Research Areas

Research activities which are carried out in the Department extend to a broad range. Prime focus has of course been on the Problems of Economic Development, especially in the regional context. Some notable specific areas have been Formulation Perspective Plan, Prospect of Cross Border Trade, Problems of Agricultural Growth in the State, Nature and Impact of Migration etc. Environmental Economics has emerged as a new area of research interest in the department.

Guides

• Srinath Baruah
• Kandarpa Kumar Barman
• Runumi Dowarah Baruah
• Madhurjya Prasad Bezbaruah
• Archana Sharma
• Sakiya Khan
• Nissar A. Barua
• K. Alam (Retired Head and Professor in the department)
• Gopal Bordoloi (Handique Girls College)
• Prabin Baishya (Retired Principal, Sualkuchi College)
• D. D. Mali (Retired Director, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship)

Scholars

At present forty-four scholars are enrolled under the Ph.D. programme of the department. Five of them are on UGC Teacher Fellowship.

Ongoing projects

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Srinath Baruah
  Title of the Project: Interstate & Intrastate Levels of Poverty In NE India.
  Funding Agency: ICSSR, New Delhi

• Principal Investigator: Prof M P Bezbaruah
  Title of the Project: Problems & Prospects of Growth of Indo-MyanmarCross Border Trade: Socio-economic Consequences for India's North Eastern Region.
  Funding Agency: ICSSR,New Delhi

M. Phil

The Department has finalized plans to start M. Phil. Programme from the academic session 2007-08 with a proposed intake capacity of 20.

Ph.D. Programme

Eligibility

55% marks in the Master level in Economics or related discipline.

Admission Criteria*

Evaluation of research proposal.

Structure

To be completed within 5 years. Extendable for another year on special consideration.

Intake capacity : 20