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Bachelor of Commerce – B Com (Honours)

Bachelor of Commerce – B Com (Honours)


The Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) prepares the students for the Accounting profession. The programme structure is curated to develop the requisite knowledge, skills, and attributes in the students to meet the challenges of the accounting, auditing, taxation and legal domains. The Institute focuses equally on theoretical and practical aspects of the above-mentioned domains. We promote an attitude of life-long learning among the students and prepare them to be good professionals. BCom. (Honours) programme comprises eight semesters (two semesters each year). On successful completion of the eight semesters, a degree of Bachelors in Commerce (Honours) is awarded. The medium of instruction is English.

  • 4 Year B.Com. (Hons.) Programme in accordance with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
  • Continuous assessment and review of academic progress by experienced and dedicated faculty.
  • Most updated interdisciplinary curriculum as per NEP 2020
  • Guest lecturers from industry and other Universities
  • Three Compulsory Internships: one Social and two Corporate Internships
  • Compulsory industrial visits
  • Excellent placement record
  • Continuous mentoring of students
  • Various extra and co-curricular activities including, sports, cultural, NSS, and academic activities for overall personality development of students
  • Strong pathway for gainful employment and for pursuing higher studies in India and abroad.
  • Rich library resources

The following are the characteristics that a BCom Graduate is expected to possess upon successful completion of the programme.

  1. Domain Knowledge
    The student shall develop capacity to apply extensive knowledge and comprehension of one or more disciplines in order to address the needs of business world.
  2. Communication Skills
    The students will be able to express the knowledge acquired in a meaningful way to address the difficulties faced by business and industry.
  3. Critical Thinking & Problem solving
    • The students will be able to engage in reflective and independent thinking by understanding the concepts in every area of Commerce and Business.
    • The student shall develop capability to discern a business problem and apply classroom learning into practise for problem solving.
  4. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
    The students will develop capability to explore, analyse, and use data for business decision through use of various ICT tools.
  5. Continuous Learning
    Self-paced and self-directed learning capability intended towards personal improvement, knowledge and skill development on a continuous basis.
  • Duration –  4 years (Eight semesters)
  • Medium  of Instruction –  English
  • Credits  -Total 160 credits
  • Courses – 3 to 4 credits (one credit equals one contact hour per week)

Over and above credit courses, Institute of Commerce hosts workshops and seminars to equip the students with the latest knowledge and skills in the field of commerce and business. To work with a team and achieve individual and collective goals are quite important aspects of the corporate culture. To acquaint the students with these, the ICNU, in association with AIMA (All India Mangement Association) conducted a four-day employability workshop for the students of BCom Honours.

The students learned about the techniques of preparing resumes. They were also emphasised on learning interview skills, various etiquettes required in formal as well as informal environment including email and business etiquettes. They also learned about the individuals? body language and the most important process of selection based on ?Group Discussion?.

The institute also organised a five-day workshop on ?Campus to Corporate? in association with KPMG, India. The students were groomed to face the various stages of recruitment process as well as to hone their soft skills and make them industry ready for the jobs.