Rajarshi Shahu Mahavidyalaya, Latur

Department of Commerce

Privatization, Globalization and Liberalization has brought tremendous changes in the field of Commerce and Management studies. The economies of the nations whether developed or progressive depend upon the growth and development in the field of Industry, Business, Commerce, Trade and other Related Economic and Business activities. The Commerce as a field of study offers a vast variety of subjects ranging from Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Cost Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, Business and Managerial Economics, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Retail Management, Business Communication, Financial Management, International Business Environment, Computer Application in Business, I.T. enabled services, Organizational Behaviour, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Corporate Law, E-Commerce and what not! Commerce and Management education offers tremendous opportunities for students aspiring to become entrepreneurs or to provide consultancy services in the field of Accounts, Finance, Management, Taxation Stock Market Operations etc. It also caters to the needs of students who want to become professionals like CA, ICWA, CS, MBA, CFS, CFA, CMA etc.

Commerce as a discipline enables the students to become employable in various spheres of economic and business activities. The knowledge of commerce also provides the students tremendous opportunities in the field of ever increasing needs of the service sector, which contributes 60% share in the GDP of the nation. The department offers B.Com. with Banking & Finance and Entrepreneurship Development as optional subjects. At the Master level M.Com. with specialization in Advanced Banking & Finance and Marketing Management. The Board of Studies of Commerce Faculty strives for excellence in curriculum development by incorporating recent changes and requirements of various stakeholders.

Thus, in order to enhance the employability of students the department has introduced subjects like Entrepreneurship, Banking, E-commerce, Retail Management, Financial Management, etc. Similarly, skill enhancement courses like Tally ERP 9, Office Automation, Soft Skill for B.Com. II year students and Goods and Services Tax, Disaster Management and Office Management for B.Com. III year students are incorporated in the curriculum as skill enhancement course. In order to develop life skills of the students, the department carries out various extracurricular activities through an association of commerce students called ‘Commerce Association’. For improving leadership and organizing skill of students, the Commerce Association organizes various programmes such as Career Guidance, Workshops, Skill enhancement programmes like Exhibitions, Dandiya Competition, Handicraft Exhibition, Mehandi and Rangoli Competition, Poster Presentation, Study Tour, Faculty Day, etc.

The Commerce Association organizes outreach activities in the village areas to create awareness among villages about Cyber Security, Financial awareness, Vaccination, Tree Plantation, Blood Donation etc. Department of commerce every year organizes the University Level Commerce Idol Competition to enhance the competitive abilities of the commerce graduates and post graduates.

The Department is a recognized research center of S.R.T.M. University, Nanded for Ph.D. research work. All the faculties are also recognized research supervisor of SRTMU, Nanded. All the full time faculties in the department are NET/SET and Ph.D. degree holders. The contractual faculties working in the department are also NET/ SET / Ph.D. degree holders. The faculty also undertakes Minor and Major Research Projects in the field of Commerce and Management. There are 20 research students pursuing Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. P.N. Sagar, Dr. A.J. Raju, Dr. S.J. Kulkarni and Dr. P.S. Trimukhe, Dr. P.R. Rodiya and Dr. V.D. Dhumal.