Department of Commerce

Started in 1922, the Department of Commerce of the University of Calcutta had traversed a long way before it reached its present state with major indicators of development in terms of number of students, the number of teachers, research work, curriculum and course contents. Almost from the very beginning, the Department has been utilizing the services of a number of guest faculty members drawn from both academic institutions and industrial organizations of repute. At present, it has 18 whole time teachers and 28 guest faculty members. Many of the distinguished faculty members have done Ph.D. and are members of various professional institutions. Some of them have also travelled abroad for attending national and international seminars and conferences.

The Department, in keeping with the advances made in different branches of commerce, has revised the curriculum from time to time. The last revision of curriculum took place in 2002. Under this new curriculum there are 20 papers of 50 marks each for the popular M. Com. course run by the Department both in the Day and in the Evening Sections. It started its M. Phil curriculum in 1988.
The Ph.D. programme of the Department is one of the strong areas. Quite a large number of researchers have got their Ph.D. degrees in accounting, finance, management and other allied areas in commerce under the supervision of distinguished members of the faculty. At present, a good number of research scholars are carrying on research work in various fields of studies under the guidance of faculty members.The Department publishes a bi-annual journal, Business Studies, which features research-based contributions from reputed academicians and researchers all over the country. The Silver Jubilee volume of the journal has been published recently.