Indira Gandhi Institute of Development And Research

Can you please give here detail about the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research (IGIDR)?

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Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai is an advanced research institution. This institute was established by The Reserve Bank of India in the year 1987 .

Program offers:

M.Sc.
M.Phil.
Ph.D.

Facilities:
Library
Computing

Administrative staff members :

George Diana
Mahesh Mohan T.S
D'souza Lavina
D'Mello Fabina
Mallick Anita
Uthale Sanjay
D'souza Nelson
Verma Mukesh
Ananthi T.S.
Borkar Jayshree
Lobo Martha
Shringarpure Pratima

Research projects of institute :

Socio-Economic Study of Project affected People

Financial Sector regulatory reform in India

Quantitative Approaches to Public Policy

Maharashtra Development Report(MDR)

State of Environment report Maharashtra study(SOER)

Seminar on Institutional Reforms & Development Units in Transitional Economy

Construction of Composite Index for household amenities (CCIHA)

Capacity Development training programme for lectures in Kabul University

UNDP/Centre for Policy & Human Development

Application of Computable General Equilibrium Model for
Estimation of Demand & supply of agricultural commodities

Training programme for Agricultural Economists

Resolution for Seminar on Women's Empowerment

Workshop on Economic Integration in South Asia and East Asia

Address:
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Gen AK Vaidya Marg, Film City Road, Santosh Nagar, Jai Bhim Nagar
Goregaon East
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400065

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Can you provide me the details of the M.Sc. in Economics Program offered by IGIDR (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research)?

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M.Sc. in Economics Program offered by IGIDR (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research) is a two-year programme, which imparts students with a rigorous and hands-on training in Economics, with special emphasis on analytical and problem solving skills as well as exposure to emerging policy issues at the national and international levels.


The programme involves a successful completion of either 16 courses or 15 courses and a Master’s thesis. It is aimed at all those with necessary quantitative prerequisites who would like to be grounded in economic analysis.


Admission Eligibility

Minimum qualification includes one of the following degrees or their equivalents: B.A./B.Sc. in Economics/B.Com./B.Stat./B.Sc. (Physics or Mathematics)/B.Tech./B.E. with minimum 2nd division for Economics discipline and 1st division for other disciplines. One must have studied mathematics at the higher secondary or higher level.


Duration

This is a two-year programme.


Course Structure

First Year course work exclusively focuses on the following compulsory courses: Microeconomics-I and II, Macroeconomics-I and II, Econometrics-I and II, Mathematics for Economists, and Development Economics.

In the second year one needs to choose 8 optional courses (or 7 optional courses and a Master’s thesis) that includes (i) 1 Major Field of Specialisation consisting of 4 optional courses in a related field, (ii) 1 Minor Field of Specialisation consisting of 2 optional courses in a related field, and (iii) 2 (or 1 in case the student opts to do a Master’s thesis) other optional courses that may be from un-related fields.

The list of possible Fields of specialisation / optional courses:

Microeconomics, Institutions and Trade; Macroeconomics, Finance and Growth; Econometric Theory and Applications; Energy and Environment; Development

The optional courses include Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Special Topics in Microeconomic Theory, Theories and Behaviour of the Firm, Theory of Institutions, International Trade, Applied International Trade and Investment, Topics in International Economics and Finance, Financial Economics, Issues in Industrial Economics and Corporate Finance, Financial Econometrics, Time Series Analysis I & II, Applied Econometrics for Policy Analysis, Applied General Equilibrium Models, Energy & Environment I & II, Natural Resource Economics, Tools for Sustainability Indicators I & II, Socio-Economic and Policy Issues in Energy & Environment I & II, Agricultural Economics, Contemporary Issues in Indian Agriculture, Contemporary Issues in Human Development and Policy.


Contact Detail:
IGIDR
Gen. A.K.Vaidya Marg
Goregaon East,
Mumbai - 400 065 (INDIA)
Tel: (022) 2840 0919/20/21,28416200 (Board Number)
Fax: (022) 2840 2752/28416399