Economics and History Programme

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Economics and History Programme

The department recommends that students complete mathematics in Classes 11 and 12 to be eligible for any economics-related major or minor.

For students who have not studied mathematics in Classes 11 and 12 to be eligible for any economics-related major or minor, they need to:

a) Take MAT 1000: Calculus (a 1000-level course) offered by the Mathematics department in their first semester and

b) Secure at least an A- to be eligible

Students will have to do 8 courses each in Economics and History.

Major Requirements

As with any interdisciplinary major, students need to complete 116 credits for the Economics and History major. Within these 116 credits, students need to complete eight courses in Economics as described below. The foundation course requirements for this major are as given in the pure Economics major page.  

For the History course requirements in this major, please contact the History Department.

The details of the courses in Economics are as follows.

  • A mandatory core of 4 courses (Introduction to Economics, Mathematics for Economics, Microeconomics 1, Macroeconomics 1)
  • Two options for the other 4 courses
    1. Option A (Theory): Microeconomics 2, Macroeconomics 2 and any two other 2nd or 3rd year courses subject to prerequisites
    2. Option B (Empirical): Statistics for Economics, Econometrics and any two other 2nd or 3rd year courses subject to prerequisites

Sample Curriculum Structure

Semester I

Semester II

Semester III

Semester IV

Semester V

Semester VI

Introduction to Critical Thinking

Foundation Course 4

Foundation Course 6

Foundation Course 8

Economics Elective Course I

Economics Elective Course 2

Foundation Course 1

Foundation Course 5

Foundation Course 7

History 1

History 3

History 6

Foundation Course 2

Introduction To Economics

Microeconomic Theory I

History 2

History 4

History 7

Foundation Course 3

Math for Economics

Macroeconomic Theory I

Econometrics

History 5

History 8

Statistics for Economics

Faculty

Piyali Banerjee

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Alabama

Swagata Bhattacharjee

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Arghya (Argo) Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Mihir Bhattacharya

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute

Abhinash Borah

Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Aparajita Dasgupta

Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of California, Riverside

Ashwini Deshpande

Head of the Department, Economics and Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Delhi School of Economics

Bhaskar Dutta

Distinguished University Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Delhi

Srijita Ghosh

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. New York University

Bhanu Gupta

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Michigan

Hemanshu Kumar

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Delhi School of Economics

Nayanjot Lahiri

Professor of History, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Delhi University

Ratul Lahkar

Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kanika Mahajan

Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute

Bipasha Maity

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of British Columbia

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Chancellor, Professor of History, Ashoka University

D.Phil. Oxford University

Pratyay Nath

Associate Professor of History, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ayush Pant

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Warwick

Bharat Ramaswami

Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Minnesota

S.K. Ritadhi

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley

Anuradha Saha

Associate Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Indian Statistical Institute

Anisha Sharma

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashoka University

Ph.D. University of Oxford

Aparna Vaidik

Professor of History, Ashoka University

Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University

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