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Brief History of Department :

The Department of Economics started functioning with the formation of the Lucknow University in 1921. Two other departments, Anthropology and Sociology, were created during mid fifties respectively, which earlier used to be a part of Economics Department. Prof. Radha Kamal Mukherjee was the first Head of the Department. He remained Head until 1955. For a period of over two years during mid-fifties, he also remained The Vice-chancellor of the Lucknow University. Subsequently, Department has had a good fortune of being shaped and developed under the Headship of academicians like Prof. D.P.Mukherjee (1955-57), Prof. Baljit singh (1957-74), Prof. S.D.Mishra (1974-75), Prof. Prakash Chandra (1975-76), Prof. V.B.Singh (1976-78), Prof. N.N.Srivastava (1978-92) and Prof. Paritosh Banerjee (1992-96). Besides these academic luminaries the Department consisted of many great teachers and scholars like Prof. B.B.Mukherjee (also conferred the title of Rai Bahadur by the British Government), Prof. D.N.Majumdar, Prof. M.D.Joshi, Prof. Naseer Ahmad Khan, Prof. P.L.Rawat, Prof. K.C.G.eth, Prof. H.G.P.Srivastava, Prof. P.D.Srimali, Prof. Shailendra singh, Prof. S.P.Dixit, Prof. R.S.Mathur, Prof. A.K.Singh, Prof. V.P.Bharadwaj, Prof. T.S.Papola and Prof. B.P.S.Bhadauria. Currently, the Department is under the stewardship of Prof. A.K.Sengupta, a well known expert in the field of Fiscal Economics.

 

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Distinctions and Awards :

Prof. A.K.Sengupta :

  • Consultant, UNDP, Human Development Center, New Delhi

  • Member, state Planning Commission, Govt. of U.P.

  • Jewel of India Award by International Business Council, New Delhi. (Sept. 2001)

  • Arch of Excellence Award by International Business Council, New Delhi. (Sept. 2001)

  • Member, Advisory Committee, Dept. of Public Works, Govt. of U.P.

  • Member, Advisory Committee, Dept. of Panchayati Raj, U.P.

  • Member, Policy Formulation Cell, Dept. of Planning, Govt. of U.P.

  • Former Director, UPSRTC

  • Member, Advisory Committee, Dept. of Minorrities Welfare & Waqf, Govt. of U.P.

  • Member, Advisory Committee, Dept. of Rural development, Govt. of U.P.

  • Successfully completed the World Bank Project on “Financial Accountability Assessment Survey in Rural Local Bodies in U.P.

  • Completed the research assignment on “Youth Unemployment and Education in U.P.: Diagnosis the Problems and Remedial Policy Option” sponsored by National Youth Commission, Govt. of India.

Prof. Mohd. Muzammil :

  • Consultant, UNDP, Human Development Center, New Delhi.

Dr. Arvind awasthi :

  • Presented a paper at the XIIIth IEA World Congress, 2002 held in Lisbon, Portugal, Presented a paper at the XIVth IEA World Congress, 2005 held in Marrakech, Morocco.

Dr. Arvind Mohan :

  • Consultant, United Nations Development Programme UNDP.

Mr. T.N. Kapoor :

  • A senior Research Investigator of PRC participated in “Monitoring and Evaluation of Population and Reproductive Health Programme at Bankok, Thailand in 2002.