Department of Commerce

DEPARTMENTALPROFILE

1. Name of theDepartment: COMMERCE

2. Year of establishment:1956

3. Is theDepartment part of a School/Faculty of the university? FACULTY

4. Names ofProgrammes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated

Masters; IntegratedPh.D., etc.)– UG—B. Com, PG—M. Com& Ph.D.--Commerce

5.Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved:  N/A

6. Courses incollaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions: N/A

7. Details ofprogrammes / courses discontinued, if any, with reasons : N/A

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

9. Participationof the department in the courses offered by other departments: N/A

10. Number ofteaching posts sanctioned and filled

11. Facultyprofile with name, qualification, designation and specialization

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

12. List of seniorVisiting Fellows, faculty, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors:N/A

13. Percentageof classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise

information:N/A

14.Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:80:01

15. Number ofacademic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned

and filled

Technical :

Administrative Staff:02 Clerks,01 Peon

16. Researchthrust areas recognized by funding agencies: N/A

17. Number offaculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c)Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies and

grants receivedproject-wise. :N/A

18.Inter-institutional collaborative projects and grants received:N/A

a) All Indiacollaboration b) International

19. Departmentalprojects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,

etc.; totalgrants received. :N/A

20. Researchfacility / centre with: N/A

· staterecognition

· nationalrecognition

· internationalrecognition

21. Specialresearch laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies:N/A

22.Publications:

* Numberof papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international): 224(approx..)

* Monographs:02 (approx..)

* Chaptersin Books: 24 (approx..)

* EditedBooks: 01

* Bookswith ISBN: 05 (approx..)

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

HumanitiesInternational Complete, Dare Database - International Social

SciencesDirectory, EBSCO host, etc.) N/A

* CitationIndex – range / average N/A

* SNIPN/A

* SJRN/A

* ImpactFactor – range / average N/A

* h-indexN/A

23. Details ofpatents and income generated: N/A

24. Areas ofconsultancy and income generated: N/A

25. Facultyselected nationally/ internationally to visit other laboratories in India and

abroad:N/A

26. Facultyserving in:19

27. Facultyrecharging strategies: N/A

28. Studentprojects:N/A

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

· Faculty

· Doctoral/ post doctoral fellows

· Students

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

international)with details of outstanding participants, if any.

31. Code ofethics for research followed by the departments: As per UGC norms

32. Studentprofile course-wise:

33. Diversity ofstudents:

34. How manystudents have cleared Civil Services and Defense Services

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

category-wise.

35. Studentprogression

Studentprogression Percentage againstenrolled: N/A

UG to PG

PG to M.Phil.

PG to Ph.D.

Ph.D. toPost-Doctoral Nil

Employed

· Campusselection

· Otherthan campus recruitment

Entrepreneurs

36. Diversity ofstaff

Percentage offaculty who are graduates-

of the sameuniversity :           12 out of 19(63%)

from otheruniversities within the State:         07out of 19 (37%)

from universitiesfrom other States:                NIL

from universitiesoutside the country:            NIL

37. Number offaculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the

assessmentperiod :NIL

38. Presentdetails of infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library :      Departmental Library

b) Internetfacilities for staff and students: NIL

c) Total numberof class rooms : 09

d) Class roomswith ICT facility : NIL

e) Students‘laboratories : N/A

f) Researchlaboratories : NIL

39. List ofdoctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates

a) from the hostuniversity :

b) from otheruniversities :

40. Number ofpost graduate students getting financial assistance from the

university:NIL

41. Was any needassessment exercise undertaken before the development of new

programme(s)? Ifso, highlight the methodology.NIL

42. Does thedepartment obtain feedback from:N/A

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

the departmentutilize the feedback?

b. students onstaff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does

the departmentutilize the feedback?

c. alumni andemployers on the programmes offered and how does the department

utilize thefeedback?

43. List thedistinguished alumni of the department:

44. Give detailsof student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /

seminar)involving external experts:

Special Lectureon“Applicationsof Dempster-Shafer Theory of Belief Functions to Business Decisions” byProfessorRajendra P.  Srivastava, EY Professor,School of Business, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA on 18 December, 2018under the joint auspices ofDepartment Of Commerce, DDU Gorakhpur University,Gorakhpur and  Indian AccountingAssocation—Gorakhpur Branch (Venue: Department of Commerce,Time: 11.00a.m.-2.15 p.m.)

45. List theteaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes: 

a) Traditional, Case Discussion andAudio-Visual.

b) Online methods.

46. How does thedepartment ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and

learningoutcomes are monitored? :

1)  Through Internal Assessment in CBCS

            2) Departmental Programs,microteaching and student contacts

            3) Annual and Semester Exam Results

47. Highlightthe participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

A)Regular Partication of a number of students in NCC

B)Regular Partication of a number of students in NSS

C)Regular Partication of a number of students in Rangers & Rovers

D) RegularPartication of a number of students in Computer Training by Department of Adult& Continuing Education and MEDHA.

48. Give detailsof ―beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department.

Activeparticipation of members of Department in every such activity within theUniversity as well as by Professional Institutions like Indian CommerceAssociation, Indian Accounting Association, ICAI, Viswa Sanvad Kendra, International Society for Intercultural Studies andResearch, Kolkata, etc.

49. Statewhether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies?

If yes, givedetails. : NIL

50. Brieflyhighlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge,

basic orapplied:

Through Research & Updating ofcurriculum

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

the department.

SWOT of the Department ofCommerce

DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

52. Future plansof the department:

(1) OpeningCentre for Business Studies

(2) SelfFinancing Courses on

a)      Masterof Business Finance,

b)      Masterof Financial Control,

c)      PGDiploma in Behavioural Finance & Accounting,

d)     PGDiploma in Business Transformation

(3)Establishment of computer lab for UG, PG and Research Scholars.

(4)Student Guidance cell to help them for preparation of Competitive exams/NETetc. and academic support.