Departmental Profile
The Department of Commerce was one of the first six departments of Assam University which started functioning in July 1994. The Department offers Master of Commerce (M.Com), P. G. Diploma in Marketing Management (self-Financed), M.Phil, and Ph.D. Programmes in its curriculum. The thrust of the teaching and research in the department is one of developing capabilities among the students for analyzing contemporary business scenario so as to be able to make correct and timely business decisions. The department has laid special focus on Entrepreneurship and Small Business studies. The offered ranges of specialization cover such areas as Finance, Accounting and Taxation, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management among others.
Vision
- To build up quality of human resource by hard work and perfection with originality.
Mission
- To contribute through the pursuit of excellence in teaching and other innovative academic endeavors pertaining to commerce education and research to the process of developing capable and dynamic human resources and thereby to the intellectual, economic and socio – cultural development of the nation in general and north east India in particular.
Courses Offered
| Courses Offered | Duration | Number of Seats |
|---|---|---|
| M.Com (By Course Work & Dissertation) | Four Semester | 81 |
| M.Phil (By Course Work & Dissertation) | As per vacancy | |
| Ph.D. (By Course Work and Research Work) | As per vacancy | |
| D.Litt. (By Research Work) | ||
| PGDMM (Self-Financed)
(By Course Work & Dissertation) |
Two Semester | 20 |
- M.Com Syllabus
- Open Course Paper
- PGDMM Syllabus
- Ph. D & M.Phil Course Work Syllabus
- List of Existing Research Scholars
- DAC Minutes
- DRC Minutes
- Patents
- Book Publications of the Department
- Departmental Journal
Faculty
| Name & Qualification | Designation | Area of Specialization | Contact & Email ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parag Shil  M.Com, PGDMM, M.Phil, Ph.D, Post-Doc (USA) | Professor | Marketing,
Accounting & Finance |
paragshil1@gmail.com
ps_aus@yahoo.co.in 8473904078 |
| Soumendra Bhattacharjee M.Com,M.Phil,Ph.D | Associate Professor | Human Resource Management | soumendrab70@gmail.com
soumendra.bhattacharjee@aus.ac.in 9830419253 / 8777302493 |
| Ram Chandra Das   M.Com., M. Phil, PhD |
Assistant Professor | Accounting & Finance | ramchandra3112@gmail.com
9954564153 |
| Kingshuk Adhikari, M.Com, M.Phil,Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Finance & Marketing | adhikari.au@gmail.com
9957286260 |
| Soma Roy Dey Choudhury,   M.Com, M.Phil., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Accounting & Entrepreneurship | srdc26@gmail.com
9954533516 |
| A. S. Yasro, M.Com, Ph.D | Assistant Professor | Marketing & HRM | asyarso@gmail.com
9435377311 |
| Rajat Sharmacharjee, M.Com, PhD | Assistant Professor | Accounting & Finance | rajatau@rediffmail.com
6003593879 |
| Pranesh Debnath, M.Com., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Accounting & Finance | praneshdebnath@gmail.com
8837201583 |
Head of the Department
Prof. Parag Shil
8473904078
Placement
A good number of passed out students are now employed as teachers in colleges, universities and other educational institutions. Also many of the students have found placements in industrial and service organisations with in and outside North East India.