Official page of Economics Program at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
The Economics program starts with admitting students who have cleared the grueling Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the IITs, thus shortlisting the top 2% of some of the best minds of the country. The Economics Program is guided by qualified and experienced professors, who are doctoral fellows from world-renowned institutions. They train students in conventional economics, sciences, t
echnology, management and policy-making, and also provide practical challenges in the form of term papers, research projects, corporate internships etc. In addition, a wide range of elective courses allow students to stretch their intellectual horizon in various directions of their choice. Here the students are also inspired to join a host of extra-curricular activities in order to ensure overall personality development, making them excellent team workers and managerial candidates. The students play a plethora of multi-faceted roles, right from counselling fellow students to running their own hostels and organizing inter-college festivals. The Economics Department churns out students motivated to work with a holistic approach combining the human, natural and social resources of the society.