The Department of Economics organised a one day seminar on Inflation Targeting. The seminar
focused on the inflation targeting as a tool used by central banks to manage price stability and
guiding economy policy. The session delved into explaining the core mechanisms , benefits and
challenges of inflation targeting within macroeconomic policy framework
Objectives of the seminar:
- To help students understand the functioning of inflation targeting and its global application
- Equip students with practical understanding of framing economic policy , directions , its
advantages and disadvantages.
The feedback form was designed to assess the effectiveness of the Seminar based on 12 questions,
based on rating* of (1 – 4 )
- 1 – Poor
- 2 – Average
- 3 – Good
- 4 – Excellent
A total of 15 students produced their feed back responses to 12 Questions . All participants
in the programme who submitted their feed back were students from the Department of
Economics .
- About 60 % of the Respondents rated the Resource person as Excellent (*4) on the basis
of the talk being , Extremely clear in his use of language, The resource person having
clear knowledge on the topic and great time management in conducting the seminar - About 40% the respondents really appreciated his Style of presentation
- About 46.7% of the respondents rated the resource person being extremely Interactive &
responsive to questions - About 53% of the respondents admitted that the seminar helped develop their
knowledge and understanding of the topic even better. - And about 60% of the respondents also admitted that the topic cover in the programme
would have a great impact on their practical application on the subject. \ - Lastly all Respondents have recommended more such programmes in the coming days.
The overall feedback responses suggest that more than half of the total participants in the
seminar throughly looked forward to a new topic being explored and presented with clarity,
pace , interaction and proper time management.