Post Graduate and Research Department of Commerce
- About the Department
- Infrastructure
- Programmes Offered
- Faculty
- Research
- Special Features
- Library
- Syllabus
- CIA Test Questions Papers
- End Semester Question Papers
- Result
- Association / Club
- Extension Activities
- Seminars / Workshops
- Student Progression
- MoUs &LoCs Signed
- Innovative Practices & Best Practices
- Consultancy Services
- Future Plans of the Department
- Notable Alumni
- Summer Internship Training
- Gallery
- Roll of Honour
- Capacity Building
- MooCs / Swayam /NPTEL / ARPIT
About the Department
The Post Graduate and Research Department of Commerce was established in the year 1974 with undergraduate course B.Com. It was upgraded to Post Graduate level in the year 1992 with an intake of 20 students. The department has been elevated to the position of a first Research Centre in 1998 under the Madurai Kamaraj University to offer M.Phil Degree Course in Commerce (Full-Time) and Ph.D in Commerce (Full-Time & Part-Time). Currently the department has 4 research guides and the department produces more than 49 Ph.D and 150 M.Phil Scholars. At present, the department consists of 8 full time permanent faculty members and 2 management aided faculty members.
The Department has Entrepreneurship Development Cell functioning in a full swing for the development of the students towards Entrepreneurial Skills. The Department handles classes for the professional courses, such as Common Proficiency Test (CPT) class for Chartered Accountancy (CA), foundation classes for Cost and Management Accountancy (CMA) and Company Secretaryship (CS). The Department has signed an MoU with various professional bodies ICAI, ICMA and ICSI. The Department offers Certificate Course in Personality Development, Entrepreneurial Development, Counselling and Life Skills and Certificate Course in Forensic Accounting.
The Department also offers UGC sponsored Career Oriented Programme in Accounting using Tally. The Department has signed an MoU with more than 100 Chartered Accountants, NGOs and Companies. The Department periodically organised the international, national conferences and workshops based on the recent trends in commerce issues. The Department produced more than 40 professionals like Chartered Accountant and Company Sectaries. The Department organise the pre placement training programme and arrange placement to the final year students.
Goals
The Department of Commerce Educates the Students
✔ To acquire and enhance accounting skills
✔ To possess computer skill in business management
✔ To acquaint with the provisions for business laws
✔ To prepare for competitive examinations
✔ To demonstrate soft skills
✔ To exhibit communicative skill
✔ To develop entrepreneurial skill
✔ To make them employable in the field of commerce and industry.
Objectives
The B.Com and M.Com (Semester pattern with Credit System) degree Programme of Post Graduate and Research Department of Commerce shall be building on expansion of undergraduate studies on one hand and the other, focusing on modern practices and Strategies followed in Commerce System, resulting into a ‘Commercial Professional’; who is able to operate in any role in commerce and business worldwide. This in turn contributes to the advancement of professionalism in trade, commerce and industries.
However the specific objectives of the Programme are:
✔ To acquaint and equip students with the knowledge and understanding of emerging commercial, business practices and professions in India and abroad.
✔ To help students to acquire advanced knowledge in selected subjects and areas in Commerce and trade.
✔ To facilitate the students to learn to seek application of knowledge and be able to challenge the knowledge so acquired in practice.
Vision
✔ To envision the Department of Commerce as a Research Centre of Excellence in Commerce and creates professionals with ethical values.
Mission
✔ To design a course integrating curriculum, career and community.
✔ To educate the students to become excellent and ethical business consultants, chartered accountants, entrepreneurs and business managers.
✔ To develop the students to become socially responsible and globally employable through our course structure.
✔ To empower the students through training and facilitation.
✔ To establish close linkage with industry, business, professionals and government so as to
enhance the work experience of the students.
Infrastructure
| Nature of Class | Number | Nature of Infrastructure | Facility |
| Smart Class Room | 1 | ICT Enabled and Fully Air Conditioned Room |
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| Video Conference Hall | 1 | ICT Enabled and Fully Air Conditioned Room |
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| Multimedia Hall | 1 | ICT Enabled |
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| Class Rooms | UG – 3
PG – 2 M.Phil – 1 Research Scholars – 1 |
Separate and More spacious Class Rooms |
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| Commerce Computer Lab (Contributed by Commerce Alumni) |
1 |
ICT Enabled |
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UG Programme Offered
B.Com – 3 Years
PG Programme Offered
M.Com – 2 Years
Research Programmes Offered
M.Phil (Full Time) – One Year
Ph.D. (Full Time / Part Time).
Certificate Courses – 30 Hourse Offered
1.Forensic Accounting
2. Primary Spoken Hindi First Level
3. Primary Spoken Hindi Secondary Level
4.Practical & Functional Hindi (Third Level)
5.Commercial Geography
6.Personality Development
7. Entrepreneurship Development
8.Counseling & Life Skills
9.UGC Career Oriented Course – Certificate Course in Accounting using Tally
Faculty Profile
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Retired Faculty |
| S.No | Name | Photo | Designation | Profile |
| 1 | Dr. T. Venkatesan |  |
Associate Professor & Principal |  |
| 2 | Dr. K. Karthikeyan |  |
Vice- Principal, Associate Professor & Head | |
| 3 | Dr. K. Chellapandian |  |
Assistant Professor | |
| 4 | Dr. S. Chandrasekaran |  |
Assistant Professor | |
| 5 | Dr. C. Vadivel |  |
Assistant Professor | |
| 6 | Dr. S. Vadivel Raja |  |
Assistant Professor | |
| Faculty (Management / Self Financing) | ||||
| 7 | Dr. M. Mohan |  |
Assistant Professor | |
| 8 | Dr. P. Murugan |  |
Assistant Professor | |
Research
Social science deals with the study of society and the relationship among individuals within society. It includes business, industry, commerce, government, sociology, demography, etc. Social science research provides authentic information to the people that are scientifically proven so that end users can rely upon it. It also helps us in finding the solutions to different social problems. It focuses on the fact that if we are able to find the root cause of any problem, we can find the more effective solution to it.
There is never an end to the social science research. It helps diverse subject areas to achieve their motives. It plays an important role in all fields. Hence, the growth and development of a society are impossible without social science research.
Therefore department has been recognized as a first commerce “Research Center” by the Madurai Kamaraj University in the year 1998 and offers research degree encompassing the areas Finance, Management, Banking, Investment, Taxation and Entrepreneurship etc. These recognitions have enhanced funding opportunities from government and other agencies to conduct research and development that are of national relevance and importance. The research center offers the research programs M. Phil (Full-Time), Ph.D (Full-Time) and Ph.D (Part-Time) in related with Commerce. The research center produced more than 51 Ph.D and 150 M.Phil scholars .
Special Features
Curriculum:
✔ Computer Subjects – MS Office and Tally ERP
✔ Research Project with Field Work
✔ Business Hindi
✔ Research Colloquium
✔ Periodical Guest Lecture
✔ Well Equipped Library
✔ Well Furnished Computer Lab
✔ E – Learning Facility
✔ Internet Facility with Wi-Fi Connectivity
✔ ICT Interactive Teaching
✔ Smart Class Facility
✔ On-the-Job Practical Training with Auditors
✔ Weekly Soft Skills Development Programme
Career:
✔ Career Oriented Subjects
✔ Coaching for NET/SET/TRB/TET / Bank Exam / UPSC / SSC / TNPSC … etc
✔ UGC Career Oriented Programme – Tally
✔ Soft Skills Training Programme
✔ Career Guidance & Placement Cell
Community:
✔ Seminars and Workshops
✔ Entrepreneurial Programme
✔ Counselling Center
✔ Consumer Awareness Programme
✔ Conducting Educational Tours and Industrial Visit
Department Library
The Department has a separate library facility near by department with 6,281 rich collections of text books and reference books to support the educational need of students and faculty members. Every year a good number of books are added in the stock. Efforts are made to update the library and make it more users friendly.
The collection includes course study books, reference books, journals etc. A number of journals, magazines and newspapers are subscribed to on weekly, monthly, quarterly basis, yearly.
Students are permitted to sit in the library and work/refer during working hours and allowed to bring to the hostel with the permission of entry. The library is affiliated to INFLIBNET. Faculty and staff members are all equipped with login IDs and passwords for access to the network’s extensive e-resources.
| S.No | Book Name | No.of Books |
| 1 | Books for Competitive Examinations | 469 |
| 2 | Computer Science | 350 |
| 3 | Financial Accounting and Auditing | 450 |
| 4 | Marketing | 300 |
| 5 | Business Law | 325 |
| 6 | Direct and Indirect Taxes | 285 |
| 7 | Banking and Insurance | 365 |
| 8 | Management Accounting | 390 |
| 9 | Human Resource Management | 215 |
| 10 | Economics | 300 |
| 11 | Cost Accounting | 275 |
| 12 | Industrial Management | 250 |
| 13 | Entrepreneurship Development | 290 |
| 14 | Encyclopaedia and Dictionary | 150 |
| 15 | Books for Professional Studies (CA/CMA/CS) | 350 |
| 16 | Financial Management | 350 |
| 17 | Research Methodology | 295 |
| 18 | Business Statistics, Business Maths and Operation Research | 225 |
| 19 | Investment Management | 222 |
| 20 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 425 |
| Total | 6281 |
Please click on the below links to view the syllabus – UG (B.Com)
| Academic Batch | Syllabus |
| 2015 – 18 | |
| 2016 – 19 | |
| 2017 – 20 | |
| 2018 – 21 | |
| 2019 – 22 | |
| 2020 – 23 | |
| 2021 – 24 | |
Please click on the below links to view the syllabus – PG (M.Com)
| Academic Batch | Syllabus |
| 2017 – 19 | |
| 2018 – 20 | |
| 2019 – 21 | |
| 2020 – 22 | |
| 2021 – 23 | |
| 2022 – 24 | |
Please click on the below links to view the Previous Year CIA Question Papers of UG
| Academic Year | Odd Semester |
Even Semester |
| 2018 – 2019 | CIA Examinations I | CIA Examinations I
CIA Examinations II CIA Examinations III |
| 2019 – 2020 | CIA Examinations I | CIA Examinations I |
| 2021 – 2022 | CIA Examinations I
CIA Examinations II
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CIA Examinations I |
| 2022 – 2023 |
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Please click on the below links to view the Previous CIA Question Papers of PG
| Academic Year | Odd Semester |
Even Semester |
| 2022 – 2023 |
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Please click on the below links to view the Previous Year Question Papers
Results of End Semester Examinations of Final Year B.Com.
| Academic Year | Month and Year | No. students Appeared | No. students Passed | Percentage of Pass |
| 2014-15 | April 2015 | 57 | 57 | 100 |
| 2015-16 | April 2016 | 53 | 51 | 96.23 |
| 2016-17 | April 2017 | 48 | 47 | 97.92 |
| 2017-18 | April 2018 | 53 | 46 | 86.79 |
| 2018-19 | April 2019 | 55 | 54 | 98.18 |
| 2019-20 | April 2020 | 51 | 51 | 100 |
| 2020-21 | April 2021 | 54 | 53 | 98.15 |
Results of End Semester Examinations of Final Year M.Com.
| Academic Year | Month and Year | No. students Appeared | No. students Passed | Percentage of Pass |
| 2014-15 | April 2015 | 10 | 10 | 100 |
| 2015-16 | April 2016 | 3 | 3 | 100 |
| 2016-17 | April 2017 | 8 | 8 | 100 |
| 2017-18 | April 2018 | 9 | 9 | 100 |
| 2018-19 | April 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| 2019-20 | April 2020 | 4 | 4 | 100 |
| 2020-21 | April 2021 | 8 | 8 | 100 |
Association and Clubs
✔ Commerce Association in the “Royal Minds”.
✔ Soft Skills Development programme organised in the weekly .
✔ Entrepreneurship Development Cell.
✔ Counselling Cell.
✔ Consumer Club.
✔ Placement Cell.
✔ Taxation Club.
✔ Research Club.
✔ Institution-Industry Cell.
About Soft Skills Development Programme
To develop the soft skills of the students, Soft Skills Development Programme is conducted every week by the students, The important events organized are, weekly news bulletin, paper presentation, who am I, business quiz, Startup idea and virtual industrial tour. The faculty members of other departments and colleges and invited to act as chief guest to witness the programme and offer feedback for improvement. The outcome of the programme is to improve the listening, Speaking, Reading, writing skills (LSRW), of the studentsincluding computer skills. During the lockdown period, the department has conducted the Soft Skill Development Programmes in online mode.
Soft Skills Development Programmes Conducted
| Sl.No | Odd Semester | Even Semester | Total | List of Programmes Conducted |
| 2015-16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Click Here |
| 2016-17 | 9 | 2 | 11 | Click Here |
| 2017-18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | Click Here |
| 2018-19 | 9 | 3 | 12 | Click Here |
| 2019-20 | 6 | 15 | 21 | Click Here |
| 2020-21 | 13 | – | 13 | Click Here |
Extension Activities
✔ Public Awareness Programmme on Banking and Financial Schemes.
✔ Offered Certificate Courses MS-OFFICE and TALLY ERP 9 to GHCL working Girls.
✔ Handling subjects Commerce & Accountancy to the near by Government Girls School, Sholavandhan and Vadipatti.
✔ Organize Soft Skill Development programme to the near by schools as Counseling Activities.
| S..No. | Academic Year | Name of the Faculty | Activity Name | Report |
| 1 | 2019 – 2020 | Dr.C. Vadivel | Special Coaching for HSC Students, Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School,T. Vadipatti | 07.01.2015 |
Career Guidance and Placement Cell
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Govt. of India, UGC, NAAC and other policy making agencies have always emphasised to work in the direction of making the curriculum career oriented and to enhance the employability of students. Experts in the field of education are of the opinion that employability rather than employment is a major issue of our students. The department plans to take initiative in this regard by the creation of Employability Enhancement Unit which will work as an umbrella department and will ensure a proper functioning of the Career Guidance and Placement Cell.
The Career Guidance and Placement Cell activities are administered by assessing the caliber of the students and by matching with their desire and strengths. The students are given a clear picture about the Job market, job opportunities in various sectors. This activity focuses on building an effective career of the students by developing the skill sets for getting success in that particular job. The influence of personality upon the functional efficiency of a student its impact in building her career is well understood and hence the Cell organizes periodic career guidance and personality development programs. It assists the students to specifically design themselves and to cater to the demands of corporate world in the form of on campus and off campus
Please click on the links below to view the year wise selected student list.
Details of MoUs Signed and Activities Conducted
| S.No. | Date of Signing MoU | Name of the Organization | MoUs | Activities Conducted |
| 1 | 12.02.2021 | Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited, Madurai | Click Here | 1 |
| 2 | 12.08.2021 | Aakkam Industrial Training and Research Institute, Coimbatore | Click Here | 1 |
| 3 | 15.11.2021 | Primax Foundation, Bangaluru, Karnataka | Click Here | 1 |
Details of LoCs Signed and Activities Conducted
| S.No. | Date of Signing LoC | Name of the Institution | LoCs | Activities Conducted |
| 1 | 04.08.2021 | Department of Commerce, Centre for Higher Research, Yadava College, Tiruppalai, Madurai | Click Here | 1 |
| 2 | 11.08.2021 | Department of Commerce, E.M.G. Yadava Women’s College, Tiruppalai, Madurai | Click Here | 1 |
Innovative Practices
✔ Conducting Weekly Soft Skill Development Programmes to encourage the students for developing communicative skills, creativity and generating new ideas.
✔ Encouraging the Students to take up social projects to create awareness on environment social and ethical issues and help them to developing problem solving skills.
Best Practices
✔ Optimum utilization of ICT facilities by the faculty and students in all the curricular and co-curricular activities regularly.
✔ Publishing E-Magazine – ‘Awake’every half year by the editorial team consisting of faculty and students.
✔ Conducting Education Tours every year for the UG and PG students to enlighten the students on the recent trends in commerce.
✔ Arranging Industrial Visit every year for the UG and PG students to impart skills on entrepreneurship development.
✔ Organizing Internship Training for Second year UG students during the summer vacation through Chartered Accountants to give practical knowledge on Accounting and taxation.
✔ Conducting Guest Lectures periodically by the course Teachers for enrichment of the students on current developments in Commerce and Industry.
✔ Organizing Seminars and Workshops at National and International levels every year for students and faculty for capacity development.
About Naren Swadesi Store
As a consultancy service of the Department Of Commerce, Naren Swadesi Store was started under the ‘Earn While You Learn’ Scheme in December 2016. It is a student’s self-service activity supported by department. The core objective is to sell swadesi and healthy products of Patanjali to students at reasonable prices with minimum margin. The store is run by studentsvolunteers on rotation basis to earn while the learn. The store sells daily use goods, snacks and stationary products. A part of profit earned from the store is given as consultancy feetothe college,the department and the students volunteers. The students are given opportunity to get practical training as salesmen and develop their selling skills during the period of study.
Distribution of Income Generated Through Consultancy
| Sl.No | Year | College | Department | Students | Total |
| 1 | 2015-16 | – | – | 1500 | 1500 |
| 2 | 2016-17 | 11330 | – | 1500 | 12830 |
| 3 | 2017-18 | 9458 | – | 2280 | 11738 |
| 4 | 2018-19 | 10191 | – | 5642 | 15833 |
| 5 | 2019-20 | 11560 | – | 5606 | 17166 |
| 6 | 2020-21 | 1000 | 16867 | 3200 | 21067 |
| 7 | 2021-22 | 10000 | 5000 | 4668 | 19668 |
| Total | 100302 | ||||
Future Plan of the Department
✔ To convert the department into School of Business for offering integrated and internship oriented UG and PG Programmes to ensure employability of the students.
Notable Alumni Details
| S.No | Name | Batch | Position |
| 1 | Dr. S. Raja |
April 1979 | Associate Professor of Commerce and Principal (Retd.),Vivekananda College,Tiruvedakam West,Madurai. |
| 2 | Dr. V. Gopalakrishnan |
1974 – 77 | Indian Associate Professor of Commerce and Principal (Retd.), Aditanar College of Arts and Science,Tiruchendur |
| 3 | Dr. K. V. Ramanathan |
1991 – 94 | Primax Foundation, Bangalore |
| 4 | Dr. R. N. Vivekanandar | 1993 – 95 | Head &Assistant Professor, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore |
| 5 | Dr. A. Raghavan |
April 1979 | Associate Professor Madras University, Chennai |
| 6 | Dr. M. Murugesan | 1993 – 96 | Assistant Professor, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore |
| 7 | Dr. M. Gurupandi |
1999 – 02 | Assistant Professor in Commerce, Alagappa University, Karaikudi |
| 8 | Dr. K. Sadeeshkumar |
1993 – 96 | Associate professor in PG Commerce ,Sri Kaleeswari College, Sivakasi |
| 9 | Dr. S. Vadivel Raja |
1997 – 99 | Assistant Professor of Commerce, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West |
| 10 | Dr. R. Periyasamy | 2011 | HOD &Assistant Professor of Commerce, MKU College, Sattur |
| 11 | Dr. K. Muthalagu | 2002 | Associate Professor of Commerce, Govt. Arts College, Ramanathapuram |
| 12 | Dr. K. Chellapandian | 2000 – 04 | Assistant Professor of Commerce, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West |
Please click on the below links to view the Alumni of Department of Commerce
Roll of Honour Particulars
| S.No. | Year | Name (UG) | Marks(%) | Name (PG) | Marks(%) | Name (M.Phil) | Marks(%) |
| 1 | 2010 | S. Bharathi | 73 | S.Murugaiah | 79 | K. Nagendran | 80 |
| 2 | 2011 | R. Renganathan | 75 | U.Chellapandi | 74 | K. Suresh Kumar | 75 |
| 3 | 2012 | S. Sethupathi | 75 | C. Sundharam | 75 | S. Murugaiah | 73 |
| 4 | 2013 | D. Vinothkumar | 69 | S. Thangam | 69 | C.Sundharam | 78 |
| 5 | 2014 | K. Ramprasath | 70 | M. Mohan | 74 | A.Thangasamy | 61 |
| 6 | 2015 | T. Muthukumar | 76 | M. Ramki | 73 | P. Vagueswaran | 75 |
| 7 | 2016 | K. Thirumalaikumar | 74 | S. Balasubramanian | 75 | V. Sakthikumaran | 72 |
| 8 | 2017 | P. Ananthakrishnan | 75 | C. Balasubramani | 83 | – | – |
| 9 | 2018 | J. Giridharan | 80 | G. Pandiyarajan | 74 | K. Sangilikkaruppiah | 74 |
| 10 | 2019 | M. Roobathilak | 80 | D. Jeyaprakash | 74 | M. Narayanan | 81 |
| 11 | 2020 | P. Sudesamithran | 81 | V. Sakthi | 77 | – | – |
| 12 | 2021 | K. Gowthaman | 81 | S. SARATHKUMAR | 80 | – | – |
| 13 | 2022 | G. Paranthaman G | 87 | P. Nithish Ram | 73 | – | – |
National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
Background
Disasters threaten the lives, constitutional rights and needs of the children worldwide. In past twodecades India have faced devastating disasters such as Latur Earthquake (1993), Odisha SuperCyclone (1999), Bhuj Earthquake (2001), Indian Tsunami (2004), Jammu & Kashmir Earthquake(2005), Bihar Floods (2008), Uttarakhand Floods (2013), Cyclone Phailin (2013), Chennai Flood(2015), Kerala Flood (2018), and Cyclone Fani (2019).Droughts are slow onset disasters, adversely affecting children and women alike. Karnataka (16districts) and Andhra Pradesh (4 districts) experienced at least 10 droughts between 2001-2015.During these emergencies, children are especially vulnerable to diseases, malnutrition, andviolence and trafficking. Measles, diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, malaria and malnutritionare the major killers of children during humanitarian crises. In future, vulnerability of children isexpected to increase as the intensity and frequency of natural disasters rises.Keeping in view the increasing vulnerability of children from climate change and natural disasters,National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government ofIndia has established “Child Centric Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) Centre” to mainstreamchild centric DRR activities through Training, Research, Advocacy and Consultancy.
Aim of Training
This Three Days online Training Programme on Child Centric Disaster Risk Reduction isintended for officials of State level sectoral departments, Administrative Training Institutions andcivil society practitioners to help build their knowledge, skills and perspectives towards childcentric disaster risk reduction. This will help officials understand and prepare for risk informedplanning, sectoral readiness and preparedness for emergencies so as children are not deprived ofbasic amenities.
Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Explain the impacts of disaster on children
Can identify and list children rights- national and international for the protection of the children
Explain the process of mainstreaming child-centric risk management
Describe the life cycle approach and risk-informed approach for child-centric risk reduction
Draft and apply strategies for school safety with the engagement of children
Explain the Disaster impact on mental health of the Children