Activities
of Department of Economics 2016 – 2017
·
On 15th September 2016
Jointly with Forum Of Free Enterprise, Mumbai , the
Department of Economics has
conducted The 52nd A.D.
Shroff Memorial Elocution Competition .
·
On December
9th 2016 we have arranged a Guest Lecture for B.A students of
economics on “Indian Economy – A Panoramic View”. The resource person is Dr. P. Andrew,Retired
Principal, A.C.College, Guntur.
·
The Department of Economics of Maris Stella College,
organized a one day State Level Inter Collegiate Competitions “SAMPADA – 2K17”
on January 25th 2017 . The
motive of this programme is to provide a platform to young students in the
knowledge based society. The academic
arena is growing with more and more dynamism and intensified competition which
demands cross functional competence.
The events of the competition are
1.
Elocutione
Impact of Demonetisation on common man
2.
Essay Writing
GST
3.
Unde Poster
Poster making on Cash less society.
4.
KOVIZ
Quiz in Economics
5.
Persona Personality
contest
·
On 2nd March, 2017 students
of IIIBA visited Alankriti Lace Park situated in Narsapur, West Godavari
District.
INPUT OF THE TOUR
Industry visits sensitize students to the
practical challenges that organizations face in the business world. Industrial
visits also give greater clarity about various management concepts for students
as they can practically see how these concepts are put into action.
Visits to manufacturing firms are useful
for students. to understand the nuances and realities of the shopfloor, which
in itself is a rare exposure. By visiting the shop floor they get to understand
the risky conditions in which workers work, the people management challenges
involved in managing workers a part from getting hands-on technical
knowledge.
Industrial visit has
its own importance in a career of a student who is pursuing a professional
degree. It is considered as a part of college curriculum.
Objectives
of industrial visit
To provide students an
insight regarding internal working of companies.
Theoretical knowledge is not enough for making
a good professional career.
With an aim to go
beyond academics, industrial visit provides student a practical perspective on
the world of work.
It provides students
with an opportunity to learn practically through interaction, working methods
and employment practices.
It gives them exposure to current work
practices as opposed to possibly theoretical knowledge being taught at college.
Industrial visits provide an excellent opportunity
to interact with industries and know more about industrial environment.
Industrial visits are arranged by colleges to
students with an objective of providing students functional opportunity in different sector.
Industrial visit helps to combine theoretical
knowledge with industrial knowledge.
Industrial realities
are opened to the students through industrial visits.
LACE PARK, NARASAPUR,
WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT:
When India is under the British Colonial
Rule, the British selected this coastal belt for Trade and Commerce and they
established this skill based lace industry for the empowerment of women. Later it was transformed into one of the
world’s famous lace park ‘ALANKRITI’ in the year 2000. It is an Irish Art which is providing
livelihood initiating from 20,000 to
2,00,000 women. They are also providing health insurance to the
employees and their family members. The
world famous products from this lace industry are table mats, floor mats diwan
sets, door curtains, tops, lace cardigans, lace short sleeve tops, lace long
skirts, kurtas, shrugs, hand bags,
stoles and all varieties of kids wear which are being exported to Swedan
and other foreign countries especially during summer. The raw material is
supplied from Pali, Rajasthan. Threads
are available in Tanuku. It the best established Women’s Self Help Group
providing empowerment and employability to rural women.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The visit generally consists of
lectures about the industry given by Mr. Nagabhushanam Naidu, the Project
Director, Handicrafts, Alankriti Lace Park, Narasapur. The learning outcomes from his lecture, which
our students observed in the industry are -
1. Recognized the process units
in lace industry
2. Identified input and output
for the process.
3. Experienced the importance of
working safety.
4. Understood the concept of lace
preparation, generation of output.
5. Understood how does the product interfaced to the
world through exports
6. It was extended to Krishna and East Godavari
Districts also.
7. National
& International Quality standards maintained
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