Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University (FOC-BHU), also known as Shri Thakur Ratan Pal Singh Faculty of Commerce is a
faculty in the
Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi,
India which offers
undergraduate,
postgraduate and
doctorate courses in
Commerce. It was founded in 1940.
History
The faculty of Commerce was started in 1940 as an adjunct to the Department of Economics and attained independent department status soon after. In 1965, the ''Department of Commerce'' was accorded status of a
faculty.
It is the only faculty in entire Banaras Hindu University which is named after an individual.
Key timelines
*1940: Started as adjunct to the ''Department of Economics''; attained independent department status soon after.
*1965: ''Department of Commerce'' was accorded status of a
faculty and renamed Faculty of Commerce.
*1968: Introduced Management courses as a separate discipline of study.
*1975: Renamed as the ''Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies''.
*1984: Two separate
faculties (Faculty of Commerce &
Faculty of Management Studies
A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...
) had been created from existing faculty.
*1984: Started offering
B.Com.
A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanma ...
(
honours),
M.Com
Master of Commerce (MCom or M Comm; sometimes ''Magister (degree), Magister Commercii'' as MagComm or Mag. comm.) is a postgraduate master's degree focusing on commerce-, accounting-, management- and economics-related subjects. Like the undergradu ...
(
honours) and
Ph.D degrees.
*2015: Faculty of commerce started offering the degree of M.B.A. in Financial Management, Financial Management (Risk and Insurance) and Master of Foreign Trade.
See also
*
Banaras Hindu University
*
List of educational institutions in Varanasi
References
External links
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{{Education in India
Departments of the Banaras Hindu University
Commerce colleges in India
Educational institutions established in 1940
1940 establishments in India