ECONOMISTS

Economics is the subject of great opportunities, especially in the developing country, like India. But the doubt is that how many of our new generation has realized this since still they are behind only the Engineering and Medicine.

Courses

All most major Indian colleges and universities offer BA, MA, MSc, M.Phil and PhD course in Economics. The basic qualification for BA in any discipline is placement.  You can join PG courses if you have a degree.

Today, because of this massive development, specialization in different disciplines is possible. Development Economics, World Economics, Financial Economics, Business Economics, Labor Economics, International Economics, Industrial Economics, Agricultural Economics, etc. are the major specialization available. Econometrics is the other promising subject.

Development Economics deals with financial problems of developing countries. Industrial Economics comes under the scope of industrial growth.  How to increase the sales of products, to plan their methods, the availability of available resources, the utilization of new markets and the development of new markets are comes under Industrial Economics. The mission of Labor Economics is to develop scientists who can solve scientific solutions of labour problems. The analysis of financial policies, including tax proposals, the value of currencies, the impact of tax proposals in the clouds such as trade, and the reflection in the banking zone, comes under the study of Financial Economics. International Business Economics is the subject of international trade and trade.

INSTITUTIONS

Although most institutions offer economics as a subject of study, it is better to join the cream institutes for higher studies.  Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Studies in Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru University of Delhi, The Center for Economics and Social Studies in Hyderabad , Institute of Economics Growth of Delhi, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Delhi School of Economics, Madras School of Economics, Banaras Hindu University , The Center for Development Studies,  Thiruvananthapuram are some of the leading institutions in the country.  Those who complete their plus two can try for an admission of 5 year integrated course in IITs.

Doing an MBA for an Economics graduates will helpful in getting a better placement because economics is one of the most important subject in most management courses. It is of utmost importance that they specialize in banking, finance, stock and commodity broking in MBA. The Indian Institute of Capital Markets is conducting one year 's securities market program at post graduate level. Graduates or postgraduate degrees in any discipline is the required qualification. There will be an entrance examination at the national level. Visit www.utiicm.com  for more information.

Experts in economics will get job in banking, insurance, stock broking, finance etc. There will be employment in government institutions, massive businesses, publications, etc also.

Postgraduate in Economics can appear the Indian Economics Service of the UPSC and join higher positions in Govt. of India. There are opportunities in the Banking, Teaching and Research etc.  They can turn to management field.  In this era of globalization, there are many opportunities in the private zone also.