Commerce in India:
In India, Many 10th Grade completed students take up commerce in their plus 2 or equivalent. Commerce stream is the study of trade and business activities such as exchange of goods and services from producer to the ultimate consumer. Commerce provides various subjects such as business studies, accountancy, economics etc. Many students study commerce as it provides a variety of career opportunities. Students can study more advanced commerce at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
At the undergraduate level, students can take up Bachelor of Commerce[Bcom]. Students are introduced to various managerial skills and competence in areas of business such as risk management, banking, advertising, computing, entrepreneurship, decision analysis etc. Generally, the duration of Bcom degree is 3 years. At the postgraduate degree, students can take up masters of commerce[Mcom]. The duration of MCom is 2 years. MCom is a unique course. Its concentration on one area distinguishes itself from other business and management degrees.
Commerce can be defined as "Commerce is that part of a business which is concerned with the exchange of goods and services and includes all those activities which directly or indirectly will facilitate that exchange."
The importance of commerce:
- Commerce tries to satisfy human wants- Human wants are unlimited. Commerce has made distribution and movement of goods possible from one part of the world to another.
- Commerce tries to increase the standard of living- Standard of living refers to the quality of life enjoyed by the society. People's standard of living improves when they consume more products and services. Commerce helps the society by meeting the needs of the people at the right time, right place and at the right price.
- Commerce links producers and consumers- Production of every product is meant for ultimate consumption. Commerce plays a big role in linking producers and consumers through wholesalers, retailers, and aids to trade such as transportation, warehousing, advertisements, Banking, Insurance etc. Consumers can get to know every detail of the product without a struggle. The manufacturers can easily find out the latest trends followed by the society by indulging in market research.
- Commerce generates employment opportunities- The growth of commerce. industries and trade have increased the growth of various sectors such as banking, transportation, warehousing etc. These sectors require being managed by people. Thus the development of commerce helps in increase in employment opportunities in a country.
- Commerce increases national income- In a developed country, manufacturing industries and commerce together accounts for more than 70% of the total national income.
- Commerce encourages international trade- With the help of transport and communication, companies can exchange their surplus commodities with other countries and earn foreign currency, which is required to import latest technologies and machines to ensure faster economic growth.
- Commerce benefits underdeveloped countries- Underdeveloped countries can import skilled labor and technical know-how from developed countries and developed countries can import raw materials from underdeveloped countries. This helps in industrialization in the underdeveloped countries.
Some documents needed to do an undergraduate degree in commerce in India:
- 10th and 12th marks card
- Character certificate
- Caste certificate
- ID proof of parents/guardians
Some documents needed to do a postgraduate degree in commerce in India:
- Any bachelors degree
- Migration Certificate (if applicable)
- Character certificate
- Entrance exam marks sheets of CAT, XAT, MAT may be required
Some of the top colleges with their respective courses offered:
| Colleges | Courses Offered | Placement Partners |
| Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi | BCom (Honors), MCom | Kotak Securities, Citi Bank, Deutsche Bank, Samsung, McKinsey |
| Lady Shriram College, Delhi | BCom (Honors), MCom | Mckinsey, Citi, Bloomberg |
| Christ College, Bangalore | BCom, BCom (Honors), MCom | Amazon Accenture, HP, IBM, Honeywell, Robert Bosch, Colgate, ITC Hotels, Tech Mahindra |
| Hansraj College, Delhi | BCom (Honors) | Deloitte, Wipro, EY, Zomato, Times Internet, Airtel |
| Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi | BCom, BCom (Honors) | Yes Bank, Deloitte, EY, Airtel, Smartican, Zomato |
| Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi | BCom, BCom (Honors) | EY, Deloitte, KPMG, Axis Bank, Storehippo |
| Jesus and Mary College, Delhi | BCom (Honors) | Deloitte, Oberoi Hotels, Zomato, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG |
| Ramjas College, Delhi | BCom, BCom (Honors), MCom | Barclays, ICICI Prudential, Wipro, TCS, Google |
| Stella Maris College, Chennai | BCom, MCom | Goldman Sachs, KPMG, Deloitte, Mckinsey, EY, Wipro, Google |
For a detailed list of top Colleges for commerce in India, please have a look at the list of colleges mentioned below.
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Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, [MRIIRS] Faridabad
Faridabad, Haryana
7 / 10 
Sponsored
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Duration: 3 year(s)
Exams Required: MRNAT
Course Fees: Rs. 4.08 Lakh
Review :
There are multiple companies offering extremely high end jobs to graduates and post graduates. Wipro, Deloitte, E&Y were among the many who visit
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 1 
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 89,379
Review :
In one word, AMAZING! Well, if students don’t get placed here, then where the hell on the earth will they be? Deloitte, McKenzie, Ernst & Y
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Duration: 2 year(s) 8 month(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 2.45 Lakh
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Cognizant: Usually the first company of the season(visits in aug or sept every year)recruited 329, 610, 550 candidates from 2014/ 15/ 16 batches respe
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 2
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 540
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Hindu college has it owns placement cell named " Disha" which take care of your placements at the end of your 3rd year.As far as the internship is c
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Centurion University of Technology and Management, [CUTM] Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
7 / 10 Sponsored
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 2.30 Lakh
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Students can do internships in NGOs like CARE India, Fertiliser, seed companies and also in sugar factories.Key companies like imposes, Tech Mahendr
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8/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 3
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 63,870
Review :
I haven't done any internship so far. But last year our placement cell declared a student getting Rs 1,00000 from her internship at KPMG. Many of the
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International School of Management Excellence, [ISME] Bangalore
Bangalore / Bengaluru, Karnataka
8 / 10 Sponsored
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 2.50 Lakh
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1. I got the internship in Getmyuni a startup company for 2 months and I am getting around 5K as a stipend/ month.2. The key company which come'
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 4
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 54,600
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Students have various jobs and Internship opportunity available. Reputed companies come to the campus for placements. The alumni network of Hansr
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9/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 2.88 Lakh
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I have not done any internships yet but would be surely doing so in the future in the 2nd year of college. Major corporations like Microsoft, Google,
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8/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 5
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 4.75 Lakh
Review :
For internship also many companies comes for selection & provide PPO'S .Coming to the placements its best in Bangalore. TCS WIPRO INFY CG e
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The placement record has been over 95% over the past 7 years, some of the companies which visit GITAM Institute of Management are Deloitte, Wrigleys,
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 6
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 13,842
Review :
The internship is one thing you will have to do for your exposure. Either you can go out to your internship or stay in college for it. But the colleg
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7/10
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Koshys Institute of Management Studies, [KIMS] Bangalore
Bangalore / Bengaluru, Karnataka
8 / 10 Sponsored
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 2.39 Lakh
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Yes, i did 4 inernship in different organization. company is mydeals 247.com its Marketing company, they gave only stay fund Rs 4,000.Alumni are goo
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10/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 7
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 45,510
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On an average, stiphend given during internship is around INR 3,000/- to INR 5,000/-. Deloid and oberois take students from our campus. Average packag
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 1.34 Lakh
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Placement is very good at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, Mohali Around 60-70% students get placed from Chandigarh Group of College
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 8
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 8,376
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There are multiple companies offering extremely high-end jobs to graduates and post graduates.Wipro, deloitte, E&Y were among the many who visit
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 1.35 Lakh
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Placement depends upon how well a student can perform and the average salary is INR 2 lakh per annum
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9/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 9
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 1.18 Lakh
Review :
I am supposed to do an internship outside the college for about 4 to 6 weeks it can be paid or unpaid. There are companies like GS and EY who recruit
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 11
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 540
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Many companies like KPMG, Axis, and many more companies visits the campus every year offering decent salary packages of around Rs 3-5 lakhs per annum
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8/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 12
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 24,800
Review :
Placement is there several companies come for the placement here. Specially L&T, Infosys come for placement every year. The average package is INR
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7/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 13
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 47,610
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The placement cell of the college addresses both the academic and career concerns and opportunities available for final year students and internship
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5/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 14
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 88,935
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Internships can be done at various International organizations, NGOs, Government firms, govt ministries and think tanks. My internship was at Surana a
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 15
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 27,825
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All top Colleges of Delhi University hold a Placement Cell within the Campus. Gargi College being one of them is frequently visited by Good major
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 16
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 2.40 Lakh
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There are a lot of companies which come to offer an internship in various fields like in marketing, finance and in IT as well. Nearly 70 percent of th
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 17
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 11,480
Review :
The college's placement cell started getting good companies for packages of INR 1,50,000 to 3,00,000 which is decent enough for fresh graduates. Howe
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Big companies regularly visit campus for recruitments. Mostly every student gets the job after graduation. The college authority provides complete ass
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 19
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 3,060
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Companies like KPMG, DEOLITE, EY gives the campus a visit for recruiting 3rd-year students as their auditing associates. Our college has a very good a
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9/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 20
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 69,000
Review :
The college has been able to achieve 100% placements for our course, the avg salary is between 5-6LPA. The companies which came for campus placements
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8/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 21
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 90,000
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I haven't done any internships. Yes, presidency college is well known for its placements and we have a lot of companies coming up for the placements i
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8/10
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 22
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 1.32 Lakh
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Yes, I have done an internship in the furniture industry as customer satisfaction for a month. Deloitte company. I have no idea about it. Alumni netwo
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 23
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 27,750
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I have done content writing for a while and it was a really good experience but it was not paid.There are a numerous number of placement opportuniti
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 24
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 30,000
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I am in the first year so I don't know about placement. There are many companies from Manufacturing, IT and Finance come on to our ca
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 25
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 98,475
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I did my internship at Chennai Airport when I was studying 2nd year. IT field companies conducting campus interviews.
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Kishinchand Chellaram College of Arts, Commerce & Science, [KCCACS] Mumbai
Mumbai, Maharashtra
8 / 10
Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 27
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 12,660
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During the campus placements at Kishinchand Chellaram College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Infosys ( testing executive) gave a 2.3 LPA package, L
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]
Rank: 28
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 12,404
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I did internship in Emerson Innovation Center Pune and the stipend I received was of Rs.5000.Key companies who come for hiring are finance companies
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Degree: Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] {Hons.}
Rank: 29
Duration: 3 year(s)
Course Fees: Rs. 1.39 Lakh
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Students are sent for internship during their 6th semester for a month in various companies.
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