Dept. of Studies in Commerce

About the Department:

The Department of Studies in Commerce was established in the year 1979 as one of the two departments, which were started along with establishment of Post-Graduate Centre by University of Mysore at Davangere. The Department was brought under the purview of Kuvempu University after its establishment in the year 1987. Currently, the Department of Studies in Commerce is functioning under Davangere University after its instituting on 18^th August 2009 by being carved out of Kuvempu University.

The Department offers Masters, PG diploma and Doctoral programs in the field of Commerce. It believes in nurturing and developing professional competencies in students through quality education, research and continuous innovation. The students of the department graduate with a concrete understanding of relevant subject knowledge and strong problem solving skills in diverse areas with human values. It also grooms the students with an aim to make them industry ready professionals with hands on knowledge in their selected field of specialization to effectively contribute to society with commitment and integrity.

From the inception of the department, it has produced more than 4000 Post Graduate students. The students of the department are serving the society by occupying the prominent positions in various Universities, Corporates, Colleges, Government departments and also by their own business establishments etc. The Department provides various platforms for the students to nurture skills, innovate and build leadership through various curricular and extracurricular activities. The faculty members of the department are very active in research manuscript publications, books, edited volumes, etc., their research work is well cited by the research community.

Highlights of the Department:

The Scheme of Teaching and Evaluation of the programs are designed by the team of seasoned academicians with the support of Chartered accountants and industry experts.
Emphasis on collaborative learning process through modern pedagogy.
Providing strong practical perspective through continuous interaction with business and industry professionals.
Conducts students’ centric activities like Product lunch, Commerce quiz, Collage making, essay writing, Seminar presentation, Case studies, Problem solving etc., on regular basis.
Conducts Series of Special lectures by Eminent speakers, Seasoned academicians, Industrialist and Chartered accountants etc.,
Organizes regular local industrial visits, Grassroots visits, Practical training and excursions.
Encourages Faculty members and students to participate in the National and International Conferences and Conventions etc.,
Department has internal library with 5200 + high quality text books, more than 150 + Ph.D. thesis for Students and Research scholars reference.
Conducts daily current event sessions for the students, encourages them to participate in the improvement of communication skills.
Regular mentoring for the students in terms academic and non-academic activities.

Vision:

Business Education, Research and Extension based on Universal Human values, which reduce stress, promote Peace and Harmony for Quality of Life Results.

Mission:

To be one the best departments in the country by focusing on growth and development.
To adopt world class Teaching and Learning methods.
To build a student friendly, interactive academic environment.
To carry out research, consultancy, extension and training activities useful to society.
To imbibe in teachers and students the Universal Human values such as truthfulness, non-violence, kindness, compassion, generosity which ensure happy, peaceful & healthy life.

Program Offered:

SL NO	PROGRAMMES	NATURE & DURATION	ELIGIBILTY
1	M.Com	TwoYear	Candidates with B.Com, BBM, BBA, or any other Degree in related area of Commerce or Management recognized by this University are eligible to apply for admission to M.Com programme.
2	Ph. D	Three to Five Years	M.Com Other Post-Graduates are also considered if the topic is inter-disciplinary in nature, Admission is based on test (giving equal weightage to both the P.G M.Phil, JRF/NET/SLET/FIP and entrance %age and %age of marks in the entrance test).
3	DLitt.	One year	PHD., Degree in discipline’s Subjects

Course Structure:

			First Year		Second Year
Sl.No.	Course No.	No. of Hours	Semester I	Semester II	Semester III	Semester IV
1.	I	4	Business Policy and Environment	Organizational Behaviour	Strategic Management	Entrepreneurship Development
2.	II	4	Management Process and Practice	Strategic Cost Management	Operations Research-I	Operations Research- II
3.	III	4	Marketing Management	Financial Management	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
4.	IV	4	Business Mathematics	Computer Application in Business	International Business	E-Commerce and Web Designing
5.	V	4	Managerial Economics	Capital Markets	Business Research Methods	Computer Applications and Project Work
6.	VI	4	Specialization/Electives*(The Students has to choose one stream consisting of 2 courses each from out of the following five streams) Specialization stream once chosen shall continue till the end of the programme.
7.	VII	4
Total		28 Hours	28 Credits	28 Credits	28 Credits	28 Credits
Mandatory Courses/ Interdisciplinary Papers			Computer Applications	Communication Skills	1. Promotion and Management of Small Business Enterprises 2. Marketing Skills 3. Stress Management	. Personality Development
Industrial Visit			I/II Semester Students have to visit industries to have practical exposure		III/IV Semester Students have to visit industries to have practical exposure

Specialization (Electives) Stream:

Sl.No.	Stream	Course	I	II	III	IV
1.	Accounting and Taxation	VI	Accounting Theory	Marginal Costing	Computerized Accounting	International Accounting
1.	Accounting and Taxation	VII	Income Tax Planning and Management	Corporate Tax Planning and Management	Customs Duty: Law and Practice	Goods and Service Tax
2.	Accounting and Finance	VI	Accounting Theory	Marginal Costing	Computerized Accounting	International Accounting
2.	Accounting and Finance	VII	Indian Financial System	Investment Management	Financial Derivatives	Global Business Finance
3.	Banking and Insurance	VI	Bank Management	Customer Relationship Management	Credit Management in Banks	International Banking
3.	Banking and Insurance	VII	Principles and Practice of Insurance	Management of Life and General Insurance	Risk Management and Re-Insurance	Actuarial Science
4.	Banking and Finance	VI	Bank Management	Customer Relationship Management	Credit Management in Banks	International Banking
4.	Banking and Finance	VII	Indian Financial System	Investment Management	Financial Derivatives	Global Business Finance
5.	Marketing and Human Resource Management	VI	Strategic Marketing Management	Retailing and Franchising	Logistics and Supply Chain Management	Marketing Research
5.	Marketing and Human Resource Management	VII	Human Resource Development: System and Practice	Training and Development	Industrial Relations and Employees’ Welfare	International Human Resource Management

Faculty Details:

Sl. No.	Name of the Faculty	Qualification	Designation	Specialization
1	Dr. Anitha H.S.	M.Com., Ph.D.,	Professor	Cost Accounting and Marketing
2	Dr. Laxmana P.	M.Com., Ph.D.,	Professor	Cost Accounting and Entrepreneurship
3	Dr. Srinivas K.T.	M.Com., Ph.D.,	Associate Professor	Accounting and Finance
4	Dr. Sathyanarayana	M.Com., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,	Associate Professor and Chairman	Costing and Taxation
5	Dr. Supriya R.	M.Com, Ph.D.,	Associate Professor	Taxation
6	Dr. Cirappa I.B.	M.Com., MBA., Ph.D.,	Assistant Professor	Accounting and Finance
7	Mr. Sathisha R.K.	M.Com., (Ph.D.)	Assistant Professor	Taxation and Entrepreneurship
8	Dr. Rashmi M.	M.Com., Ph.D.,	Assistant Professor	Accounting and Taxation
9	Dr. Sharanraj	M.Com., Ph.D.,	Assistant Professor	Finance
10	Mr. Arun Kumar R.	M.Com.	Assistant Professor	Banking
11	Mr. Shashidhara D.	M.Com.,(Ph.D.)	Assistant Professor	Finance
12	Mr. Kumar M.R.	M.Com. MAF., (Ph.D.)	Assistant Professor	Accounting and Finance
13	Ms. Usha	M.Com., (Ph.D.)	Assistant Professor	Taxation

Research Details:

Ph.D. Guide and Student details :

Sl.No.	Name of the guide	Name of the Research Scholar	Title of the Thesis	Full time/ Part time
1.	Dr. Govindappa G. T	Mr. Prashanth Nayaka T.R.	Entrepreneurship Development and Self-Help Groups: A Study in Chitradurga District	Part time

2	Dr. Anitha H.S.	Mr. Rajappa L.	Entrepreneurship Development through Government Schemes for Upliftment of the downtrodden- A Study of Bangalore Urban & Rural District	Part time
		Mr. Babu S.	Social Media Marketing and Consumer Buying Decisions: A Study of Online Consumers of Selected Electronic Goods in Karnataka	Part time
		Mr. Sathisha R.K.	Role of Non-Banking Financial Institutions in Promoting and Developing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Karnataka- A Study	Part time
		Mr. Prapulla Chandra N.	Forensic Accounting and its Application in Information Technology Corporates of Bengaluru Urban : An Analytical Study	Part time
		Mr. Vikaschandra S.B.	Evaluation of Role and Impact of Skill Development Training in Entrepreneurship Development – A Study of Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) in Karnataka	Full time with SC/ST fellowship
		Mr. Pawan Kumar A.	NPA Management in District Central Co-operative Banks with Special Reference to Davangere District Central Co-operative Bank	Full time with UGC: NFPWD

3	Dr. Laxmana P.	Mr. Prasanna S.H.	Non-Performing Assets in Public and Private Sector Banks in Karnataka State- A Comparative Study	Part time
		Mr. Someshwari	Corporate Social Responsibility Practices-A Study of Select Companies in Karnataka	Full time
		Ms. Sanyavva Yaragudri	Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on the Performance of Small Business Entrepreneurs	Part time
		Mr. Raghavendra K.	Performance Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Development Programmes – A Study of Centre for Entrepreneurship Development of Karnataka (CEDOK) and Rural Development and Self Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI	Part time
		Mr. Taruna Jarakunti	Entrepreneurship in Agro-Processing Industries in Karnataka: A Case Study.	Full time with SC/ST fellowship

4	Dr. Srinivas K.T.	Ms. Vidya Ananth Bhat	Promoting Financial Inclusion Programs among Poor Households – An Experimental Study	Full time
		Ms. Harshita S.	Role of Financial Sector Towards Sustainable Development Goals in the State of Karnataka	Part time
		Ms. Shwetha S.M.	Impact of Environmental Accounting on the Corporate Performance – An Evaluation Study	Part time
		Mr. Shriharikaranth	Management of Non-performing Assets -A Study on Efficacy of Recovery Channels of Commercial Banks	Full time with UGC: JRF
		Mr. Chandrashekar R.	Impact of Dairy Farming on Economic Empowerment – A Study of Select Cases in Karnataka	Full time with SC/ST fellowship

5	Dr. Sathyanarayana	Mr. Pragna Smarthas R.	Regional Rural Banks and Financial Inclusion – An Evaluation Study.	Part time
		Mr. Joyan Dsouza	Performance Evaluation of Select Hybrid Mutual Funds	Part time
		Ms. Amreen Sulthan	Impact of Information Technology on Profitability of Select Commercial Banks in Bengaluru	Part time
		Mr. Mareppa T.	Impact of MSMEs towards Economic Development	Full time with SC/ST fellowship
		Mr. Nagaraja T.	Corporate Social Responsibility Practices Towards Education Development	Full time with SC/ST fellowship

6	Dr. Supriya R.	Ms. Sowmya S.	Role of Market Research Companies in Sales Promotion–An Empirical Study in Bengaluru	Part time
		Ms. Meghana P.S.	Impact of Financial Inclusion Schemes on Rural Households	Part time
		Mr. Ranganath S.R.	An Evaluation of Tax Saving Schemes among Salaried Individuals	Part time
		Ms. Soumyashree N. Hegde	Impact of Social Media on Online Purchasing	Full time
		Ms. Priyanka Kadur	Impact of Work Stress on Employees’ Performance in Banks	Full time with SC/ST fellowship

7	Dr. Cirappa I.B.	Mr. Muttesha N.	Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Public and Private Sector Enterprises in Karnataka	Part time
		Madhuri S	A Study on Exchange Traded Funds in India with Special Reference to Selected Companies in Karnataka	Full Time
		Leelavathi K	Financing of Rural Women Entrepreneurs by RRBs in Karnataka – With Special Reference to Pragathi Krishna Gramina Banks	Full Time
		Mr. Nagaraju H.P.	A Study on Working Capital Management Of KSRTC in Karnataka: With Special Reference to KSRTC Bangalore Division	Part time
		Mr. Punith Kumar D.G.	Performance Evaluation of Corporate Bond Market in India: A Study of Investors in Karnataka	Part time
		Ms. Nagaveni J.G.	Performance Evaluation of Self Help Groups-A Case Study of Davangere District	Full time
		Ms. Sunitha A.G.	Stress Management of Women in Service Sector-An Empirical Study in Davangere District	Full time
		Ms. Tejaswini K.C.	Impact of Derivative Operations on Retail Investors in Karnataka	Full time
		Mr. Subramani S.V.	Crowd funding and Startups – An Evaluation Study	Part time

No. of Ph.D. Awarded from 2009 onwards

Sl.No.	Name of the Research Scholar	Name of the Research Supervisor	Title of the thesis	Year of PhD awarded
1	Smt. Yashoda R	Dr. Anitha H.S.	An Evaluation of Regulatory Measures for Consumer Protection in Karnataka	23.11.2018
2	Mr. Gururaja B.L.	Dr. G.T. Govindappa	Entrepreneurship in Informal Services Sector – A Case Study of Hairdressing Saloons	06.07.2019
3	Mrs. Shamala K	Dr. G.T. Govindappa	A Study of Trends in Taxation of Wealth in India	09.09.2019
4	Mr. Dinesh K	Dr. Laxmana P	Delivery of Health Services by Medical Co-operatives – A Study of Selected Co-operative Hospitals in Karnataka	04.11.2019
5	Mr. Nagaraj B	Dr. Anitha H.S.	Role of Industrial Estates in the Growth and Development of SSIs	13.11.2019
6	Mr. Karibasappa T	Dr. Laxmana P	Job Satisfaction Among College Teachers – A Study with Reference to Government Colleges in Karnataka	20.11.2019
7	Mr. Lakshmikantha Nayaka T.O.	Dr. Laxmana P	Analysis of Non-performing Assets in Public Sector Banks in India – A Case Study of State Bank of India	10.09.2020
8	Mr. Manjuntha J M	Dr. G.T. Govindappa	Working of Puffed Rice Units in Karnataka – A Study	19.09.2020
9	Smt. Leelavathi K	Dr. Cirappa I B	Financing of Rural Women Entrepreneurs by RRBs in Karnataka – With Special Reference to Pragathi Krishna Gramina Banks	08.03.2021
10	Smt. Madhuri S	Dr. Cirappa I B	A Study on Exchange Traded Funds in India with Special Reference to Selected Companies in Karnataka	22.03.2021

Funding Project Details :

Sl.No.	Name of the Faculty	Title of the Project/FDP	Funding Agency	Project Budget	Period	Status
1	Dr. Anitha H.S.	Consumer Protection	UGC	Rs. 8000	1996-97	Completed
2	Dr. Anitha H.S.	Role of Commercial Banks in Financing and Promoting Small Entrepreneurs – A Study of Karnataka State	UGC	Rs. 2,42,580	1998 – 2000	Completed
3	Dr. Anitha H.S.	A Study of Entrepreneurship – Development in Industrial Areas of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board	UGC	Rs. 5,31,200	2008-2011	Completed
4	Dr. Laxmana P	Performance of Small Scale Industries in Davangere District – A Case Study	Kuvempu University	Rs. 30,000	2008	Completed
5	Dr. Sathyanarayana	Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Business – FDP	AICTE – ATAL	Rs. 92,000	2021	Conducted

Papers published :
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Activities:

Co-curriculum activities:
1. Recent Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Organized by the Department :

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized	Source of Funding	Date
25 Years of Financial Sector Reforms: A Look Back and Ahead – National Seminar	Davangere University	22.04.2016 to 23.04.2016
Goods and Services Tax – Challenges and Opportunities – National Seminar	Davangere University	13.04.2017
Workshop on Mandatory Courses for Skill Enhancement	Davangere University	23.11.2017
Emerging Issues, Challenges and Opportunities of Small Business Enterprises (SBEs) in India – National Seminar	Davangere University	17.01.2019
Online special lecture on Stress and Time Management during COVID-19	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	01.05.2020
Online special lecture on GST	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	07.05.2020
Online special lecture on Analytics and its Applications in Commerce	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	13.05.2020
Online special lecture on COVID-19 Economic Turbulence: Its Challenges and Opportunities	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	15.05.2020
Online special lecture on Awareness about Job Opportunities and Career Planning	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	16.05.2020
Online special lecture on COVID-19 Vis-à-vis Implications of Athmanirbhar Bharath Package: Indian Economy	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	18.05.2020
Online special lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility at the Time of COVID-19 Crisis	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	18.05.2020
Online special lecture on New Education Policy 2019 for Quality Education (SDG4)	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	22.05.2020
Online special lecture on Application of Tally ERP9 in Accounting	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	23.05.2020
Online special lecture on P2P Lending	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	26.05.2020
Online special lecture on IND AS and IFRS – An Overview	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	30.05.2020
Online special lecture on Marketing Yourself and Leader within You	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	13.06.2020
Online Session on Career Counselling CMA Course: An Ocean of Opportunities	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	19.08.2020
Online motivational lecture	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	16.09.2020
Virtual Conference on Empowering Educators – The Real Career Guides	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	10.09.2020
Online Session on Scientific Conduct	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	16.09.2020 to 17.09.2020
Online Session on Plagiarism Software	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	18.09.2020
Online Session on Philosophy and Ethics	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	19.09.2020
Online Session on Publication Ethics	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	21.09.2020
Online Session on Open Access Publishing and Databases and Research Metrics	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	01.10.2020 to 05.10.2020
Online Session on Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	09.10.2020 to 12.10.2020
Online Webinar on Stock Market Operations	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	09.12.2020
Online FDP on Project proposals on Research Grants	Internal Library Association, Department of Studies in Commerce	08.01.2021
Online FDP on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Business	AICTE Teaching and Learning (ATAL) Academy	21.06.2021 to 25.06.2021

2. Awards/Medals Won by Students:

Sl. No.	Name of the Students	Name of the Award	Individual/ Team	Level	Year
1	Ms. Padmashree C. R.	National Service Scheme – National Award	Individual	National	2015-16
2	Ms. Poornima and Team	Runner-up – Ball Badminton	Team	Inter-University	2019-20

Sl. No.

Name of the Students

Name of the Award

Individual/

Team

Level

Year

Ms. Padmashree C. R.

National Service Scheme – National Award

Individual

National

2015-16

Ms. Poornima and Team

Runner-up – Ball Badminton

Team

Inter-University

2019-20

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