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. The Department of Economics through their curriculam tries to focus on economic study and analysis, policy framing and implementation issues faced by the Indian Government and RBI along with the analysis of other economies in the world. The department thrives to reach standards of excellence in teaching, research and consultancy. Departmental strength consists of three Associate Professors and one Aassistant Professor specialized in varied areas of Economics.

COURSE INTRODUCTION

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

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

SR.

NO.

PROGRAMME NAME

DEGREE / DIPLOMA / CERTIFICATE

AIDED / SELF- FINANCED

YEAR OF STARTING

BACHELOR OF ARTS (B. A.) IN ECONOMICS

DEGREE

AIDED

1936-37

FACULTY DETAILS

SR. NO.	FACULTY NAME	DESIGNATION	QUALIFICATIONS	SUBJECT EXPERTISE
1	VARSHA MALWADE	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HEAD of DEPARTMENT	MA, NET	MONETARY ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
2	ADITI ABHYANKAR	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR	MA, Ph D	MACROECONOMICS & ECONOMETRICS
3	DEVAYANI GANPULE	ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEAN,HRD	MA, Ph D	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
4	ATISH NIKAM	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	MA, NET

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

The Department organized a talk on ‘Reading the Map of the Global Economy’ by Sandesh Samant, Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies of the College on 9^th July, 2019.
Department of Economics in association with Ruia College Alumni Association organised a talk by Mr. Chandrashekhar Tilak on Saturday 3^rd August 2019. The topic of discussion was 'Union Budget Analysis'. Mr. Chandrashekhar Tilak, the Executive Vice President of NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited) presented an analysis on the Annual Budget 2019-2020.
The Department in association with Forum of Free Enterprise organised the A. D. Shroff Memorial Elocution Competition (College Round) on Friday, 13^th September 2019.
On 17^th December 2019, Mr. Arnav Deshpande, an alumnus of Ruia College, currently studying in Delhi School of Economics (DSE) conducted a seminar. The topic for the first half of session was 'How to prepare for Economics entrance exams'. Topic for the second half of session was 'Matching Theory' which is a part of normative economics.
Dr. Ambarish Dongre, Assistant Professor (Economics), IIM- Ahemedabad and an alumnus of the Department, was invited to interact with students of FY, SY, TYBA/ BSc on 20^th February 2020.
Department of Economics organized the annual departmental festival- ELIXIR 2020, under the College festival ‘Samanvay’. The festival was held on 2^nd January 2020. It was the 10^th edition of the festival which was held as an intra-collegiate event. The inauguration of the event was done on 2^nd January. The festival consisted of four events namely ‘Pitch on this Pitch’, ‘Photowalk’, ‘Economeme’ and ‘Hai Himmat Toh Laga Kimmat’. A range of ‘fun with education’ activities were organized in the college Quadrangle using the space in front of the library.
The Department of Economics organized ‘Arth: Between the Lines- a Film Festival taking us from the Seen to the Unseen’. This involved the screening of four different films that were related to socio-economic and political aspects of the society. The screening was followed by a discussion between the teachers and students.

ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI

Sr. No.	PROMINENT ALUMNI	DESIGNATION	ORGANIZATION
1	Lord Meghnad Desai	Professor Emeritus (Padma Bhushan)	London School of Economics
2	Dr. Dilip Nachane	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. Snehal Herwadkar	Research Officer	RBI
11	Ashish Shinde	Assistant Commissioner	Forward Trading Corporation of India
12	Omkar Joshi	Research Officer	NCAER
13	Dr. Ambarish Dongare	Assistant Professor	IIM-A

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