• Impart Sound Knowledge To give students a thorough understanding of Economic concepts and a comprehensive grounding in the analytical methods of Economics.
• Develop Skills and Enhance Abilities To develop skills in applying methods to a diverse range of problems, both microeconomic and macroeconomic. To be able to analyze and construct complex arguments and to communicate these arguments effectively. To teach students to think critically, read and write.
• Encourage overall growth To create an environment where students treat learning as a lifetime process. To adopt a more holistic approach to education with emphasis on development of soft skills, leadership training, personality development and value education. To stress on ethical and moral values in society and to awaken the participative civic spirit among the students.
• Provide Practical and Contemporary Know-how-To have a system which will prepare students to face the challenges of a continuously evolving job market, by constantly renewing and evolving their knowledge and skills.

Specializations

• Students will acquire domain knowledge and be able to analyse economic issues.
• Apply economic theories in analysing issues in various sub fields of economics.
• Students will be able to integrate their learning of various interdisciplinary courses and relate their learning both curricular and co-curricular, to multiple fields and realms of experience.
• Design, develop and execute a significant intellectual project.
• Be able to communicate clearly and concisely through speech and written work.
• Demonstrate the understanding of global interconnectedness.
• Self-Development through self-awareness by evaluating and improving upon personal strengths and weaknesses.
• The students will have an understanding of socially sensitive issues and appreciate frameworks for ethical decision making.
• Acquire skills and knowledge to fulfil their professional goals.

Board

BOARD OF STUDIES

• Abhay Pethe " Director, Dept. of Economics, University of Mumbai
• Dharmakirti Joshi " Director and Chief Economist, CRISIL Ltd.
• Shalin Divatia - Chartered Accountant, Hon. Joint Secretary, SVKM & Mentor SAM-SOE
• Pushpa Trivedi " Professor, Economics, IIT Mumbai
• Subrata Sarkar- Professor, IGIDR
• Amita Vaidya - Director, Sarla Anil Modi School of Economics

• Introduction of contemporary curriculum benchmarked against the best Universities. The curriculum consists of courses such as Economics of Infrastructure, Behavioural Economics, Economics of Geopolitics & International Relations which are novel at the undergraduate level in India.
• Holistic learning through a blend of subjects including Liberal Arts (Sociology, Psychology, Political Science etc.), Law, Management, Finance and Marketing.
• Teaching-Learning process with extensive use of computers. IT skills introduced as a part of the curriculum.
• An option provided to students to specialize in Economics, Finance or Business.
• Innovative Pedagogy which consists of the use of games, case studies, movies, simulation exercises, debates, role play and group discussions.
• Use of Black Board ICT technology.
• Development of soft skills through courses on Communication Skills, Creative Writing, Motivational Training and Leadership Skills.
• Unique peer learning and self-learning programme through group work and projects / presentations and interactive class sessions.
• Introduction of Seminar Paper in the second year which prepares the students for research.
• Introduction of a 5% component of lectures in each course to be taken by industry experts. This seeks to increase the industry- academia interface.
• Research Paper and Capstone projects in the final year to encourage self-learning.
• Compulsory Summer Internship at the end of each year for all students.

Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

The process of learning and teaching will be done through an integration of:

• Classroom teaching
• Group learning
• Peer learning
• Self learning
• Games
• Simulations
• Role Play
• Case Studies
• Movies

Lectures, Training and Projects

• 26 to 32 contact lectures per week
• 60 contact lectures per semester for the core subjects
• Summer Training
• Seminar paper in the second year
• A research project in the final year

Unique Features

• A Contemporary Curriculum with Subjects Like Behavioural Economics, Economics Of Infrastructure, Game Theory.
• Innovative Pedagogy And Experiential Learning
• Blend Of Social Sciences.
• Soft Skills vocational skills and co-curricular courses are Integrated in the Curriculum
• Small Classroom Size Of 60 Students
• Compulsory Summer Training Each Year.
• Guest Lectures By Industry Experts And Eminent Persons From All Walks Of Life
• Independent Studies As An Integral Part Of The Learning Process
• Most Suitable For Students with IB / IGCSE / ISC / HSC / CBSE Backgrounds

Specializations

Students can specialize in the final year in Finance, Business or Economics.

Scope

• Post graduation in Economics/ Management.
• Careers in finance/industry/banks.
• Market research institutions as market analysts.
• Credit rating institutions as research analysts.
• Media, particularly business media

Student Research and Academic Excellence

Students at the School of Economics have demonstrated outstanding research capabilities and academic performance.

1.      Research Symposium and Awards

At the 2025 Research-Embedded-Learning (REL) Symposium held across all schools and campuses of NMIMS in Mumbai campus, as many as three (3) entries from BSc Economics students of Bengaluru campus made it to the top 30% of all posters. And, two (2) of them won the Best Research Poster award:

• The solo entry from final year student Mugdha Karandikar received the award for her research on the "Economic Vulnerabilities of Karnataka Farmers"
• The group-entry from second year students, including Nidhi Karkera, Anushka Y., Maahi G., Dhani Mehrishi, Aadya Shukla, and Kanchee Maheshwari received the award for their research titled "The Empathy Paradox: Can Emotional Stability Hinder Compassion?"⁶.
• Another noteworthy solo entry making it to the top 30% posters pan-NMIMS was from final year student Anurag Samatha, for his work on "Universal Basic Income in India: Justice, Freedom and Opportunity"

2.      Inter- campus Academic Toppers of SAMSOE

Several SOE, Bengaluru students have continued to rank among the top 5 course toppers across all the three campuses of the Sarla Anil Modi School of Economics (including Mumbai and Navi Mumbai campuses). A few note-worthy mentions:

• Final Year (i.e. the graduating batch of this year)
  • Bhavika Mahajan (Corporate Finance, Indian Economy - I, Capital Markets, Game Theory).
  • Niharika Daka (Corporate Finance),
  • Ishita (Corporate Finance),
  • Diya Rajhans (Advanced Microeconomics)
  • Dhriti Agarwal (Advanced Macroeconomics)
• Second year:
  • Harshini Sudharsan (International Economics – II, Econometrics-I)
  • Lisha Verma (Behavioral Psychology, Theories of Growth and Development)
  • amolee
  • Anushka Y. (Managerial Accounts)
  • Simran Nagpal (Money, Banking and Financial Institutions)
  • Harshil Joshi (Intermediate Mathematical Economics and Statistics)
• First year:
  • Sruthi Karri (Effective Communication, Principles of Macroeconomics),
  • Srishti Karwa (Effective Communication, Logic),
  • Raaha and Devansh (Effective Communication),
  • Gauri, Devanada, Kinjal, Aishwarya (Effective Communication),

Faculty Achievements and Research

The faculty at the School of Economics are actively engaged in advancing their academic pursuits. Prof. Anand Prakash spearheads the research related participations from the school and and had also worked alongside Dr Barnabas of SBM  in curating and shortlisting all Poster entries made from Bengaluru campus to the REL symposium.  In term of professional engagement, Dr. Prerona Baruah was invited for a guest lecture on connecting macroeconomics and public policy at a pan-Assam summer bootcamp held at IIIT Guwahati in July 2025. She also took part in an international training program on modern Micro-Econometrics, which was a collaboration between IIT Kharagpur and Sam Houston State University, USA, and was led by Dr. David Drukker who is formerly of StataCorp.

Guest Lectures

The School of Economics also hosted several insightful guest lectures. Some note-worthy guest-lectures from allied domain that were held for the economics students are:

• As part of the English Literature course, Kirankumar Nittali invited Prof. Shankar Padmanaban to deliver a lecture on Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" on February 26, 2025.
• For the Motivational Training course, Sreelekha invited Mr. Vighnesh Bhaskaran from Happiest Minds Technologies to speak on "The Workspace of Tomorrow: Navigating Challenges".

NGO Community (4 weeks)

Corporate (4 weeks post-Yr2 + 4 weeks post-Yr3)

Career Roles: Economist, Analyst & More

Admission & Eligibility Criteria:

• Admissions via NPAT exam.
• B. Sc. Economics - Minimum of 50% aggregate marks in 10 + 2 or equivalent examination with Mathematics / Statistics subject mandatory and should be passed.
• Candidates Diploma awarded from International Baccalaureate (IB) Board will be considered equivalent to 10+2 examination providing they have confirmed 24 grades/credits compulsory and have passed 3 subjects at Higher Level (HL) and 3 subjects at Standard Level (SL) plus extended essay and Theory of Knowledge (TOK).
• For A Level Examination (Cambridge Board) with minimum 3 subjects at advance level will be taken into consideration for calculation of aggregate percentage. Ungraded subjects/grades will not be considered.

All Admissions to UG courses happen through NPAT exams held nationwide

• Tridha Bajaj (2019): Senior Analyst, American Express
• Kashish Rairana (2021): Associate Consultant, EY
• Palak Mehta (2019): Masters at Babson College Internships
• Arko Ghosh (2022): Data Scientist at FPL Technologoes
• Rupam Bhattacharya (2021) : Senior Analyst at Gain.pro
• Akshat Gupta (2022): Product Analyst at JP Morgan & Chase
• Siddhanth Sharma (2020): Consultant at Bain and Company