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The Department of Economics and Sociology was founded in 1962. In the discipline of Economics, three thrust areas of research and teaching at the graduate and post graduate levels include

  • Farm management and production economics
  • Agricultural marketing and price policy
  • Agricultural finance and cooperation

The specialization in case of Sociology include

  • Rural sociology
  • Social Change

The department offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Agricultural Economics with specialization in Farm Management, Agricultural Marketing and Agricultural Finance. The department also offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in case of Sociology.

The department has a highly competent faculty of national and international repute. Highly eminent positions at the state, national and international levels have been occupied by its faculty members: Dr A S Kahlon, Dr S S Johl, Dr D S Sidhu and Dr Ramesh Chand are a few to name.

The department established the Indian Society for Agricultural Development and Policy (ISADP) during the year 1990. The society publish the Journal of Agricultural Development and Policy (JADP) biannually. The stalwarts in the field of Agricultural Economics Drs S.S. Grewal, Karam Singh, Joginder Singh, A.S. Joshi, R.S. Sidhu, M.S. Sidhu, Sukhpal Singh and Kamal Vatta have been the ex-officio presidents of the society. For more information click here

Lecture on Primarily findings of Akash Project on Paddy Stubble Management on June 7, 2023


Lecture on Political economy of economic development in India on June 16, 2023


Inauguration of Data Analytics Lab by Dr SS Gosal, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana on

February 1, 2023

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