The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, is planning to start a five-year undergraduate plus post-graduate programme in Economics. | |
| The students will be trained in basic economic theory, econometrics, quantitative techniques, industrial economics, international trade, infrastructure economics, money and finance, environmental economics, and law and its connection with economics. |
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| The institute can admit 25 students through the entrance examination. The IIT has a seven-member faculty in economics. |
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| "The need for the new course has been felt for a long time," says K K Saxena, head of the economics department. |
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| The rationale for setting up this programme is there is need for interaction between these two subjects. |
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| "The urgency is due to the opening up of the country's economy and the competition from multinationals, and the demand for higher growth," Saxena said. |
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| However, while nobody in the IIT denies that the course is required, there is a fear in the department of social sciences that other disciplines may suffer as a result of the introduction. |
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| Also, after the exit of the NDA government, the courses the institute was offering in Sanskrit and ancient Indian history are seen to be languishing. |
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