Department of Economics

About the Department

Womenâ€™s College, Calcutta is an age-old institution for girls. The department of Economics exists since 1962. Before that the department was jointly run with Political Science as the Department of Civics and Political Science. In 1962, this single department broke into two autonomous departments - Political Science and Economics. Prof. Binoy Paul was the first head of the department and Dr Indrani Sen had been in charge of the department from 1984 to January, 2022.

Welcome address by Dr Indrani Sen

Swapna Mukherjee Memorial Lecture
By Dr Sanghita Bhattacharjee

Courses Offered

B.A. (General) Economics

Conferences and Workshops

Topic	Funded By	Period
Rural Reconstruction in India: Challenges and Practices	UGC	2.12.2016
Skill development and Capacity building of Academic Backup Service	NSOU	February, 2015
Revisiting Tagoreâ€™s contribution into Performing arts and Contemporary Development	RBU	August, 2013
Empowerment of the Youth in the light of Vivekananda	Satyapriya College of Education	January, 2012

Dr Sudakshina Gupta, University of Calcutta giving the Keynote address on 2.12.16

Dr Alok Sen, Assam University interacting with students on 2.12.16

Student projects

Our students are encouraged to do projects in order to improve their critical observation and writing skills.

Topic	Period
Covid 19 and its Impact on the Indian Economy Completed by students of Semester II and Semester IV	2020
Status of Women in India: An Economic Overview Completed by Students of II Year	2015
News with Eco-Views: A news Bulletin with glimpses of global recession	2009
Socio-Economic Condition of the Students of Womenâ€™s College, Calcutta	2007

Infrastructural facilities

Departmental Library

We have a departmental library. The responsibility of the maintenance along with the regular borrowing is shouldered by a few students under the supervision of the teachers of the department. Apart from text books, there are a number of reading materials. We also file up question papers of both College and University Examinations in the departmental library so that the students can have easy access to these papers

Student enrichment programme

Group discussions
Student seminars and projects are undertaken on a regular basis
Students are encouraged to join quiz and essay competitions held by different colleges in the virtual platform
The students prepare charts and graphs on economic issues and display these in their assigned classroom
Students volunteer for board work as per the demand of topics covered in class

Student at a seminar class

Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

1. Lecture Method & Board work

2. Use of Diagrams, Tables, Graphs and Charts

3. Reading Assignments in journals and related reading materials

4. Group discussion on contemporary issues from the newspapers

5. Class tests on regular intervals

6. Power Pointâ€™s are shared online through their assigned classrooms in G-Suite

9. Study materials are sent online

10. Extra classes on Google meet

Online Learning

The Department of Economics with the help of IQAC, Womenâ€™s College, Calcutta has introduced Google Classroom facilities under G-Suite for the students of undergraduate classes during the pandemic. The students and faculty use computers, laptop, tablet or mobile phones with an internet connection for regular scheduled classes. The Google Classroom makes it easier to assign tasks, keep a record on them and assess each studentâ€™s performance. At the same time, it enables students to organise their activities, clarify doubts and do their assignments. This addresses the digital yearning of new generation and is aimed at making the teaching-learning process more interactive, attractive and productive.