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M.A. Economics (with specialisation in the World Economy) Introduction A new and unique Master’s programme (M.A.) in Economics was introduced by the department in 1995/96. Keeping in mind the changing economic environment of India and its growing integration with the global economy, this new M.A. programme was designed with a clear emphasis on emerging global issues like trade, technology, environment, natural resources, currency and finance, regulatory economics, information economics, which makes it unique and distinct from conventional M.A. programmes in economics offered elsewhere in India. The programme provides sound theoretical background in the principles of Economics and equips students with analytical tools and techniques for understanding the evolution of the world economy. Apart from preparing students for advanced research work, the programme also aims at training students as professional economists for the government, non-government and the corporate sectors. The broad objectives of the M.A programme:
This MA programme proved to be highly successful and a most popular MA Economics programme in the country. This is evident from the increasing number of applications we receive every year (exceeding 1000+ for only 20 seats). In less than a decade, MA’s from our department have already started establishing themselves as successful economists in the academic and the corporate world. After completing the MA, our students have gone for higher studies in India and abroad including some of the top schools of the world (LSE, Princeton, Yale, Rochester, NYU, Ohio State and many more). Some have received lucrative job offers from the top corporates (GE, HSBC, ICICI, Infosys, American Express, Exim Bank, CII, Churchill India among others). There is an active placement cell in the Centre run by students themselves.
Course Structure On the whole the student has to study nine core and seven optional courses, each carrying a credit of 4 points. The nine core courses are allocated over the semesters as follows: First Semester – Monsoon
IE 401 Microeconomics I - Saptarshi Mukherjee Second Semester -- Winter
IE 405 Microeconomics II - Sangeeta Bansal Third Semester -- Monsoon IE 505 Balance of Payments - Abhijit Sen Gupta The seven optional
papers that run through the third and fourth semesters are to be IE Topics in Mathematical Economics IE 510 Environmental Economics - Meeta K. Mehra & Sangeeta Bansal IE 515 Natural Resource Economics - Alokesh Barua IE 518 Corporate Finance IE Investment Finance and Economic Policy IE 523 Banking, Regulation and Financial Stability IE 504 Advanced Econometrics - K. L. Krishna IE 514 Applied Econometrics - Mandira Sarma IE 521 Economics of Technology and Development - Amit Shovon Roy IE 516 Transnational Corporations, Technology Transfer and R&D - Manoj Pant IE 502 Recent Developments in Trade Theory - Manoj Pant IE 513 Introduction to the World Economy IE 522 Public Economics IE 524 Economic Regulation - Meeta K Mehra IE 520 Law and Economics - Shubhashis Gangopadhyay
(New Course)
Information Economics and its Application - Sangeeta Bansal
Eligibility
Admissions Procedure More than 1000 applications are received for the 20 seats in our MA programme. Foreign students are exempt from appearing for the written test. They can apply for admission directly as per JNU guidelines given in the prospectus. (International Students)
Evaluation and Grading
System At CITD, special emphasis is laid on developing the articulation skills of students. Many of the courses are evaluated on the basis of mid- and end-semester written examinations as well as class presentations and term papers. Besides, every student has to participate in a weekly departmental student seminar cum debate on issues of current economic interest. |
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