Department of Commerce

The Department of Commerce is one of the pioneering departments of Pondicherry University which came into existence in the year 1986. Differenciating itself from the traditional M.Com Course the department came into existence to offer a much sought for specialized Post-Graduate course in Commerce in form of M.Com(Business Finance). With the focus on Finance, the department aims at imparting indepth knowledge and professional skills required for handling the Finance Functions of business entities and corporate enterprises. The students of this course with their acquired knowledge and skills find themselves well equipped for the activities involving Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Treasury Management, Security Market Operation, Forex Dealing, Accounting Fund Management, Project Execution and Management, Multinational Financial Management, Derivatives Management, Taxation Management, Bank Management etc. In its Silver Jubilee year, i.e. 2011 the department started another specialized M.Com course in the name of M.Com (Accounting and Taxation). This course aimed at satisfying the need of human resource of corporate with sound accounting and taxation knowledge to supplement the professional accountants and taxation experts. The Department also offers M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programme in the field of Finance, Banking, Marketing and Personnel Management.