Thrust Area
- Criminal Law, Evidence Law and Forensic Evidence, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Social Responsibility, Trusts, Law and popular culture, Family law, International Investment Law, International Trade Law and International Commercial Arbitration, refugee laws, immigration laws, citizenship laws, Corporate Laws and Governance, Corporate Financial Distress Law, Law of Corporate Finance, Health Laws,
- Gender Studies, Feminist Theory and Criticism, Contemporary Revisionist Indian Mythology,
- Post-colonial theory and literature, Modernist theory and Criticism, Indian Literature
- English, Surveillance Studies, English Language Studies, Economics of Education, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Science, Micro-entrepreneurship and financial inclusion
- Sustainable Development, Water Pollution, Climate Refugee, Women and Environment
- Sociology of health, prisons, gender, ageing, Ocean Governance (Maritime Security, Marine Environment and Conservation of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, and Protection and Regulation of Submarine Cables
- Women Rights, Tribal Rights, Law and Technology, Identity Politics. Gender, Labour, Migration, Everyday Life Sociology, Environment
- International Trade, Environmental Economics and Industrial Economics
- Banking & Finance
- Financial Crisis and Global Macroeconomic Dynamics
- Share Market Volatility
- International Business
- Applied HR
- Behavioural Finance
- Marketing
- Dedication and sincerity of faculty members.
- Innovative teaching methods encouraging creative interpretation of texts.
- Use of audio-visual materials in class to help students' engagements with texts.
- Individual guidance and pastoral care: giving students time to express individual concerns outside the classroom on a one-is-to-one basis.
- Regularly organized talks and lectures by guest and visiting professors.
- Distinct shared areas of interest:
- Women's writing
- Partition Literature
- Memory Studies
- Gender
- Fantasy Fiction
- Popular Culture
The Department of Economics St. Xavier's University, Kolkata has identified five thrust areas of research –
- Development Economics,
- Resource & Environmental Economics,
- Macroeconomic Policies,
- The Economics of Social sector and
- Industrial Organization.
On Going Research
Gender Economics, Health Economics, Applied Game Theory, Labour Economics, Political Economics, Education Policy, Urban Economics, Energy Economics, Financial Markets, Trade & Environment. The department is also engaged in interdisciplinary research.
Main research area is communication research.
- Communication Theories,
- Development Communication,
- New Media and Print media,
- Advertising and Public Relations,
- Audio visual media and
- Mobile Journalism.
The major thrust of research
- Clinical Neuropsychology,
- Health psychology,
- Psychological assessment,
- Psychotherapy,
- Child and Adolescent mental health,
- Geriatric mental health,
- Cognitive rehabilitation,
- Applied Cognitive Psychology in Organizational Context,
- Organizational Behaviour,
- Positive Psychology,
- Applied Social Psychology,
- Personality, Developmental and
- Educational Psychology.
Future Project:
The department is looking forward to initiating funded projects and quality research publications by its faculty as well as students.
- Social mobility studies, elderly, women and child issues.
- Geriatric social work, women and child development, health and corporate social responsibility.
- Child protection, health, gender, sexuality, and transgender rights.
All domains of business management viz.:
- Marketing,
- Finance and
- Human resource,