About the Department
HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The Department of Commerce was introduced in Auxilium College in the year 1980 with an initial sanctioned strength of 50 in the UG Course. During the first few years of establishment, the Department was under the care of Mrs. P.M. Vijayalakshmi, Head of the Department of Economics. There was only one Assistant Professor of Commerce to handle Commerce classes and the Law related subjects was being handled by Ms. Suseela, an advocate from Vellore.
After a few years, when the Department obtained sanction from the Government as well as the University of Madras, to which the College was affiliated then, the number of staff members in the Department increased to three who started handling all the subjects including Law related subjects.
Since the year 1985, the class strength was raised to 70 and the number of staff members was four. In the following years, due to the excessive demand for seats in B.Com., the strength was further increased to 76 and the number of sanctioned posts for teaching staff increased to five.
Due to the heavy demand for the course, in the year 2002, the UG Course was also introduced in the unaided stream with about 30 students with the aim of preparing Women Entrepreneurs. Owing to the demand for commerce students, the P.G Programme commenced in the year 2003. The department has a full time research centre for M. Phil. from the year 2008.
Objective of the Course To impart sound knowledge and skills, related to Business and Accounting, through a well designed, balanced and comprehensive syllabus structure, to make the students acquire better employable skills through Career-oriented papers.
Strengths of the Department - Head of the Department
- Staff co-operation
- Constructive syllabus
- Career-oriented papers
- Syllabus revised at regular intervals
- Adaptability of the syllabus to current changes
- Amenities in the Department
- ICT enabled class rooms
- Intercom and Microphone in classrooms
- Fully furnished Staff rooms
- Laptop and Desktop Computer with Wi-fi and Internet facility
- Guide to Consumers – An Elective Paper
In order to educate the students about the need for Consumer Education, an Elective Paper titled ‘Guide to Consumers’ is incorporated in the curriculum for the Final Year students of the Department through which skills, concepts and understanding required for everyday living to achieve maximum satisfaction and utilization of her resources is provided.
- The UGC sponsored Certificate Course in Human Resource Management and Development is offered to the students of all disciplines.
- Coaching Classes for ICWAI, CA-CPT, CSAT, LIC, TNPSC, IBPS and RRB are conducted every weekend.
- Classes for the Certificate Course offered by IIBF (Indian Institute of Banking and Finance) are held every Friday.
- Booklets are offered to the students to help them in competitive Examinations by the Department in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Graduates’ Federation.
- The coaching classes for Bank Clerical Grade and Probationary Officer are conducted in a tie-up with T.I.M.E. Institute.
- Small Savings Club in collaboration with the Indian Posts and Telegraphs, GOI was started to promote the savings habit among the students.
- As women are the future Pillars of the Society, the Entrepreneur Development Club was started with an aim to provide necessary exposure to the students regarding entrepreneurial opportunities.
- The Citizen Consumer Club was started with the aim of providing the students with an awareness of various unfair trade practices and the methods involved in overcoming exploitation of the consumers.
Classes handled by the Staff Members To encourage students to take up professional courses. Future Plans of the Department
- To encourage research activity among students and staff
- To undertake minor and major projects
- To introduce Ph.D. Course
- To undertake a Memorandum of Understanding with nearby industries
