VISION
“KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION”
MISSION
❖Committed to prepare students to face a competitive world
❖Encourage Innovation
❖Sensitize students to changes
❖Prepare students for better business communication skills
❖ Inculcate higher values
OBJECTIVES
❖To make the department number one and our college as the premier institution in the field of commerce.
❖To equip the students with professional knowledge to face the competition.
❖To develop the students with technical skills.
❖To inculcate higher values for social transformation.
❖The main emphasis of the department is on improving the employability of the students in the present competitive environment by inculcating essential skills coupled with ethical values.
About Us:
The department of commerce established in 1968 is as old as the college and has a vision “Knowledge for the societal transformation”. It is one of the pioneering departments of A.V.college with 50 years of academic excellence. Since then, the department has steadily grown and achieved several milestones, with all the activities of the department being carried out. The department has been continuously rated as 5th among the colleges of twin cities for the past 6 years by a leading magazine “India Today”.
Staff Profile:
The department has 12 faculty members.3 has Doctorate,1 is pursuing Ph.Ds. 2 have M.Phil.'s, 1 have NET and SET and 2 have double P.G.’s. The faculty regularly organizes bridge and remedial courses for the students to familiarize them in the instruction of English as the majority of them are from vernacular backgrounds. Many of the students are poor and economically weak hence the department had introduced a novel programme called “Earn While You Learn”. Workshop and Seminars are regularly organized.
Many faculty members actively involve themselves in framing the syllabus for Taxation, Fundamentals of Information Technology, E-Commerce and Business Law and have suggested changes in the question paper pattern and examination system in the departmental meeting of the commerce department.
Courses and Programs Offered:
The department offers conventional, professional, and technical commerce education to the student’s community. The department offers 3 Commerce Graduates Course. B.Com (Regular), B.Com (Computers), and B.Com (Computer Applications). The department regularly organizes National Seminars, Workshops, FDP’s, Refresher Courses etc. In addition, it provides students with Industry exposure. The Department organizes various Guest Lectures, Field Trips, Commerce Fete, etc.
A departmental library with more than 500 books of academic importance is made available to the students. The department has established two computer labs with 100 computers and one well-maintained commerce lab.
Apart from traditional classroom teaching the department also uses modern teaching techniques like OHP, LCD, Internet resources; Computer-assisted teaching The faculty encourages the students in the ‘E’ content development and learning, creation of multimedia projects, development of logo, development of subject themes etc using HTML, other Web-based tools and other Micro Soft Office software’s like MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint for the presentation of graphs, slides, etc.
The teachers encourage group discussions, paper presentations, assignments, problem-solving, and participative methods of teaching-learning. To make our students professionally competitive, the department has introduced CA-CPT coaching in the year 2209. Personal and general counseling along with their parents are regularly arranged by the department.
Every year 15 to 20 MNC’s visit us for campus recruitment. The department organizes special coaching classes to the students to face the interview process. Special and extra classes are also arranged by the teachers to supplement the general teaching. Laisoning work with outside business agencies for employment to our students is done by our teachers under “Earn while you Learn” programme. Faculty members regularly attend seminars, conferences and workshops. Many study tours, industrial visits and training programmes are organized for the students.
Students Profile:
Every Year to bring all round development among the students, Department ensures that all the commerce students present a project report on every subject annually as a part of curriculum. Faculty encourages them to express their thoughts and share knowledge with the fellow students.
The Department has been following formal and informal linkages with Government Institutions, Universities, Professional bodies, industries, Professional Practioners, Advertising & Media agencies.
The department is actively engaged in research work. The department has many major and minor research project to its credit.
Many senior faculty members have authored nearly 25 universities prescribed textbooks on various Commerce subjects.
Many of our students are getting employment in various Multinational companies like Genpact, Wipro, Infosys, and Nokia etc.The department constantly liaises with the placement cell and provides intensive coaching & training in personality development and communication skills to equip the students to face interviews. Last year, around 20 B.com III yr students were sent by the department for a training programme in the Insurance Business by Bharat Axa Insurance Company for 10 days
Many Socially responsible activities like flood relief camps, blood donation camps in collaboration with “Red cross society”, donation of food, clothing, etc., are undertaken by the department.