About the Department

The Department of Development Economics was established at Government College Mananthavady in 1998 as an undergraduate programme. This college is located in a hillock in Nallurnad village, Mananthavady Taluk, Wayanad District, just 200 meters away from Mananthavady-Kalpetta highway. The nearest airport is at Kozhikode and the nearest railway stations are at Thalassery and Kozhikode. The college is located nearby the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

The Department offers BA in Development Economics with15 core courses, 4 complementary courses, 2 Open courses, 8 common courses and 4 courses in additional language with a total of 31 courses and 120 credits. Micro Economic Analysis, Macro Economic Analysis, Methodology of Social Science with special reference to Economics, International Economics, Basic tools for Economic Analysis, Economics of Financial Markets, Modern banking, Informatics in Economics are the core courses. Among the core courses one is Project work, which enables the students to approach socio economic issues in a theoretical perspective. Complementary courses are Population studies, Mathematical Economics and Econometrics. With this programme 2 Open courses are provided, viz; Kerala economy and Entrepreneurial Economics. This programme focuses to enable the students to contribute to economic policy making, researches, and socio-economic- and environmental endeavors in global and local level and for other competitive fields.