“Inclusive Development of Women with an Economic Perspective”
Reaccredited by NAAC,
Awarded ‘A+’ Grade
Reaccredited by NAAC, Awarded ‘A+’ Grade
Reaccredited by NAAC,
Awarded ‘A+’ Grade
Reaccredited by NAAC, Awarded ‘A+’ Grade
The SNDT Women’s University is the first Women’s University in India and South East Asia established in 1916 by Bharatratna Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve. At present University has six campuses at Pune, Churchgate, Juhu, Shriwardhan, Palghar and Ballarpur, 38 University Departments, 14 constituent colleges and 250+ affiliated colleges engaged in teaching and research activities.
The Department of Economics was established at Pune Campus in the year 1986 and it offers a two years on-campus Master’s Degree Programme in Economics with 16 optional subjects. The medium of instruction for Masters programme is Marathi. The Department also offers Ph. D. Programme in Economics in Marathi and English medium. With an internationally recognized Master’s degree, our students are employable in various sectors.
Strengths of the Department:
‘Inclusive’ Education as majority students are from rural areas and bottom rungs of society
Well Qualified and committed faculty
Personal Counseling and career guidance
Vernacular Language as the medium of instruction
Sensitization of current economic and social problems through interaction with faculty
Exposure to the advanced theories and analytical tools in economics with a view to understanding the current economic reality.
Introduction of tools of empirical analysis for employment in research institutions and industry
• Wide range of courses enabling the students to pursue specialization in subject of interest
• Organization of workshops, seminars and conferences to keep in touch with the latest developments and research.
• Essential exposure and guidance to students from rural areas to enable them to enter mainstream industry
To introduce the students to the advanced theories in economics.
To introduce the tools of empirical analysis for employment in research institutions and industry.
To organize various curricular and co-curricular academic programmes.
To equip students with analytical tools of economics to understand the current economic reality.
To offer a wide range of courses enabling the students in their pursuit of specialization.
To provide essential exposure to students from rural areas to enable them to enter mainstreams.
To generate the knowledge relevant to contemporary issues of the global and Indian economy and engage in research.
To teach and prepare a diverse group of students and equip them with knowledge and skills in economics.
“Inclusive Development of Women with an Economic Perspective”
UGC Sponsored Major Research Project in Economics
1. Principal investigator – Dr. Medha Deshpande
Title- ‘Notions Of poverty and Social exclusion in Development Discourse and its Dynamics among Migrants in Pune City (Period from 1/2/2010 to 31/7/2012)
UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project in Economics
2. Principal Investigator- Dr. Subhash Patil
Title – ‘Impact of Liberalization on the performance of Urban cooperative Banks with Special Reference to Pune Metropolitan (1998-2008)’ (Period –From 1.5.2009 to 31/10/2010)
ICSSR, New Delhi Sponsored Research Project in Economics
3. Co-Project Director- Dr. Subhash Patil
Title – ‘Social Sustainability of Smart City: Geographical Assessment of Utility Services (Civic Amenities) in the PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) Pune, Maharashtra by Studying Population Changes’ (Period –From 2020)
UGC Sponsored Major Research Project in Economics
1. Principal investigator – Dr. Medha Deshpande
Title- ‘Notions Of poverty and Social exclusion in Development Discourse and its Dynamics among Migrants in Pune City (Period from 1/2/2010 to 31/7/2012)
UGC Sponsored Minor Research Project in Economics
2. Principal Investigator – Dr. Subhash Patil
Title – ‘Impact of Liberalization on the performance of Urban cooperative Banks with Special Reference to Pune Metropolitan (1998-2008)’ (Period –From 1.5.2009 to 31/10/2010)
Projects Completed (Individual and Collaborative)
Dr. Medha Deshpande
2001 “ Study of Scrap Collectors, Scrap Traders and Recycling Enterprises in Pune city”
Completed under External Collaboration Contract with the International Labour Office, New Delhi. The Study was done as a part of Support for Policy and Programme Development Project of United Nations Development Programme and International Labour Organisation
1991 – “ Interest Responsiveness of Deposits” Sponsored by the State Bank of India ( National Project)
1990 – “A Study of Sources and Uses of Funds for The Farm Household Sector”
(Doctoral Dissertation carried out under the Reserve Bank of India Fellowship)
2007 Organized a Seven day Workshop on Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences.
Jointly with the Department of Economics, RTM Nagpur University. Sponsored by ICSSR Mumbai
Guest Lectures :
1. Shri. Rajeev Sane- ‘Arthakranti’-February 2009
2. Smt. Sumitra Gowaikar- ‘Global Financial Crisis and Indian Banking Sector’-February 2009
3. Dr. Rajendra Rasal- ‘Globalisation and its impact on Indian Economy’- March 2009
4. Dr. Vinayak Deshpande- ‘Impact of Recession on Indian Economy’-March 2009
5. Dr. Sanjeevanee Mulye- ‘Sampling Methods’-August 2012
6. Dr. Vinayak Deshpande- ‘Designs of Research’-August 2012
7. Dr. Pravesh Jung Golay-‘Empiricism’ September 2012
1. Foreign guest Lecture: Jointly by Department of Economics and Department of Commerce, Pune
Prof. Jaydeep Vaidya, Department of Management Science and Information Systems, Rutgers University, Newark. USA.
Topic-‘Research Skills and Opportunities’
Date: 10th January 2018
2. Swachchhata Padharwada: Jointly Department of Economics and other PGSR Departments, Pune on 29/09/2017
3. Patrapandit P.V. Gadgil memorial Lecture: Jointly Department of Economics, Pune and Marathi Arthshastra Parishad
Chief Guest: Abhay Tilak, Hon. Director,Indian Institute of Political Economy and Chief Editor ‘Arthbhodhpatrika’, Pune
Topic: GST: Concept, Issues and Challenges
Date: 23rd February 2018
| Non Teaching Staff | |
|---|---|
| Name | Designation |
| Mr.Vilas Baban Pawale | Jr. Clerk- cum-Typist |
| Mr.Dilip Shantaram More | Junior Accountant |
| Mr. Arvind Kamalraj Makwani | Peon |
| Academic Calendar 2014-15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Event |
| 9 June 2014 | Monday | Reopening of the department after Summer break |
| 16 June to 08 July 2014 | Admission Process for M.A. I & II student | |
| 09 July 2014 | Wednesday | Starting of Lectures for M.A. II students |
| 10 July 2014 | Thursday | Introduction of the subject and distribution of topic of Macro Economics, Research Methodology and Indian Agriculture for Assignments and presentation M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 11 July 2014 | Friday | Introduction of the subject and distribution of topic of Indian Economy, Economy of Maharashtra for Assignments and presentation M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 14 July 2014 | Monday | Library Orientation for Students Part II |
| 21 July 2014 | Monday | Starting of Lectures for M.A. I students |
| 22 July 2014 | Tuesday | Introduction of the subject and distribution of topic of Micro Economics, Industrial Economics and Agricultural Economics for Assignments and presentation M.A. Part I, Sem. II |
| 23 July 2014 | Wednesday | Introduction of the subject and distribution of topic of Economics of Growth and Development-I and Public Economics for Assignments and presentation M.A. Part I, Sem. II |
| 24 July 2014 | Thursday | Library Orientation for Students Part I |
| 04 to 05 August 2014 | Monday to Tuesday | Students Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Macro Economics M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 06 to 07 August 2014 | Wednesday to Thursday | Students Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Research Methodology, M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 08 & 11 August 2014 | Friday and Monday | Students Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Indian Economy, M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 12 to 13 August 2014 | Tuesday to Wednesday | Students Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Economy of Maharashtra, M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 14 August 2014 | Thursday | Intra class group discussion on the theme of Challenge before Indian Economy |
| 15 August 2014 | Friday | Independence day |
| 18 August 2014 | Monday | Holiday- Pateti |
| 19 to 20 August 2014 | Tuesday to Wednesday | Student’s Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Micro Economics, M.A. Part I, Sem. I |
| 21 to 22 August 2014 | Thursday to Friday | Students’ Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Industrial Economics, M.A. Part I, Sem. I |
| 25 to 26 August 2014 | Monday to Tuesday | Student’s Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Agricultural Economics, M.A. Part I, Sem. I |
| 27 to 28 August 2014 | Wednesday to Thursday | Student’s Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Public Economics, M.A. Part I, Sem. I |
| 29 August 2014 | Friday | Holiday (Ganesh Chaturthi) |
| 1 to 2 September 2014 | Monday to Tuesday | Student’s Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Economics of Growth and Development-I, M.A. Part I, Sem. I |
| 3 to 4 September 2014 | Wednesday to Thursday | Students Presentation and group discussion on topic First of Indian Agriculture, M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 05 September 2014 | Friday | Intra class group discussion on the theme of Challenge before Indian agriculture |
| 08 September 2014 | Monday | Holiday (Anant Chaturdashi) |
| 09 to 11 September 2014 | Tuesday to Thursday | Internal test on Topic 2 and 3 in the subject Macro Economics, Indian Economy, Indian Agriculture, Economy of Maharashtra for M.A.II Sem. III students and regular Lectures. |
| 12 September 2014 | Friday | Medical Checkup for Students at Campus |
| 15 to 19 September 2014 | Monday to Friday | Regular Lectures for M.A. Part I, Sem. I and Part II, Sem. III students |
| 22 to 26 September 2014 | Monday to Friday | Internal test on Topic 2 in the subject Micro Economics, Economics of Growth and Development-I, Industrial Economics, Agricultural Economics, and Public Economics for M.A.I Sem. I students and regular Lectures. |
| 29 to 30 September 2014 | Monday to Tuesday | Internal test on Topic 2 in the subject Research Methodology for M.A.II Sem. III students and regular Lectures. |
| 02 October 2014 | Thursday | Holiday, Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 03 October 2014 | Friday | Holiday , Dasara |
| 07 to 10 October 2014 | Tuesday to Friday | Regular Lectures for M.A. Part I, Sem. I and Part II, Sem. III students |
| 13 to 17 October 2014 | Monday to Friday | Presentation and submission of internal assignments in the subjects Macro Economics-I, Research Methodology, Indian Economy, Indian Agriculture and Economy of Maharashtra by the students of M.A. II, Sem. III. |
| 20 to 21 October 2014 | Monday | Completion of assignments , Syllabus and submission of internal marks to the Department of the students M.A. Part II, Sem. III |
| 22 October to 02 November 2014 | Diwali Vacation | |
| 05 To 14 November 2014 | Semester III Examination | |
| 17 and 19 to 21 November 2014 | Completion of assignments , Syllabus and submission of internal marks to the Department of the students M.A. Part I, Sem. II | |
| 25 November2014 to 1 December 2014 | Semester I Examination | |
| 2 December 2014 | Tuesday | Starting of Regular Lectures for Sem. II and Sem. IV |
| 3 to 12 December 2014 | Regular Lectures | |
| 5 December 2014 | Friday | Ph.D. Entrance interview scheduled |
| 11 December 2014 | Thursday | Meeting with Respected BCUD Madam related to organize Student Led Conference at Pune Campus |
| 15 to 16 December 2014 | Monday to Tuesday | Student’s Presentation and discussion on topic First of Macro Economics-II M.A. Part II, Sem. IV |
| 17 to 19 December 2014 | Wednesday to Friday | Distribution of the Topics for dissertation and preparation of Research outline to Sem. IV students |
| 22 December 2014 | Monday | Inter class presentation and discussion on topic First of Micro Economics-II by the students M.A.I Sem. II |
| 23 December 2014 | Tuesday | Preparation of Gathering Programme |
| 24 December 2014 | Wednesday | Gathering Programme of all Departments |
| 25 December to 04 January 2015 | Christmas Vacation | |
| 05 to 08 January 2015 | Monday to Thursday | Student’s Presentation and discussion on topic First of Micro Economics-II, Economics of Growth and Development-II, Demography, Rural Economics and Research Methodology M.A. Part I, Sem. II |
| 09 January 2015 | Friday | 64th Annual Convocation Programme- Live Telecast, Room No. 9 |
| 12 to 14 January 2015 | Monday to Wednesday | Student’s Presentation and discussion on Dissertation topics |
| 15 January 2015 | Thursday | Holiday- Makar Sankranti |
| 16 January 2015 | Friday | Finalized the Topics and distribution of the Guide for M.A. Dissertation Sem. IV students |
| 19 to 23 January 2015 | Monday to Friday | Regular lectures for M.A. Part-I students and guidance to M.A. Part-II students |
| 26 January 2015 | Monday | Celebration of Republic Day |
| 27 to 28 January 2015 | Tuesday to Wednesday | Discussion to M.A. Part II students at the department for Internship placement |
| 29 January 2015 | Thursday | Internal test on Topic 1 in the subject Micro Economics-II, Economics of Growth and Development-II, for M.A.I Sem. II students and regular Lectures. |
| 30 January 2015 | Friday | Internal test on Topic 1 in the subject Demography, Rural Economics, for M.A.I Sem. II students and regular Lectures. |
| 02, February 2015 | Monday | Meeting with Respected VC Madam related to IQAC, NAAC, AQAR, RAR etc. |
| 03 to 06 February 2015 | Tuesday to Friday | Regular lectures and various Day’s Celebration by Students in the department |
| 9 to 13 February 2015 | Monday to Friday | Regular lectures for M.A. Part-I students and guidance to M.A. Part-II students and Semester IV students joined various organizations for Internship |
| 16 February 2014 | Monday | Internal test on Topic 1 in the subject Research Methodology for M.A.I Sem. II students and regular Lectures. |
| 17 February 2014 | Tuesday | Holiday- Mahashivratri |
| 18 February 2015 | Wednesday | Intra-class discussion on Research Methodology for M.A. Part I, Sem. II students. |
| 19 February 2015 | Thursday | Holiday- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti |
| 20 February 2015 | Friday | Discussion and preparation by the student for Student Led Conference |
| 23 to 27 February 2015 | Monday to Friday | Regular lectures for M.A. Part-I students and guidance for paper presentation |
| 2 to 5 March 2015 | Monday to Thursday | Presentation and submission of internal assignments by the students of M.A. I, Sem. II. |
| 6 March 2015 | Friday | Holiday- Dhulivandan |
| 9 March 2015 | Monday | Intra class discussion and presentation on the Union Budget 2015-16 |
| 10 March 2015 | Tuesday | Participation of students and teachers in Torch Rally on the occasion of Women’s Day at Pune Campus |
| 11 to 12 March 2015 | Wednesday to Thursday | Preparation for Student Led Conference |
| 13 – 14, March 2015 | Friday & Saturday | Organization, participation and presentation of the papers by students and staff in National Level Student LED Conference at SNDT Women’s University, Pune Campus, Pune |
| 16 to 20 March 2015 | Monday to Friday | Regular lectures for M.A. Part-I students and presentation by the student in the subject Research Methodology on topic 2 and 3 |
| 23 to 27 March 2015 | Monday to Friday | Regular lectures for M.A. Part-I students and presentation by the student in the subject Demography and Economics of Growth and Development-II on topic 2 and 3 |
| 30 March to 1 April 2015 | Monday to Wednesday | Internal test on Topic 3 and 4 in the subject Micro Economics-II, and Rural Economics, for M.A.I Sem. II students and regular Lectures. |
| 2 and 3 April 2015 | Thursday and Friday | Holidays- Mahavir Jayanti and Good Friday |
| 6 April 2015 | Monday | Guest lecture- ‘Measurement of Women’s work through Large scale Survey and role of NSSO’ by Dr. Sanjeevani Muley and Professor Medha Deshpande |
| 7 April 2015 | Tuesday | Visit by students to Office of Population Census, Ghokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune |
| 8 to 10 April 2015 | Wednesday to Friday | Assignment Presentation by the student M.A. Part I, Sem. II in the subject Micro Economics-II, and Research Methodology and regular lectures |
| 13 April 2015 | Monday | Regular lectures and Internal test on topic 4 in the subject Economics of Growth and Development-II |
| 14 April 2015 | Tuesday | Holiday- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 15 to 17 April 2015 | Wednesday to Friday | Submission of Internship documents by the students of M.A. II, Sem.IV |
| 20 to 24 April 2015 | Monday to Friday | Internal submission of Assignments and pre presentation of dissertation by M.A. Part-II, Sem. IV students. |
| 27 to 30 April 2015 | Monday to Thursday | Revision of the whole syllabus and submission of internal marks by the teachers in all theory papers (Total 6 Papers) of M.A. I and II |
| 5 to 19 May 2015 | Final Examination of regular and repeater students | |
| 13 to 14 May 2015 | Wednesday to Thursday | Presentation of Internship and Dissertation by the students M.A.II, semester-IV and submission of marks |
| 15 May 2015 | Friday | Last day of second term |
| Academic Calendar 2018-19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Event |
| 20, June, 2018 | Wednesday | Reopening of the department after Summer Vacation |
| 20, June to 31, August 2018 | Admission Process for M.A. I & II student | |
| 28, June 2018 | Thursday | Celebration of International Yoga Day at PGSR Hall, Pune |
| 4, July 2018 | Wednesday | Tree Plantation Programme at SNDT College of Education, Pune |
| 5, July, 2018 | Thursday | Celebration of Foundation Day Programme of the University at SNDT Arts and Commerce College, Pune at 10.00 am. |
| 6, August 2018 | Monday | Commencement of M.A. I, Sem. I and M.A. II, Sem. III students |
| 6 and 7 August 2018 | Monday and Tuesday | Introduction of the subject and distribution of topic of Micro economics-I, Economics of Growth and Development-I, Agricultural Economics, Industrial Economics and Public economics for Semester I and Macro Economics, Indian Economy, Research Project, Economy of Maharashtra, and Economics of Co-operation for semester III students. |
| 8 to 21 August 2018 | Wednesday to Tuesday (10 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the first topic and assignment by the students of Sem. I and Sem. III. |
| 23 to 31 August 2018 | Thursday to Friday (8 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the second topic and presentation by the students of Sem. I and Sem. III. |
| 1 to 12 September 2018 | Saturday to Wednesday (10 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the third topic and presentation by the students of Sem. I and Sem. III |
| 14 to 26 September | Friday to Wednesday (10 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the forth topic and presentation by the students of Sem. I and Sem. III |
| 27 September to 06 October 2018 | Thursday to Saturday (08 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the fifth topic and presentation by the students of Sem. I and Sem. III |
| 8 to 10 October 2018 | Monday to Friday (3 Days) | Internal assignment, tutorial, proposal presentation and submission by the students of Sem. I and Sem. III. |
| 11 to 27 October 2018 | Thursday to Saturday (14 days) | University Examination for regular I and III Semester and I to IV Semester repeater student. |
| 5 to 17 November 2018 | Monday to Saturday (13 days) | Diwali vacation (semester I and III break) |
| 19 to 22 November 2018 | Monday to Thursday (03 Days) | Introduction of the subject and distribution of topic of Micro economics-II , Economics of Growth and Development-II, Research Methodology, Rural Economics, and Demography for Semester II and Macro Economics-II , Indian Agriculture, Research Project and Internship for semester IV students. |
| 24 November to 8 December 2018 | Saturday to Saturday (13 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the first topic and assignment by the students of Sem. II and Sem. IV. |
| 10 to 22 December 2018 | Monday to Saturday(12 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the second topic and assignment by the students of Sem. II and Sem. IV. |
| 24 December 2018 to 1 January 2019 | Monday to Tuesday (9 days) | Christmas Vacation |
| 2 January 2019 | Wednesday | Visit to Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics |
| 3 January to 9 February 2019 | Thursday to Saturday (30 days) | Internship programme for semester IV students |
| 3 January to 17 January 2019 | Thursday to Thursday (12 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the third topic and assignment by the students of Sem. II |
| 18 to 31 January 2019 | Fridays to Thursday (11 Days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the third topic and assignment by the students of Sem. II |
| 1 to 14 February 2018 | Fridays to Thursday (12 Days | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the Fourth topic and assignment by the students of Sem. II |
| 15 to 28 February 2018 | Friday to Thursday (11 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the Fifth topic and assignment by the students of Sem. II |
| 11 to 22 February 2018 | Monday to Friday(10 Days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the third topic and assignment by the students of Sem. IV |
| 23 February to 8 March 2019 | Saturday to Friday (10 days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the forth topic and assignment by the students of Sem. IV |
| 9 March 2019 | Saturday | Guest Lecture on the occasion of World Women’s Day |
| 11 to 23 March 2018 | Monday to Saturday (10 Days) | Time table wise and subject wise Regular lectures of the Fifth topic and assignment by the students of Sem. IV |
| 25 March to 5 April 2019 | Monday to Friday (11 Days) | Completion of Internal Assignments |
| 8 to 12 April 2019 | Monday to Friday (5 Days) | Presentation and Internal Viva voce examination of Internship and Research Project |
| From 15 April 2018 | Monday | Final Examination of regular and repeater students (Tentative) |
| 18 May 2018 | Saturday | Last working day |
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• Ph.D. in Economics
• M. A. in Economics
Department of Economics, Pune
SNDT Women’s University,
Maharshi Karve Vidya Vihar,
Karve Road, Pune 411038
