COMMERCE MORNING

The Department of commerce at St. Xavier’s College enjoys a pre-eminent reputation for the excellence of its teaching in this dynamic discipline. It ranks alongside the most highly-rated departments in commerce among the undergraduate colleges of this country.

From a very humble beginning in 1946, today it is the biggest department of the college catering to more than 3000 students.

Our academic program is of the highest caliber because we believe in the transformative power of ideas. Our faculty, and diverse student body from various social walks of life, all contribute towards the same purpose: to maintain the department’s excellent reputation in education at the cutting edge of economic, institutional and organizational aspects of commerce.

We value an interdisciplinary undergraduate education with an emphasis on critical thinking and discussion of original texts. But then only concepts without connecting them to the real world situation may not always be desirable. Bridging both theory and practice is essential. In an effort to achieve this we have moved beyond the traditional methods of teaching. We bring together notable scholars, academics and industry heads from broad disciplines to foster an awareness of the permanent questions at the origin of learned inquiry through seminars and workshops on a regular basis.

We appreciate the exchange of ideas and breadth of knowledge that result from academics but at the same time feel that our students should also be aware of the social realities and challenges faced by this country. Our unique and possibly one of its kind “college to village and village to college” (which we call “Prayas”) project was devised to achieve this objective. Our emphasis has always been on the overall development of the students keeping in line with our motto “Nihil Ultra”.

The program in commerce leading to a B.Com. Degree is spread over three years and consists of six terms, each approximately of six months duration. The honours program is of 130 credits with specialization in the third year in any one of the following disciplines: Accounting and Finance, Marketing Management, and E-Commerce.Our department has been adjudged as no 1 college amongst all commerce colleges in India by India Today for which the college felicitated all the teaching and non teaching staff members on the 7 th of august. We have a very dedicated and committed faculty members who always have tried to enrich themselves by attending national and international conferences, presenting papers, attending various workshops. The college also organizes orientation programmes for the staff members. This year two of our faculty members have made us proud, We have COMPANY COMMANDER LT.(PROF) Dr. A P MONDAL, being awarded as the best ANO amongst all the Ano’s present there throughout the country in Special National Integration Camp (SNIC)held at Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) from 19th July to 30th July and Prof. Chanchal Chatterjee. Department of Commerce (Morning) submitted his doctoral thesis entitled “Financial Restructuring through Buyback of Shares: A Study with reference to selected Indian companies”, to the University of Burdwan and was successfully awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in July 2010.Apart from our teaching and non teaching staff members we have a very enthusiastic, vibrant and academically brilliant students. We have vedant tibrewal, pulak khemka and mohit gorisariya ranked as 1st , 2nd and 3rd in accounting and finance (h) group,. We have dhruv ray, shankit agarwal and raunak advani ranked 1st , 2ndand 3rd in marketing (h) group. We have abhishek chakraborty, bhawani Shankar baheti, and chirag jhunjhunwala ranked 1st , 2nd AND 3RD in accounting and finance (g) group and we have sangeet shah, liu wa san and Michel tanmoy gomes ranked 1st , 2nd and 3rd in marketing (g) group. Our students have also fared very well in their CA and CS exams as well as in all the other competitive entrance exams like CAT, XAT, MAT etc.they also actively participate in extra curricular activities, attend various national and international feasts organized by premier institutes like Christ university, Loyola college, SRCC to name a few.

COMMERCE EVENING

The B.Com (Evening) Department started in the year 2006. This prestigious program in commerce leading to a B.Com. Degree is spread over three years and consists of six semesters, each approximately of six months duration. The honours program is of 130 credits with specialization in the third year in any one of the following disciplines: Accounting and Finance or Marketing Management. The syllabus gives due importance to both theoretical and practical aspects of the discipline. As theoretical knowledge is the embodiment of ‘learning is doing’ of the past, a thorough grounding is offered in the theory of commerce and business studies covering accounting and finance, business economics and policy making, legal framework of business, management science, marketing, business mathematics and information technology. Weekly seminars impart practical orientation through presentation of case studies covering the course contents.

During the period from July 2009 to June 2010 the following professors of the department had written books, attended workshops and presented papers in various national and international seminars.

In 2009, Prof. Soumi Bhattacharya received her M.Phil Degree in Economics from Calcutta University.

The course is designed to meet the following objectives:

1. To integrate knowledge and skill that will sustain an environment of learning and creativity.

2. To provide for a high quality education in business studies and offer as a platform for those who decide to continue with higher education and research or pursue a professional career after completing graduation.

3. To assist to serve the needs of those who intend to work in the business houses or start their own businesses.

4. To enable a student to be capable of making decisions at all levels of management.

The students have performed extremely well in various competitive examinations like CAT, XAT and MAT. Two girl students were admitted to IIM Kolkata in 2010.

B.Com (Evening) students are actively involved in extra curricular activities both inside and outside the college. In National Service Scheme (NSS), the students hold a good number of posts of office bearers like President, Vice President, Secretary and Rural Co-coordinator of the working committee. In NSS, more or less 30% of student activists belong to the B.Com (Evening) department. The students are active members of the various college societies like XCS, XADAM and AICUF etc.

The following Seminars were held in 2009-2010:

• “Governing Business in 21st Century-Opportunities and Challenges.”

• “Financial Crisis and the Great Recession.”

Faculty development programmes have been initiated to improve teaching
methodology and to develop creative and innovative teaching style.

• Workshops held in 2009 –“Enrichment for Excellence”

• Orientation Programme for Commerce Faculty.

OBJECTIVE

The course will (i) integrate knowledge and skill that will sustain an environment of learning and creativity; (ii) provide for a high quality education in business studies and offer as a platform for those who decide to continue with higher education and research or pursue a professional career after completing graduation; (iii) assist to serve the needs of those who intend to work in the business houses or start their own businesses; and (iv) enable a student to be capable of making decisions at all levels of management.

OVERVIEW

This prestigious program in commerce leading to a B.Com. Degree is spread over three years and consists of six terms, each approximately of six months duration. The honours program is of 130 credits with specialization in the third year in any one of the following disciplines: Accounting and Finance, Marketing Management, and E-Commerce. While the general course is of 90 credits offering specialization in the third year in any one of the streams:

Students of the department will have access to all the infrastructural facilities including the library and cyber room. 

The Commerce classes are held in two shifts. 

Morning Session (6am-9:40am)
- B.Com. - for Boys only. 

Evening Session (3pm-8pm)
- B.Com. - co-educational (for boys & girls).

Salient Features of the Syllabus

The syllabus gives due importance to both theoretical and practical aspects of the discipline. As theoretical knowledge is the embodiment of ‘learning is doing’ of the past, a thorough grounding is offered in the theory of commerce and business studies covering accounting; finance; business economics and policy making; legal framework of business; management science; marketing and business mathematics. Weekly seminars impart practical orientation through presentation of case studies covering the course contents.

Student-teacher ratio

With a student strength of nearly 1100 and a faculty strength of 27, the department has a student-teacher ratio of 41:1.
 

COURSE STRUCTURE

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