The B.A (Honours) Economics programme of SVC is a much sought after programme by students from across the country. Students who enrol in Economics (Honours) Programme receive Honours Degree after three years and Honours Degree with Research after completion of four years.
We offer B.A. (Programme) with Economics as Major as well. Students who enrol in B.A. (Programme) with Economics as Major shall receive simple Degree after three years and Honours Degree in Economics after four years.
The Department also offers a Minor Degree in Economics (To students other than Economics Honours and Economics as Major in B.A. Programme). All the above Programmes are as per Undergraduate Curricular Framework-2022 (UGCF) under NEP 2020 and the curriculum set by the Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
The Department has eleven permeant faculty who are committed for quality teaching, research and mentoring of students to realise their full intellectual potential.
The Department has a dynamic student body i.e. Economics Association that organises the annual fest. BLISSPOINT, which attracts national and international participation. On this occasion an Annual Magazine ECON EXPRESSIONS is released that contains students’ articles on contemporary socio, political, economic issues.
The Department conducts knowledge and skill enrichment activities/events for students such as Distinguished Lectures by eminent persons from Academic, Government and Corporate Sector, Workshops, Alumni Inspire Session, and Symposium etc. Few eminent persons who have visited the College in the past were Dr. Manmohan Singh, Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. C. Rangarajan, Prof. K.L. Krishna, Dr. Shankar Acharya, Dr. M. Govinda Rao, Dr. David C. Mulford, Prof. K. Srinath Reddy, Prof. Pami Dua, Prof Shreekant Gupta, etc. and the in the recent Dr. Arvind Virmani, Dr. K.K. Tripathy, Prof. Ram Singh, Prof. Rohini Somanathan, Prof. Aditya Bhattacharjea etc.
The Department has a very good academic progression and placement record of students. Students after completion of their Degree opt for either Post Graduation, Employment or Preparing for Competitive Exams etc. A large number of students in the last four years pursued higher studies in India & abroad the details are as follows.
India: DSE, JNU, SAU, IGIDR, MSE, ISI, JMI, IGNOU, University of Hyderabad, TISS, Ambedkar University Delhi, IIFT, GIPE, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, NIFT, IIM Indore, IIM Raipur, FMS, MDI Gurugram etc.
Abroad: Singapore: Nanyang Business School, NUS; UK: LSE&P, Imperial Business School, University of Edinburgh, Bayes Business School, Imperial College London, University of Bristol, Warwick University etc.; Ireland: Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin etc.; France: ESSEC, ENS De Lyon, Sciences Po etc. ; Germany: Hertie School , University of Bonn; Netherland: Erasmus University; Switzerland: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies etc. and many more institutes in Europe , Australia and Canada.
USA: UCLA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Boston University, University of Cincinnati, North-Eastern University, Stevens Institute of Technology NJ, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Georgetown University, Columbia University, Harvard University, University of North Texas, State University of New York etc.
Recruiters: D.E SHAW India, Accenture, Ernst & Young, S&P Global, Genpact ERP, FIS Global, EXL Service, Zenith Consultants, KPMG, Nomura Research Institute, United Airlines, PwC, Bain Capability Network, United Lex etc.
The Alumni of the Department are working in Academia, Corporate Sector, Civil Services, Not for Profit organisations in India and Abroad and contribute to national development efforts.