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Delhi School of Economics
Other name
DSE
Mottoतमसो मा ज्योतिर् गमय
Motto in English
Lead us from darkness to light
TypeHigher Educational Institution
Established1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Location
Delhi
,
India
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Delhi
Websitedse.du.ac.in

Delhi School of Economics (DSE), popularly referred to as D School, is an institution of higher learning within the University of Delhi.[1][2] The Delhi School of Economics is situated in University of Delhi's North Campus in Maurice Nagar.[3] Established in 1949,[4] the campus of the Delhi School of Economics houses the University of Delhi's departments of Economics, Sociology, Geography and Commerce, as well as the Ratan Tata Library. Out of the four academic departments, the Departments of Economics, Sociology and Geography come under the Faculty of Social Sciences, while the Department of Commerce comes under the Faculty of Commerce and Business Studies.[4]

Many of its former faculty members and alumni have gone ahead to become world famous economists, social scientists, writers, heads of states and journalists. It presently offers multiple post graduate and doctoral level programmes in a wide range of disciplines.

Campus

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The Delhi School of Economics campus is situated in University of Delhi's North Campus in Maurice Nagar.[5] It is surrounded by other institutions and constituent colleges of the University of Delhi, such as Ramjas College, The Faculty of Management Studies, St. Stephen's College, KMC and Hindu College. Three constituent departments of the Faculty of Social Sciences - Economics, Sociology and Geography- lie within the Delhi School of Economics campus.[6] It additionally also houses the Department of Commerce,[7] which is a part of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Studies, and the Ratan Tata Library.[8]

Constituents

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Department of Economics

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Among the faculty at the department of economics have been the likes of V.K.R.V. Rao, B.N. Ganguly and K.N. Raj (all three of whom went on to serve as vice-chancellors at the University of Delhi), Amartya Sen (Nobel Laureate), Manmohan Singh (the former Indian Prime Minister and also the key architect of the economic reforms since 1991), Sukhomoy Chakravarty (who was chief economic advisor), Jagdish Bhagwati, Kaushik Basu, Arjun Kumar Sengupta, Partha Sen, Raj Krishna, Syed Mohammad Ali, the economic historian Tapan Raychaudhuri and others.[9]

The department has been associated with three important journals over the years. It publishes the Indian Economic Review, several faculty members edit the Indian Economic and Social History Review, and for many years it housed the Journal of Quantitative Economics.[10]

The department currently offers a MA and a PhD in Economics.

Department of Sociology

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In 2010, Professor Nandini Sundar from the department, won the Infosys prize in the field of social anthropology.[11]

Department of Commerce

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The department offers Master's program in MBA IB and MBA HR, while MBA IB course is considered one of the best MBA courses in India (as per ROI). The department also offers a full-time two-year Master's programme in MBA Business Analytics (MBA BA) started in year 2023.[12][13]

Ratan Tata Library

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The Ratan Tata Library, popularly referred to as RTL, is situated in the Delhi School of Economics campus.[14]

Notable people

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Notable faculty

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Notable alumni

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Amitav Ghosh
Ramchandra Guha

DSE also has officially registered the Delhi School of Economics Alumni Association, which has facilitated alumni events in Mumbai and Washington D.C.

Academics

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Gita Gopinath

Government

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Top Institutions and Economists in India". The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences.
  2. ^ "Within Country and State Economics Rankings: India | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org.
  3. ^ "Delhi School of Economics". Delhi School of Economics.
  4. ^ a b "Delhi School Of Economics - University of Delhi". du.ac.in.
  5. ^ "Delhi School of Economics". Google Maps. Google Inc.
  6. ^ "Delhi School of Economics". Delhi University.
  7. ^ "Commerce". Delhi University.
  8. ^ "Ratan Tata Library". Delhi University.
  9. ^ "MA Handbook of Information, Department of Economics (2022)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Journal of Quantitative Economics". Springer. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Meet the 6 winners of Infosys Prize". business.rediff.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  12. ^ "MBA BA". commerce.du.ac.in. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  13. ^ "DU's new MBA in AI gets 600 applications for 60 seats". The Times of India. 21 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  14. ^ "An asset to the social scientist". thehindu.com. The Hindu. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Curriculum Vitae of Padma Desai" (PDF). Columbia University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  16. ^ "Chat with author of Kiss and Tell". Rediff.
  17. ^ Family photo album – B K Chatterji
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