku,  NewDelhi, ISBN:978-81-7555-689-8

·         Goyal,A.K.(2016), " ManagerialEconomics", NavyugBook                    International,New Delhi, ISBN-978-93-82974-44-4

· Sharma, A.K. (2018)  "Economicsof Environmental Regulation:Methods                                         andEffectiveness, Shree Publishers and Distributers,New Delhi,ISBN978-818329-819-3

·  Goyal, A.K.(2014), "AgriculturalPerformance in UttarPradesh",LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,Saarbrücken, Germany,ISBN-978-3-659-62274-8

·        Goyal, A.K.(2016),Make in India: A Long Felt of theIndian Economy, KumudPublications New Delhi, ISBN-978-93-82885-29-0

* Numberlisted in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science,Scopus,

HumanitiesInternationalComplete, Dare Database - International Social

SciencesDirectory, EBSCOhost, etc.)                                                         NIL

* CitationIndex – range / average

* SNIP

* SJR

* ImpactFactor – range / average—  (0.98-5.921)/ 3.9057

* h-index

23. Details ofpatents andincome generated: NIL

24. Areas ofconsultancy andincome generated: NIL

25. Facultyselectednationally/ internationally to visit other laboratories in India and

abroad: NIL

26. Facultyserving in: 7

27. Facultyrechargingstrategies: NIL

28. Studentprojects: NIL

29. Awards /recognitionsreceived at the national and international level by: NIL

· Faculty

· Doctoral/ post doctoral fellows

· Students

30.Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national /

international)with detailsof outstanding participants, if any.

31. Code ofethics forresearch followed by the departments: As per UGC Norms

32. Studentprofilecourse-wise: (Current Year)

33. Diversity of students:

Average percentage ofstudents from other States and Countries during the last five years

Number of students fromother states and countries year wise during the last five years

Average Percentage = 4.538%

34. How many students havecleared Civil Services and Defense Services

examinations, NET, SET,GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details

category-wise.

35. Student progression

Student progressionPercentage against enrolled

UG to PG:      19

PG to  M.Phil.

PG to Ph.D.   :  05

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral :Nil

Employed

· Campus selection

· Other than campus recruitment

Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity of staff

Percentage of faculty whoare graduates-

of the same university:   42.86%  (03 out of 07)

from other universities withinthe State:  57.14% (04 out of 07)

from universities fromother States:

from universities outsidethe country:

37. Number of faculty whowere awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the

Assessment period:  01

38. Present details ofinfrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library :  Department of Economics has a library run by own resources.

b) Internet facilities forstaff and students:  Available but not Functioning

c) Total number of classrooms :  04

d) Class rooms with ICTfacility :  01

e) Students‘ laboratories: NIL

f) Research laboratories: NIL

39. List of doctoral,post-doctoral students and Research Associates-10

a) from the host university: 08

b) from other universities:02

40. Number of post graduatestudents getting financial assistance from the

university:  280

41. Was any need assessmentexercise undertaken before the development of new

programme(s)? If so,highlight the methodology.

42. Does the departmentobtain feedback from:

a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes,how does

the department utilize thefeedback? 

Through discussions & Resolutions in Board of Studies &Facultymeetings.

b. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and howdoes

the department utilize thefeedback? No Such System

c.alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does thedepartment

utilize the feedback? No Such System

43. List the distinguishedalumni of the department (maximum 10)

1.     Dr. Rahul Srivastava

2.     Dr. Santosh Kumar Yadav

3.     Dr. Ramesh Kumar Yadav

4.     Mr. Chatthu Yadav

5.     Mr. Alok Ranjan

6.     Mrs. Vandana Tripathi

7.     Mrs. Ankita Srivastava

8.     Mr. Harish Pandey

9.     Mr. Saurabh Sinha

10.  Mr.SurenderSingh Yadav

44. Give details of studentenrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar) involving externalexperts:  U.G.C. Funded special Lectures and workshop, Seminar& refresher courses are organized from time to time.

45. List the teachingmethods adopted by the faculty for different programmers: Traditional andAudio-Visual. (Smart Class Approach)

46. How does the departmentensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes aremonitored? : Result and Placement.

47. Highlight theparticipation of students and faculty in extension activities.

48. Give details of ―beyondsyllabus scholarly activities‖ of the department. Debates,EssayCompetition, Lecture, Poster competition etc. are organize from time totime.

49. State whether theprogramme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies?

If yes, give details.: Yes NAAC

50. Briefly highlight thecontributions of the department in generating new knowledge,

basic or applied. : Through Research& Changes in curriculum

51. Detail any fiveStrengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of

the department.

SWOT of the Department of Economics

DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

52. Future plansof thedepartment:  

1.     Establishment of centre for RegionalDevelopment studies.

2.     Course of Master of Business Economics (MBE).

3.     Establishment of a rich departmental library.

4.     Establishment of computer lab for PG andResearch Scholars.

5.  Student Guidance cell to help them for preparation of Competitiveexams/NET etc. and academic support.

Under Maintanance

Research Projects (Last 5 Years)

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