Department Achievements

It is a proud moment for the Department of Economics, Kristu Jayanti University, as our students distinguished themselves by securing top honors at the Independence Day Economics Fest organized by Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. Their commendable achievements in the Behavioural Economics Challenge and Air Crash Competition stand as a testament to their academic excellence and commitment.

Academic Year 2018-19 Participation In Academic Programmes

I. Participation in Workshop

S.No.	Date of Event	Title of the Event	Name(s) of resource person(s)	Type of Event	Beneficiary
1	28/09/18 and 29/09/18	National Level Workshop on Applied Econometrics	Dr. T. Rajendra Prasad, Chairperson, Department of Economics, Bangalore University Dr. Jyothi Manoj, Faculty, Department of Statistics, Kristu Jayanti College Dr. Justin Nelson Michael, Faculty, School of Management, Kristu Jayanti College	Intra	All M.A Economics students
2	04/08/18	Forex for You	Shri P J Thomas - Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Shri R. Sudeep - General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Ms. Rashmi R Menon - Asst Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Mr. B. R. Devanandan - Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Ms. Annie M Rajan - Asst Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Mr. Mohammed Imtiyaz - Asst Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Mr. Muthuraja M - Asst Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Mr. Michael K - Senior Special Assistant, Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore.	Intra	All M.A Economics students

II. Participation/Publication in conference

S.No.	Date of the Event	Name of the Student	Title of the Event & Venue	Title of Paper Presented / Published / Any Other
1	08/03/19	Achsa Mariam Thomas	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	An overview on the Horticulture Development in India *Paper Presentation*
	08/03/19	Shalini V.
	08/03/19	Liya Mariya Joseph
2	08/03/19	Boris Khaidem	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	The role of Government in Handling the Risks faced by the Farmers *Paper Presentation*
3	08/03/19	Gayathri VR	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	A study on the role of SHGs in Financial Inclusion with special reference to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh *Paper Presentation*
3	08/03/19	Deepa Das
4	08/03/19	Sunon G Zhimo	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	Economic impact of Climate Change on Crop Production- An Indian Agriculture Perspective *Paper Presentation*
4	08/03/19	Niloto K Chishi
5	08/03/19	Shalu KS	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Indian Agriculture Sector: Trends and Challenges *Paper Presentation*
5	08/03/19	Susanna Sajeev
6	08/03/19	Hemavathi V	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	Agriculture Marketing in India *Paper Presentation*
6	08/03/19	Pemchon Muivah		Agriculture Marketing in India *Paper Presentation*
7	25/02/19	Mr. Sunon G Zhimo	Samshodhan- National Level Research Seminar, Christ deemed to be University, Bangalore, Main Campus	Economic Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production – An Indian Agriculture Perspective *Paper Presentation*
7	25/02/19	Ms. Niloto K Chishi
8	25/02/19	Mr. Mudunuru Vijay Chand	Samshodhan- National Level Research Seminar, Christ deemed to be University, Bangalore, Main Campus	Investment for development with respect to Food Processing Industry *Paper Presentation*
9	05/02/19	Mr. Mudunuru Vijay Chand	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	Modernization of Indian Agriculture *Presentation, and Publication in The International Journal of Advance & Innovative Research* *(UGC Journal No- 63571, ISSN: 2394-7780)*
10	05/02/19	Mr. Sagar R	National Conference on Building Uniqueness of Agriculture Sector for Sustainable Development Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	Economic impact of agricultural tourism with special reference to rural development at Kolar *Presentation, and Publication in The International Journal of Advance & Innovative Research* *(UGC Journal No- 63571, ISSN: 2394-7780)*
11	18-19/12/18	Mr. Sagar R	Synthesize: An International Inter-Disciplinary Conference on Business Studies and Social Sciences, Christ deemed to be University, Bangalore, Main Campus	Potentials of Agro-Tourism as an alternative for the Heritage Tourism at Hampi. *Paper Presentation*
12	27/09/18 and 28/09/18	Mr. Mudunuru Vijay Chand	6th International Conference on Contemporary Practices in Enhancing Business Excellence, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore	Green Banking – Boon or Bane to India *Paper Presentation*
13	23/09/18	Mr. Sagar R	2nd International Conference on Research Trends in Engineering, Applied Science and Management, Osmania University Centre for International Programmes, Hyderabad, Telangana	A study on the Challenges of Community Involvement in Tourism with special reference to socio-economic aspects at Hampi *Presentation, and Publication in JETIR, September 2018, Volume 5, Issue 9, ISSN-2349-5162*

III. Constructivist Programmes:

Sl. No.	Date of the Event	Title of the event organised	Name of the Resource Person/s with designation	Type of Event*	No of Participants
Sl. No.	Date of the Event	Title of the event organised	Name of the Resource Person/s with designation	Type of Event*	Internal	External
1	31/07/18	Student Seminar Series: 1) Growth and Employment 2)Energy Sources in India	Ms. Susanna Sajeev and Ms. Hemavathi V, 2nd year, M.A. Economics	Intra	27
2	27/07/18	Student Seminar Series: 1) Foreign Exchange Market 2) Terms of Trade	Mr. Shalu Shajan and Ms. Pemchon Muivah, 2nd year, M.A. Economics	Intra	27
3	26/07/18	Student Seminar Series: 1) Impact of tariff 2) Free trade vs. Protection	Ms. Niloto K. Chishi and Mr. Sunon G Zhimo, 2nd year, M.A. Economics	Intra	27
4	25/07/18	Student Seminar Series: 1) Agriculture Marketing 2) Irrigation system in India	Ms. Deepa Das and Ms. Gayathri V R, 2nd year, M.A. Economics	Intra	27
5	20 and 24/07/18	Students Colloquium- Debate: Is India on the right track of planning?	All students of MA Economics 2nd year	Intra	7
6	06/07/18	Students Colloquium- Group Discussion: World Cup - Will it reinvigorate Russia’s stagnating sectors of the economy with an influx of foreign visitors and spending?	All students of MA Economics 2nd year	Intra	7

IV. Online Course Details

Sl. No.	Date	Student Name	Course Title	Course Provider
1	March, 2019	Achsa Mariam Thomas	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
2	March, 2019	Liya Mariya Joseph	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
3	March, 2019	Mudunuru Vijay Chand	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
4	March, 2019	Shalini V	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
5	March, 2019	Sagar R	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
6	March, 2019	Suyash Verma	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
7	March, 2019	Boris Khaidem	Statistics 101	Cognitive Class: An IBM Initiative
8	December,2018	Sagar R	MDSx: Macroeconomic Diagnostics	Edx, IMFx
9	December,2018	Suyash Verma	MDSx: Macroeconomic Diagnostics	Edx, IMFx
10	December,2018	Boris Khaidem	MDSx: Macroeconomic Diagnostics	Edx, IMFx
11	October,2018	Achsa Mariam Thomas	Economics of Health and Healthcare	NPTEL, IIT Kanpur
12	October,2018	Liya Mariya Joseph	Economics of Health and Healthcare	NPTEL, IIT Kanpur
13	October,2018	Mudunuru Vijay Chand	Economics of Health and Healthcare	NPTEL, IIT Kanpur
14	October,2018	Shalini V	Economics of Health and Healthcare	NPTEL, IIT Kanpur
15	05/10/18	Sunon G Zhimo	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
16	06/10/18	Niloto K Chishi	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
17	06/10/18	Pemchon Muivah	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
18	08/10/18	Susanna Sajeev	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
19	08/10/18	Gayathri V R	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
20	09/10/18	Shalu K S	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
21	10/10/18	Deepa Das	DSAx: Debt Sustainability	International Monetary Fund through edX
22	20/09/18	Hemavathi V	Accessibility Fundamentals: Disabilities, Guidelines and Laws	Deque University

V. Participation in other academic programs

S.No.	Date of the Event	Title of the Event & Venue	Resource Person	Type of Event	Beneficiary
1	05/07/18	Classical Economics-History, Theory & Policy	Dr. Alex M. Thomas, Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru	Intra	II M.A Economics Students
2	13/12/18	Guest Lecture on Conservation, sustainability and enhancing the natural capital valuation for the modern world, Kristu Jayanti College	Dr. M. Balasubramanian, Assistant Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics & Natural Resources (CEENR), ISEC	Intra	I &II M.A Economics Students
3	20/03/19	Guest Lecture on Sub-structure of the Banking Discipline	Mr. Jose P Varghese Joint General Manager, Regional Office, South Indian Bank, Bangalore	Intra	I &II M.A Economics Students
4	09/04/19	International Expert Lecture	Mr. Jahir Islam, Faculty, School of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Bristol, UK.	Intra	I M.A Economics, I M. Com FA and I M. Com Students

STUDENTS’ CO-CURRICULUR ACHIEVEMENTS (2018-19)

I. Participation in Inter-Collegiate Fests

Sl.No	Date of the Event	Title of Fest	Host Inst. and Venue	Name of the competition	Name of the participant (s)	Prizes won	Total No of Participants & Prizes won	Overall Position [W/R]
1	17/09/18	Oikonomika	St. Joseph’s College, 36, Lal Bagh Main Road, Shanti Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560027	Oiko Wizards	Team 1-Vinayak SC & Nirmal RS Team 2- Suyash Verma (I MA) & Johns George Team 3-Dayanandan & Ramprasad Team 4- Rositta Elizabath & Sheryl Riya Thomas Team 5- Liya Mariya Joseph & Achsa Mariam Thomas Team 6- Shalini & Vijay Chand Team 7 – Boris Khaidem & Sagar R	Participation Certificate	17 participants, no prizes won	-
				Devil’s Advocate	1. Sagar R 2. Johns George	Participation Certificate
				Connect –o-nomics	Team 1- Sangeeth & Ramprasad Team 2- Johns George & Vinayak SC Team 3- Suyash Verma & Sagar R Team 4- Niloto K Chishi & Pemchon Muivah	Participation Certificate
				Taboo	Team 1- Sagar R & Suyash Verma Team 2- Dayanandan & Ramprasad Team 3- Niloto K Chishi & Pemchon Muivah Team 4- Johns George & Vijay Chand	Participation Certificate
				Monopoly	Team 1 – Vinayak SC & Nirmal RS Team 2 – Pemchon Muivah & Niloto K. Chishi	Participation Certificate
2	19-20/02/19	Ecothon	Jain University, Bangalore	Innovative Mind	Vijay Chand Christo Thomas Jacob	2nd Prize Participation Certificate	12 Participants, 4 Prizes	-
				Ecowiz	Team 1 Christo Thomas Jacob Dheeraj Chandra Team 2 Achsa Mariam Thomas Liya Mariya Joseph Team 3 Suyash Verma Boris Khaidem	Participation Certificate Participation Certificate 1st Prize
				Ec’nact	Team 1 Vijay Chand Suyash Verma Boris Khaidem Team 2 Dheeraj Chandra Christo Thomas Jacob Al Swalih Shaik	Participation Certificate 2nd Prize
				Mad-Ads	Dheeraj Chandra, Abhijith V, Christo Thomas Jacob, Al Swalih Shaik, Ashita Ann John and Suyash Verma	2nd Prize
				Mix & Fix (Collage)	Team 1 Raidila Jennifer Ashita Ann John Simran Kamson Team 2 Liya Mariya Joseph Shalini V Achsa Mariam Thomas	Participation Certificate
				Ecostorm (Debate)	Dheeraj Chandra Ashita Ann John	Participation Certificate
				Chasing Capital (Treasure Hunt)	Team 1 Abhijith V Al Swalih Shaik Christo Thomas Jacob Dheeraj Chandra Team 2 M Vijay Chand Liya Mariya Joseph Suyash Verma Boris Khaidem	Participation Certificate
				Eco-Ing (Solo Singing)	Boris Khaidem	Participation Certificate

II. Participation in other co-curricular programs

S.No	Title of Event	Name of Student(s)	Prizes won
Sargotsav-PG Cultural Fest- 23/02/19
1	Western Group Dance	Deepa Das and Gayathri V R	1st prize
2	Eastern Solo Dance	Hemavathi V	1st prize
3	Western Solo Singing	Sunon G Zhimo	1st prize
4	Western Solo Singing	Niloto K Chishi	3rd prize
5	Eastern Group Singing	Boris Khaidem, Liya Mariya Joseph, Shalini V, Achsa Mariam Thomas and Suyash Verma	3rd prize

III. Capacity Building Training on Life Skills

Sl.No.	Date	Name of Student	Conducted by
1	26-28/07/18	Achsa Mariam Thomas	Centre for Life Skills Education, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore
2	26-28/07/18	Liya Mariya Joseph	Centre for Life Skills Education, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore
3	26-28/07/18	Mudunuru Vijay Chand	Centre for Life Skills Education, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore
4	26-28/07/18	Sagar R	Centre for Life Skills Education, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore
5	26-28/07/18	Suyash Verma	Centre for Life Skills Education, Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore

Publication:

Ms. Shama Stephen published a paper titled “A Study on Perception towards Mutual Fund Investment among Investors in Bangalore” in Shanlax International Journal of Economics March 2018, Special Issue of National Seminar on Contemporary Macro Economic Environmental Issues organized by Rani Anna Government College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Mr. Fahad T.H published a paper titled “An Empirical Study on Relationship between Health Care Expenditure and Per Capita Income in India” in Shanlax International Journal of Economics March 2018, Special Issue of National Seminar on Contemporary Macro Economic Environmental Issues organized by Rani Anna Government College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Mr. Awunghi Meiyarwung published a paper titled “A study on the impact of Migration on Healthcare Expenditure with special reference to Bangalore Urban” in Shanlax International Journal of Economics March 2018, Special Issue of National Seminar on Contemporary Macro Economic Environmental Issues organized by Rani Anna Government College for Women, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Mr. Fahad T.H published a paper titled “An Empirical Study On Relationship Between Healthcare Expenditure And Human Development In India” in KAAV International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Business Management, Special Issue of National Conference, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Department Of Economics, March 16, 2018, Bengaluru.

Paper Presentation

Sunon G. Zhimo and Niloto K. Chishi, IV Semester MA Economics presented paper titled “Economic Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production- An Indian Agriculture Perspective” in Samshodhan- A National Level Research Seminar for PG students on EMERGING PARADIGAMS IN COMMERCE organized by the Dept. of Commerce, Christ (Deemed to be University) on 25th February, 2019
Mudunuru Vijay Chand, II Semester MA Economics presented paper titled “Investments for Development with respect to Food Processing Industry” in Samshodhan- A National Level Research Seminar for PG students on EMERGING PARADIGAMS IN COMMERCE organized by the Dept. of Commerce, Christ (Deemed to be University) on 25th February, 2019
Sunon G. Zhimo, Niloto K. Chishi and Pemchon Muivah of II Semester MA Economics presented papers in National Conference on Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges, organized by Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore on 16th March 2018.
Shama Susan Stephen and Fahad T H, III Semester MA (Economics) presented papers in Inter-Collegiate Economics Fest Altius 2017, the National Level Postgraduate Economics Festival, organized by Christ University on 31st August – 1st September 2017.
Paominhao Haokip from IV Semester MA (Economics) presented paper in One day Inter-Collegiate Students Conference conducted by Jain University, Jayanagar, Bangalore on 28th February, 2017.
Shama Susan Stephen and Fahad T H, II Semester MA (Economics) presented papers in One day Inter-Collegiate Students Conference conducted by Jain University, Jayanagar, Bangalore on 28th February, 2017.

Competitions

Suyash Verma and Boris Khaidem, II Semester MA Economics won 1st prize in event – ECOWIZ (Quiz) in Intercollegiate Fest – ECOTHON 2019 organized by Department of Economics, Jain (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore on 19th and 20th February 2019.
Mudunuru Vijay Chand, II Semester MA Economics won 2nd prize in event - Innovative mind (Paper presentation) in Intercollegiate Fest - ECOTHON 2019 organized by Department of Economics, Jain (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore on 19th and 20th February 2019.
Christo Thomas Jacob, Al Swalih Shaik and Abhijith V, IV Semester BA Economics won 2nd prize in event - EC’NACT (Dumb Charades) in Intercollegiate Fest - ECOTHON 2019 organized by Department of Economics, Jain (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore on 19th and 20th February 2019.
Suyash Verma, II MA Economics & Christo Thomas Jacob, Al Swalih Shaik, Abhijith V, Dheeraj Chandra and Ashita Ann John, IV Semester BA Economics won 2nd prize in event – MAD-ADS in Intercollegiate Fest – ECOTHON 2019 organized by Department of Economics, Jain (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore on 19th and 20th February 2019.
Deepa Das and Niloto K Chishi, I Semester MA Economics won 3rd prize in Mock Stock event in Economic Fest organized by St. Joseph College, Bangalore on 29th August 2017.
Leo Luckose and Suyash Verma, V Semester BA (HEP) won 3rd prize in Quiz event in Economic Fest organized by St. Joseph College, Bangalore on 29th August 2017.
Fahad T H, II Semester MA Economics won 1st prize in Corporate Walk & 1st prize in Treasure Hunt in the Intercollegiate State Level Competition organized by Al-Ameen Arts, Science & Commerce College, Bangalore on 19th April, 2017.
Fahad T H, I Semester MA Economics won the 1st prize in the event "Banking & Insurance" in Impulse- the Intra Department Fest of the PG Department of Commerce, Kristu Jayanti College, conducted on 1st and 2nd September, 2016.