St. Albert`s College, Ernakulam Department of Commerce 1. Name

St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam
Department of Commerce
1.
Name of the department
:
COMMERCE
2.
Year of Establishment
:
1963
3.
Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D.,
Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.):
 B.Com-Taxation
 B.Com-Computer Application
 B.Voc-Logistics Management
 M.Com –Financial Management
 Ph.D
 Ph.D Course Work
4.
Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved:
CPT- Department of Commerce, Department of Mathematics and Department
of Economics
5.
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)
B.Com- Taxation, B.Com- Computer Application, B.Voc- Logistics and
M.Com are of Choice Based Credit System
6.
Participation of the departme nt in the courses offered by other
departme nts
NA
7.
Courses in collaboration with other unive rsities, industries, foreign
institutions, etc.
B.Voc-Logistics Management
8.
Details of courses/programmes discontinue d (if any) with reasons: Nil
9.
Number of Teaching posts
Sanctioned
Filled
Professors
Nil
Nil
Associate Professors
4
4
Asst. Professors
5
5
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10.
Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,
(D.Sc./D.Litt.
/Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)
Name
Qualificatio
Designation Specialization
n
No. No. of Ph.D.
of
Students
Yea guided for
rs of the last 14
Exp
years
33
10
erie
nce
M.Com.,LLB,
Dr.A.M.
MBA,M.Phil,
Vis wambharan
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Financial
Management
Lazar Thomas
Mani
M.Com.,
M.Phil
Associate
Professor
Banking
30
Nil
Dr.P.E.Mathe w
M.Com.,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Financial
Management
28
Nil
Dr. Gilroy
Rozario
M.Com.,LLB,
Ph.D
Associate
Professor
Financial
Management
19
Nil
Rosalind
Gonzaga
M.Com.,
B. Ed.
Assistant
Professor
Finance
1
Nil
Tia Mathe ws
M.Com.
B Ed, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor
Marketing
1
Nil
Sharan Hilary
M.Com.
Assistant
Professor
Finance
2
Nil
Neeraja T S
M.Com.
Assistant
Professor
Finance
1
Nil
Neetha Francis
M.Com.
Assistant
Professor
2
Nil
11.
List of senior visiting faculty: Nil
12.
Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled
(programme wise) by temporary faculty :
B Com Comp. Application 10%
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13.
Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) graduation
B.Com 48:01, M.Com 7:1
14.
Number of acade mic support staff (technical) and administrative staff;
sanctioned and filled :
Nil
15.
16.
Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG:

Ph.D - 4

M Phil – 2

P.G – 9

MBA – 1
Numbe r of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International
funding agencies and grants received
One
17.
Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc.
and total grants received
One UGC Minor Project of Rs.1,10,000
18.
Research Centre /facility recognized by the University
19.
Publications:
- Research Centre
a) Publication per faculty
Dr. A M Viswambharan - 9
Dr. Gilroy Rozario
- 5
20. Areas of consultancy and income generated – Tax Planning & E-Filing
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21. Faculty as members in
a) National committees
b) International Committees
c) Editorial Boards:
Dr.A MViswambharan
22. Student projects
a) Percentage of students who have done in- house projects including inter
departmental/programme – PG students -100% UG students – 100%
b)
Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the
institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies - Nil
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students - Nil
24.
List of e mine nt acade micians and s cie ntists / vis itors to the
departme nt –



25.
Prof K Kayanaraman (Rtd Professor Kerala university)
Sri. Benny John IRS (DIR of Income Tax)
Sri. Jomon Joseph (Career Consultant & Trainer)
Seminars/ Confe rences/Workshops organized & the source of
funding
a) National
- Annexure XIII
b) International - Annexure XIII
26.
Student profile programme/course wise:
Name of the
Applications
Course/programme received
(refer question no. 4)
Selected
Enrolled
*M
*F
Pass
percentage
B Com Taxation
5000
64
22
32
100%
B Com CA
1000
50
17
33
-
M Com Finance
600
18
2
16
100%
Ph D
-
3
1
2
-
12
4
8
-
Ph D Course Work
*M = Male *F = Female
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27.
Diversity of Students
Name of the
Course
28.
B.Com Tax
% of
students
from the
100state
same
% of students
from othe r
States
Nil
% of
students
from
Nil
abroad
B.Com Computer
100
Nil
Nil
M.Com
100
Nil
Nil
Ph.D
100
Nil
Nil
Ph.D Course
work
100
Nil
Nil
How many students have cleared national and state competitive
examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense
services, etc.?
2009-10 to 2013-14 – 15 students (NET)
29.
Student progression
Student progression
Against % enrolled
UG to PG
21
PG to M.Phil.
NIL
PG to Ph.D.
NIL
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral
NIL
Employed
• Campus selection
• Othe r than campus
recruitment
Entrepre neurship/Selfemployme nt
30.
22
NIL
Details of Infrastructural facilities
a) Library - Department Library with 300 titles
b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: 5 Computers with internet facilities
c) Class rooms with ICT - One class room facility
d) Laboratories- Computer lab with 15 computers
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31.
Numbe r of stude nts re ceiving financial assistance from college,
unive rsity, gove rnme nt or other agencies: 80
32.
Details on stude nt e nrichme nt programmes (s pecial lectures /
works hops / seminar) with external experts
33.

National seminar on capital market

Invited talk on Direct Tax

Career Guidance
Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

ICT based teaching

D-Space

Learning Space

Remedial Coaching

Bridge Courses
34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension
activities – sentinal activities – Helping poor students
35.
SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
Strengths

Competent Faculty Members

Research Centre Facilities

Good reputation of the institution & department

Good Placement History

Accreditation for conducting CA – CPT, IPCC Courses

Lack of Research Room & Research Library
Weakness
Opportunities

New course in M. Phil, M.Com - E-Commerce

Short – term courses – Capital Market, Tally, Tax Practioner

Coaching for NET, CA – CPT, IPCC, ICWA &ICS

B.Com/M.Com – Part – time/ Evening course for other
universities
Challenges

Competition from other institutions conducting CA courses
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