The Department is actively engaged in research works. Research is undertaken by faculty members as well as by registered research scholars. One feature of research works done in the Department is the diversity of areas on which research has been done. Research has been done both in theoretical areas and in empirical areas. Many research works carried on in the Department have been interdisciplinary in nature involving subjects like Economics, Management, Law, Sociology etc. At present there are about fifty registered research scholars working under the supervision of faculty members of the Department. Research works by individual faculty members are published in national and international journals. Faculty members also present the findings of the research works done by them in national and international seminars. The Department also publishes a refereed annual journal, “Business Insight”, which carries research articles by faculty members as well as by outsiders.
The Department had completed several research projects sanctioned by different funding agencies. Among them are: Planning Commission project on Industrialisation of West Bengal, West Bengal Government’s project on Functioning of Cooperative Societies in Burdwan, U.G.C. project on Derivatives Market in India, U.G.C. minor research project on Influence of Human Resource Accounting Information on Managerial Decision Making : An Empirical Study, Other projects are listed as follows:
ICSSR sponsored Major Research Project “Changing Characteristics of Rural Credit and the Problem of Financial Inclusion: A Case Study in Rural West Bengal” (Pravat Kr. Kuri & Arindam Laha) [Completed]
ICSSR sponsored Major Research Project “The Problems of Small Farmers, Crop diversification and Food Security: A Study in Rural West Bengal” (Pravat Kr. Kuri & Arindam Laha) [Completed]
UGC sponsored Minor Research Project: “Efficiency of Agricultural Commodity Derivative Market: A Study in India with special reference to Jute and Hessian Products in West Bengal” (PI: Arindam Laha) [Completed)
UGC sponsored Major Research Project: “Diversity in Sustainability Disclosure Practices by SMEs Engaged in International Trades: An Analysis of the Available Acceptable Standards” (PI: Prof. Santanu Kumar Ghosh) [Completed]
UGC sponsored Major Research Project: “Share Buy-back as a Tool of Financial Restructuring: A Study with Reference to Indian Corporate Sector” (Prof. Debdas Rakshit & Arup Kr. Chattopadhayay) [Completed]
Arindam Laha participated in a team of data analysis to prepare District Human Development Report, Hooghly by Development and Planning Department, Govt. of West Bengal (funded by UNDP) [Completed]
Arindam Laha contributed a chapter on Livelihood, Inequality and Poverty in the District Human Development Report, Burdwan, West Bengal funded by UNDP and Govt. of West Bengal 2014-15 (Jointly with Prof. Arup Chattopadhaya and Prof. Pravat Kumar Kuri)
Arindam Laha and Sumit Kr. Maji contributed a chapter on Banking, Trade and Commerce in the District Gazetteer Report, Burdwan, West Bengal funded by Govt. of West Bengal 2014-15. [Completed]
Arindam Laha contributed a chapter on Agriculture and Irrigation in the District Gazetteer Report, Burdwan, West Bengal funded by Govt. of West Bengal 2014-15. (Jointly with Prof. Santosh Kumar Dutta, Dr. Sita Lama) [Completed]
Burdwan University sponsored Minor Research Project: “Macroeconomic Fundamentals and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Industry” under Young Teacher’s Research Assistance Programme (PI: Sumit Kumar Maji) [Completed]
Burdwan University sponsored Minor Research Project: “Problems and Prospects of Women Participation in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kolkata: A Study” under Young Teacher’s Research Assistance Programme (PI: Dr Manidipa DasGupta) [Completed]
ICSSR sponsored Minor Research Project: “The State of Digital Economy in West Bengal: Is there any Role of Digital and Financial Literacy? (Arindam Laha & Sumit Kr. Maji) [Completed]
ICSSR sponsored Major Research Project: "Evaluation of Service Quality in Digital Banking Services: A Study in Western Part of West Bengal" (PI: Arindam Das) [Completed]
Manidipa Dasgupta is now working as an investigator/researcher of an interdisciplinary one-year major research study (during the period October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022.) financed by the National Commission for Women, Government of India entitled "Challenges to Scalability: A comparative study of selected women led MSMEs of West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar" along with three other members - Prof. Sharmistha Banerjee (Professor in Business Administration, C.U.), Dr. Abhik Kumar Mukherjee (Assistant Professor in Business Administration, B.U.) and Dr Ananda Mohan Kar (Associate Professor in Sociology, B.U.) [Ongoing]
The Department organizes seminars and conferences regularly. The Department hosted the annual conference of Indian Commerce Association twice. In collaboration with the Department of Economics, it also hosted the annual conference of Bengal Economic Association twice. It has also organized annual seminars of Indian Accounting Association (Kolkata Chapter) on several occasions. On an average the Department organizes one national seminar each year. In the past the Department had obtained grants from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) of the Govt. of India for organizing a national seminar on intellectual property rights (IPR). The Department also obtained grants from the MHRD of GOI for working as IPR Depository. Seminar in the recent past was organized in collaboration with ICAI, AMFI, EDI.
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