Our Mission
The Nalgonda Economics Forum initiated its activity on the 12th of January 2007 and was subsequently registered on 10th May, 2013 with the registered number 297/13. This purely service oriented free coaching institution primarily aimed at training up students belonging to the rurally poor and socially and economically backward classes for admission through entrance into MA Economics course, but subsequently expanded to imparting training in a variety of areas of competitive examinations. When it came into existence some fourteen years ago, almost every one of not more than ten students got selected to MA Economics course in different universities. And the Forum has now gradually, year after year, grown into fetching admission into PG Economics course to a bulky strength of as many as 650 candidates over these years of almost a decade and a half now.
It is also to be noted that SK.Sulthana trained at this Forum stood in the first rank in the PG Economics entrance examinations at Osmania University in 2009. In the year 2010, R. Shankar was secured 8th rank. In the year 2011, G.Srinivasulu and K.Saidulu were secured 4th and 8th ranks respectively. In the year 2012, A.Narsimha Rao secured 2nd rank and Anil Kumar B.Shankar, P.Linga Swamy, M.Srujana were secured 6th, 8th, 12th and 24th ranks respectively. In the year 2013, P.Suresh and P.Swamy secured 8th and 10th ranks respectively, in the entrance test conducted by Osmania University. Our Forum students secured 1st Ranks both at the Osmania and the Kakatiya universities subsequently in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The students of Nalgonda Economics Forum brought in the top three1st, 2nd and 3rd ranks followed by 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th ranks in CPGET -2020. Our student K.Saichandra stood in the first rank in the CPGET -2020 and Rayalaseema University PG Economics entrance examinations. Our student Dudekula Thasleem stood in the Second rank in the PG Economics entrance examinations-2020 at the Padmavathi Mahila University.
As part of the extended areas of training programmes in different areas of competitive examinations, in addition to the basically mooted out MA Economics entrance training, the following are the achievements to our credit. Larger number of students trained here were qualified to SET and NET. Five of forum students were awarded PhD in Economics. Five other students got selected as Lecturers in Economics different Government Residential Degree Colleges in the Telangana State. Four of forum students got PGT posts in Residential Schools and Junior Colleges in Telangana. A notable number of 25 candidates trained here are now working as Economics faculty in different private unaided junior and degree colleges.
The Forum brought out in the year 2019 two Economics Text books, Microeconomics in Telugu and English for first semester, in the year 2020 two Economics Text books, Macroeconomics in Telugu in English for second semester with ISBN mark, for the Under Graduate students in the state, in tune with the Choice Based Credit System that has come into vogue with the academic year 2019-20. In the process the Forum will be bringing out text books for the subsequent semesters.
It is also to be mentioned here that the Forum, with a view to be in tune with the changing examination patterns year after year, has been keeping on updating itself and catering to the newest needs of the examination goers. It is particularly in this process that, apart from imparting training directly in classroom situations, Forum created a website of its own to help the students face the computer-based tests, besides providing study material on-line, bringing to the doorsteps the latest relevant information that boosts up the students’ morale and self-confidence.
As has already been mentioned, Forum created a website of its own to help the students in ways more than one and started providing study material on-line. The Forum started YouTube channel on 17th April 2020 and as yet uploaded 106 video lessons on Economics subject. This Forum channel was monetized on 21st November 2020. As on 8th January 2021, the channel bagged to its credit as many as 40,300 viewers and 1318 subscribers.
Another innovative achievement of the Nalgonda Economics Forum is facilitating Google Meet platform, especially at a situation of disrupted communication on account of the prevalence of Covid –19 pandemic havoc. Thus Forum successfully conducted under this roof CPGET-2020 coaching classes for Economics and conducted nine online Computer Based Tests designed in the website. Started too here at this Forum in February 2021 is a training programme for candidates competing for posts of Junior Lecturers and Degree Lecturers in Junior colleges and Degree Colleges respectively.
As mentioned in one of the columns above, there has been a sustained growth of the student potentiality since the inception of the Forum. And, besides the unhindered growth in the size of the student strength, there has been a proportionately parallel increase of the achievements of the goals the Forum has been relentlessly endeavouring to meet year after year. More specifically, the training activity at the Forum has been continuing over so many years in no way uninterrupted at any moment of time. That there has always been an affirmatively evinced confidence in the reliability of our commitment to the interests’ and aspirations of the students as well as to a scientifically reasoned approach to the curriculum activity stands proof positive to the continued scalability and sustainability of the motto before the Forum and its organizers.
Contributions from the donors, a minimal on-line registration fee of Rs 1000/- for a systematic streamlining of a disciplined admission process are the primary source of funds. However, the recurrent source of funds is the Mallu Venkata Narsimhareddy (MVN) Vignana Kendram Trust. The same Trust, apart from facilitating total accommodational facilities for classrooms, library, etc, also provides from time to time all infrastructural facilities in a five-storied building of its own situated in the town of Nalgonda.