Highlights
Introduction
Established in 1954, the Department of Economics (DE), Patan Multiple Campus is one of the oldest department of economics at Tribhuvan University in the country, Nepal. The department was one of the seven departments established in Patan Inter College. In 1959, it was upgraded and bigger after the constituent campus of Tribhuvan University. In 1990, the department run Master of Level in economics. It was a historical achievement to make wider academic vision, mission and goal of the department.
With highly qualified, competent, experienced and well known faculty members, the department largely conduct teaching and learning activities to 1000 students of M.A. Economics and 300 students of B.A. economics per annual academic calendar, along with research activities, dissemination programs and peer reviewed journal publications. The department has been publishing the Economic Journal of Development Issues(EJDI), a bi-annual journal with focus on economic and development issues continuously since 2000. It is available in Nepal NEPJOL.
The department is comprised of 13 faculty members team including one Professor, three Associate Professors and ten Lecturers and two administrative staffs. Currently, four lecturers are doing PhD in economics from Nepal and India, five faculty members hold PhD from Nepal, India and UK and one faculty holds Post Doctor Degree under Sir Parthadas Gupta Post Doc Fellowship. The remaining faculty has MPhil degree in economics. Only few have Master Degree in economics. This academic strength is the strength of the department for academic excellence and problem solving quality education. This strength is performing well to produce gold medalist award receiving students by scoring at the topper in MA economics in Tribhuvan University in the last several years. This reputation makes popular this department as one of best leading department in economics in Tribhuvan University and outside the University. Therefore, this department is a first choice of highly committed, professional and career oriented students in Tribhuvan University. Currently, more than 75 percent students working in the central bank of Nepal, Nepal Rastriya Bank, the Commercial Banks and the government of Nepal have enrolled. Besides, the academic backgrounds of students are divergent including management, engineering, agriculture, forestry etc.
The department provides MA and BA economics program at morning. In MA economics, the department offers six specialized papers: International trade, Agricultural Economics, Managerial Economics, Econometrics, Applied Statistics and Natural Resources, along with eight compulsory papers and thesis writing. Similarly, in BA economics, the department offers four specialized papers, along with 12 compulsory papers. These programs are effective in the academic calendar of Tribhuvan University.
Head of Department
Laba Shrestha
Assistant Professor
labashrestha1@gmail.com