Chandigarh 01 August 2022 :-
The Postgraduate Department of Economics at Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, as part of its skill enhancement initiatives, began a 7-day online Bridge Course in Economics. The aim of the course is to bridge the gap in the understanding of the basic economic concepts due to the uncertain academic environment in the wake of COVID-19 and strengthen the undergraduates’ conceptual understanding before entering the new session. The inaugural day of the course had Dr. Madhur M. Mahajan, Associate Professor- Economics, GGDSD College, Sector-32, Chandigarh as the resource person. Dr. Madhur’s lecture was based on career and avenues in economics for undergraduates as well as for the postgraduate students. He motivated the students to study economics with passion and interest. The participants were acquainted with the scope of and avenues in economics like IES, UGC NET, UPSC, RBI grade B, higher studies in India and abroad, research and many more. The over 125 participants took active interest in the session and put forth their queries that were suitably addressed by the expert.
Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava expressed appreciation for this initiative of the Economics Department to enhance the conceptual knowledge of students in the domain of economics. She encouraged the students to excel in the subject and to become great policy makers, economists, researchers and academicians in the future.