Department of Commerce
History of the Department
B.Com course was started in the College during 2004-05 and M.Com Programme during the year 2012-13. The Department has excelled itself with a number of laurels in the form of University ranks and distinctions. The Department achieved its greatest heights by upgrading itself as a Research Centre in Commerce under the University of Kerala during 2014-15.
Vision:
An endless journey of discovery, moving from the known to the unknown, from darkness to light towards an ever expanding horizon of knowledge in business and management.
Mission:
To fulfill the educational needs of a culturally diverse student body by achieving excellence in teaching and learning to make them competent professionals as benchmarked by industries
HOD’s message
The Department of Commerce, even though, started recently has become an inevitable part of Government College for Women, Trivandrum, be it in terms of academic laurels of our students, participation of faculty members of the department in all the main activities of the College or in terms of advisory services rendered to faculty members for income tax filing etc. The Department has no dearth for ranks as our students are the toppers in the University examinations. To add to its glory, 11 research scholars have been awarded Ph.D. from our research centre. The Department has a reservoir of 1952 books.
Courses/Programmes Offered
Courses/Programmes Offered
| NAME OF THE PROGRAMME | MAIN SUBJECT | DURATION | ANNUAL INTAKE |
| B. Com | Finance | 6 semesters | 36 |
| M.Com | Finance | 4 semesters | 12 |
| Open course | Fundamentals of Financial Accounting | 1 semester(Fifth Semester) | 30 |
| Ph.D. | Commerce | 5 years | Allotted by University of Kerala |
Faculty Members
| SL No. | Name | Subject | Designation | Phone/Email | WebPage | |
| 1 | Dr Vinod G | Commerce | Associate Professor & Head of the Department | vinodjagathi@gmail.com | View the full profile |  |
| 2 | Dr.Biju.S.K | Commerce | Professor | bijubodheswar@gmail.com | View the full profile |  |
| 3 | Shri. Roosvelt M | Commerce | Associate Professor | rooseveltlrkkmkv@gmail.com | View the full profile |  |
| 4 | Dr. Nimi Dev R | Commerce | Associate Professor | drnimidevr@gcwtvm.ac.in | View the full profile |  |
| 5 | Prof.(Dr).K.Pradeep Kumar | Commerce | Professor | kpradeep68@gmail.com | View the full profile |  |
| 6 | Dr Nazeem .A | Commerce | Assistant Professor | nazeem8@gmail.com | View the full profile |  |
| 7 | Dr Binu.R | Commerce | Assistant Professor | binurm@gmail.com | View the full profile | |
| 8 | Shri.Shajahan A | Commerce | Assistant Professor | aaoshajahan@gmail.com | View the full profile |  |
Achievements
Achievements
List of Rankholders
B.Com
| Year | University Rank | |
| 2009 | I Rank Mahalekshmi KV K R | |
| 2012 | II Rank Anantha Lekshmi R | |
| 2016-17
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I Rank Gopika R
II Rank Mithila S Vinod |
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| 2019-20 | I Rank Sreelekshmi G
IV Rank Surya S |
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| 2020-21 | III Rank Malavika K |  |
List of Rank Holders
M.Com
| Year | University
Rank |
|
| 2017-18
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III Rank Dhanya |  |
| 2019-20 | I Rank Bhagyashree Pillai
IV Rank Aathira G Nair |
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| 2020-21 | I Rank Sruthi G S |  |
Achievements of Students
Aswathy S of Second Year B.Com(2015-18 batch) featured in the Official Advertisement Programme of ASAP
Achievements of Teachers
ASAP Online Classes During COVID19
Dr P S Devakumar, Associate Professor of Commerce engaged two online sessions for all Sixth Semester B.Com students on the topic Marginal Costing organised by ASAP, Government of Kerala
Link for the sessions
Dr Nimi Dev R, Assistant Professor of Commerce engaged two online sessions for all Fourth Semester M.Com students on the topic Risk Management and Basic Concepts in Risk organised by ASAP, Government of Kerala
Link for the sessions
List of Former Heads of Department
List of Former Heads of Departments
| Sl.No. | Name | Period |
| 1 | Smt. LEKHA. S (In Charge) | 21.12.2004 To 07.08.2007 |
| 2 | Dr. VIOLET RAJAM R V | 08.08.2007 To 17.12.2010 |
| 3 | Dr. P S DEVAKUMAR | 18.12.2010 To 27.03.2011 |
| 4 | Dr. VIOLET RAJAM R V | 28.03.2011 To 31.05.2014 |
| 5 | Dr. K ANIL KUMAR | 01.06.2014 to 30.04.2023 |
Department Resources
Department Resources
The Department of Commerce has two smart class rooms equipped with LCD television and Overhead Projector. The Department has a full-fledged library which has a collection of 1952 books.
Research
Research
The Department of Commerce was upgraded to a Research Department in the year 2014-15 and till now 16 research scholars are pursuing their Ph.D in Commerce under the Department and the four of the faculty members are research guides. 13 scholars have been awarded Ph.D from the Department Research Centre.
List of Ongoing Research Scholars
| SL.
NO. |
NAME OF RESEARCH SCHOLAR | NAME OF RESEARCH GUIDE | DATE OF REGISTRATION | TOPIC OF RESEARCH |
| 1 | Sajna T | Dr K Anilkumar | 05/11/2018 | A Study on Corporate Social Responsibilities of Health care Sector in Kerala-An Evaluative Study |
| 2 | Bhavana U B | Dr K Anilkumar | 01-02-2019
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EFFECTIVENESS OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS IN IMPARTING BUSINESS EDUCATION TO THE HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRED STUDENTS OF KERALA |
| 3 | Anu R Chandran | Dr K Anilkumar | 14-05-2019 | EMPOWERMENT OF SCHEDULED CASTES IN KERALA AND THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INTREPARENEURSHIP |
| 4 | Rahul R Kurup | Dr K Anilkumar | 19-07-2019 | Performance Evaluation of Kerala State Bacward Development Corporation |
| 5 | Ruksana Sulthana A H | Dr P.S Devakumar | 05-07-2018
|
Delineating Antecedents of Electronic-word of mouth seeking behaviour in social media: A Comparative Study of Modest Fashion Industry in India and Malaysia |
| 6 | Athira R | Dr P.S Devakumar | 30-07-2019
|
Ready to Eat Segments in Kerala-Innovations in Food Delivery Model |
| 7 | Lekha K | Dr P.S Devakumar | 08-08-2019
|
Empowerment through self -employment: A Kerala Perspective |
| 8 | Roopa Revathy R | Dr Nimi Dev R | 19-04-2017 | Entrepreneurial venture in Kerala- Problems and prospectus |
| 9 | Arathy Krishnan R K | Dr Nimi Dev R | 20-09-2017
|
A Study on the role of ESAF Small Finance Bank in the Transformation of South Indian Economy |
| 10 | Rabitha M V | Dr Nimi Dev R | 20-09-2017
|
Problems and prospects of packaged food industry in Kerala |
| 11 | Sruthi M G | Dr Nimi Dev R | 25-06-2018
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Financing Business Operations: Effectiveness of Individual Entities and Support Mechanisms in the Dairy Co-operative Sector of Kerala |
| 12 | Renjitha B R | Dr P.S Devakumar | 06/07/2021 | Impact of Cost Structure on the Financial Performance of Public Sector Undertakings in Kerala |
| 13 | Adarsh K B | Dr P.S Devakumar | 21/01/2021 | Marketing Strategies and Customer Satisfaction of Real Estate Sector in Kerala |
| 14 | N.K Nikhil | Dr Raju G | 24/09/2021 | Calibrating Indian Corporate Performance through Leveraging Foreign Borrowings |
| 15 | Vijayalekshmi V | Dr K Anilkumar | 29/09/2021 | A Study on the Effectiveness of Women Co-operatives in the socio-economic empowerment of weaker sections in Kerala |
| 16 | Aathira G Nair | Dr P S Devakumar | 15/07/2021 | A Study on the Performance of Selected Welfare Undertakings under Public Sector in Kerala |
List of Ph.Ds Awarded
| Sl.
No. |
Name of Research Scholar | Name of Research Guide | Year of Award |
| 1 | Sreedevi S R | Dr P S Devakumar | 04/07/2018 |
| 2 | Arathy C | Dr Biju AV | 11/12/2018 |
| 3 | SiniRaj S | Dr P S Devakumar | 22/12/2018 |
| 4 | Manoj C | Dr K Anilkumar | 22/01/2019 |
| 5 | Lekshmy S.N | Dr P S Devakumar | 22/01/2019 |
| 6 | Priji L.P | Dr P S Devakumar | 28/03/2019 |
| 7 | Sandhya S | Dr Biju AV | 25/05/2019 |
| 8 | Sunilkumar K K | Dr P S Devakumar | 13/01/2020 |
| 9 | Soumya A | Dr K Anilkumar | 17/07/2020 |
| 10 | Swapna O | Dr K Anilkumar | 10/10/2020 |
| 11 | Lissy Bennet | Dr K Anilkumar | 23/10/2020 |
| 12 | Femina S R | Dr K Anilkumar | 03/07/2021 |
| 13 | Sunilkumar V | Dr P S Devakumar | 17/08/2021 |
Seminars Organized
Seminars Organised
| No. | Month & Year | Title | Convenor | Sponsor |
| 1 | 26th and 27th February 2016 | Methodology of Research in Social Sciences | Sri.Vinod G | Department of Collegiate Education |
| 2 | 4th to 6th February 2016 |
Capital Formation: A Search for Alternative Modesl Fit for Keral Economy |
Dr P.S Devakumar | UGC |
| 3 | 8th and 10th December 2016 | Goods and Services Tax and its Implications in Indian Economy | Dr Nimi Dev R | Department of Collegiate Education |
| 4 | 2nd, 3rd and 4th November, 2017 | Fine Tuning Commerce Education and Research: Intriguing Challenges Ahead | Smt.Krishnaveni S | Department of Collegiate Education |
| 5 | 8th and 9th November 2018 | Changing Paradigms of Tourism Industry of Kerala |
Dr Sajeev H | Department of Collegiate Education |
| 6 | 25th and 26th November, 2019 | Innovations in Cost Management | Dr K Sureshkumar | Department of Collegiate Education |
| 7 | 16/11/2018 to 25/11/2018 |
Higher Secondary Teachers Transformation Programme |
Dr P.S Devakumar | Department of Collegiate Education & Department of Higher Secondary Education |
| 8 | 30/01/2019 to 08/02/2019 | Higher Secondary Teachers Transformation Programme |
Dr P.S Devakumar | Department of Collegiate Education & Department of Higher Secondary Education |
Activities
Activities
Webinar by Unnat Bharat Abhyan and Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the College in association with Department of Commerce
Prof Dr Gabriel Simon Thattil, Director School of Business Management and Legal Studies, University of Kerala delivered the lecture on Financial Empowerment of the Masses-The Post Covid 19 Scenario on 11th August, 2020
Orientation Program for CS
Talk by an Entrepreneur
Shastrayan 2018
Post Graduate Research Conference
Investor Awareness Program
Entrepreneurship Awareness Program
Initialisation Program for Econometrics
One Day Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights
One Day Seminar on GST
Aids Awareness Programme
Teacher’s Day Celebration
Higher Secondary Teachers Transformation Program
Onam, Christmas Celebrations and Farewell of students
Online Celebrations during COVID -19
Research Publications
Research Publications
| Sl.
No. |
Title | Name of Journal/Book | Name of author | Year |
| 1 | Estimating Rainfall Index on Commodity Futures in India-Evidence from Mcx | Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics & Management | Dr.Raju.G | 2015-16 |
| 2 | Performance measurement of Automotive Manufacturers in India | Southern Economist | Dr.Raju.G | 2015-16 |
| 3 | Behavioural Impact of Traders in Indian Option Market | The Indian Journal of Commerce | Dr.Raju.G | 2015-16 |
| 4 | Edited Book: Capital Formation -Search for Alternative Models Fit for Kerala Economy |
Capital Formation -Search for Alternative Models Fit for Kerala Economy |
Dr K. Anil Kumar & Dr Devakumar P.S | 2015-16 |
| 5 | Chapter: Capital Formation in Kerala: A Story of Structural Misnomers; In Edited Book: Capital Formation -Search for Alternative Models Fit for Kerala Economy |
Capital Formation -Search for Alternative Models Fit for Kerala Economy |
Dr Devakumar P.S | 2015-16 |
| 6 | Chapter – Mobile Application Leveraged Tourism in Kerala Present and Future; In Edited Book – Tourism Industry-Recent Trends |
Tourism Industry-Recent Trends | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2016-17 |
| 7 | A Study on the Potential of Student Entrepreneurship Schemes in Government College, Nedumangad (Second Author) |
Management Researcher |
Dr Nimi Dev R | 2016-17 |
| 8 | Skilling India Conundrum Need for Transforming Commerce and Management Education (Second Author) | Southern Economist | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2016-17 |
| 9 | Accessible Tourism: The Need of the Hour | The Southern Economist |
Dr Nimi Dev R | 2016-17 |
| 10 | General Co-operative Marekting Societies in Economic Development Farmers(Second Author) |
Indian Journal of Commerce and Management | Dr DevakumarP.S | 2017-18 |
| 11 | Scaling New Heights of Employee Productivity: Do it Now or Never(Second Author) | Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies | Lekshmi S.N, Dr Devakumar P.S | 2017-18 |
| 12 | Welfare Activities of General Co-operative Marekting Societies(Second Author) | Indian Journal of Commerce and Management | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2017-18 |
| 13 | Propensity to Turnover among Female employees-A Study on Kerala Dstate Road Transport Corporation(Second Author) |
Researchers World | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2017-18 |
| 14 | Entrepreneurial Framework of India-Key Indicators Revisited(Second Author) | Southern Economist | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2017-18 |
| 15 | Empowering Women through Micro Enterprises(Second Author) | Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies | Priji L.P , Dr Devakumar P.S | 2017-18 |
| 16 | Chapter- Bridging the Industry Academia Gap-The Way Ahead for Higher Education in Kerala, In Edited Book – Higher Education in Emerging India: Problems, Policies and Perspectives | Higher Education in Emerging India: Problems, Policies and Perspectives | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2017-18 |
| 17 | Banking Inclusion of Diary Farmers in India-A critical analysis of pre and post demonetisation scenario(Second Author) | International Journal for Research in Engineering Application and Management |
Sruthi M G, Dr Nimi Dev R | 2018-19 |
| 18 | Capital Structure of Financially Distressed Companies-A Study on SLPEs working under Chemical Sector in Kerala (Second Author) |
International Journal of Finance and Management |
Dr Devakumar P.S | 2018-19 |
| 19 | The Challenges before General Co-operative Marketing Societies in Kerala (Second Author) |
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review |
Dr Devakumar P.S | 2018-19 |
| 20 | Empowering of Member through Co-operative Marekting Societies(Second Author) | Management Researcher | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2018-19 |
| 21 | Boosting Women Entrepreneurship–Institutional Credit Support(Second Author) | International Journal for Research in Engineering Application and Management | Priji L.P, Dr Devakumar P.S | 2018-19 |
| 22 | Failures in Indian Startups: Reasons and Lessons(Second Author) | Vidyaniketan Journal of Management Research |
Roopa Revathy R, Dr Nimi Dev R | 2018-19 |
| 23 | Role of Payment banks in designing digital economy (Second Author) |
Vidyaniketan Journal of Management Research |
Arathy Krishnan R K, Dr Nimi Dev R | 2018-19 |
| 24 | Intellectual Property Rights-Perspective of Ayurveda Medical Practitioners | Impact-International Journal of Research in Humanities:Arts and Literature |
Dr. Krishnaveni S | 2019-20 |
| 25 | Financial capability and Value Chain Financing: A Study among Dairy farmers in India(Second Author) |
International Journal for Research in Engineering Application and Management, |
Sruthi M.G, Dr Nimi Dev R | 2019-20 |
| 26 | A Study on the potential of Paytm Payment Banks(Second Author) | International Journal for Research in Engineering Application and Management, |
Arathy Krishnan R K, Dr Nimi Dev R | 2019-20 |
| 27 | A Study about Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Young Entrepreneurs(Second Author) | International Journal for Research in Engineering Application and Management, |
Dr Nimi Dev R | 2019-20 |
| 28 | Effect of Knowledge Management in the Performance of Indian System of Medicine | International Journal for Research in Engineering Application & Management (IJREAM) | Dr. Krishnaveni S | 2019-20 |
| 29 | Sustaining Environment through Green Business: Initiatives of KIAP | Mukt Shabd Journal
VOLUME – IX ISSUE – IV, APRIL 2020, |
Dr. Krishnaveni S | 2019-20 |
| 30 | A STUDY ON THE AWARENESS OF STUDENTS TOWARDS GREEN MARKETING | Mukt Shabd, VOLUME – IX ISSUE – IV, APRIL 2020, 35-41 | Dr Nimi Dev R | 2019-20 |
| 31 | The Effect of Government Debt on Economic Growth | Our Heritage | Dr. Krishnaveni S | 2019-20 |
| 32 | The Fading Sheen of Financial Leverage-A Case for Recapitalisation of PSUs in Kerala |
Our Heritage | Dr Devakumar P.S | 2019-20 |
| 33 | Off Budget Financing for Infrastructure-A Case Study of KIIFB | Our Heritage | Dr Sajeev H Roosevelt M |
2019-20 |
| 34 | Business Models –Lessons from Kerala Start ups | Our Heritage | Dr Nimi Dev R | 2019-20 |
| 35 | Prospects of Integrated Financing in the Dairy Co-operative Sector of Kerala-Perspectvies from Global Models(Second Author) | Our Heritage | Sruthi M G , Dr Nimi Dev R | 2019-20 |
Best Practices
Best Practices
Use of ICT in Classrooms and Learning Management System
The faculty of Commerce have been very much innovative in introducing innovative learning management systems for the benefits of the students. Most of the faculty use Edmodo, Moodle for making learning effective for the students.
Faculty as Resource Person for Seminar organised by Library
Dr Devakumar P.S Associate Professor of Commerce, presenting his views on Central Budget 2019 in the Seminar organised by Central Library on 10/07/2019
