UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
The Department of Geography and Applied Geography, North Bengal University was established in the year 1962 along with the establishment of the University. The Department offers teaching in the post graduate level (both at NBU Campus & Jalpaiguri Campus) and also offer M.Phil. and Ph. D programme. The new syllabus has been framed to incorporate the different fields of Geography from Geomorphology to Urban issues, Pedology, Population dynamics and Regional Planning and Development. Digital Cartography and Geographical Information System has been incorporated in the syllabus to equip the students to further their research interest. A substantial number of the faculties are participating in several consultative research works. The Department is continuing its programme of recording weather information daily since 2002.This programme was done in order to provide the society need based service. The new syllabus under CBCS System was introduced since the 2018-19. Special attention has given to the different emerging and application oriented aspects in the new syllabus under the semester system including Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing and Disaster Management. The Department at present offers Post Graduate students special courses in Applied Pedology, Cartography, Fluvial Geomorphology, Population Geography, and Urban Geography.
The department is sponsored by UGC SAP-DRS II and has completed UGC SAP-DRS I successfully. At present, the Department is at the final year of the completion of Phase II. This department is enriched further with the Centre for Geo-Spatial Sciences which is attached to this Department of Geography and Applied Geography, North Bengal University. At present the department has 12 faculty members with expertise in the field of geo-informatics.
The department caters to a huge peripheral hinterland from where large number of students and research scholars come to gain knowledge and research experience from the expertise of esteemed faculty members. The students from varied geographical regions comprising of the foothill as well as hilly terrain of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya in the north, alluvium hill shade of Brahmaputra valley of Assam in the east, undulating topographic variation formed by Gangetic depositional alluvium of Bihar and Jharkhand tract in the west and flat type topographical situation ranging from Gangetic delta to Jangalmahal of southern part of West Bengal come to this department.
The learners get research foundation for doctoral degree
The learners will demonstrate proficiency in knowledge of essential concepts of physical and human Geography including humanenvironment and nature-society interactions. They will exhibit the knowledge of tools including spatial statistics, cartography, GIS and GPS. They will have the expertise to undertake Environment Impact assessments of developmental projects.
The students get exposed to research ethics, ways to avoid plagiarism and all aspects of research methodology in concerned discipline.
Open to ALL students
Restricted to NBU students
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a state-of-the-art learning environment
an exhaustive source of knowledge resources
an well-equppied internet hub
to provide climate data to external clients
Support Staffs
Professor Fluvial Geomorphology, Cartography, Pedology, RS & GIS.
Professor Population & Urban Geography, Agricultural Geography, Cartography, Geography of Rural Development, Remote Sensing & GIS
Associate Professor Settlement Geography, Climatology, Population Geography and Urban Geography
Associate Professor Urban Geography, Regional Development, GIS
HoD
Assistant Professor Regional Planning & Development, Urban Geography, Population Geography, Environmental Geography, Urban & Transport Geography, Remote Sensing & GIS
Assistant Professor Urban Geography, Population Geography, Socio-Cultural Geography
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Assistant Professor Land Use Hydrology, Application of Hydrologic Model
Assistant Professor Geomorphology, GIS, Practical Geography, River Geomorphology.
Head of the Department
Associate Professor
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