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SSR PART-II<br />

<strong>DOON</strong> <strong>UNIVERSITY</strong>, <strong>DEHRADUN</strong><br />

admission in the department.<br />

No separate library for the School.<br />

Encouraging attitude of the state<br />

government (especially at the level of<br />

bureaucracy) in terms of promoting<br />

the Department of Economics for<br />

different partnerships, policy<br />

evaluation exercises in joint<br />

collaboration with the government.<br />

Encouraging media response for<br />

different activities of the Department<br />

Some of the courses run by the<br />

department of economics are not<br />

covered elsewhere in the state.<br />

Opportunities<br />

Potentials for a centre of excellence<br />

given no other institutions offering<br />

similar courses in the state.<br />

Potential role in partnership with<br />

different government agencies for<br />

policy formulation and evaluation.<br />

Challenges<br />

To meet the aspiration of students in<br />

dynamic market situations.<br />

To meet the standards of teaching and<br />

research with scant human resources.<br />

To restrict inbreeding of faculty<br />

members in the light of lesser interest<br />

of faculties to join the university at<br />

higher levels viz, professors and<br />

associate professors.<br />

52. Future plans of the department.<br />

As per the mandates of the department of economics as highlighted in the<br />

vision and mission statement of the university in the Detailed Project Report,<br />

the Department plans to evolve as an institution of higher learning in terms of<br />

teaching and research in economics. Towards this, the medium and longer<br />

terms plans of the Department are as highlighted below.<br />

Short-Term/ Medium Term Plans:<br />

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To equip the Department with the state of the art teaching and research<br />

facilities in terms of organised and independent library, computer labs.<br />

To build capacities of the students of the department to get placed in<br />

remunerative jobs so that a better profile of the department is created in<br />

due course.<br />

To proactively search for opportunities of partnership with different<br />

government agencies both at the state and the national level to ensure<br />

participation of the department in policy making processes in the<br />

country.<br />

School of Social Sciences<br />

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