University Department of Commerce
Brief History of the Department (With Photographs)
The University Department of Commerce and Business Management came in to existence with the inception of Vinoba Bhave University on 17th September, 1992. University Department of Commerce and University Department of Management are running separately under the faculty of Commerce.
The Department is located in the Sprawling-Lush Green Campus. It has an excellence ambience and panoramic landscape suited ideally to a modern academic campus.
The University Department of Commerce fallows the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) since 2015 and amended time to time as per requirement. The two year courses of M.Com is divided into four semesters. It is one of a prime department in the university, playing a pivotal role in serving to the society by shaping the careers of the students keeping in view of changing Socio-Economic Environment and digital era of trade of Commerce/ Business.
Three storied Building has been constructed in VBU Campus by the University from the UGC Fund in the year 2008 as Business Administrative Block and now the building named Kautilya Bhawan. The Department of Commerce is functioning very smoothly in this new building since 2009 and the Department has equipped with latest infrastructure and facilities for students and faculties. One of the independent computer lab for the Research Scholar with latest version of SPSS of IBM Company. The research activities in the Department has conducting very smoothly with the support of modern computer lab along with 30 number of Computer System. The Department of Commerce has produced 112 Ph.D. degree in the different areas related to the Finance, Marketing, Human Resource, International Business and others allied areas since 1992 out of which the Department has produced 13 (Thirteen) of Ph.D. degree during 2015 to 2020. The Department has offered D.Litt. programs in the various discipline related to Commerce and Management. Various JRF candidates are has enrolled for Ph.D. program on regular basis.
Since 2015, about 35 students has qualified in NET Examination of UGC. Well qualified facilities members as Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant professor are taking responsibility of teaching learning and evaluation of the students and performed their best practices in the academic work and guiding research scholars. The Department is conducting Ph.D. six months course work for the researcher as per the UGC guideline and University directives.
The Department is taking lot of initiative for the safety and security of girls students and as well as boys students and focused overall development of the students through the different activities such as co-curricular and extra curricular. The students of the Department has avail the common facilities in the building and campus such as central library Indoor and outdoor stadium , gymnasium, Auditorium ,Canteen and many other faculties .
The Department of Commerce has conducted various seminars, workshops, FDP through the different mode. The Department has also organized special lectures, Chancellor lectures and interactive session with the help of external resource person for the updating of advanced knowledges of the students and facilities.
The University Department of Commerce along with Management department proudly takes the credit of successfully conducting the three days 68th All India Commerce Conference of Indian Commerce Association(ICA) was held from 06th to 08th November, 2015 under the leadership of Prof.(Dr) M.K. Singh, Head & Dean , faculty of Commerce and Director, Department of Management Studies, VBU as Conference secretary and subsequently Professor M.K. Singh elected as President of ICA for the year 2016. All around 1400 number of delegates from all over the country and abroad were participated.
The University Department of Commerce offers Two years Post Graduate Program in Commerce with the specialization of HR, Finance, Marketing with the intake of 175 + 175 in one academic session in two shifts. In addition to that the Department has also providing add on courses such as Tally ERP- 9, GST, Business Analytics and students are taking benefits to their skill enhancement and the employment .The Department of Commerce & Department of Management jointly publishing a bi- annual referred Journal in the name of Futuristic Journal of Commerce and Management. A Journal of Vinoba Bhave University, with ISSN.No-2582-1106 since 2020.
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