Greetings Aspirant,

As you are good in Maths and You want to become an Economist you should better choose Arts as because in Commerce you will learn Basic Economics but in Arts you may be able to learn more Advance. You should take Economics Honours in Graduation. That will surely build up your career.

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Best Of Luck For Future.

Jee main, bitsat, aieee, vitee , comedk , manipal and other various universities are offering ug course for which you haveto give these entrance tests in order to get admission into one of these university offering specialized course at tbt undergraduate level.

Hii Paras

For becoming an economist you need to start by pursuing Bachelor's in economics (honours)

And there are a number of colleges/universities offering that program in India.

You can get a number of good colleges in the range of 85-90% . Most of the colleges are top notch and you would require to have above 95 percent atleast of best of four aggreagte uncluding maths and english and other 2 subjects in which you scored the highest in your class 12th boards examinations.

1.St. Xavier's College, Kolkata/Mumbai.

2.Loyola College, Chennai.

3.Hindu College, New Delhi.

4.Ashoka University, Sonepat.

5.Loyola College, Chennai.

6.Hansraj College, New Delhi.

7. Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi

Hope it helps

Thanks

Hello Aspirant,

Delight to know you want to be an economist. A great choice of career.  Now coming back to your question. Dear Tan JN, you can be an economist by acquiring a Phd degree in economics or at least a master's degree in the same subject. Most Government jobs positions are filled with people who have acquired a phD in economics while there many other jobs like that of consultant where you just need to get a master's degree.

If you are in 12th then you should go BA honours in economics so that you have a strong base from the beginning and then master's in the same subject and PhD in any topic of ecoomics after which you can apply to the economists job in government sector.

Hope it helps.

All the best :)

Hey Chandan,

you need to take a study programs or course related to economics. You should be passionate about economics and its related issues. Try to be analytic on problems of micro and macroeconomics. Your assumption need to be presumably analyzed and based on the study of certain institutions or a country. You to need study a lot and research more before you make you comments on certain issue

the follwoing are the job opportunities to join as Economist , Join the government economic service (GES). That basically means you work for the civil service, as a junior economis. Become an academic. To do this, you will need to look for teaching or research posts at various universities

Al the best! 

Hello Govind,

Economics honours is very good course. There are various opportunites one can pursue after economics honours. Also you can take placements in 3rd year after this, you can also go for goverment jobs and prepare for them. 

All the best.

In order to become a Economist you should be self confident, commercialy aware, good interpersonal skills and the ability to cope with pressure. Analytical skills are essential, as are communication skills.

You will need to explain complex ideas to people with less technical knowledge.

Good Luck!!