HISTORY OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND MILESTONES

• 1985 - Establishment of the Department
• 1990 - Researches commenced under Ph.D. programme
• 1995    Introduction of M. Com. course under Distance mode
• 1996 - Publication of an annual journal, ‘Vidyasagar University Journal of     Commerce’ started
• 1997 - Organized National level Seminar first time at the Department
• 2003 - First time holding of joint seminar with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi in which delegates from foreign countries also participated
• 2004 - Organizing a Re-union of ex-students of the Department first time since the inception
• 2006 -  Introduction of electronic copy of the journal (E-journal) and obtaining ISSN
• 2006 - Introduction of MBA course
• 2007 - First time holding of Extension Lecture programme at the Department by eminent Professors of the country

PROMOTION OF RESEARCH THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS

PUBLICATIONS (Existing Faculties)
            Books                                                 04
            Research Papers (Journals)         71
            Research Papers (Conferences)  04
       PROJECTS
             Major (UGC)                              01
            Minor (UGC)                              04            

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF FACULTY MEMBERS

Key Roles in:
            Introduction of M. Com. course under Distance mode
            Introduction of MBA course
            Developing a Computer Laboratory
            Academic supervision in running UG & PG courses
      Emphasis on:
            Continuous upgradation of UG & PG syllabi
            Using modern teaching tools                 

HIGHLIGHTS

1.                  The Department had first organised a regional level seminar in 1987. After an intermittent phase following that beginning, the department has been organising such seminars regularly on an annual basis since the year 1997 till the last year, the majority of which are organised at the National Level. In the year 2003, the Department organized a two-day National Seminar in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi attended by about 250 delegates from different parts of the country and even some from Bangladesh after which the Department came out with an edited volume, entitled “Commerce Education in the new millennium” after a second review of the accepted papers and including some other papers invited from noted experts. The Department had organized again a collaborative seminar on “Emerging Trends in Cost and Financial Management” on January 20 & 21, 2007 in association with another professional body of Accounting, The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India which was addressed by some leading experts from the industry.

2.         The Department has also been publishing a refereed journal entitled “Vidyasagar  University Journal of Commerce” regularly on an annual basis since the year 1996. Some of the articles already published in the previous issues of the journal have been referred in many research articles of other journals thus giving it the status of a Referred journal too. From the eleventh volume of the journal the electronic version is also available in the university’s website, www.vidyasagar.ac.in. The journal is highly acclaimed in the academic and professional circles for its quality and regularity. It has also recently obtained ISSN.

3.         The Department has successfully organized reunion of students first in 2004 and again in 2006&2008. There is an Alumni Association of the Department.

4.         As already stated the Department has experienced the joining and leaving of a number of teachers since the inception. Some of the former teachers of them are very renowned in their own fields at present. Prof. T. P. Ghosh, a former Director of Studies, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi and currently a Professor of Finance at University of Wollongong in Dubai, is a former teacher of the Department.

5.         In the university’s history of holding campus placement for its students, the Department has gained a very distinct recognition. In 2005-06, the first attempt of the university in this matter resulted in selection of as many as eleven students of the Department in the recruiting companies.

FUTURE PLAN

·               Diversification in the form of introduction of job oriented Certificate and Diploma courses

·               Introduction of M. Phil. Course