VC PU MET THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS
VARIOUS TOPICS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
National
Tele24 News
Vinay
kumar
Chandigarh
In
an endeavour to understand the thrust areas of
various departments of the University, Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor(VC),
Panjab University(PU), Chandigarh, met the faculty of the
Department of Economics to discuss the academic development and the
research ecosystem in the Department. Prof.
Upinder Sawhney, Chairperson, made a presentation
about the department focussing on the Thrust areas of Research which are
Economic Development And Structural Change, Public Policy
And Governance Issues and Money, Banking and International Trade.
She also apprised the Vice Chancellor about the courses being run
by the Department and the future plans. The Dept. of Economics is the
only department amongst the social sciences running the B.A./M.A. Hons.
in Economics for the last many decades. The Hons. Programme under
the CBCS has also been introduced only in this Dept. The VC was
appreciative of the faculty achievements
and motivated the faculty to carry out more research as Economics
is one of the leading departments of Panjab University. He further
suggested that the faculty should focus on collaborative research
and funding from national and international organisations like
Niti Aayog, Ministry of Finance, World Bank, IMF, etc. He promised
that he will look into the infrastructure and manpower needs of the
department in order to strengthen it further .
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