About the Faculty of Commerce.....

Government P.G. College, Ranikhet started its functioning in the year 1973 with a small room in Ranikhet and subsequently was shifted to its current location in Chiliyanaula in the year 1982. The College has a repute of providing good quality education in various subjects to the people of the region, which has been surrounded mainly by the rural areas. Looking at the importance of Commerce education in the world as a global village, the Department of Commerce came into existence in the year 2000-01 and started to function in the same academic session. It was started with a three-year Bachelors level program i.e., B. Com TDC, which was taught in a bilingual mode ever since the commencement of learning in the year 2000-01. There was only a single post for teaching staff sanctioned in the department. The classes at the Masters level were started with the academic session 2015-16. With the induction of the PG course the post sanctioned also were increased and at present there are 5 posts sanctioned in the Department against which 4 Faculties are appointed, two of which are permanent and rest two are working on a contractual basis.

The goal of Commerce department has been towards expanding the horizons of learning with the integration of global knowledge which creates an individual who is knowledgeable, competent, and Critical. A commerce graduate should possess traits of reflective and individual thinking through which he/she should be able to apply the underlying assumptions and theories in problem identification and solving the problems so identified with strategic decision-making. The program focuses on succeeding in this globally competitive world and making the learners acquaint them with the best in the world so that they develop intellectual autonomy, personal learning and become lifelong learners. At present the classes are being conducted at two levels:

Ø B. Com: Three-year course that is segregated into 6 semesters of theoretical learning, A student is provided to get a specialization in the subject of their choice in the last semester from amongst the subjects available to them in the syllabus.

No of Seats: Two sections of 80 each, a total of 160 seats are available in B. Com Course

Ø  M. Com:  Is a two-year course that is further segregated into 4 semesters, the students are motivated to apply their theoretical knowledge with a blend of practical approaches, as the students have to submit a project report to the department on the basis of the work carried on by them in functional areas of Commerce which is evaluated by the external examiner appointed by the University.

No of Seats: One sections of 60 Seats are available under M. Com Course

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