The Department of Economics is one of the oldest and largest Departments of North Eastern Hill University NEHU.

The Department was established in 1974

The department offers courses in Economics at the level of MA/M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D.

In addition to teaching, the department regularly organises (i) regional, national and international seminars/workshops/conferences as well as (ii) invited lectures by prominent academicians and development practitioners.

Some of the important areas where the department has established its research competence are: (i) Rural Economics and Rural Development,(ii) Human Development, (iii) Environmental Economics, Environment and Economic development,(iv) Economics of Health and Education, (v) Economics of Poverty, (vi) Fiscal Economics, (vii) Economics of Microfinance and SHGs, (viii) Financial Economics and (ix) Urban Informal Sector.

Courses offered-

The following courses are offered by the Department of Economics-

Post Graduate - Economics Department

Semester-I:

Microeconomics Analysis-I, Macroeconomics-I, Mathematics for Economists, Economics of Development-I, Public Economics.
Semester-II:

Microeconomics-II, Macroeconomics-II, Techniques of Statistical Analysis, Economics of Development-II.

Open Course: Budgetary Theory & Practice, Economics of Social Sector, Econometrics.
Semester-III:

Historical Perspective of Modern Economics-I, International Economics, Industrial Economics.

Open Course: Economics of Agriculture, Economy of North-Eastern Region.
Semester-IV:

Historical Perspective of Modern Economics-II, Indian Economic Problems and Policy, Environmental Economics, Labour Economics, Financial Economics.

M.Phil Economics - Economics Department

Research Methodology in Economics, Contemporary Economic Issues, Review of Literature

Ph.D Economics - Economics Department

Research Methodology in Economics, Contemporary Economic Issues, Review of Literature

Economics Department

Head: Prof. Bhagirathi Panda
Contact: 91-364-272 3171/ 3172

Contact-

Bhagirathi Panda
Department of Economics,
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793 022