ABOUT
Department Of Commerce

Introduction

The Post Graduate Department of Commerce was founded by Professor Pramod Kumar Sahu in the year 1976 and has been immensely contributing for the development of commerce and business education in Odisha and in the country as well by offering two year Master’s Degree programme (M.Com), one year Master of Philosophy programme (M.Phil) and Doctoral programme (Ph.D) in Commerce. During its existence over a period of more than four decades, the department has played a pioneering role in popularizing commerce education in the southern part of the state of Odisha. In addition, the department is also offering a two year professional programme in finance i.e. MBA (Financial Management) under self-financing mode. The Department has been imparting value based quality education and research as per the industry and market requirements by using ICT enabled facility, case base teaching, game playing, classroom presentation, weekly seminar, Computer lab assignments, summer internship and project preparation. As an endeavor to promote research and to bring reality into class room, the department offers M.Phil and Ph.D. degree encompassing wide trust areas such as corporate finance, financial markets, marketing management and institutional financing. To make the teaching and research activities updated and time relevant, the department organizes various seminars, workshops, refresher courses, induction programmes at frequent interval. The department has the provision of rewarding meritorious students through 3 endowment awards namely Narasingha Padhi Memorial Fund, Justice Abhimanyu Misra Memorial Fund and Binod Bihari Biswasroy Memorial Fund. The experienced faculty members of the department have added significantly to the existing store of knowledge in the field of commerce and business by publishing more than 70 text as well as reference books. Besides more than 300 research articles have been published by the faculty in various leading national and international journals.

Mission
  • Promote, develop and sustain quality teaching and research in the fields of commerce, business and finance
  • Develop competent committed and compassionate professionals in the fields of Commerce, Business and Finance
  • Foster close interaction with professionals, practitioners and corporate houses
Vision
  • Impart quality education, training, research and consultancy in the fields of commerce, business and finance with strong ethics and values

List Of
External Mentors

  • Prof. Kshiti Busan Das, Former Professor, P.G. Dept. of Commerce, Utkal University, National Fellow, Indian council for Social Science Research, New Delhi, Mob-9868961964, Email: kshitibhusan.das@rediffmail.com
  • Prof. Malabika Deo, School of Management Pondicherry University, Mob-9442140745, Email:deo_malavika@yahoo.co.in
  • Prof. Naliniprava Tripathy, IIM, Shillong, Mob-9436700710, Email:nt@iimshillong. ac.in
  • Prof. Mohammed Altaf Khan, Dept. of Commerce & Business Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi, Mob-9818456796, Email:makhan1@jmi.ac.in
  • Prof. Dhananjay Sahu, Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, UP, Mob-9451890836, Email:dsahu@bhu.ac.in

Our
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Faculties

Research Area in the Commerce

The faculties and the research scholars of the department are actively engaged in research activities leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. The major thrust areas of research are:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Markets
  • Institutional Finance and Banking
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Consumer Behaviour and Market Research

Alumni
Department of Commerce Alumni Association

Alumni Meet

5th Alumni Meet – 4th March 2018
4th Alumni Meet – 26th March 2017
3rd Alumni Meet – 8th March 2015
2nd Alumni Meet – 23rd March 2014
1st Alumni Meet – 20th January 2013

Department Facilities

Our
Events

  • Investor Awareness Program organized by P.G. Department of Commerce, Berhampur University in Collaboration with Ambition Learning Solution, Mumbai on 27th November. 2020
  • Two-day International webinar on Financial Markets: Recent Developments and Dimensions organised by P.G. Department of Commerce, Berhampur University on 27-28 March, 2021
  • One day state level seminar on Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS): A Converged IFRS” on 7th December 2019.
  • One day state level seminar on “Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS): A Converged IFRS” on 7th December 2019.
  • Two-day National Seminar on “Contemporary Issues & Challenges in Finance and Taxation” (under Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence and Equity (OHEPEE) funded by World Bank) on 29th & 30th January 2019.
  • UGC Sponsored National Workshop on “Investment in Stock Market: Dynamics of Trading Mechanism” on 27th March 2017 in collaboration with NISM, Mumbai.
  • One-Day Seminar talk by Prof. Umesh C. Pattnaik, Academic Director of ISBM, Bhubaneswar on “Emotional Intelligence” on 14th February 2015.
  • One-Day workshop on “Financial Inclusion: The Road Ahead” on 27th July 2014. RBI Regional Head, Bhubaneswar Mr. P. K. Jena was the Chief Speaker of the Occasion.

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