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Mizoram University Annual Report 2008-2009 1. Name of the School : School of Economics, Management & Information Sciences (SEMIS) 2. Name of the Dean : Prof. Lianzela 3. Particulars : i) Office Phone : 0389 – 2330707 ii) Residence Phone No : 0389 - 2323110 iii) Mobile Phone No : 9862324657 iv) Fax No : 0389 - 2330709 v) E-mail ID of the Dean : [email protected] 4. Names of External Members in the School Board Names University / Institute 1) Prof. Keya Sengupta, Assam University, Silchar – 788 120 Dept. of Economics 2) Prof. P.K. Haldar, Tripura University, Agartala – 799 130 Dept. of Commerce 3) Prof. A. Chandel, NEHU – Shillong Dept. of Library & Information Sc. 4) Prof. A.K. Mukherjee, Allahabad University, Allahabad (UP) Faculty of Management 5) Prof. G. Singaia, NEHU, Tura Campus, Chanmari, Tara Dept. of Management (Meghalaya) 5. Brief Introduction about the School (highlighting important activities) There are four Departments under the School of Economics, Management & Information Sciences at present viz Economics, Commerce, Library & Information Sciences and Management. Economics Department is one of the oldest departments in the University. It was started in 1979 (during the era of then North Eastern Hill University Mizoram Campus). Then came the Department of Library & Information Sciences and also Commerce Department. The youngest Department under the School is Management. Teaching has been started since the last academic session in the department of Management. The Department has also published its First Semester Result. Department of Economics completed successfully its project entitled Enhancing Trade Related Research Capacity Amongst Universities & Individual Researchers” under United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). For the first year under the project, rupees twenty five lakh has been spent. The project has been renewed for the second year. The worth of the second year Project would be rupees twenty two lakh. Various programmes that would be taken up include : Training-Workshop for fifteen days, International Seminar, granting fellowships, etc. As requested by the Vice Chairman and Secretary of the State Planning Board Mizoram, the teaching faculty of the Department of Economics submitted the broad frame work of development plan of Mizoram giving their views priority, and emphasis in the matter. 6. Staff Position at Deans’ Office in 2008-2009 Sl. Designation SC ST OBC Gen Others No M F M F M F M F M F 1 LDC 1 2 Peon 1 Total 1 1 1 Mizoram University Annual Report 2008-2009 Name of the School : School of Economics, Mgt & Info Sciences 1. (a) Name of the Department : Economics (b) Year of Establishment : 1979 (c) Year of First Intake of Student : 1980 2. (a) Name of the Head of Department : Prof. Thangchungnunga (b) Phone No. Department : 2330708 Residence : 2332454 Email : [email protected] Dept. Fax : 2330709 (Fax) 3. Brief Introduction The Department of Economics, Mizoram University was started in 1979 under NEHU, Mizoram Campus with just one teacher and a few students. The student intake capacity was raised from 20 to 50 in 1996. This was later reduced to 40 again with the starting of Mizoram University in July, 2001. Since recently, there has been a lot of improvement in the performance and the percentage of successful students including Ph.D. scholars in the Department. 4. Position of Teaching Faculty Degre & Sl. Subject Name Designation University/Institute from No. Specialisation which awarded B.A.(Hons) P.D. Gold Medalist (Gau); Human Resources 1 Tlanglawma Professor M.A. Gold Medalist (Gau); Development Ph.D. (NEHU).. 2 A.K Agarwal Professor M.A.; Ph.D. (Kanpur) Macroeconomics M.A.Gold Medalist (Gau); Eco of Growth & 3 Lianzela Professor Ph.D. (Gau) Development 4 Thangchungnunga Professor M.A Ph.D (Gau) Public Economics 5 Vanlalchhawna Reader M.A Ph.D (NEHU) International Trade 6 Lalrinthanga Reader M.A Ph.D (NEHU) Micro Economics M.A.; LL.B. (Sagar); M.Phil. 7 S.K Ghosh Sr.Lecturer Micro Economics (NEHU) Financial Institution 8 Lalhriatpuii Lecturer M.A (NEHU), Ph.D (MZU) Markerts & Gender Economic 5. Student Intake : 40 3 Mizoram University Annual Report 2008-2009 8. Allied and Cognate Subjects related to the Department Allied Subject Cognate Subject Commerce Population Education Management Demography Statistics Audit & Continuing Education Library & Information Sciences 9. Student Particulars Sl. Course SC ST GENERAL OBC TOTAL No M F M F M F M F M F 1 2nd Semester - - 25 15 - - - - 25 15 2 4th Semester - - 28 12 - - - - 28 12 3 M.Phil - - 2 2 - - - - 2 2 4 Ph.D - - 7 6 - - - - 7 6 10. Details of Research Scholar who are receiving Fellowship/Financial Support Sl. Names M.Phil/Ph.D Name of the Fellowship No. 1 John Lalrinawma Ph.D UGC – MZU 2 Gorge Zoramsanga Ph.D UGC – MZU 3 Laldingngheti Ph.D UGC – MZU 4 C.Lalrinmawii Ph.D UGC – MZU 5 Lalmuanpuia Zawngte Ph.D UGC – MZU 6 Angela K.lalhmingsangi Ph.D UGC – MZU 7 Thangrimawia Khiangte Ph.D UGC – MZU 8 V.Lalremruata Ph.D UGC – MZU 9 Lalramthangi Ph.D UGC – MZU 10 Joseph Lalhmingchhuanga Ph.D Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship 11. Details of Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/Symposium attended by Teaching Faculty Prof. Lianzela Attended a One Day meeting organised by 13th Finance Commission (A meeting with Economists/ Economic Administrators) on 10th April 2008 at Shillong. Attended ‘State Bamboo Workshop’ on 13th August 2008 at Aizawl organised by National Bamboo Mission, Mizoram Paper Presented : Can we develop Mizoram through Bamboo? Attended National Seminar on ‘Ageing in India with special reference to North East India’ on 1 & 2 October 2008 at NEHU, Shillong. Organised by ICSSR-NERC. 5 Mizoram University Annual Report 2008-2009 1. (a) Name of the School : School of Economics, Management & Information Sciences (b) Name of the Department : Department of Library and Information Science (c) Year of Establishment : 20th August 2002 (d) Year of First Intake of Students : 2002 2. (a) Name of the Head of the Dept. : Dr. S N Singh, (b) Phone No. : Department/ Office : 0389- 2331608, 2331607 Residence : Nil Mobile : 9862658063 e-mail ID : [email protected] Department Fax. : 0389-2331608 3. Brief Introduction The Department of Library and Information Science was established during the academic session 2002-03. Prof. A.K.Sharma, the then Vice-Chancellor formally inaugurated the Department on 20th August 2002 .The Department initially offered a one year B.L.I.Science course and a One Year MLIS Course. Presently, the Dept. is offering Two Years Integrated M.L.I.Science course and a One Year M.Phil pre – PhD Programme. Thus far 10 candidates have registered for Ph.D. During the year 2008-2009, one scholar Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma, Lecturer has been awarded Ph.D. The 3rd Semester MLIS students went on a Curriculum Stipulated Study Tour to Kolkota and Guwahati under the guidance of Dr. R N Mishra, Lecturer of the Department. The Department of Library and Information Science sponsored by Central Reference Library, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, Kolkota organized a two days seminar on ‘Changing Role of LIS Professionals in Digital Era’ from 29-30th September 2008. 4. Position of teaching Faculty Degree & University/ e-mail ID Sl. Subject Name Designation Institute from which No. Specialization awarded 1. Pravakar Rath Professor M.A.- Utkal Univ. Inf. Tech., Inf. Pravakarrath MLIS- Utkal Univ. Syst. & Network @gmail.com Ph.D.- Utkal Univ. Library & Society 2 Shyam Narayan Reader MA- BHU Cataloguing, drsinghsn@ Singh MLIS- BHU Reprography, yahoo.com Ph.D.- GGUniv., Bibliography, Inf. Bilaspur Retrieval 3 R.K.Ngurtinkhuma Lecturer M.A.- NEHU Pub. Library., rkn05@ MLIS- NEHU Classification, rediffmail.com Ph.D.- MZU Inf. Services 4 Rabinarayan Mishra Lecturer M.A.-Sambalpur Univ. Bibliometrics, rabinarayan_mo MLIS-Sambalpur Univ. Knowledge shra@ Ph.D. - Sambalpur Management, rediffmail.com Univ. Computer Appl. 5. S.Ravikumar Lecturer M.Sc in Lib. & Inf. Sc..- Digitization, raviiikumar@ Madras Univ. Indexing, Web yahoo.co.uk M.Phil- Alaggapa Univ. Resources 7 Mizoram University Annual Report 2008-2009 9. Details of Courses conducted by the Department First Sem. Course Title Course-in-charge 101 Foundations of Library and Sri S Ravikumar Information Science 102 Organization of Knowledge Dr. R N Mishra 103 Classification of Practical Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma 104 Cataloging Practical Dr. S N Singh 2nd Sem. 201 Management of Library and Dr. R N Mishra Information Centers 202 (A) Information Sources and Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma Services 202 (B) Information Sources and Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma Services (Practical) 203 Introduction to Information Sri S Ravikumar Technology 204 (A) IT Practical Sri S Ravikumar 204 (B) Job-Diary and Viva-voce Dr. R N Mishra 3rd Sem. 301 Information processing & Sri S Ravikumar Retrieval 302 Information Technology Prof. P K Rath Applications 303 Information Technology Dr. R N Mishra Applications (Practical) 304 (A) Information Analysis, Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma Repackaging and Consolidation 304 (B) Tour Diary and Viva-Voce Dr. R N Mishra 4th Sem. 401 Information Systems and Prof. P K Rath Networks 402 Electives (Any one) Sri S Ravikumar (A) Preservation and Conservation of Library (B) Materials Agriculture Information (C) Systems and Services 403 Community Information Dr. S N Singh 404 Research Methodology PKR/SNS/RKN/RNM/SRK Project/ Dissertation and Viva-Voce 9 Mizoram University Annual Report 2008-2009 Chaired a Technical Session on “ Preservation and Conservation of Information Resources in Knowledge Society” at National Seminar jointly organized by Central Reference Library, Kolkota and Manipur University at Imphal ,3-4th March,2009. Dr. S N Singh Organized & Attended National Seminar on Changing Role of LIS Professionals in Digital Era at Mizoram University on 29th-30th September 2008. Dr. R K Ngurtinkhuma, Lecturer Attended National Seminar on Changing Role of LIS Professionals in Digital Era at Mizoram University on 29th-30th September 2008 and presented paper on Change and Challenges of LIS Professionals in Digital Environment.