Academic contribution of the faculty members during the last five years :

• Prof. S.V.S. Chauhan, Prof. Harish Kumar, Prof. L.P. Pateriya and Dr. B.D. Mishra, acted as a resource person and delivered lectures in the Refresher Course and Orientation programme conducted by UGC HRD Centre, GGV, Bilaspur. Moreover, they chaired the technical sessions as Chairperson in the different International and National Conferences.
• Prof. S.V.S. Chauhan and Prof. Dr. Harish Kumar visited various Institutes as a member coordinator of NAAC peer team during the last five years.
• Dr. B.D. Mishra was the Convenor, Dr. (Mrs.) B.B. Pandey was the Organizing Secretary and Prof. Dr. Harish Kumar, Prof. Dr. S.V.S. Chauhan and Prof. Dr. L.P. Pateriya were the members of the Advisory Committee of the two days National Seminar organized by the department on 16th & 17th Nov, 2017 on the topic "Development of Tourism Industry in India: Issues & Challenges" which was sponsored by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, New Delhi.
• Prof. Dr. Harish Kumar, Prof. Dr. S.V.S. Chauhan, Prof. Dr. L.P. Pateriya chaired the technical sessions as Chairperson in the International Conference on Bharat Rejuvenation: From Glorious Past to Modern Era, organized by GGV, Bilaspur.
• Dr. B.D. Mishra delivered a lecture at Chhattisgarh Judicial Academy, Bilaspur and presided the technical session as well as presented a paper at International Symposium on Infrastructure Financing at IIT Karaghpur. He chaired a session at the National seminar on Challenges for Quality of Life of Working Women in Contemporary India, organized by the Dept. of Social Work, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur and delivered a lecture as a Resource person at the National Seminar on "Resurgent Rural India: The Paradigm Shift", organized by Department of Commerce, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He also acted as a Coordinator of Refresher Course on Economics organized by HRD Centre, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur.
• Dr. L.P. Pateriya as a Chief Election Commissioner successfully conducted the Student's Council Election in the university.
• Dr. (Mrs.) BB Pandey co-chaired a session in a seminar organized by the Department of Social Work, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur.
• During the last five years the faculties of the department have published 51 papers in different national and international journals and participated in 40 National/International Conferences/Seminars.

Achievement of the Students :During the last five years the students of the department participated in Campus Placement conducted by different companies like Ways2Capital, Indore, ICICI Prudential, Raipur, Renault, Bilaspur, Genpact, Delhi, ICICI Life Insurance, Karvy Stock Broking Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad, C Core Technologies, Lucknow, Capital Height, Fullerton India Credit, HDFC Bank, Shriram Motor Finance, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Allianz, Narmada Drinks Pvt. Ltd., Micro Housing Finance Corporation, Ultra Tech, etc. and a total of 78 students have been successfully placed. Placement detail is enclosed.

Future Plans :

The Department plans to open new specialisations in the area of international business and Systems management with the availability of new faculty. The Department is in the process of strengthening industry � institute relationships through signing memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with different industry houses.