Geography

 

Brief History

 

The department of Geography of Netaji Mahavidyalaya, Arambagh, Hooghly started functioning from August 1990 offering only B.A./B.Sc. General course and Higher Secondary Course (10+2) under the University of Burdwan and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education respectively. One substantive post was created in 1990 and the second one was created in 2006. Geography Hons. Course was started in 1996. The department manages to meet the need of teachers by appointing Part-time Teachers.

The first post was created and filled up by Mr. P. Ghosh, M.A. he subsequently obtained doctoral degree in 1997. The second post was created and filled up in 2006 by Ms. Mahamaya Laha, M.A. She was awarded Ph.D degree in 2008.from The University of Burdwan. So far several Part- time Teachers have been appointed to meet the scarcity of teachers. They are Prof. N. Jana, S. Hazra, G.S. Pal, K. Chatterjee, S. Guchhait, S. Rakshit, B. Manna, C. Manna, S. Mondal, S. Chaudhury, K.Dey, K. Mondal, S. Karak, A. Dey. At present Mr. Sintu Mondal and Mr. Dipankar Jana are working as permanent Part-Time Teachers.

 

Faculty Profile

 

Name		Qualification	Designation	Specialization
	Dr. Mahamaya Laha	M.A, Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Agricultural Geography
	Dr. Ekbal Hossain	M.A, Ph.D	Assistant Professor	Advanced Geomorphology
	Sintu Mandal	M.A	Part-time Teacher	Population Geography
	Dipankar Jana	M.A	Part- time Teacher	Population Geography
	Saikat Dey	M.A	Guest Teacher	Environmental Issues in Geography
	Debasish Das	M.A	Guest Teacher	Environmental Geography
	Kausik Panja	M.A	Guest Teacher	Urban Geography
	Prasenjit Roy	B. Com.	Lab. Assistant	–

 

Special Features

 

• Opening of Remote Sensing and GIS laboratory with Eight computers, Printers and Scanner.
• Continuous excursion and field survey in the nearby areas within or outside the state.
• Dr. Paramartha Ghosh is guiding two Ph.D scholars.

 

Excursions