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

Media Object

Prof. Barnali Nag

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.


Teaching Assistant(s)

Amit Kumar Bardhan

Ph.D., Finance & Economics

DEEPAK DHIMAN

Ph.D., Energy Management

 Course Duration : Feb-Mar 2018

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-Nov-2017 to 05-Feb-2018

 Exam registration : 08-Jan-2018 to 07-Mar-2018

 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2018, 29-Apr-2018

Enrolled

1530

Registered

153

Certificate Eligible

106

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Elite

49

Successfully completed

57

Participation

12

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

RAMARCHA KUMAR 85%

GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

RAHUL KRISHNA 83%

DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

ARJUN MISHRA 82%

DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

SWAGATA CHATTOPADHYAY 78%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR

KARAN DAMODARDAS DASANI 77%

BIRLA VISHVAKARMA MAHAVIDYALAYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1530

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 153

Assignment Statistics




Assignment

Exam score

Final score

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.