Department of Economics, which had its origin way back as the extension centre of the University of Madras blossomed into a full fledged Department of Economics at the time of the formation of Madurai University. The Department of Economics which made significant progress ever since its establishment and was selected by the UGC under Departmental Research Support Programme (DRS) in 1991 for its further growth. Subsequently the Department of Economics was converted into a School of Economics with Seven Departments namely Mathematical Economics, Econometrics, Industrial Economics. Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Rural Development Economics and Human Resource Development Economics in the year 1991. created in 1982. The Department of Economics which made significant progress ever since its establishment and was selected by the UGC under Departmental Research Support Programme (DRS) in 1991 for its further growth. The major breakthrough of the then Department lies in its pioneering work of introducing a Post-Graduate Course namely, M.SC., Mathematical Economics and infact the Department of Economics of Madurai Kamaraj University.