Economics IIT Kanpur 3.13

The Economics program starts with admitting students who have cleared the grueling Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the IITs, thus shortlisting the top 2% of some of the best minds of the country. The Economics Program is guided by qualified and experienced professors, who are doctoral fellows from world-renowned institutions. They train students in conventional economics, sciences, technology, management and policy-making, and also provide practical challenges in the form of term papers, research projects, corporate internships etc. In addition, a wide range of elective courses allow students to stretch their intellectual horizon in various directions of their choice.

Here the students are also inspired to join a host of extra-curricular activities in order to ensure overall personality development, making them excellent team workers and managerial candidates. The students play a plethora of multi-faceted roles, right from counselling fellow students to running their own hostels and organizing inter-college festivals. The Economics Department churns out students motivated to work with a holistic approach combining the human, natural and social resources of the society.