Faculty

Dr. Amelia Correa	M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.	Head of Department, Associate Professor
Dr. Kashmira P. Mody	M.A.,N.E.T., Ph.D.	Associate Professor

Department of Business Economics:

Dr. Graciella Tavares

M.A., Ph.D.

Head of Department and Associate Professor

Highlights of the Departments of Economics and Business Economics

2018-2019

Guest Lectures
• June 2018: Aruna Roy on “The RTI Story.”
• December 2018: Express talk on “Fake News.”
• January 2019: Niranjan Mendonca on “Employability after Graduation.”
• March 2019: Karan Shah (CEO Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics) and Prof.
Indradeep Ghosh on “Latest Career Options for Economics Students.”

Annual Lecture Series: On The Frontiers of Economics
• February 2019: Prof. Indradeep Ghosh on “Cryptocurrencies” and “Why Tech
Companies Are Hiring Economists.”
• February 2019: Prof. Shagata Mukherjee on “Behavioural Economics.”

Field Trip
• January 2018: Visit to Maharashtra Nature Park

Subject Related Cocurricular Activities:
• August-September 2018: Unscrambled: The Economics Word: I-II-III-IV
• January 2019: EcoQuiz-I
• February 2019: EcoQuiz-II
• February 2019: EcoQuiz-II
• March 2019: EcoCrossWord
Annual Conference (Details Below)

2017-2018

Certificate Course
• September 2017: Basics of Research Methodology for S.Y.B.A. students

Guest Lectures
• August 2017: Faculty from Athena Institute on “Business Studies.”
• September 2017: Prof. Kevin Miranda on “How to invest in the Stock Market.”
• February 2018: AIIM EduSysPvt on “Banking and Financial Services.”

Field Trip
• February 2018: Visit to Sula Wines

Subject Related Cocurricular Activities:
• August 2017: EcoQuiz-I
• August 2017: EcoQuiz-II
• September 2017: EcoCrossword-I
• October 2017: EcoQuiz-III
• February 2018: EcoQuiz-IV
• February 2018: EcoQuiz-V
• March 2018: EcoCrossword-I

Annual Seminar (Details Below)

2016-2017

Guest Lectures

• July 2016: Team from Indian Express on “Modi and the Indian Economy.”
• August 2016: Principal Agnelo Menezes on “Careers Through Economics.”
• January 2017: Oscar Gomes on “Demonetisation: A Banker’s Point of View.”
Field Trip
• January 2017: Visit to Mahalakshmi Saras Mela
Subject Related Cocurricular Activities:
• June 2016: EcoQuiz-I
• July 2016: EcoQuiz-II
• July 2016: EcoWordMash-I
• September 2016: EcoQuiz-III

Annual Symposium (Details Below)

ANNUAL CONFERENCES / SYMPOSIA

2018-2019 National Symposium: Ethics

March 15, 2019
Keynote Address: Dr. Murzban Jal
Special Lecture: Dr. Indradeep Ghosh
Invited Lecture: Aarti Saxena
Panel Discussion: Naresh Fernandes, Veena Gidwani and Carol Andrade

Keynote Speaker Prof. Murzban Jal | Special Lecture Prof. Indradeep Ghosh

2017-2018 National Symposium (UGC Sponsored): The Economics of Pollution

March 15, 2018
Keynote Address: Dr. Claude Alvares
Key Speakers: I.G.I.D.R. Professor of Environmental Policy Sudhakar Yedla
Environmental Activist Mr. Bittu Sahgal
Activist Mr. Hussain Indorewala

Keynote speaker Mr. Claude Alvares | Special Lecture Mr. Bittu Sahgal

2016-2017 National Symposium (UGC Sponsored): Good Governance

February 25, 2017
Special Lecture: Retd. Sukhamoy Chakravarty Professor of Economics (Jawaharlal Nehru
University) Arun Kumar
Key Speakers: Former Central Information Commissioner and RTI Activist
Mr. Shailesh Gandhi
Panel Discussion: Mr. Darryl D’Monte, Dr. Rohini Pandit, Prof. Sudha Mohan, Mr. Inderpal
Singh, moderated by Mr. Ernest Fernandes

Keynote Speaker Prof Arun Kumar | Special Lecture Mr. Shailesh Gandhi

2015-2016 National Seminar (UGC Sponsored): Displacement Issues

February 20, 2016
Keynote Address: Dr. Asmita Kabra
Special Lecture: Sarmistha Pattanaik
Documentary Screening: A Narmada Diary by Anand Patwardhan and Simanthini Dhuru
Book Discussion: The Narmada Damned by Dilip D’Souza

Keynote Speaker Dr. Ashmita Kahra | Special Lecture Dr. Sarmistha Pattnaik

2014-2015 National Seminar (UGC Sponsored): Gender Matters

February 21, 2015
Keynote Address: Dr. Lekha Chakraborty
Key Speakers: Dr. Veena Devasthali, Ms. Reena Bansal, Dr. Irfan Engineer, Mr. Harsh
Mander, Dr. Marina Pereira, Dr. Vibhuti Patel

2013-2014 Interdisciplinary Conference: Labour Market Dynamics

February 18, 2014
Keynote Address: Prof. Errol D’Souza
Key Speakers: Associate Editor of EPW Mr. Bernard D’Mello
Trade Unionist N. Vasudevan
Activist Sanober K.
Trade Unionist Vivek Monteiro
Academician Prof. Suchita Krishnaprasad
Retd. Corporate Executive Mr. Ernest Fernandes

2011-2012 Multidisciplinary Seminar: My Land, Land of Opportunity

January 20-21, 2012

Keynote Address: Retired IAS officers Dr. U. Mukhopadhay and Mr. Shankar Menon

Key Speakers: Activists Ashish Kothari and Brian Lobo
Economist Prof. Srijit Mishra
Historian Prof. Mariam Dossal
Architect Neera Adarkar
Academician Fr. Dias

Discussion of films by the makers:

(i) Development Flows from the Barrel of Guns
(ii) Vertical City

2012-2013 Interdisciplinary Conference (UGC Sponsored):
Culturalisation and its Impact
February 09, 2013
Inaugural Address: Prof. Ritu Dewan
Key Speakers: Leena Bilkha, Dr. Mangesh Kulkarni, Dr. Manjiri Kamath, Dr. M. T. Joseph
Discussion of films: (i) So Heddan So Hoddan by Prof. Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Jayashankar
(ii) Many Stories by Shymal Karmarkar

2010-2011 National Seminar: Antiga Goa e Nova Goa

January 21-22, 2011
Inaugurated by: Honourable Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Mr. Eduardo Faleiro
Keynote Address: Historian Dr. Teresa Albuquerque
Special Lecture: Political Scientist Prof. Louis D’Silva
Panel Discussion: Mr. Naresh Fernandes, Mr. Joseph St. Anne, Mr. Walter Vieira