Activities Organized by the Department

Ecotryst Events

  • Freshers' Welcome for first year students - 7th October 2024
  • Rethinking Economics Festival, Thimphu (Bhutan) - 10th to 15th October 2024
    • Six students of BA (H) Economics (Third Year), under the guidance and leadership of the Faculty Coordinator, Dr Rupali Sharma, participated in an Indo-Bhutan exchange program for undergraduate economics students. These six students who were selected to be a part of a ten member team from all over India were Ms Ishitaa Bhagat (Student Team Leader), Ms Tanisha Jain, Ms Pashmeen Kaur Kalra, Ms Achint Kaur, Mr Aakarshit Sinha and Mr Rohan Papdeja.
  • Seminar on "An Introduction to Behavioural and Experimental Economics" by Prof Sujoy Chakraborty - 11th November 2024

Ecotryst Events

An Interactive Session with Principal Sir was conducted on 13th Sep, 2023. A talk on the topic "Prospects in Indian Economic Services" by Dr. Mohan Chutani, a former IES officer was organized on 18th Sep, 2023. A fun event "FILMONOMICS: Where Economics Meets Movie Magic" was conducted on 28th Oct, 2023. Ecotryst events conducted during Laskara, the Annual College Festival on 15th March, 2024: The first event, titled 'Beyond the Tragedy,' was a Case Study Competition addressing issues such as Groundwater depletion, Overfishing, and Overgrazing in specific regions of Punjab, Karnataka, and Gujarat. Six shortlisted teams from various colleges presented their solutions and suggestions for these problems. The second event, 'Da Vinci Code,' was a Murder Mystery where teams had to solve a series of puzzles and clues within a given time limit, adding a fun and intriguing element to the festivities.

 

Ecotryst Events

  • Candid Conversation on “Jump Start your Start Up Journey” with Mr. Sudhir Kamath (CEO, Ungligames, 9games),29-09-2021     
  • Candid Conversation on “Deep Dive into Data Science” by Mr. Suvadip Chakraborty (Vice President, HSBC), 08-10-2021    
  • Seminar on “Macroeconomic Policy in India: An Evaluation” by Prof. Partha Sen (Former Professor and Director, Delhi School of Economics),12-10-2021    
  • Seminar on “The Economic Consequences of a Divided World” by Prof. Jayati Ghosh (Professor, UMass, Amherst and Former Professor, JNU), 22-10-2021    
  • Virtual Workshop on “Open Data and Knowledge” by Ms. Sunita Malhotra, Communication Associate, Information Specialist, World Bank, 20-01-2022   Candid Conversation on “The Intersection of Management Consulting and Development Sector” by Ms. Seema Bansal, Partner and Director, Boston Consulting Group,  03-02-2022    
  • Seminar on “Agricultural Productivity and Prices in India” by Prof. J. V. Meenakshi, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, 11-02-2022    

Ecotryst Events

  • Workshop on “Using R: Beginner Level” by Dr. Vidhi Vig (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, SGTB Khalsa College), 20-01-2021    
     

Ecotryst Events

  • Seminar on “Behavioural Economics: Explaining the Rationale of Irrationality” by Dr. Shagata Mukherjee (Assistant Professor, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics), 19-09-2019 
  • Seminar on “Financial Literacy” by FinLadder, 25-09-2019    
  • Convergence’20 – Annual Economics Festival: Events – Fifa Bidding, Godfather, MUN (White House) and Sampatti, 27-02-2020    

Ecotryst Events

  • Seminar on “Economic Growth in India Since 2000 – From Boom to Crisis” by Prof. Surajit Mazumdar (Professor at CESP, JNU), 08-10-2018    
  • Workshop on “Open Data and Open Development” by Ms. Sunita Malhotra (Communication Associate,Information Specialist, World Bank), 02-11-2018    
  • Convergence’19 – Annual Economics Festival: Events – Committee Simulation, IPL Bidding, City Stock Exchange and the Godfather’s Dilemma, 28-02-2019    

Ecotryst Events

  • Conclave with Dr. Arvind Subramanian (Chief Economic Adviser, GoI) on “Indian Economic Scenarios – Challenges and Policies” presided by Prof. Aditya Bhattacharjea (HoD, Delhi School of Economics), 25-10-2017 
  • Convergence’18 – Annual Economics Festival: Events – The Rural Trilogy, IPL Bidding, Niti Aayog and the Godfather’s Dilemma, 26-02-2018    
  • Maraasim – The Alumni Meet, 17-03-2018    

Ecotryst Events

  • Talk on “Gross Happiness Index” by Mr. Nishmeet Singh (Senior Analyst, Outline India), 03-10-2016
  • Panel Discussion on “Demonetisation: India After 8th November 2016” with Prof. Arun Kumar (Retired Professor, JNU), Mr. Sidharth Mishra (President, Centre of Reforms, Development and Justice & Consultant Editor, Millennium Post) and Prof. CSC Sekhar (Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi), 23-01-2017    
  • Convergence’17 – Annual Economics Festival: Events – The Rural Trilogy, Art-o-nomy, The Messiah and the Godfather’s Dilemma,22-02-2017