The Department of Economics has started functioning since 1930 as Civics & Economics. Lt. Mohesh Ghose was the founder Head of the Department. Later on, Imran Hussain Choudhury joined as the faculty. Honours classes were started from 1946. The department presently has six permanent faculty members committed to teaching basics to advanced levels of understanding of the subject and also give students exposure to academic research. Since1930, the department has been producing some eminent persons of great repute, who are presently occupying prominent positions in the society.