Course Name: Foundation Course in Managerial Economics

Course abstract

This course is developed to teach modern microeconomic theory to understand the behavior of household, firms and their interaction under different market structure. The purpose of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of economic theory that can be used in managerial decision making problems within various organizational settings such as a firm or a government agency. Objective is to develop a good understanding of economic concepts and tools that have direct managerial applications.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Barnali Nag

Dr. Barnali Nag teaches economics and business environment in Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur. She is a PhD from IGIDR (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research), Mumbai and did her post-doctoral research from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. She has worked as Business Research Fellow at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and RIS, New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs, GoI, an advanced Institute for actionable research. Before joining VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur, she was a faculty in Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. Dr. Nag has published in various refereed international journals of repute. Her research interests pertain to Economics of Climate Change, Policy and planning in the infrastructure sector and Energy security issues of India, Competition Policy and Competitiveness.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

AMIT KUMAR BARDHAN

Doctor of Philosophy
VINOD GUPTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
IIT

DEEPAK DHIMAN

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT OF V.G.S.O.M
IIT KHARAGPUR

 Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2017
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 01-Jan-2017 to 23-Jan-2017
 Exam registration : 30-Jan-2017 to 27-Feb-2017
 Exam Date : 26-Mar-2017

Enrolled

1450

Registered

184

Certificate Eligible

142

Certified Category Count

Gold

6

Elite

73

Successfully completed

63

Participation

26

Success

Elite

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
Foundation Course in Managerial Economics - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

UMANG ANAND 99%

GCRG MEMORIAL TRUSTS GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

YOGESH PURI 96%

STEP HBTI

THRIVIKRAM MUDUNURI 93%

BMS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

VASSANTE KUMAR S 92%

SRI SIVASUBRAMANIYA NADAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

AVIRUP BISWAS 92%

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY

ABIR GHOSH 90%

BENGAL INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS STUDIES

SRIKANTH JANAKIRAMAN 89%

DR.N.G.P. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.