About Us

Established in 1965-66, Srinivassa Sinai Dempo College of Commerce and Economics is the first institution of Commerce education in the state of Goa. Affiliated to Goa University, it offers programmes in all facets of Commerce including administration, management and professional examinations. In 2023, the college was accredited by NAAC with A Grade, with CGPA of 3.14. For its state-of-the-art, clean campus the college was awarded the ‘Swacchatam Mahavidyalaya Samman’ with an A+ Grade in 2018-19. Besides BCom and MCom programmes, the college also provides industry-linked programme in Business Administration (BBA). The only college in Goa to initiate and offer Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Event Management) (PGDM-EM), the innovative Masters of Tourism and Travel Management (MTTM), and the first-of-its-kind Integrated Master of Commerce (IMCom), the college has enabled many students to complete professional examinations for Chartered Accountancy and Company Secretary. The college offers an array of certificate courses through Dempo Centre for Skill Development and is the only college in Goa to become a training partner of IATA. The college collaborated with Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industry to formulate State Retail Policy for Government of Goa. Besides a network of collaborations and associations with the Goa Management Association, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and Institute of Company Secretaries of India, the college has MoUs with as many as 20 organizations in the state. The college emphasizes all-round development of students, providing opportunities to acquire employable and life skills. The institution has emerged as leaders in football, volleyball and women’s cricket in the state, besides consistently winning the state-level Best Physique award. The college festival K-OSS is one of the most celebrated inter-collegiate competitions in the state.

Area of Excellence

The College has established itself as a premier institution of higher learning in Commerce. As an academic institution, the College is innovative and has successfully launched several programmes in niche areas of Event Management, Travel & Tourism, and Accounting and Finance that facilitate industry readiness and provide a platform for students aspiring for professional careers ICT enabled campus with facilities of LCD projectors in every classroom, MIS for library and administrative purposes, computerised processing of examination results and attendance and wi-fi access to staff and students Well-qualified teaching faculty with many of them either possessing or pursuing doctoral qualification in respective areas of specialisation. Some members of the teaching faculty also have professional qualifications in the areas of management, law and accountancy Well-equipped library with excellent academic resources including books (texts, references and general readings), journals.

Research Capability and Focus Area

The institution motivates its faculty members to develop an inclination to research. Training is provided by inhouse and external resource persons. The college is a member of Cluster Research Centres in Commerce and in Economics, under which faculty members of the college are guiding 6 research scholars. The institution has 14 permanent teachers with PhD and 17 teachers are currently pursuing their PhD. One teacher has been selected for the Prestigious D. D. Kosambi Post-Doctoral Fellowship under Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa. Another teacher has bagged the second prize in a National competition on ‘3 Minute Thesis Presentation’ organised by IIT, Guwahati and is collaborating with York University, Canada for a project on slowing down Parkinson’s disease. The college has collaborated with Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry to provide inputs for framing Retail Trade Policy for Goa.

Academic Facilities

The college has more than adequate physical, academic and digital infrastructure to support the teaching learning process. There are 49 ICT enabled classrooms with internet connectivity. There is a fully equipped Gymkhana/Fitness Centre