National Seminar Digital economy : impacts, influences, and challenges

National Seminar

Digital economy : impacts, influences, and challenges

10^th February 2011

Department of Economics, Sacred Heart College, Chalakudy

The department of Economics, sacred Heart College, Chalakudy organized a national seminar on the topic ‘Digital economy: impacts, influences, and challenges’. The seminar was inaugurated by Dr. D. Retnaraj, Professor and HeadDepartment of Economics, University of Calicut. In his inaugural address Dr. Retnaraj tried to highlight the role played by IT in the functioning of modern economy. The key note address was delivered by Professor Sunil Mani, Planning Commission Chair in Development Economics, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. He presented a paper titled ‘On mainstreaming the growth performance of the Information and Communications Technology Sector in India’. Dr. Mani placed the precise role of this emerging sector in India's GDP and assessed empirically, ten different hypotheses that are encountered in the literature on the growth performance of the sector. Researchers from various south Indian states presented papers in the seminar. The valedictory function was inaugurated by Dr. C. Krishnan, Chairman, Under Graduate Board of Studies in Economics, University of Calicut.

Rev. Sr. Angel Rose, Principal, delivering the presidential address.


Dr. Sunil Mani delivering keynote address.

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R.Kavitha (ICICI Manipal Academy, Bangalore)

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh ( MAHATMA GANDHI GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE,

U.T. OF PONDICHERRY)

Bindu Balagopal (Victoria College, Palakkad)

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Anitha Mary Alex (Naipunnya Institute of Management & IT, Koratty)

Indira P M (Research Scholar, Dept. of Economics, University of Calicut)

(Representing) Suriakala.R and Reshmi.A.Rajan (Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore)

Rev. Sr. Lilly Maria, Head of the Department of Economics

Shirley Jose .K., Associate Professor of Economics