Overview

The pressure on the non-human component of the ecosystem that we witness today can largely be attributed to the intensified pursuit of material consumption by a growing mass of population in the post-war period. Environment and Resource Economics attempts to recognize, understand, analyse, and evaluate the nature-society exchanges towards their implication on human well-being. Towards addressing this, it aims to design and implement effective policy instruments that assist in sustaining a given quality of life on earth and its enhancement over a longer time horizon. It involves rigorous grounding in standard economic theory and techniques and a simultaneous exposure to a wide variety of economic challenges due to the ecological / environmental / natural resource constraints. The syllabus for the programme is frequently revised by bringing in updating the curriculum and introducing hands-on- practical session with the software packages like STATA and R as well as case studies and examples from policy making domains making domains. The quality of the curriculum is regularly evaluated by its stakeholders, peers, alumni and employers. The faculties are involved in active research with funded projects from SANDEE, DST, and several other funding agencies who regularly publish in the leading journals across the spectrum of economics. The programme also has a have received consistent appreciation from the students. Many of its alumnus have joined PhD programme in prestigious universities in India and abroad. This programme has been offered by TERI SAS since 2009. The quality of students, their performance, cent percent placement and the expertise of the faculties make it one of the flagship programmes offered by the Department of Policy Studies as well as by the University.