Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College

Welcome to Department of Economics

ABOUT DEPARTMENT

Department of Economics of Ruia College is one of the most leading and sought after department in the subject at Undergraduate level in Mumbai.

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Under the autonomous status the syllabi have been upgraded to a large extent and new courses viz, Behavioural Economics & Corporate Finance have been introduced.

DEPARTMENT FEATURES

Apart from class room teaching a lot of emphasis is given on learning of software, data analysis techniques and project work.

Certificate courses in Applied Economics is also undertaken by the department every year.

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

SR. NO.	PROGRAMME NAME	DEGREE / DIPLOMA / CERTIFICATE	AIDED / SELF- FINANCED	YEAR OF STARTING
1	BACHELOR OF ARTS (B. A.) IN ECONOMICS	DEGREE	AIDED	1936-37

FACULTY DETAILS

SR. NO.	FACULTY NAME	DESIGNATION	QUALIFICATIONS	SUBJECT EXPERTISE
1	ADITI ABHYANKAR	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & Head	MA, Ph D	MACROECONOMICS & ECONOMETRICS
2	VARSHA MALWADE	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	M. A. (MONETARY ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS)	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
3	DEVAYANI GANPULE	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEAN,HRD	MA, Ph D	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
4	POOJA THAKUR		MA, Ph D	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, ECONOMETRICS

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

Guest Lectures

Mr Mangesh Soman on GST & Moody’s Index
Prof. Indradeep Ghosh on Demonetization
Lecture on Careers in Data Analysis by Rakesh Loonawat
Lecture on Careers in Development Studies by Abhay Raghavan

Seminars Organized

Conclave on “Indian Economy in The Global Perspective”, 22 December 2017- With Dr. Dilip Nachane(Professor Emeritus, IGIDR), Dr. Ajit Ranade (Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group) &Girish Kuber(Editor, Loksatta)

Workshops Organized

Behavioral Economics

Educational Visits

Coimbatore, Jaipur

ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI's

Sr. No.	PROMINENT ALUMNI	DESIGNATION	ORGANIZATION
1	Lord Meghnad Desai	Professor Emeritus (Padma Bhushan)	London School of Economics
2	Dr. DilipNachane	Professor Emeritus	IGIDR
3	Dr. Ulhas Gunjal	Senior Country Officer	IMF
4	Dr. Pushpa Trivedi	Professor	IIT Mumbai
5	Dr. Rupa Rege-Nitsure	Economic Advisor	Bank of Baroda
6	Dr. Shubhada Rao	Economic Advisor	YES Bank
7	Mangesh Soman	Vice- President	Aditya Birla Group
8	Dr. Chinmay Tumbe, (Contributed to Indian Economic Survey 2016)	Assistant Professor	IIM-A
9	Aurodeep Nandi	Senior Economic Advisor	British High Commission
10	Dr. SnehalHerwadkar	Research Officer	RBI
11	Ashish Shinde	Assistant Commissioner	Forward Trading Corporation of India
12	Omkar Joshi	Research Officer	NCAER
13	Dr. AmbarishDongare	Assistant Professor	IIM-A

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