DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Saurashtra University Rajkot

The post graduate department of commerce and business administration was set up on the University Campus from the beginning of the academic session 1979-1980. It was inaugurated by Shri Umakant Pandit, the well known industrialist of Saurashtra on Au , the well known industrialist of Saurashtra on August-1979. Dr.N.M.Khandelwal was former Head of the Department, followed by Dr.H.N.Agrawal. They build up strong foundation of Academic Environment for Commerce Education. At present, Dr. Daksha Pratapsinh Chauhan is working as Head of the Department since 2006. Department is running M.Com (CBCS), M.Phil (CBCS) Ph.D. Programme. The M.Com. Courses offer four Specialisation (1) Accounting and Taxation (2) Finance (3) Marketing. (4) Statistics There are four semesters whole time course. Each semester consist five paper including dissertation in final semester. There is 30:70 internal and external ratio for examination. M.Phil. course include three major papers (1) Research Methodology, (2) Perspectives of Management (3) Banking and Finance, in first semester and in second semester dissertation on respective area of Commerce, all functional area of Management, Banking, Finance, Accounting etc. This is pre- Ph.D. Course having Research Orientation. It is whole-time course. The Department provides research guidance facilities to the candidate for Ph.D.degree in Commerce. Total No. 130 Ph.D. Degrees were awarded to the research students with different area of Commerce, Accountancy, Finance, Management, Banking etc. Total Seven faculty members are recognized as research supervisor for Ph.D. programme. Department is organizing various Conferences, Workshops, Seminar on regular basis. Department of Commerce have strong alumni. The students were working in different position in Government, Non-government Organization, Institutions and Corporation. The Saurashtra University was created on a rigorous demand, for a separate university out of Gujarat University (Ahmedabad), from the eminent educationists and freedom fighters of the Saurashtra region. The demand was more prominent after the creation of Gujarat state on May 1, 1961. The Saurashtra University Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat in the year 1965(Gujarat Act No. 39 of 1965). Saurashtra University, established on 23rd May, 1967, having two headquarters in the initial stage i.e. Rajkot and Bhavnagar. After the incorporation of the Bhavnagar University, Rajkot became the sole headquarters of the Saurashtra University. The campus of the University is spread over 363 acres of land. The present jurisdiction of the University includes Amreli, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Morbi districts. It has 29 Post Graduate Departments on its campus and 238 affiliated colleges. The University has important seats of learning spreading knowledge in the respective fields i.e. Nehru Chair, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Chair, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Chair, Swami Dayanand Saraswati Chair, Gulabdas Broker Chair, etc. The University runs a centre of learning and research in the name of Shri Zaverchand Meghani i.e. Meghani Lok Sahitya Kendra. The University in collaboration with Commissionerate of Industries, Government of Gujarat, and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has started National Facility for Drugs Discovery (NFDD) in the year 2009. The NFDD is a state of art centre of research and innovation. Later in the year 2014, the NFDD was transformed into Centre of Excellence (COE). COE is actively involved in generating funds from industrial consultancy. ...view more