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What explains this craze for Commerce? Is it 'course delusion' - the rush fuelling a sort of 'herd' demand? A Placement Officer, attributes this to "not just the dream to become a Chartered Accountant or a Company Secretary but also to get an academic spring board to an MBA degree and later a plum corporate job with the mega bucks." Many of these courses come with inter- disciplinary electives like Event Management & Public Relations. Dr Uttira, Head Of the Commerce Dept adds: "Top notch companies like Ford, Ernst & Young & Scope International flock to our college for campus placement. Our students get starting salaries of even thirty five to forty thousand rupees a month."

Strangely enough, that's more than what some of their professors get after many years of service.