| Location: | Registrar University of Mumbai M.G. Road Fort Mumbai-, 400032, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Phone: | (022) 2652 2601, (022) 2652 8229 |
| Email: | director@giced.mu.ac.in |
| Website: | http://www.mu.ac.in/ |
The University of Mumbai (known earlier as University of Bombay) is one of the oldest and premier Universities in India. It was established in 1857 consequent upon "Wood's Education Dispatch", and it is one amongst the first three Universities in India.
As a sequel to the change in the name of the city from Bombay to Mumbai, the name of the University has been changed from "University of Bombay " to "University of Mumbai " ,vide notification issued by the Government of Maharashtra and published in the Government Gazette dated 4th September, 1996.
The profile of this University carved out in 150 years of its functioning attests to its manifold achievements as the intellectual and moral powerhouse of the society. The University has always given its best to the country in general and to the city of Mumbai in particular by enthusiastically shouldering an ever-growing load of social values and opportunities.
Initially, the University concentrated its efforts on controlling teaching at the undergraduate level and in conducting examinations. Later on it took up research and the task of imparting instructions at the Post-Graduate level. This resulted in the establishment of the University Departments beginning with the School of Sociology and Civics & Politics. The independence of the country led to the re-organization of the functions and powers of the University with the passing of the Bombay University Act of 1953.
It is now granted a Five Star status by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). It has two campuses of area 230 acres and 13 acres, with 1.25 million square feet of built-up area, 22 thousand sq. feet of class-rooms and 84 thousand sq feet of laboratory space. It has two post-graduate centers, 354 affiliated colleges and 36 Departments. It has established its name in industrial collaborations and runs various professional courses.
At national level, it has excelled in sports, cultural and out-reach activities. In the last five years it has seen 104% increase in under-graduate students, 112% increase in post-graduate students and 147% increase in distance - education students. There is 156% increase in the number of research papers published in International journals. 12 Department/sections are recognized under various national programmes, such as SAP/CAS/DRS/DSA/COSIST/FIST. More than 80 teachers are on various professional bodies. 18 National/International awards are won by teachers in the last five years. Every year about 20 teachers visit abroad for academic activities. Recently more than 10 self-supporting courses have been started by the University.
The Placement Cell of the Department is young. Students are actively involved in the working of the Cell under the guidance of Faculty co-ordinators. The Placement Cell welcomes corporates, banks and other organizations looking for post graduates in Economics.
Students are employed with prestigious organizations (to list a few) such as Symphony Services, National Stock Exchange, CRISIL, CARE, TATA Services Ltd., Times of India, FINO - a subsidiary of ICICI Bank, CII, Housing Development Finance Corporation, Economic and Political Weekly Research Foundation, GE CIS , Pratham, Accenture, NewsWire 18, Capital Markets.
Placement Process
Organizations (Corporates and institutions) that wish to recruit need to contact the faculty or student co-ordinator with information of the organization, the profile of the job and the approximate cost to company. Organizations are also encouraged to give Pre-Placement Talks to students to enable a clear understanding of the organization and the job profile. The mode of selection may be discussed with the Faculty co-ordinators. As soon as a student accepts a job offer, he/she is deemed to be out of the process of selection. The Placement Cell will have to be informed of the final list of selected candidates and Job Offer Letters to students necessarily have to be channeled through the Placement Cell.
The M. A. (Economics) batch of 2004-05 had initiated the placement process. The students of the current batch (2010-12), will be graduating in May 2012. The Department is gearing up for this event. Fifty students have registered for the placements this year. Students’ resumes have been listed under students’ profile section. Enlisted below are the contact details of the faculty and Student Co-ordinator(s)
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Faculty Co-ordinator |
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Dr. Uma Swaminathan |
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Student Co-ordinator(s) |
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Manali Vaidya |
+91- 9892301584 |
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Prerna Asija |
+91-9769831129 |
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Please Click on the link below for more details on the activity of the Placement Cell for the current year
