Department of Commerce

 The Department of Commerce aims at training the commerce graduates with professional skills required to handle the ‘Finance Function’ in large sized corporate enterprises. The P.G. programme is to impart knowledge and skills required to take up activities like Investment and Portfolio Management, Security Market Operations, Forex dealings, Accounts for Managers, General Management, Taxation Management, Treasury Management and Management of Mutual Funds and NBFCs, etc.
The students belonging to this programme find placements in finance divisions of major MNCs like IBM, FORD, Fund Management & Stock Broking companies like M/s Karvey Consultants, software companies concentrating on Accounting Solutions, in addition to a good number of placements in Banking and Insurance sectors.
The Department offers Ph.D. programme in the fields of Finance, Banking, Marketing and Personnel Management.

Programmes of study
M.Com. Business Finance
M.Phil. Commerce
(Full-time)
Ph.D. Commerce (Full-time)

Entrance Examination
The admission for all the course is based on national level entrance examination. The entrance examination for admission to M.Com. (Business Finance) degree programme consists of objective type questions. These questions are mostly aimed at assessing the candidates’ basic understanding of concepts in subject at B.Com. level. The areas include Management concepts, Accounting, Banking, Organizational Behaviour, Taxation, Insurance, Costing, Statistics, Auditing. Legal aspects of Business, Business Economics, Foreign Trade, Corporate Secretaryship, Cooperation and such alike.
The admission for M.Phil. programme consists of entrance test aimed at assessing the advanced knowledge of the student at his/her P.G. level courses. It is mostly objective type. It is followed by an interview for assessing the students’ field of interest and communications skills.
The admission for Ph.D. programme is open twice a year. Based on the vacancies available with eligible guides and the field of Specialization that a scholar wants to pursue, the admission formalities are carried out by inviting the candidates for a written test and an oral interview wherein the candidates have to make a presentation on their proposed topic before a selection committee.

Infrastructure facilities
The Department has been housed in Science and Humanities Block II (IFloor). Airy and spacey classrooms with a Computer lab. (seven P-4 systems) with internet connection, Xeroxing facility, Overhead 2 LCD projectors for presentations constitute the basic infrastructure. A 24 hour internet facility with access to CMIE Prowess data base, SPSS statistical Software package, on-line journals from Science Direct, Epsco are the merited facilities in the Department.

Dr. P. Palanichamy, Head
For contacting on intercom numbers dial 2655991 to 2655998 and the number

Faculty Qualification Specialization/Interest Phone
Professor      
*P. Palanichamy Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) Banking Financial Institutions & Markets, Organization Behavior and Personnel Management, Forex & Global Financial Markets, Indian Financial System. 368,364
Readers
* K. Chandrasekhara Rao Ph.D (Nagarjuna University, Guntur) Corporate Finance International Financial Management, Investment and Portfolio Management, Derivatives Management. 367,364
Malabika Deo Ph.D (Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) Business Statistics, Portfolio Management, International Finance, Operation Research. 369,364
Lecturers
(Selection Grade)
S. Aravanan  M.Phil. (Pondicherry University, Pondicherry) Taxation, Finance, Accounting Cost & Management Accounting, Investment Management. 370,364
Guest Faculty 2 Nos.

* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars leading to M.Phil and Ph.D.