Loreto College, Kolkata

Department of Economics

The Department was founded in 1927, it started offering Honours in Economics from 2012 and since then it has traversed a very successful journey with its students and faculty members. Working on the objective of imparting quality knowledge in Economics, the department has been able to facilitate the nurturing of interest in higher studies and academic research. The academic performance of the department has been quite promising as reflected in the high proportion of students securing first class in the University Examinations every year.The Department also has been able to clock a good record in terms of the students getting admitted to premier institutions for further studies and achieving corporate placements in various prestigious companies, after the completion of graduation.

An annual journal ‘Reflections’ is published in which both students and faculty members contribute well- researched articles. Students participate in different inter college fests , state and national level seminars organised by the department and other institutions . Students get a basic insight into the nature of the development of Indian Economy and World Economy .

An annual Students’ meet - Ecolore has been organised by the department since 2014. This meet includes events like paper presentation, debate, essay-writing and poster-making.The theme selected for Ecolore every year is based on contemporary issues in Indian Economy which enables students to critically analyse and use their economic intuitions to logically reason and put forward their arguments. The department is planning to host an international seminar in the near future. The department also plans to publish a book with an ISBN number comprising of students’ term papers. Training students in various softwares like SPSS, Statistica, E-Views to help students in research work is in the pipeline.

Department of Economics Faculty

Dr. Rupa Ghosh

M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D. Head of Department Assistant Professor Department of Economics Loreto College, Kolkata View Profile