POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The PG Department of Commerce is one of the oldest departments of the College offering under graduate, postgraduate and add-on courses. The Under-Graduate Course of Commerce (BCom) was started on July 19, 1970 with 60 Students, 5 Faculty Members and Prof R C Kaushal as Head of the Department. After superannuation of Prof Kaushal, Prof SPS Yadav and Prof RS Chhiller served as Heads of the Department.

With the growing demand of Commerce stream, the Post-Graduate Course of Commerce (MCom) was started in the year 2004. Further BBA Course was introduced in the session 2021-22 to cater to interest of students in Management courses. Presently the department, is headed by Dr Tejinder Singh Brar. It has more than 1000 students on its rolls who are mentored by highly qualified 24 Faculty Members (21 grant-in aid and 3 contractual). Twenty of the Faculty Members are PhD degree holders with specialization in different fields of Commerce/Management. Besides holding degrees in the stream of Commerce, some Faculty Members also have specialized in other fields as, Law, Economics and Management. The Department offers Honours in Accounting & Finance and Economics to students in their 2nd and 3rd year of graduation. Besides that, the department also offers Add-On courses in e-Commerce and e-Banking. The department has recently started Certified Course in Tally in collaboration with Tally Education Pvt. Ltd. This course has been started with the motive of making students employable in the areas of Accounts, Audit and Taxation etc.

 The Department organises academic and real life learning experience activities through various extension lectures, seminars, conferences and educational trips. Commerce Society of Department of Commerce started in the year 1970-71 was revamped and got its new name ‘Expressions Club’ in the year 2014. The Cub under the mentorship of Dr Rimpi organises inter-college events, like, Business Proposal Competiion, Quiz, Poster making and Slogan Writing Competitions etc every year. Considering the scope of activities to be covered under the Club, the Expressions Club has been renamed Business Quest Club in the session 2022-23.

The Department is proud of its illustrious Alumni, who are well placed across different fields. Mr Rammi Kaushal of BCom was the first University Gold Medalist from the Department who presently is the Managing Director of a leading US Company in real estate business. Sh Suresh Arora, ex- DGP (Punjab) and Sh Virender Garg, an IRS are our valuable Alumni. Many other renowned entrepreneurs, leading educationists and senior Commerce faculty members of the region and other city Colleges are the product of our Department. 

COURSES OFFERED

Courses Offered

Duration

Seats

Academic Qualification

Mode
B.Com   3 years 280 seats  + additional seats provided by the university 10+2 Centralised through DHE
BBA 3 years 40 seats + additional seats provided by the university 10+2 Centralised through DHE

Honours in BCom

(Accounting and Finance; Economics)

Offered in BCom II & III   50% Marks in respective subject  
M.Com 2 years 80 seats + additional seats provided by the university Undergraduate On Merit Basis

 

ADD-ON COURSES OFFERED

ADD-ON/SKILL DEVELOPMENT/VALUE ADDED COURSES OFFERED THROUGH COLLABORATIONS

  • Add-on Certificate Course in E-Commerce: 60 seats
  • Add-on Certificate Course in E-Banking: 60 seats
  • Certificate Course in Tally: 50 seats per batch

INTER DISCIPLINARY COURSES 

B Com                                Economics, English, Punjabi & History, Computer Science

M Com                                Economics 

FACULTY

Name & Email

Experience (in years) 

No. of Publications

No. of Books

Oral/
poster presentation

Conferences/
seminar Attended
Workshop Attended

Refresher/
Orientation courses attended/ FDP/ STTP

Area of Specialization

Dr Tejinder Singh Brar

brar.sggs@gmail.com

32

06

01

03

05

OC-1,RC-3

Business Management and Marketing Management

Dr  Seema Mahajan

seemamahajan_chd@yahoo.com

31

04

04

    11

18

OC-1,RC-3,FDP-7

Accounting and Finance

Dr Parminder Walia

parminder.walia@gmail.com

26

17

00

06

08

OC-1,RC-3,FDP-7

Law and research Methodology

Dr Taranjit Rao

taranjitkaur.rao@gmail.com

21

16

02

32

34

OC-1,RC-3,STTP-01

Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management

Dr Manjinder Singh

mssaini77@yahoo.com

22

21

04

34

07

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-3

Accounting and Finance

Dr Surjit Singh

surjitsggs1@gmail.com

24

10

04

14

07

OC-1,RC-3,FDP-3, STTP-01

Banking and Insurance

Dr Balraj Singh

balrajsaini13@gmail.com

16

23

02

19

08

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-6

Accounting and Finance

Dr Sukhraj Singh

sukhraj007_sandhu@yahoo.com

27

10

    08    

11

16

OC-1,RC-3,FDP-4

Accounting

Dr Pooja Bhagwan

bhagwanpooja@yahoo.com

13

06

05

11

12

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-4

Accounting and Finance

Dr Harmeet Kaur

harmeet9@gmail.com

16

05

11

10

8

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-4

Finance and Human Resources

Ms Amanjot Kaur

kang.amanjot@gmail.com

14

05

03

06

14

OC-1,RC-3,FDP-4

Finance and Marketing Management

Dr  Harjeet Kaur Virk

harjeetvirk04@yahoo.com

13

21

10

29

19

OC-1,RC-3,FDP-8

Human Resource Management

Dr Sumedha Vikram Khanna

sumedhavikramkhanna@gmail.com

16

07

07

10

13

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-04

Human Resource Management

Dr Seema Chopra

seemachopra2006@gmail.com

20

10

12

06

22

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-7

Accounting and Finance

Dr Rimpi Kaur

rimpikr24@gmail.com

15

53

08

20

15

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-7

Banking and Finance

Dr Manveen Gill

manveengill23@gmail.com

17

04

04

06

10

OC-1,RC-1,FDP-7

Human Resource Management and Finance

Dr Ramandeep Mann

nippymann28@yahoo.com

21

08

00

04

03

OC-1,RC-1,FDP-1

Finance

Dr Manbir Dhaliwal

manbirdhaliwal26@yahoo.co.in

16

12

00

10

12

OC-1,RC-1,FDP-5

Marketing Management, Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Dr Anupama Vashisht

anupamavashisht83@gmail.com

14

12

00

10

06

OC-1,RC-2,FDP-3

Human Resource Management

Dr Gurpreet Kaur Jakhar

gurpreetdhatt@gmail.com

09

07

00

02

06

OC-1,RC-1,FDP-1

Finance

Dr  Manpreet Kaur

manpreet319@yahoo.com

12

16

00

00

04

OC-2,RC-2

Finance

Ms Sharandeep Kaur

deepsharanbajwa@gmail.com

11

02

00 13 11 00

Accounting and Finance

Ms Ramanpreet Kaur

05

00

00

03

00 00

Accounting and Finance

Ms Preeti

malikpreeti777@gmail.com

01 00 00 00 01 FDP-1

Marketing

Management

 

LIST OF ONGOING/COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS BY THE FACULTY

Name of the PI/ Co-PI

Title of the Project

Duration

Funding Agency

Cost

Dr Tejinder Singh Brar

(Project Co-Director)

Usage and Perception of Academic Social Networking Websites on Academia: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Universities of North India

1 year

(Completed)

ICSSR

3,00,000

Dr Manjinder Singh

Corporate Web Disclosure in India: An Empirical Study

2 years

(Completed)

UGC

6,25,000

Dr Manjinder Singh

Web Based Business Reporting Practices in India: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Giants

18 months (Completed)

ICSSR

4,00,000

Dr Harmeet Kaur

Occupational Stress,Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction among Female Employees: A Study of Public and Private Sector Banks of Punjab and Chandigarh

2 years

(Completed)

ICSSR

4,00,000

Dr Seema Chopra

The Comparative Study of Indian Family and Non-Family Business with regard to Conservatism in Accounting and Reporting Practices

1 year

(Completed)

ICSSR

2,00,000

INFRASTRUCTURE

Library: There is one main library in the College and it houses total 2000 books of Commerce Courses. Also the library subscribes to 21 journals in Commerce and management including 9 online Journals and 01 Database (N-List).

Internet facility for staff and students: Two computers with internet facility and access to e-journals are available in the library. The College further has well equipped computer labs with internet, in the PG Department of Computer Science which can be used by faculty as well as students.

Class rooms with ICT facility: Classrooms with interactive boards / LCD projectors are available for Power point presentations and other enhanced teaching-learning experience.

INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATION 

Collaboration with Tally Education Pvt. Ltd. For Certificate Course in Tally

FACULTY AWARDS

Name

Award Details

Dr Taranjit Rao

Paper titled ‘Bancassurance- A Logical Step for Growth of Banking Sector’ adjudged the best paper on Finance Track at National Conference, held at Chandigarh Business School, Landran, Mohali on Sept 25, 2010

Dr Surjit Singh

Awarded Certificate of Appreciation on 1 St Oct 2009 by Department of Transfusion Medicine PGMIER Chandigarh & Aids Control Society U.T Chandigarh for my contribution for the noble cause of Voluntary Blood Donation

Dr Taranjit Rao

Reviewer of International Journal of Business and Management

Editorial Board Member of International Journal in Management and Social Science

Editorial Board Member of International Research Journal of Commerce and Law

Editorial Board Member in Journal of Human Resource Management

Editorial Board Member in International Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

Editor/reviewer in Wyno Academic Journal of Social Sciences

Awarded Certificate of Reviewing in recognition of the review contributed to the Journal- Asia Pacific Management Review

 

SESSION CHAIRED/CO-CHAIRED IN SEMINARS/CONFERENCES

Name

National

International

Dr Taranjit Rao

01

01

Dr Seema Mahajan

01

01

Dr Seema Chopra

--

01

 

ACTED AS RESOURCE PERSON

Name

National Level

International Level

Dr Taranjit Rao

01

01

Dr Balraj Singh

01

--

Dr Harjeet Kaur Virk

02

--

Dr Rimpi Kaur

04

--

Dr Manbir Kaur Dhaliwal

03

--