The Department of Economics, established in 1974, is now a Department in the School of Economics, Management & Information Sciences. The main objective of this Department has been to impart socially relevant education at post-graduate level by a judicious mix of empiricism and theory. The courses of study and research offered in the Department have been designed to meet this objective.

The Department has given adequate coverage to North-Eastern Region in its research programme. Its M.A. students offer a compulsory course on North-Eastern Region and Environmental Economics. The courses of study in the Department have been periodically updated to capture the latest developments in the discipline. An adequate exposure to quantitative techniques is compulsorily given to all students.

The following are the thrust areas of research of the Department: Economics of Agriculture, Economics of Rural Development, Econometrics, Economics of Health, Economics of Education and Manpower, Economics of the North-Eastern Region, Economics of Energy and Transport, Quantitative Economics, Industrial Economics, Monetary Economics, Public Economics, Regional Planning, Urban Economics.

The Department has included the relatively newly developing field of studies in Economics in the curriculum at post-graduate level such as Economics of Social Sector, Economics of Gender, Economics of Infrastructure, Economics of Law, etc. This effort will further strengthen the teaching by introducing the recent developments in these fields. The Department is also planning to encourage the research in these and related fields of study in Economics with special reference to north-eastern region of India.

Head of the Department: Prof. P. Nayak.

Faculty:

Professors:
• S.K. Mishra, M.A. (Bhagalpur), MRP & Ph.D. (IIT, Kharagpur)
• N.Srivastav, M.A.(Rajasthan), Ph.D.(IIT, Kanpur)
• E.D. Thomas, M.A., Ph.D. (NEHU)
• P. Nayak, M.A. (Utkal), Ph.D.(IIT, Kharagpur)

Readers:
• A. Dubey, M.A. (BHU), Ph.D.(IIT, Bombay)
• B. Mishra, M.A., Ph.D. (Utkal)
• Gurudas Das, M.A., Ph.D (North-Bengal)
• U.K. De, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Burdwan)
• B Panda, MA, Ph.D. (utkal)

Lecturers:
• S. Umdor, M.A. (NEHU)
• W Tariang, M.A. (NEHU)
• P.S. Suresh, M.A., Ph.D.

Students' intake : Enrollment capacity

• M.A. - 55
• M.Phil - 20
• Ph.D - 20

M.A./M.Sc. Programme:

• Compulsory Papers: Political Economy; Macro-Economic Analysis-I; Mathematics for Economists; Techniques of Statistical Analysis; Macro-Economic Analysis-II; Micro-Economic Analysis-I; Public Economics; Economics of Development and Planning; Micro-Economic Analysis-II; International Trade; Indian Economy; Economics of Environment and North-Eastern Region.
• Optional Papers: Monetary Economics-I; Monetary Economics-II; Theories of Industrial Economics; Industrial Organization in India; Econometrics-I; Econometrics-II; Computer Applications in Quantitative Economics-I; Computer Applications in Quantitative Economics-II; Economics of Agriculture-I; Economics of Agriculture-II.

Micro Areas of Research/Ph.D.:
Economics of Agriculture, Economics of Rural Development, Econometrics, Economics of Health, Economics of Education and Manpower, Economics of North-Eastern Region, Economics of Energy and Transport, Quantitative Economics, Industrial Economics, Monetary Economics, Public Economics, Regional Planning, Urban Economics.