Department of Economics (Pondicherry Centre)

The Department of Economics, Pondicherry Centre came into existence from 15.12.1986

Programme of Study
The Department offers Ph.D. (Full time, Part-time (Internal & External )) M.Phil. (Full Time) and M.A. (Applied Economics).

Entrance Examination
The selection for the P.G. and M.Phil. programmes will be based on a written examination of 2 hours duration. For the M.A. degree programme the question paper will be set based upon the bachelor’s degree course and the P.G. level course will be the basis for the M.Phil and Ph.D. entrance test. The questions for P.G. entrance examination shall be purely objective and for M.Phil., it shall be both objective and subjective type.

Infrastructure Facilities
Good computing and Internet facilities are available

For more details refer Admissions
Dr. V. Nirmala, Head  (Pondicherry)
For contacting on intercom numbers dial 2655991 to 2655998 and the number
Faculty Qualification Specialization/Interest Phone
Professors
* M. Ramadass Ph.D (University of Madras, Madras) (On Leave) Agricultural Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education 372,371
* K. Sham Bhat Ph.D. (Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin) Public Economics, Monetary Economics, Econometrics 374,371
*P. Ibrahim Ph.D. (Kerala University, Trivandrum) Fishery Economics, Energy Economics and Health Economics.  
* M. Ramachandran Ph.D. (Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad) Monetary Economics. -
* Dr. V. Nirmala Ph.D. (Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai ) Agriculture Economics, Women Studies 376,371
Readers
* Dr. P. Muthaiyan Ph.D. (University of Madras, Madras) Agricultural Economics, Economics of Education & Regional Economics 375,371
* Dr.S. Harikumar Ph.D. (Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin) (on leave) Agricultural Economics and Human Resource Management
 Dr. J Srinivasan Ph.D. (Pune University , Pune)  Economics of Education, Public Economics & Econometrics
Lecturer
*Dr.Puja Padhi Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad)
Econometrics, Statistics, Financial Economics
 
377,371
Guest Faculty 2 Nos.

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