Ashoka University launches Rakesh Jhunjhunwala School of Economics and Finance
Anu Parthiban | February 7, 2023 | 02:28 PM IST | 1 min read
Ashoka University’s economics department offers an MA in Economics and a PhD in Economics at the graduate level and has 29 permanent faculty members.
NEW DELHI: Ashoka University has launched the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala School of Economics and Finance with an aim to advance research on inclusive and equitable development.
“The current Department of Economics, its educational programs and the Centre for Economic Data Analysis (CEDA) will become part of the School, which will further expand to build new Centres of Excellence focused on research in the fields of economics and finance,” the university said in a statement.
The school of economics was established by the university in recognition of the support from philanthropist and investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. He was associated with the University from 2016, it said.
Ashoka University said that the Department of Economics at Ashoka University has 29 permanent faculty members. The research and teaching area span a broad range of fields including economic theory, game theory, behavioural economics, experimental economics, theoretical and empirical macroeconomics, monetary economics, economic growth and more.
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The department offers a major in economics and interdisciplinary majors in economics and finance; economics and history; and politics, philosophy and economics (PPE). It also offers an MA in Economics and a PhD in Economics at the graduate level.
In 2020 it was rated the top Economics Department in the country by RePEc. The university further said that the Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) primarily focuses on facilitating informed debate about economic and social developments in India.
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