Twenty-one permanent faculty, four programmes, and a continuous record of teaching, research and student achievement since 1970.
An introduction to our history, our teaching philosophy, and the scholarly tradition we work within.
The PG Department of Commerce is one of the oldest and largest academic units in the College. B.Com. was introduced in 1970, M.Com. in 2004, BBA in 2021, and the new B.Com. Tax Planning & Management programme in 2025.
The Department offers a comprehensive curriculum in accounting, finance, taxation, marketing, human resource management, business law and quantitative methods. Teaching emphasises both conceptual understanding and practical application, and faculty supervise dissertations, lead funded research, and mentor students for professional examinations such as CA, CS, CMA and the UGC NET.
Twenty-one permanent faculty members — three Professors, five Associate Professors and thirteen Assistant Professors — bring sustained scholarly and administrative experience to the Department. Several hold elected or nominated positions on Boards of Studies at Panjab University and other institutions.
Educators and researchers who shape the academic life of the department.
Twenty-one permanent faculty members. Click any card to view a full profile.
Undergraduate, postgraduate and add-on courses offered by the department.
Established 1970. Three-year B.Com. and four-year B.Com. (Honours) and B.Com. (Honours with Research) under the NEP curriculum, covering accounting, business management, taxation, law and quantitative techniques.
Newly introduced in 2025. Three-year and four-year (Honours / Honours with Research) NEP programme focused on direct and indirect taxation, tax planning, compliance and management.
Established 2021. Industry-oriented bachelor of business administration with the NEP-aligned three-year and four-year Honours and Honours with Research tracks.
Established 2004. Two-year postgraduate programme with electives in finance, accounting and management.
Lectures, seminars, workshops, field trips and student-led work that extend learning beyond the classroom.
Photographs from departmental lectures, workshops and student competitions.
Awards, recognitions, funded projects and milestones earned by faculty and students.
Mr Neeraj Goyal — 1st in PU Exams, B.Com. Sem V (university position holder); Ms Bhoomi — 2nd in PU Exams (university position holder in every semester); Ms Amritpreet Kaur — 3rd in PU Exams (university position holder).
Prof. (Dr) Manjinder Singh — Best Research Paper of the Year Award (2024) for "Measuring Impact in Open Access Research: An Altmetric and Citation Analysis", conferred by the International Journal of Information Studies and Libraries (Publishing India Group).
Dr Anupama Vashisht received the State NSS Award in 2025 for her work as NSS Programme Officer (2021–2024), during which she conducted awareness drives, donation drives and an NSS Camp.
Dr Rimpi Kaur — Excellent Research Award (2011) and Best Teacher Award (2009) for outstanding contributions to research and quality teaching.
Faculty have led UGC- and ICSSR-funded research projects in commerce, finance and management. Prof. (Dr) Manjinder Singh has completed major research projects funded by UGC and ICSSR; Dr Harmeet Kaur completed an ICSSR-sponsored project; Dr Seema Chopra completed an ICSSR Minor Research Project.
The Business Quest Club builds a network among Commerce students through activities aimed at personality development, communication and decision-making skills, business awareness and the spirit of competition. Annual activities are organised at the departmental, College and inter-college levels, and student members regularly volunteer for departmental and College activities and win laurels in inter-college competitions.
Students have been placed with companies including Infosys, eClerx and Amazon through the Department’s placement coordination efforts.
Faculty representations on university and external academic bodies, editorial boards and professional societies.
Term: 1 May 2023 – 31 March 2025. Life member of the Indian Commerce Association and Indian Accounting Association.
Term: 1 May 2023 – 31 March 2025.
Period: 2023 – 25.
Also Advisory Member (Membership ID IA24518CM) of the International Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Management (IASTEM), and Secretary, Indian Accounting Association, Chandigarh Chapter. Reviewer for IJCRT, IJBM (Canadian Center of Science and Education) and Wyno Academic Journal of Social Sciences. Editorial Board Member: GE-IJMR, JHRM (Science Publishing Group, New York), IJRSSH, IJMS, IRJCL, IJMR (Asia Research Foundation). Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Management and Commerce.
Active in curriculum and syllabus development. Life Member, Indian Accounting Association.
National and international patents filed and published by the department's faculty.
Application Number 202411039053. Field of Invention: Computer Science. Date of Filing: 18 May 2024. Publication Date (u/s 11A): 21 June 2024. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
Application Number 202411043741. Field of Invention: Computer Science. Date of Filing: 5 June 2024. Publication Date (u/s 11A): 21 June 2024. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
Application Number 202511098975 A. Field of Invention: Computer Science. Date of Filing: 14 October 2025. Publication Date: 5 December 2025. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
Faculty actively supervising doctoral and pre-doctoral research scholars.
Currently guiding 1 Ph.D. scholar in the area of Banking & Financial Systems.
Laboratories, classrooms, libraries and learning resources that support our academic work.
Audio-visual enabled classrooms equipped for case discussions and presentations.
Workstations with current accounting and analytics software including Tally, MS Excel and SPSS.
A working reference collection of texts, journals, case-books and professional publications.
A space for the student-led Business Quest Club, society meetings, case discussions and entrepreneurship initiatives.
Papers, books, chapters and research projects authored by faculty. Click any entry to open the full PDF.
Office, email, phone, and Head-of-Department details.
