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Affiliation : West Bengal State University
 

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Curriculum Delivery

Add on course offered by the department of Geography for the academic year 2023-24

Name of the Course: Morphometric Analysis of Indian Topographical Map
Course coordinator: Dr. Madhab Mondal
Class commencement date: 17 November 2023
Mode of Teaching: Offline
Total Hours: 30hours

Add on Courses that have been conducted by the department of Geography, Basirhat College in the previous sessions
Academic session Name of the Course Duration Remark
2022-23 Gender Geography 30 hrs Online Mode
2021-22 Techniques for Data
Analysis in Social Science
30 hrs Online Mode
2020-21 Gender Geography 30 hrs Online Mode
2019-20 Techniques for Data
Analysis in Social Science
30 hrs Offline Mode

Activities

Achievements

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

STUDENT PLACEMENT

Name YEAR OF PASSING YEAR OF JOINING DESIGNATION/ NAME OF EMPLOYER
DIPIKA MISTRY 2023 2023 ICDS WORKER, WB
GOLAM MOSTAFA MISTRI 2023 2023 TATA AIA LIFE INSURANCE
AKASH MONDAL 2021 2022 MEDICAL REPRESENATIVE
RAKESH TARAFDAR 2021 2022 GIS PROFESIONAL
TAIJUL SHEKH 2019 2023 WB POLICE
SHAIN SARDAR 2019 2023 WB POLICE
TANUMOY CHAKROBORTY 2018 2023 WB POLICE
SUBHANKAR GHOSH 2018 2023 MTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
SOUVIK BISWAS 2016 2018 GIS PROFESIONAL, FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA
BACCHAN GHOSH 2016 2019 AXIS BANK
MAMONI SARDAR 2016 2023 WB POLICE
SAMIRAN SARKAR 2006 2017 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NETAJI SATABARSHIKI MAHAVIDYALAYA

Department of Geography

About the Department

Honours course of Geography started from the year 2004. The course is currently affiliated under WBSU.Students of Geography honours are required to take up two other subjects referred to as General papers. Geography honours students have to take two of these subjects a. Political Science, b. Economics.
The strength of this department is nearly hundred percent attendance of students in Honours as well as in General classes. Apart from this, the Department has a highly motivated and dedicated teaching faculty that leads to good relationship between students and teachers.Along with regular teaching and learning classes, the Department is also planning to arrange state and national level seminars and student welfare programmes.

Faculties

Dr. Aditi Matilal

Dr. Aditi Matilal, Assistant Professor, M.A., PhD.

Dr. Matilal secured her Master's degree in Geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University. She also posseses a P.G diploma in GIS and Remote sensing awarded by Jadavpur University. Her area of specialization is Regional planning and regional development. Her doctoral work centers around Rural economy, gender issues , women empowerment of socially, economically and environmentally marginalised communities. She joined Basirhat College in the year 2017. Professor Aditi Matilal secured her doctoral degree from University of Calcutta in June 2019.Her topic of research was “Significance of rural credit in the socio-economic development of Southern part of West Bengal”. Read More..

Dr. Rajat Halder

Dr. Rajat Halder, Associate. Professor, M.A, B.Ed, Ph.D.

Dr. Rajat Haldar has completed M.A in Geography from the University of Calcutta in the year 2003. He has done Ph .D on Pattern of demographic changes in relation to development of Bangaon, Basirhat and Barasat subdivisions of North 24 Parganas district during the period 1951 to 2010 in the year 2014. His area of interest is Geomorphology and Population Geography. Read More..

Dr. Madhab Mondal

Dr. Madhab Mondal, Assistant Professor, M.A , PhD.

Professor Madhab Mondal obtained his M.A in geography in the year 2003 from GuruGhasidas University, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh. He secured his doctoral degree in geography from University of Calcutta in 2018. His topic of PhD is ‘Geomorphic Problems of the Middle Ichamati River Basin, West Bengal, India”. His areas of interest include geomorphology, geo tectonics, hydrology, climatology, soil geography. He joined Basirhat College as an Assistant Professor on 03/ 07/ 2020. Read More..

Prof. Susmita Halder

Prof. Susmita Halder, State Aided College Teacher, M.Sc., B.Ed.

Prof. Halder joined this college on 02.01.2010. She studied in the University of Calcutta and received her B.Sc and M.Sc. degrees from there. She also has a B.Ed. degree that she received from West Bengal State University. She is interested in : Hydrology, Planning of Region, Population Geography. Read More..

Prof. Mousume Ghosh

Prof. Mousume Ghosh, State Aided College Teacher, M.Sc.

Prof. Mousume Ghosh joined the Department of Geography on 01.09.2008. She obtained her B.Sc. from the University of Calcutta and M.Sc from Kanpur University. Her specialization in Master degree was Agricultural Geography. She is interested in Geomorphology, Economic geography and Population geography. Read More..