economics - iit kanpur

ECONOMICS

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COURSE STRUCTUREEconomic Courses:

Core Courses: • Microeconomics• Macroeconomics• Mathematical Economics• Econometric Methods• Development Economics• Industrial Economics• International Economics

and Finance

Elective Courses:• Financial Econometrics• Behavioural Economics• Applied Game Theory• Money and Banking• Environmental Economics• Monetary Economics• Public Economics• Economic Growth Theory

Mathematics & Statics Courses:

• Probability & Statistics• Time Series Analysis• Regression Analysis• Statistical & AI Techniques in Data Mining• Mathematical Modelling• Machine Learning• Data Structure and Algorithms• Application of Stochastic Processes

Financial & Management Courses:

• E-commerce• Marketing of Services• Accounting & Finance• Strategic Management• Marketing Management• Supply Chain Management

Technical Skills:

• Softwares: EViews, Excel Solver, GAMS, MATLab, R, RATS, SAS, STATA

• Database: CMIE, CEIC, WITS, NSSO, Bloomberg• Languages: C, C++, JAVA, PYTHON, etc

INTERNSHIPS:Students utilise their summers as an opportunity to gain invaluable exposures in the corporate world, as well as to further their research interest in reputed academic institutions. Having strong economic skills with a good understanding of statistical theory, computing principles and programming techniques, they make sound trainees for various firms and organisations.

CONSULTANCY:KPMG, GermanyKPMG, IndiaPrice Water House CoopersErnst & Young Global Ltd.DeloitteHaskin & Sells

BANKING & FINANCE:Deutsche BankCredit SuisseEdelweissHSBCHDFCStandard Chartered BankYes Bank

RBI

UNIVERSITIES:University of Zurich, SwitzerlandHochschule Darmstadt, GermanyUniversity of Calgary, CanadaUniversity of Manitoba, CanadaUniversity of Calabria, Italy

ANALYTICS:EXL ServicesFuzzy LogixCognilyticsCapital OneAccenture

RESEARCH INSTITUTES:The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNational Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New DelhiIndira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), MumbaiThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New DelhiIndian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata

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PLACEMENTSThe rigour and commitment of IIT Kanpur has always been to bringing a major companies for recruitment.Various surveys have repeatedly ranked IIT Kanpur as one of the top schools in country, producing pioneers inevery field. IIT Kanpur extends companies a warm welcome to participate in the placement procedure forstudents. Economics at IIT Kanpur has successfully placed 7 batches in leading companies

CONTACTS:

Dr. Wasim AhmadAssistant ProfessorPlacement Coordinatorwasimad@iitk.ac.in+91 512 259 6838

Nimisha Gupta Undergraduate StudentPlacement Coordinatornimishag@iitk.ac.in+91 7752 8465 68