What is this Programme about?

This programme is 5years full time programme consist of 18 courses, out of which 10 are core courses and rest 8 are optional. This Integrated programme starts when a B.Pharm. student is in 7^th semester B.Pharm. In 7^th sem. and 8^th sem. B.Pharm. the student opting for this Integrated programme has to study 4 courses of MBA (2 each in 7^th and 8^th sem. B.Pharm.) along with their B.Pharm. courses. After completion of B.Pharm. programme (8^th semesters) a student of B.Pharm -MBA Integrated programme has to study 14 courses in 9^th sem. (3 core papers and 4 specialisation papers) and 10^th sem. (3 core papers and 4 specialisation papers) in the MBA programme exclusively in 2 semesters (9^th band 10^th semesters)

How this Programme Benefit you & your Career?

This is a beautifully designed academic programme in which a student will be able to acquire both B.Pharm and MBA degree in five years. If a student wishes to go for undergraduate and postgraduate degree separately, the student will require six years time to complete both the degree. However, in B. PHARM - MBA Integrated Programme the student can save one valuable year of his or her life and can get both the degrees in five years. But for getting this benefit, a student will have to study in Assam down town University for both the degrees.

Research:

The Department of Management is actively engaged in research activities in different areas of Management and social sciences since inception. At present, the Department is undertaking research activities under two modes,

A. Ph.D mode

B. Research Paper

Department does not have at present any research activity under project mode.

However the department has a plan to submit a research proposal on Tourism Development in Northeast India to ICSSR/Ministry of Tourism Government of India / Assam Tourism Development Authority for funding it.

Ø Under Ph.D mode the Department has as many as 8 registered research scholars performing research work in area of Management & Social Sciences.

Ø 3 of them have already submitted their Ph.D Thesis, results of which are waiting.

At present, the thrust areas of research under Ph.D mode of the department are:

· Tourism Development in Northeast.

· Micro financing

· Health Demography

· Public Distribution System & Food Security

· Cost Benefit Study of non-conventional energy (Solar Energy)

· Socio-Economic Studies or various Tribes & Communities of Northeast

· Work life Balance of Professionals

· Social Media

· HRM Practices of various Organizations

· Child Labour

· Impact of flood on society & economy

Under Research Paper mode, all the faculty members of the department are putting their effort in writing research papers and presenting them in national and international seminars & conferences. Efforts have also been put in getting these papers published in standard journals. The broad areas under which research papers have been written by the faculty members of the Department are:

· International Economics

· Tourism Development

· Financial Management

· Agro Industry Management

· Population studies

· Sericulture industry

· Management Education

· Non-Life Insurance Sector

· Retail Marketing

· Foreign Direct Investment

· Tea Industry in Assam

· Customer Relationship Management

· Woman Empowerment

· Development Finance

· Digital Economy

Programme Contents:

A student will have to study the entire course curriculum of B.Pharm programme of Assam down town University and the following courses of management discipline.

NINTH SEMESTER

CORE COURSES

Specialization

(1) Marketing

(2) Human Resource Management

(3) Finance

4. Banking & Insurance

5. Systems Management

TENTH SEMESTER

CORE COURSES

Specialization

(1) Marketing

(2) Human Resource Management

(3) Finance

(4) Banking & Insurance

(5) Systems Management

Achievement: