IIT Kanpur Msc Economics Placements

I have completed UG degree and want to do M.Sc Economics from Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Will you please provide me details about IIT Kanpur Msc Economics Placements also tell me seminars held here?

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Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the academic departments of IIT Kanpur. It is multi-disciplinary, and consists of six disciplines:

Economics
English Literature and Linguistics
Fine Arts
Philosophy
Psychology and
Sociology

The Programme

The Economics program starts with admitting students who have cleared the grueling Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the IITs

PLACEMENTS

The first batch of Economics graduated this year. All the 13 people who sat for placements were placed and at a package much better than the institute's average.

Seminar

1. Feb 13, 2013
Speaker : Prof. Rajarshi Chakraborty (Fine Arts)
Topic : Transformation of Form in A. Ramachandran’s Paintings

2. Feb 13, 2013
Speaker : Prof. Kanupriya rathore (Fine Arts)
Topic : ‘Astanayikas’ in Indian Painting

3. Feb 15, 2013
Speaker : Prof. Bali Ram, IIT Kanpur (visiting) (Socio)
Topic : Changing Patterns of Regional Disparity in Infant Mortality in India,
1992-93, 1998-99 and 2005-06: Roles of Demographic and Socioeconomic Backgrounds

4. Mar 01, 2013
Speaker : Vandana Kothari, IIT Kanpur (visiting) (Fine Arts)
Topic : The Art of Looking Sideways - The Artist and the Studio

5. Mar 11, 2013
Speaker : Dr. P.M.Prasad (IIT Kanpur), Dr. V. Vasudevan (IIT Kanpur) and Dr. U.S. Racherla (IIT, Kanpur)
Topic : Road Crashes in India:Socio-Economic Costs, Underlying Causes and Sustainable Solutions

6. Mar 15, 2013
Speaker : Tarun Jain, ISB Hyderabad (Eco)
Topic : Does who you know matter? Unraveling the influence of student networks on academic performance

7. Mar 18, 2013
Speaker : Dr. Rajesh Kasturirangan, NIAS, Bengaluru (Linguistics)
Topic : The Embodiment of Concepts

8. Mar 21, 2013
Speaker : Dr. Palayoor Benyne Jos (Psychology)
Topic : Variations in Cone of Gaze: A Special Mention to Social Phobia

9. Mar 21, 2013
Speaker : Prof. Surya Prakash Upadhyay (Socio)
Topic : Beyond Television: Spiritual 'tele-gurus' and contemporary Hinduism

10. Mar 22, 2013
Speaker : Phil. Jaison V.D. (Philo)
Topic : An intercultural approach towards the question of Being: Martin Heidegger and Śankara

Address:

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur 208 016, India
Tel: Work (+91-512) 2597510
Fax: 2597510,
Email: mjha@iitk.ac.in