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Ideas to Enterprises. Enterprises to a Kinder World.

Global Perspectives. Grounded Values. Real-World Change.

At the School of Business and Economics, we combine analytical rigour with human insight. Here, you'll explore how markets work, why people make choices, and how businesses can create lasting value — for individuals, communities, and the planet.

“Better businesses for a brighter world.”

Why Business and Economics at Aaranya?

  • Real-World Relevance: Live case-studies, corporate residencies, and global immersions.
  • Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Unify business, economics, technology, and humanities.
  • Impact-Driven Leadership: Value creation extending beyond profit to ESG and equity.
  • Supportive Community: A diverse, ambitious cohort that challenges and inspires you.
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Comprehensive Curricula by Degree

Rigorous managerial, econometric, financial, and sociological coursework designed for future CEOs, policy advisors, and venture founders.

B.B.A. (Bachelor of Business Administration)

3–4 Years · 8 Semesters · 160 Credits · Strategic Leadership & Venture Incubation

Undergraduate Management

Year 1: Management Foundations & Financial Literacy Semesters 1 & 2

BBA101Principles of Modern Management4 Credits
BBA102Financial Accounting & Reporting4 Credits
ECO101Microeconomics for Decision Makers4 Credits
BBA103Quantitative Business Mathematics & Statistics4 Credits
BBA104Business Communication & Executive Oratory3 Credits
BBA105Enterprise Technologies & Spreadsheet Modeling3 Credits

Year 2: Functional Core & Operational Scale Semesters 3 & 4

BBA201Marketing Management & Brand Strategy4 Credits
BBA202Corporate Finance & Capital Budgeting4 Credits
BBA203Organizational Behavior & Human Dynamics4 Credits
BBA204Cost & Management Accounting4 Credits
BBA205Operations Management & Supply Chain Design4 Credits
BBA206Corporate Law, Ethics & Regulatory Compliance3 Credits

Year 3: Strategy, Analytics & Venture Incubation Semesters 5 & 6

BBA301Strategic Management & Competitive Advantage4 Credits
BBA302Business Analytics & Tableau Visualization4 Credits
BBA303Digital Marketing, SEO & Growth Systems4 Credits
BBA304Consumer Behavior & Neuromarketing4 Credits
BBA391Summer Corporate Residency (Mandatory)4 Credits
BBA392Venture Incubation Studio & Seed Pitch4 Credits

Year 4: Global Strategy & Senior Honors Defense Semesters 7 & 8

BBA401International Trade & Global Business Strategy4 Credits
BBA402Fintech, Blockchain & Capital Market Dynamics4 Credits
BBA403ESG Governance & Circular Economy Models3 Credits
BBA491Senior Capstone Venture Project & Board Defense8 Credits

Available Minor Concentrations (20–24 Credits)

Minor in Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence: Joint with CS: SQL querying, predictive machine learning models, customer churn forecasting.
Minor in Product & Brand Design: Joint with School of Design: Design thinking, packaging psychology, physical prototyping.
Minor in Corporate Law & Governance: Joint with School of Law: Company law, M&A contracts, competition policy, board compliance.
Minor in Sustainable Supply Chains: Joint with Sustainable Design: Scope 1-3 carbon audits, circular packaging, supplier ethics.

Functional Management Electives

Finance Electives: Investment Banking, Portfolio Management, Venture Capital & Private Equity, Derivatives.
Marketing Electives: Brand Building, Digital Performance Marketing, Neuromarketing, Luxury Brand Management.
Strategy & Operations: Management Consulting Practicum, Cross-Border E-Commerce, Negotiation Mastery.

B.Sc. in Economics

3–4 Years · 8 Semesters · 160 Credits · Quantitative Econometrics, Market Design & Policy

Quantitative Science Degree

Year 1: Mathematical Foundations & Principles Semesters 1 & 2

EC101Principles of Microeconomics4 Credits
EC102Principles of Macroeconomics4 Credits
MA105Calculus & Real Analysis for Economists4 Credits
EC103Economic History of the Global South4 Credits

Year 2: Intermediate Theory & Econometrics Semesters 3 & 4

EC201Intermediate Microeconomics: Consumer & Producer Theory4 Credits
EC202Intermediate Macroeconomics: Growth & Business Cycles4 Credits
EC203Introductory Econometrics (Regression & Hypothesis Testing)4 Credits
EC204Linear Algebra & Optimization for Economics4 Credits

Year 3: Strategic Behavior, Money & Policy Semesters 5 & 6

EC301Game Theory & Strategic Mechanism Design4 Credits
EC302Monetary Economics & Central Banking Frameworks4 Credits
EC303Applied Econometrics with R & Stata4 Credits
EC304Development Economics & Agrarian Poverty4 Credits

Year 4: Empirical Forecasting & Senior Thesis Semesters 7 & 8

EC401Time Series Econometrics & Forecasting4 Credits
EC402Behavioral & Experimental Economics4 Credits
EC491Senior Econometric Thesis & Defense8 Credits

Recommended Minors (20–24 Credits)

Minor in Machine Learning & Computational Data Science Offered with CS: Python scientific stack, algorithmic forecasting, neural networks, and high-performance computing.
Minor in Public Policy & Welfare Jurisprudence Offered with Law: Regulatory design, administrative law, constitutional fiscal federalism, and antitrust enforcement.
Minor in Environmental Economics & Climate Systems Offered with Liberal Arts: Carbon accounting, planetary boundary models, resource depletion, and renewable energy economics.
Minor in Behavioral Decision Sciences & Design Strategy Offered with Design: Cognitive heuristics, choice architecture, experimental nudge testing, and product usability.

Specialized Elective Pools

Financial Econometrics & High-Frequency Trading ARCH/GARCH modeling, market microstructure, algorithmic order execution, and volatility estimation.
Mechanism Design, Auction Theory & Market Engineering Spectrum auctions, matching markets (kidney exchange, school choice), and incentive compatibility.
Economics of Education, Health & Human Capital Returns to schooling, healthcare provider incentives, epidemic modeling, and child nutrition policy.
Natural Resource Economics & Energy Transition Oil, gas, critical minerals supply chains, renewable feed-in tariffs, and decarbonization pathways.

B.A. in Business & Society

3–4 Years · 8 Semesters · 140 Credits · Critical Commerce, Political Economy & Social Impact

Interdisciplinary Business Degree

Year 1: Foundations of Markets, Power & Inquiry Semesters 1 & 2

SOC101Culture, Markets & Power Dynamics4 Credits
MGT102Moral Foundations of Commercial Enterprise4 Credits
HIS105Global History of Capital & Colonialism4 Credits
QDS104Quantitative Social Inquiry & Survey Analytics4 Credits

Year 2: Regulatory Architecture & Labor Systems Semesters 3 & 4

POL201Corporate Public Policy & Lobbying Governance4 Credits
LAW202Labor Rights, Automation & Workplace Justice4 Credits
ACC203Environmental Accounting & Carbon Auditing4 Credits
DEV204Political Economy of Industrial Transition4 Credits

Year 3: Social Innovation & Field Practicum Semesters 5 & 6

PRA301Social Impact Practicum & Field Immersion6 Credits
ENT302Cooperative Enterprise & Solidarity Business Models4 Credits
SCM303Global Fair-Trade Chains & Ethical Sourcing4 Credits
NGO304Non-Profit Governance & Civil Society Mobilization4 Credits

Year 4: Capstone & Applied Intervention Semesters 7 & 8

INC401Social Venture Incubation Studio4 Credits
AUD402Corporate Accountability & Human Rights Due Diligence4 Credits
CAP491Senior Honors Capstone Project & Public Defense8 Credits

Recommended Minors (20–24 Credits)

Minor in Public Policy & Administrative Reform Offered with Law: Public sector budgeting, RTI mechanisms, regulatory bodies, and civil service ethics.
Minor in Ecological Systems & Agrarian Economics Offered with Liberal Arts: Agrarian distress, rural cooperative banking, water commons, and agroecology.
Minor in Digital Platform Architecture Offered with CS: Gig economy platforms, algorithmic dispatch, digital labor conditions, and platform monopolies.
Minor in Social Design & Participatory Media Offered with Design: Community media, grassroots communication, accessible UI/UX, and advocacy campaigns.

Specialized Elective Pools

ESG Investing & Greenwashing Auditing Taxonomy regulations, double materiality principles, green bond structuring, and activist shareholding.
Feminist Political Economy & Care Infrastructure Unpaid care work, gender wage disparities, reproductive labor, and feminist budget initiatives.
Philanthropy, Foundations & Venture Ethics Donor intent, strategic philanthropy scrutiny, endowment ethics, and catalytic capital.
Indigenous Enterprise & Commons Management Community forest rights, collective trademarking, customary law enterprises, and biopiracy defenses.

M.Sc. in Economics

2 Years · 4 Semesters · 80 Credits · Advanced Micro/Macro, DSGE Models & Machine Learning

Postgraduate Quantitative Degree

Semester 1: Core Graduate Foundations Autumn Term

MEC501Advanced Microeconomic Theory I (General Equilibrium)4 Credits
MEC502Advanced Macroeconomics I (DSGE Frameworks)4 Credits
MEC503Mathematical Methods for Dynamic Economic Models4 Credits
MEC504Advanced Econometric Theory & Asymptotic Inference4 Credits

Semester 2: Information, Monetary & Machine Learning Spring Term

MEC505Advanced Microeconomics II (Game Theory & Information)4 Credits
MEC506Advanced Macroeconomics II (Monetary & Financial Friction)4 Credits
MEC507Microeconometrics of Causal Inference (Diff-in-Diff & IV)4 Credits
MEC508Machine Learning & High-Dimensional Economic Data4 Credits

Semester 3: Field Seminars & Research Colloquium Autumn Term

MEC601Empirical Industrial Organization & Antitrust4 Credits
MEC602International Macro-Finance & Currency Crises4 Credits
MEC603Development Economics & Field Experiment Design4 Credits
MEC690Master's Thesis Proposal Workshop4 Credits

Semester 4: Empirical Thesis & Master's Defense Spring Term

MEC604Public Economics & Optimal Taxation Theory4 Credits
MEC605Environmental & Climate Change Economics4 Credits
MEC699Master's Thesis Research & Public Oral Defense12 Credits

Master's Specialization Tracks

Quantitative Macro-Finance & Central Banking Taylor rules, yield curve modeling, bank stress testing, and systemic financial risk metrics.
Development Economics, Poverty & RCTs Randomized evaluation, micro-credit impact, behavioral poverty traps, and agricultural technology adoption.
Computational Economics & Market Engineering Agent-based computational finance, matching mechanisms, algorithm pricing collusion, and auction design.

Advanced Elective Pools

Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) Modeling Dynare coding, Bayesian estimation of macroeconomic shocks, and welfare cost of business cycles.
High-Dimensional Econometrics & Causal ML Lasso, random forests for heterogeneous treatment effects, double/debiased machine learning, and synthetic controls.
Sovereign Debt Restructuring & Global Financial Architecture IMF bailout mechanics, debt sustainability frameworks, collective action clauses, and debt-for-climate swaps.

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