Government Arts College Coimbatore

Introduction

The Department of Commerce is one of the pioneer Department of Government Arts College, Coimbatore which came into existence in the year 1946 with B.com course as its stepping stone. The commerce stream has grown by leaps and bounds with the introduction ofthe Evening college in the year 1967 was started for the benefit of the students who wanted to pursue their higher studies while learning. The Post Graduate Program , M.Com. was introduced in the year 1972, B.Com (CA) in the year 2006, M.Com. (CA) in 2015 and B.Com.(IB) 2017.

For the purpose of academic excellence and administration the Department of Commerce had been bifurcated as PG and Research Department of Commerce, Department of Commerce with Computer Applications and Department of Commerce with International Business since 2018. This is a recognizedresearch Department. Ours is one of the largest Department of this college with an Annual average students’ strength of around 400.

Presently the Department of Commerce has 13 full time faculty members all with Ph.D. specializing in different fields of commerce, our faculty contribute to the academic arena through being member Board of Studies of various colleges, Doctorial committee, Academic council, course affiliation committee etc. The well qualified and competent faculty are dedicated to the academic and overall development of the students.

The department creates a stimulating environment for academic growth of its students and to gain productive employment while leaving option for higher education open.

We have astrong Alumni support with the Registered Association. Thishas been registered on 05/09/2013 and functioning effectively since then. Alumni Meet has been arranged every year and endowment prizes are distributed to the deserving students apart from conducting skill developmentworkshop. In the academic year 2015-16, one of our student T.SRIDHAR (14MCO428) was selected for the “Study Abroad programme “sponsored by the TamilNadu State Council of Higher Education (TANSCHE) and did his III Semester in London University for Wolver Hampton United Kingdom.

Courses Offered

S.No	Course Offered	Strength	Language	Shift
1	UG : B. Com	50	EM	I
	UG : B. Com	50	EM	II
2	PG : M. Com	30		I
3	M.Phil			PT
4	Ph.D			PT

Infrastructure of Commerce

Kyon projector
Laptops
Personal Computers
HP printer, RICOH printer cum Xerox machine.
Both the PG classrooms have inbuilt LCD projectors
Commerce Library with 5231 books.

Research Details

S.No	Date of enrollment	Name Of The Scholar	Topic	Research Supervisor
1	07-08-2015	J.Vanitha	Finance	Dr. P. Kanchanadevi
2	01-07-2015	S.Dharchana	Finance	Dr. P. Kanchanadevi
3	01-07-2015	D.Renuka Devi	Marketing	Dr. P. Kanchanadevi
4	01-07-2015	S.Radhika	Marketing	Dr. P. Kanchanadevi
5	01-07-2015	S.K.Arun Kumar	Marketing	Dr. P. Kanchanadevi
6	23-02-2018	S.Veena	Marketing	Dr. P. Kanchanadevi
7	04-02-2014	T.Thangaraj	Finance	Dr. S. Kothai
8	07-08-2015	Gurunathan	Marketing	Dr. S. Kothai
9	20-12-2016	Catharina Arputha Divya	Marketing	Dr. S. Kothai
10	20-09-2018	S.Asha	Marketing	Dr. S. Kothai
11	01-09-2012	G.Karthiyayini	Marketing	Dr. P. Sivakami
12	01-07-2015	R.Kanchana	Marketing	Dr. P. Sivakami
13	01-07-2015	P.Nathiya	Hrm	Dr. P. Sivakami
14	01-07-2015	J.Janaki Raman	Finance	Dr. P. Sivakami
15	01-11-2016	V.Sivakumar	Marketing	Dr. P. Sivakami
16	01-11-2016	S.Nithya	Marketing	Dr. A. Vani
17	01-11-2018	R.Kalaiselvi	Hrm	Dr. A. Vani
18	01-11-2018	S.Kaleeswari	Marketing	Dr. A. Vani
19	01-11-2018	P.Ananthi	Finance	Dr. A. Vani
20	01-12-2016	M.R.Lavanya	Marketing	Dr. S. Kasturi Meena
21	01-12-2016	S.Jenifer Janani	Hrm	Dr. S. Kasturi Meena
22	01-07-2017	Aardhra Vasudevan	Marketing	Dr. S. Kasturi Meena
23	20-12-2016	P.Pavithra	Finance	Dr. S. Kasturi Meena
24	20-12-2016	S.Prakash	Marketing	Dr. S. Kasturi Meena
25	20-12-2016	S.Manivarma	Marketing	Dr. S. Sivagnanam
26	30-10-2018	Ramachandran	Marketing	Dr. S. Sivagnanam
27	01-07-2017	P.Chandra Devi	Finance	Dr. R. Dhanalakshmi
28	01-09-2012	V.Vidhya	Marketing	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar
29	01-09-2013	P.Sundara Murthy	Marketing	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar
30	01-09-2013	E.Karthika	Marketing	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar
31	01-09-2013	T.Kumar	Marketing	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar
32	01-09-2014	B.Sivakumar	Finance	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar
33	01-09-2014	K.Parimalakanthi	Finance	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar
34	01-11-2017	S.Ganesan	Marketing	Dr. S.P. Vijayakumar

Seminars/Workshops

S.No	Date	Topic	Speaker
1	26.01.2018	Finance	Mr.Gopalakrishnan
2	11.10.2018	Career Advancement and Soft skill	Mr.S. Sivakumar Mr. Dinesh kumar HR Manager, Appolo Computer Education
3	22.02.2019 23.02.2019	Personality Development and Interview Skills	Mr. Manikandan
4	28.02.2019	What’s Next ?	Mr. A.J.Mohamed Rafi
5	01.03.2019	Career Guidance	Mr. Ramkumar, Assitant Manager, General Insurance Corporation of India

Events

S.No	Name of the event	Sponsored by	Date(s) of the event	Guest/Resource Person Name	Topic	No. of the participant
1	Inauguration- Commerce Association	-	12/05/2022	Mr.D Ramakrishnan	Personality Development	320
2	Webinar	BSE -Mumbai	02/092022	Mr. Sajan Acharya	Investment in Multiple Investment Products	48
3	One Day Workshop	Sharadha Skill Academy	21/09/2022	Mr C.Selladurai	Tally Prime with GST	82
4	FDP	UCO BANK	27/10/2022	Mr. G.Jothish Mrs N.Devi Mr K.Unnikrishnan Mr B Chandrasekar	Banking Products and Awareness	164
5	Soft Skill Training Programme	TANSCHE	20/02/2023 T0 30/02/2023	Experts from different fields	Presentation Skills Communication Skills Language Skills Personality Development CV/Resume Writing and Facing Interview	30
6	Inauguration- Commerce Association	-	25/02/2023	K Ramamurthi	Career Guidance	281
7	Workshop	Alumni	27/02/2023 & 28/02/2023	Mrs . Dhivya	Employability Skills	144
8	Webinar	Bombay Stock Exchange	05.10.21	Srikanta Lahari Sagi	Introduction to Mutual Funds And Financial Planning	70
9	Workshop	Department of Consumer Affairs Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution	28.12.21 & 29.12.21	1.Dr.P.Kaliraj 2.Meenakshi Ganesan 3.Dr.N.Pratheep Kumar 4.Er.K.Deivasikamani 5.A.Venkatesh 6.Dr.R.Balasubramanian 7.G.Vinith Kumar 8.Dr.K.Murugavel	Consumer Rights and Service Standards	150
10	Webinar	National Stock Exchange	21.03.22	Swetav Tripathy	Money Management	91
11	Webinar	Bombay Stock Exchange	19.04.22	Rafatulla Baig	Pre-Requisites for Trading in Stock Market Management	78
12	Department Inaugural Function	Bombay Stock Exchange	19.04.22	Rafatulla Baig	Pre-Requisites for Trading in Stock Market Management	78

Commerce

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